The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
Every Junior May Write
These Little French Chill
dren a Letter-The Let
tiers VIII Be Published.
HAS TWO BROTHERS;
ALL WILL NEED FOOD

The Junior Palladium has adopt
ed one OF the little French war Or
phans. She is a girl named Odette,
and she has two little brothers, one
only four years old and the other
ten, and they live in the de parte-
ment Gard, (that IS The same as
state or county OF Gard, Color
CUES canto de st. Chapters. You
can hut for it yourself on the map,
in the southern part of France, and
then you can know just where your
letters and everything are going.
There are thousands of these
poor little French children whose
fathers have died fighting for their
country, and who are hungry be-
cause food is so scarce that the
government cannot afford to give
them what they need. There was
q long list of names from which We
could choose, and there was one
other little girl named Yyette Mich
ell whom we did think strongly of
taking, but she was only nine years
old, and we were afraid that she
was almost too young to write real
letters to us. Besides Yvette did
not have any brothers or sisters.
And so we have taken Odette be-
cause she is twelve years old and
probably can tell us many interest
ing things about their home and
their schools, and all the things
they are doing for their country.
And then, Odette's little brother
Adolphe, will be five years old on
the twelfth of July, and we thought
it would be such fun to send him
birthday cards and letters from
America, and maybe, If you all
would like to we could fix up a
little birthday box, too, so that you
could send him a real birthday gift
with your name on it; and then
You would know that instead of
Adolphe having such a sad birth.
day, when his father is dead and
they have SO little money, in try
ing to live off of the little govern
ment pension, you have helped to
make his birthday happy.
Will Send Letters Next Week.
The first letters which we are go.
ing to send over to Odette and her
brothers viii be sent next week, so
il you would like to write one too,
have it down at the Palladium Of
flee by Tuesday, May 29th, and it
will 60 with the others. Our Eng
lish letters will be translated into
French by Earlham students, and
then the original letter, and its
French translation will be sent on
over to France Immediately.
In writing your letters you can
tell all about the things you do at
school; the musical festival, your
art exhibits, the circus that was
here, the big patriotic parade we
had, the gardens you are making,
or anything that you are interested
in, because everything American
will be SO new and wonderful to
them. And then you can write to
which ever one you wish. Odette
Is twelve years old, Abel is her
ten-year-old brother. and Adolphe
will be five July II ,alnB
Ten Cents a Day for Food.
1t only takes ten cents a day TO
buy the food for o French boy or
girl. Two Of you could give a
nickle, and II you did that every
week or SO. 1t would not be hard for
you, at all, and yet 1T would mean
that Odette and maybe her broth
eFs, too would have something to
eat for several days. And Junior
Folks, II you only send in enough
of your dimes and quarters, or even
niekles and pennies, maybe we can
adopt Abel and Adolphe too, so that
all the family could live together
with their mother in the little home
where their father used to be, and
they won't be hungry any more.