The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-17
RED CROSS AIDS
FRENCH VICTIMS
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soldier families which have suffered
most grievously in the war. To say
that the French nation has been
touched to its heart is no exaggera-
! ton.
! Gen. Petain, senators, and presi-
dents of departmental councils were
| among the first to reply in terms of
warmest thanks; but other letters
that have come in to headquarters
hundreds of them-breathe a deeper
gratitude because they are from those
! to whom the money means the vital
necessities of life.
The donations are made in allot-
ments of 100 francs to each family.
! In some instances this sum goes
through the prefectures of the vari-
Gus Departments, in others it goes
direct. Some have received it at
the Maire-getting it from ''le bon
pere" after he had said mass.
People Greatly Moved.
] But however it comes, and through
whatever local medium, they know
the source of this beneficence and
are greatly moved by the generosity
of the American people.
A very young child has laboriously
written:
my little sister and l thank the
American Red Cross so very much
for the gift of a hundred francs to
our Mama. Our Papa died for
France, and, Monsieur, long live
America! our Ally, who has come
to help US drive away those nasty
Boches, and who will revenge the
death Of our Papa"
This is one of the many that have
come from the pens of children. The
seven ages of our ephemeral evist-
ence are, however, amply repre-
scented.
Letter of Girl of II.
The girl of II writes:
ut is a wonderful kind of friend
ship, as 1 was left alone without
father and brothers; a deed of
friendship rich with material en-
enlargement that I shall keep as
precious memory of tn American
Red Cross"
a young widow writes:
u have received the donation
from the Red Cross of America, and
am so grateful for this good action.
Please Monsieur, tell to this organi-
cation, and to the generous souls
across the water, of my profoundest
and sincerest thanks. shall teach
my fatherless children to love and
respect our good alley-America
or myself, l shall never fogret"'
! Quotation from a Grandmother
+ This quotation comes from a
northumberland the aged have
tasted the bitterness of war:
Monsieur, l address to you my
thanks for the generous gift from
the American Red Cross, which was
paid to me at the Marie Of the
fifteenth reimbursement. Yet |
do not know how to express my
thanks my gratitude! My grand
son fell at the age of %, mortally
wounded in Belgium, and died a
prisoner in Germany. 1t is he who
still watches over me from his tomb,
and l thank you in his name. l am
"a years old and have been i'll for
years; now l shall never recover
from his death.
Il pray that God will chastise and
revenge US on this cursed Germany,
and that He will bless all those gen
erous people in beloved America who
have helped So generously the strick-
en- ones here who are suffering in
this war"
Can Help Her Husband
And another woman writes:
"This gift will enable me to send
a parcel to my poor husband, who
writes from Germany Ga prisoner)
saying that he is starving. God bless
the American Red Cross, which came
at such sad time to brighten our
lives with ray of sunlight, and to
help US reach the harbor of peace.