Newport daily independent., 1918-12-02
LOCAL GIRL FIRST
 TO ADOPT ORPHAN
Bess Sisson Will Care For Father less French Girl, Marking First
 Subscriber of Campaign.

This week has been set aside as "The Fatherless Children of France Week." and Jackson county's quota is IT. Already about one-third that number has been subscribed, but during the present week the cam paign, in charge of Mrs. c. M. Erwin, will be carried out energetically in Newport and other points of the county. Bess Sisson, the little daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. D. Sis son, was the first to adopt an orphan today, and this patriotic example should not only be followed by other little folks, but by the grownups and organizations as well.
 To care for a fatherless child in France one only has to pledge ten cents per day, $3 per month, or $36.50 year. The term of adoption is one year If an individual adopts an orphan, monthly payments are al- lowed, but if an organization of per- sons makes an adoption, the payment of the entire $36.50 is required. Per sons wishing to join this worthy movement will please make out checks payable to Morehead Wright, treasurer, and send them to Mrs. C.. M. Erwin of Newport.
 l Already three counties of the state have gone over the top with their quotas, but Jackson county is not one of them yet. There are many persons and organizations in New :, port that will surely aid in the cam paign, as it is most commendable one, and one that does not call for any extreme sacrifice.
 For most of us there is peculiar fascination about the word recon struction. We hear it daily on every lip,. through the power of the press and read of it in most of the worth while war books.
 It recalls to us our childhood days,
 
 when, sitting on the nursery floor with our little blocks, we built unto ourselves houses, towers and towns, and peopled them with inhabitants of our imagination.
 Suddenly some thoughtless nurse or an older brother would rush care lessly through the room and the re- suit of our labor would be in ruins.
 But if we were the right kind of children we quickly dried our tears, quelled the anger in our hearts, and started to rebuild our shattered build- ings, carefully choosing the best ma terial that was left to us. I
 There is going on today the great est piece of reconstruction work that the world has ever dreamed of and few there are who really know or recognize it's importance.
 The fair fields of France are flood ed with the blood of her sons. Her churches, towns and cities have been crushed beneath the ruthless heel of the Hun, and little children are weep ing bitterly in their homes for the sound of their fathers voices.
 The mothers, torn with grief and paralyzed with fear, are unable alone to face the future.
 Given a chance for the normal homelife and a good education, these children will become the cornerstone of the new France which is to rise from the ashes of desolation and | shine once more star in the firma- ment of higher civilization. < We cannot afford to lose France from among the nations of the earth. She has been our inspiration for cen turies in art, science, music and lit erature. The spiritual heights to which she has risen in this world crisis causes us to bow low before her in reverence and admiration.
 And so in this sympathetic country Ol ouIS tiiSi v ldo Sio"i NP c 'SSsi'J great organization called the Father less Children of France. Through it any one person or group of people for a small sum may save and protect a child in France. The gift goes direct from the giver to the recipient. To the child it is the difference between hope and despair and becomes a bond of sympathy and friendship between it and the donor now and in the flu ture.
 Margaret Deland, in her article "War Time Reflections in Paris" (Harper's Magazine for July), quotes a Frenchman as saying: "Oh, you Americans have not come too late.