Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-19
THE BUSINESS
OF LIVING !
JACK STARTS A AcoDFATHER
CLUE At SCHOOL.

Mother. ! want to be godfather
to one of those French soldiers.
want to send money to that address
Aunt Patty gave. and give one Of those
poor fellows q six days rest" Jack
leaned on the library table. chin in
hand.
Good for you, Jack; so do T."
chimed in Douglas. THAT Is a very
easy way to help win the war and a
pleasant way as we'll"
you We're worrying the other day
because you had no way OF doing
something to make you feel that you
were really q part of this great
struggle to win the world for peace
and liberty. Now Is your chance
Eleanor smiled at her little son.
4 want to write about it and send
the money my next pay day." con-
tinued Jack. He was always bring
Ing in something about his pay day,
and 1t did Eleanor's heart good 20
see the pride the little fellow took in
his earning capacity. She wanted to
encourage 1t for while money is
not the chief good Of life, 1t is good
to have" she reflected. She was
pleased that he had made good with
Mr.. Barney, so good in fact that he
had been given Saturday work at the
factory ito keep his hand in for next
summer" as Mr.. Barney had ex-
pressed 1t.
II wonder II could not interest
more Of the boys in this scheme.
Some of them earn their own money
and others have regular pocket
money allowance. / should think they
would be willing to do t." Jack
paused. his chin still on his hand
Perhaps your teacher would like
to read the letter Aunt Patty wrote
telling about her godsons to the chill
dren. That would be O good way to
interest them. When people are oncs
Interested things are easy" suggested
Eleanor.
OF that I Will take the letter to
school tomorrow. The teacher rs
very much interested in the war and
tells us many things about 1t to make
us understand It," Jack got up from
his chair and putting on his cap,
said: II am going over to Paul
Jordon's. He is a Boy Scout, too,
and IL can get him Interested I am
sure we can make the thing go in the
Scouts meeting" He banged the
front door and was gone.
So energetic were his efforts and
SO ably were they seconded by his
mother that a club was formed in
the school christened the Godfather
Club" Any child who subscribed
$2.64 was by that net member md
the club had The satisfaction of
knowing that twenty French soldiers
were given the chance Of the six
days rest in Paris because of their
activities. Every. time Aunt Patty
went in to Paris she called at a.
Rue Vauginard 10 find out who hap
pened to be the guest of the God
father club at that particular time,
and told the men the story of how
her little nephew had formed the
club that sent them to Paris to an
JOY their leave of absence Then she
wrote to Jack about the soldiers and
what they looked like and what they
said. Jack. full of the Importance of
his position, carried the letters to the
club and usually the club asked to
have them read in school, and the
result was a new member or members
for the deservedly popular Godfather
club. "Of course, girls are wanted,
too, even If 1t is called Godfather" Jack
explained.
! There is nothing so good to max
children patriotic as to give them
something to do to serve their coun
try; something that they ore really in
terested In, and of course, IL they think
of the thing themselves so much the
better" remarked Eleanor rs she and
her husband talked the thing over.
And now is a good time to make
the children see that everyone must do
something to help along II we arc to
win this war" replied Douglas.
(To be Continued.)