The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-20
SIX HUNDRED ORPHANS
 ENJOY LIFE OF LUXURY
CHARITABLE MOVEMENT HAS DE. VELoPED PRACTICALLY WITH.
 OUT ORGANIZATION.

! HudNleu OIpHdnS ana Ndil-OrDnaQS or the war are having the time uf their lives in this channel fishing port and
 resort, some of them enjoying the lux ury of apartments that rent for from
 $3 day mp in the bathing season. They are sent here by a charitable movement that has developed practi- cally without organizations simply grown out Of individual effort 10 re- lieye the anxiety of mothers who have lost their husbands and of hus-
 bands at the front who have ost their wives
 A soldier waiting for the day to join his regiment asked Emil Vita of the lniyersite Poluaire in Paris: "What are we going to do with our children
 We cant leave them alone to become vacabonds in the street" Monsieur Vita thought a moment and then re piled simply. TH take them. What will you do with th2m?" in- qulred the soldier "I don't quite know" replied Monsieur Vita, but |
 do know there's enough kind hearts to take care Of the children of our sol diers. I'm going to bank un that: the
 rest is only detail'
 The result justified Monsieur Wit ta's confidence. As soon as his work became known its development was rapid. Everyone wanted to do some thing and among the more conspicu- ous were Madame Emil Zola. Mile. pelcasse, daughter of the minister Of foreign affairs; Monsieur Clemencean, Seyerine and other celebrities. The practical details, which are mostly fin charge of literary men and dramatic artists such as Monsieur Vita, Xavier Privas the well known song writer. and Madame PTivas, and Monsieur Finally Of the Odeon, are regulated with q method and efficiency which l show that professional people can be practical. II is due to them that from a mere temporary relief measure has grown permanent charitable work that will make it's influence felt for 20 years 10 come Tha ogpaaus of the war are now taken in permanent charge by the association, "Orphelins de Ia Guere,' which will educate
 them, train them for some useful oc. equation in life and watch over them until they are of the age to go it alone In numerous refuges provided for the purpose in Paris. children newly born whose fathers have fallen cn the field of battle. are received with their mothers, and from these collecting stations as soon as they are in sufficient number. they are for. warded here
 Mothers who refuse to be separated from their children, though unable to give them care that they should have 1 come along also and become foster mothers to several others Fathers who hesitate to abandon their chill dren permanently are permitted to send them to remain until such time
 as they come back from the war and wish to reclaim them. Many fathers whose children have been received here, brought their wills to the asso- ciation before going 10 the front, leav- | ing their property to be administered | by the association for the benefit of
 the children in case they failed to re turn
 Originally they were all housed in one of the large hotels, but further accommodation were soon needed and l9 villas have since been placed at the disposition of the society It is intended that the children shall grow up with the same cheerful and healthy surroundings as if they were in their own families The children are not only immediately put into the hands of competent teachers but
 healthy amusements are provided for
 them, including concerts and moving pictures Even a hot-Chestnut maH,
 who had lost his regular city trade ja
 Paris, was imported.
 Those who are old enough 10 begin learning a trade find plenty of op portunity in the different workshops and sewing rooms. The teachers are recruited chiefly among the initiated
 of the war
 Among the children received in the last arrival was the 6-year-old son of
 a soldier in the ranks and whose
 mother was killed during the bom- bardment of Rheims Another was
 the 11-year-old son of a soldier in the trenches in the north and of a mother who had been taken captive by the Germans. Maurice Lefort 9-year-old gamin of the military zone of Paris, was found abandoned in q cabin Of
 the zone, his father having been call cd to arms and his mother having died since his departure
 Tho correspondence of this move
 ment is filled with pathos. The sum
 of $25 gotten together in one of the
 trenches of the Argonne, two sous at
 time was sent to the association as an expression of the gratitude of the