The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-03
RED CROSS SOCIETIES ENDORSE
FATHERLESS CHILDREN'S RELIEF

French cousins through the sale of a
little medal" These mementoes are
of brass, fashioned into the Cross
Pattee, and bearing in relief mother
of France encircling her little one
with her protecting arms. Beneath
is the inscription, "Orphelinat
Armees" The designer is the Paris
ian goldsmith, r. LaQue, and are is
sued by the Paris committee of "the
fatherless children of France" The
zest with which these little fellows
undertook the sale was characters.
tically American. To help is in COM
plete harmony with the uniform and
purpose Of the Boy Scout, and in this
effort they went cover the top" just
as their daddies do in larger things.
This busy little squad included George
Knowles, George Owens, Fenton God.
dard, Bjorn Holta and Harold Fitch.
All moneys subscribed through pur.
chase or adoptions go direct to the
children. This statement is safe
guarded by three facts: The charac-
ter of the personnel of the commit
tees is unquestionable; all payments
are made on government postal Or
ders, and are on file and open for in.
spection; and lastly, by direct cor
respondence you may ascertain the
recipient of your money and the pur-
pose to which it is put. All expenses
incurred in carrying on the work are
met by funds donated for that pur.
pose alone
If space did not forbid much more
of interest could be said of this re-
sponsibility which we must share with
the French people: We might publish
some of the dear letters written by
these children to their American bene.
factors. They are such interesting
reading, and have the effect of rails
ing the veil of distance and showing
us these children as realities-not
merely material for magazine and
newspaper paragraphs. From both
mothers and children, the letters are
charming and touching, and all give
a degree of embarassmen in their
profound gratitude for the mite that
means so much to them. In the chill
dren's letters an amazing standard of
rhetorical and grammatical compost
ton is noticeable, and in theirs as well
as in the mothers, is that unvarying
and lofty quality of courage so char
acteristic of the French people.
Although of recent transplanting to
American soil, the movement has al
ready found propitious roofing place
in the American heart; and from the
growth already seen, it is safe to pre-
dict that France will repeat with Perl
cles, "The whole world is sepulchre
of noble dead; not only are they COM
memorated by columns and inscrip-
lions in their own country, but in ftr-
eign lands there dwells also an un-
written memorial of them. not craven
on stone, but in the hearts of men"
France is bearing the brunt of our bat
ties; her men are falling for our cause
as we'll as her own. How, then, can
we commemorate her heroes more fit.
tingly than to help save their little
ones from starvation, ill-health and
inadequacy, and construct them into
a manhood and womanhood worthy to
inherit and perpetuate their fathers
country? ~.
Should any be interested further in
this matter, we are privileged to give
the name of Miss Agnes Orr as the
one in touch with the Minneapolis
branch.