Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-15
0MAHANS CARE FOR
100 WAR ORPHANS
Blanche Groh Last to Be Taken
Care OF by the Patriotic
Folks of This
City.
BY A. r. GROH.

The one hundredth French war
orphan to be supported by Omahans
was adopted the other day.
Her name happens to be Blanche
Groh. SO you can see one reason
why l am giving write-up to the
French war orphans, bless theml
You probably know of the nation
wide plan for supporting young
French children whose fathers have
been killed in the war. Ten cents a
day supports a child, for these chill.
dren don't need ice cream sodas and
nickels for the movies and the lux
urics that American children have
The 10 cents supplies enough food to
keep life in their bodies.
Madame A. NJ. Borglum tells me
that Blanche Groh lives in a little
town near Rouen in beautiful Nor
mandy, France. She has four little
brothers and sisters and they have
all been adopted now by Americans
OF course, the adoption" is rather
figurative than real. Payment OF the
10 cents a day enables the child to re-
main with its mother.
1t is a splendid plan, for It brings
the child and the person who is pay
ing the 10 cents day into contact
through letters. No danger of the
payments stopping or the interest
tagging under such circumstances.
Girls Support Orphans.
"Some people who adopt war
orphan pay s. month and others
pay the whole annual amount, $50. 50
at once" said Madame Borglum. who
has charge of the work in Omaha.
Many are being supported by girls
earning their own living. Some people
give the money to one of their own
children and let that child adopt the
French child, and the correspondence
between them is most interesting and
touching. | have just received word
that Americans are now paying about
$l,000,000 year for supporting the
French war orphans
Oh, those charming French chill
drenl Have you ever watched them
playing in the gardens OF the Tuiller-
les or at the Punch and Judy show on
the Champs Elysees, or have you
seen the poorer Partisan children
PLAYING, say, in the Place de la Re-
publique. What is the indescribablc
something about them that makes
you admire and love them?
French Children Polite.
remember once, when another
chap and | were on walking tour
through France. we often remarked
upon the politeness and respect
shown us by the French children in
the country.
We carried packs upon our backs;
we had strange appearance: we
might have been tramps for all the
children knew. Most children would
at least have stared at us. Not so
the French children, Whenever we
met any they would invariably greet
US with touch of their hats and a
respectful Bon jour, messieurs."
This may seem small thing but
it is the straw that shows which way
the wind tlows. Likable children
grow into likable men and women
and that kind of men and women
make a likable nation. And France
today has the love and admiration
of the world.
And so a hundred charming French
boys and girls are corresponding with
hundred good Omahans whom they
call their good benefactors." Re-
ceiving these letters from title Ze-
zette, Madeline, Marthe, Antoine, JAG
ques and Angelo must be in them
selves ample return for the ten cents
a day paid.
You can adopt one. Call up or
write to Madame A. M. Borglum.
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