The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-11-13

WoOAo' ttCop~o Whtt~e &% rf~
fields and highways. would begin to
take heart again could they realize
the big wave Of practical sympathy
for them which is being set in mo-
ton in this country.
The Fatherless Children Of France,
an American organization cooper
sting with q similar organization in
France. Of which Marshal Jofre 10
the head. hsspreated . special cam
paign committee, with Mrs. Walter
8. Brewster Of Chicago. as Chair
man. and 10 initiating drives in all
parts OF the country.
At Galveston, Texas. a fund Of
over $500 was realized through q
prise-packass day, when each box
Of the inexpensive CONNECTION sold
on the streets by pretty young girls
contained . @coupon emitting tbs
purchaser to SEINE specific article
donated by the merchants OF the
town. The price fixed on these
packages realized q profit Of about
70 per cent, for the little children
OF France. In Chicago a Vanity
Fair is being given, with the coop
Grafton OF the makers OF gowns. So
ciety women agreeing to appear as
msnnequins. A fund OF $4,000 is
expected to be realized from this.
while a similar affair il announced
to be held in Washington and an
Armistice Ball In Boston. At Mus
kogee. Oklahoma. the local COM
mite secured checking privileges at
the October State Fair, and real
lied considerable cum from this
source and the sale OF postcards. A
street dance sat Mscomb. Illinois.
was productive OF good returns
tag day. at Des Moines. Iowa.
brought in 1926. a Garden Fete
in los Angeles, almost so. 800 and
one in Cincinnati S36. 625.07. while
in many other communities the
motto is no drive but steady do.
Yet with all this help there are
still 10000 wistful little fatherless
children not yet provided for, to
whom American aid had heen prom
ised before the armistice. Only ten
cents a day, added to the tiny pen
sion the French Government has
been able to grant orphans OF the
war, will provide for one such child.
II every American mother who
tucls her child safely into bed it
night." says Mrs. Brewster, who re-
turned from France but short time
| ago, could see some OF the child
rem saw, there would not be any
trouble about taking care of all our
charges.
"One little girl OF ten was scarce.
y larger than q child OF four. She
lad just been returned from Ger.
many; she could not talk; she
could stand when some one held her
land, but she could not walk. An.
,ther little girl of fourteen had
worked ia the fields for three years
for the Boches, from sunup unit.
shutdown; logged when she Jagged
n her work from weakness, and
when these aoegings were so severe
that she could mot 60 to the field
the following day, che was fined
two days pay-ior. nominally, she
was supposed to be paid ten cents
, day. while az a matter Of fact,
through the system OF fines, she
never received anything and mad
b, en- imprisoned finally for failure
20 pay her fines.
In another place, where the
mother as well as the father had
succumbed to the war, little girl OF
eight was operating loom. Her
little legs were too short to reach
the treadies, so her six year old
brother kselt on the floor and work
ed them with his hands. We must
restore to.these childen their belief
in Presidence which watches over
and cares for them, comforts their
bruised hearts and assures them that
there 10 still love in the world. And
1t 10 not from ietes and tax days
that our biggest help comes, bu,
from the individual man or woman
whose heart 10 stirred by the story
1t some little child and who is will.
ing to give not only the necessar,
ten cents q day, but his OF heI