Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-04
ORPHANS KEPT IN FRANCE
Adoption by Americans Doesn't
Mean Fatherless Tots Will
Leave Their Homes.
GENEROSITY is TOUCHING

Correspondence Of the Associated PressJ
Paris, April 30.-"France is not go
ing to export any of its war orphans"
said Monsieur Alfred Croiset, head
OF the Faculty OF Letters OF the Sar-
boune, explaining the participation OF
Americans in the work Of
the orphanage Of the armies,
Of which he is president. Il know a
statement was published recently,
that 10000 American families had
offered to adopt orphans OF the war.
The number was little exaggerated
and the word adoption in its general
sense was misleading Orphans OF
the war, so far as possible, are to re-
main in their families, especially
when the mother is living. Where
there are no immediate relatives TO
take care OF them, they will be placed
in other French families, and ulti-
mately will be cared for by the state
until their majority; none OF them
are available for adoption under the
common acceptance OF the term.
Most OF the Americans who have
expressed the desire to participate
in this work, understand this point
quite WE'LL in fact, in our correspond
enec the majority OF the letters from
the United States express the desire
that the children which they agree
to support should remain in their
families The supposition that there
are 10000 American families want
ing to ike care OF orphans arose
no doubt from the fact that we were
asked By Americans as 10 about how
many war orphans there were need
| ing assistance, and we put the num-
Der at 10000 This, OF course, does
not comprise all OF the war orphans.
They were estimated recently in a
debate in the senate by Senator Jen-
ouvrier at 100000, which, Of course
included half orphans, but great
proportion OF these will never be-
come the objects OF charitable work
and the exact number may never be
precisely determined
Committees have been organized
IN a great many American cities 70
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10 adopt orphans. hut to support
them Ia their own surroundings tor
A period OF two years, which Il Is
supposed viii 80 beyond the end OF
the war and carry them 10 the time
when the measures taken hy the gov
lefnment for the care eli orphans be,
come effective an the people "
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