Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

n with a small child perhaps six months old. Upon inquiry it was learned that the baby had been found on a refugee ship in the Con- stantinople harbor, apparently without parents or relatives. 364 FEEDING THE HUNGRY Nothing could be learned of its history. The baby was truly an orphan by no fault of its own, but made so by war. The child was taken into the Home. Not knowing its name, it was given the name of Nina Cory, because among the childlike sounds she made there was one which sounded like ‘‘cory,’’ and therefore she was given that name. She was cared for in the Home in the same way as all the children, but she did not make the progress others did, partly due, perhaps, to neglect and malnutri- tion before coming to the Home. She was ill much of the time in spite of all that was done for her. Her disposi- tion and temperament were anything but desirable. She was not a likeable child. As she was a full orphan, she had no father or mother or other relatives to come and love her or bring her some small gift, as the other children had. There seemed to be no one who took a very personal interest in her. She was developing into an “‘institutional child.” She was starving, not for food and clothes and shelter and medical care, but for love. What should we do? Finally a woman of perhaps forty years was given the care of the smaller children. She became interested in Nina, taking more interest in her than that of merely a caretaker. Her husband was a teacher of the younger boys. They had a son in the Home, seven or eight years old. They were a fine tamily, quite capable in many ways. ‘This husband also became interested in Nina and they finally asked permission to adopt the child. They were poor, as all refugees were, but they seemingly loved the child. It was thought they would be desirable foster parents for Nina, and so permission was granted. In a short time a great change came over Nina. This father and mother treated her as their child; the foster brother thought of her as his sister. They loved her and PERSONAL REMINISCENCES 365 did for her the little things which members of families always do for each other. She lost her ill temper, she became more playful, she laughed, she became stronger physically, she was a loveable child. Nina was one of the few children who was in the Home most of the time the Home was in operation. It was worth every effort put forth to be able to see the change in her. Shortly before the Home closed, this family of four left for Bulgaria, where the father hoped to find work to support his family. In a letter from them some time ago, they report Nina still doing well. Vinora Weaver Saltzman was born at La Grange, Ind., Aug. 10, 1895. After graduating from Goshen Col- lege in 1918, she followed the teaching profession until she was called into the foreign relief work. Together with Mrs. Slagel, then Miss Zook, she sailed from New York on March 26, 1