ve or
save their fellows, and to supplement what employers or others do in
contributing to the support of the families of those left destitute
through accidents. This fund, established April 15, 1904, has proved
from every point of view a decided success. I cherish a fatherly
regard for it since no one suggested it to me. As far as I know, it
never had been thought of; hence it is emphatically "my ain bairn."
Later I extended it to my native land, Great Britain, with
headquarters at Dunfermline--the Trustees of the Carnegie Dunfermline
Trust undertaking its administration, and splendidly have they
succeeded. In due time it was extended to France, Germany, Italy,
Belgium, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Denmark.

Regarding its workings in Germany, I received a letter from David
Jayne Hill, our American Ambassador at Berlin, from which I quote:

My main object in writing now is to tell you how pleased His
Majesty is with the working of the German Hero Fund. He is
enthusiastic about it and spoke in most complimentary terms
of your discernment, as well as your generosity in founding
it. He did not believe it would fill so important a place
as it is doing. He told me of several cases that are really
touching, and which would otherwise have been wholly
unprovided for. One was that of a young man who saved a boy
from drowning and just as they were about to lift him out of
the water, after passing up the child into a boat, his heart
failed, and he sank. He left a lovely young wife and a
little boy. She has already been helped by the Hero Fund to
establish a little business from which she can make a
living, and the education of the boy, who is very bright,
will be looked after. This is but one example.

Valentini (Chief of the Civil Cabinet), who was somewhat
skeptical at first regarding the need of such a fund, is now
glowing with enthusiasm about it, and he tells me the whole
Commission, which is composed of carefully chosen men, is
earnestly devoted to the work of making the very best and
wisest use of their means and has devoted much time to their
decisions.

They have corresponded with the English and French
Commission, arranged to exchange reports, and made plans to
keep in touch with one another in their work. They were
deeply interested in the American report and have learned