The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-13
LOCAL COMMITTEE
APPEALS FOR AID
FRENCH CHILDREN

D
FaTherless Children of France ap-
peols to you. who read this. you. as a
trustee of the future citizenship OF
our own country. to help conserve to
france her future citizenship. France,
of all countries. with the exception of
England, to whom we are bound by
common blood and culture. is closest
to us She has laid upon us by COM
ing to our aid in one of the greatest
crises of our history an obligation we
can never forget, even though we re-
pay it. The sympathy and under
standing between the two great ma
tions, lasting for $50 years. is one
of the beacons of our history, and it
is obligatory upon us to keep it burn
ing for posterity. We are doing it
splendidly by giving without stint our
souls. blood and treasures. as there is
.o.hing truer than that at is more
blessed to give than to receive" we
ourselves shall reap the greater re-
w-rl.
Frances losses of her manhood in
its prime is estimated at 1900, 900, fac
tors or potential factors of families.
Her dead have left to her care 1,O90,-
900 orphans, of whom 100000 are des-
titute. To these the French govern
ment has granted pension of franc
a day. and it is to cover the margin
between this allowance and the
amount required to feed, clothe and
keep these children in their mothers
homes and in school, we are asking
your help. Our American army has
supported the army of France. Thou
sands of our boys lie side by side with
the boys of France, sleeping their long
sleep together Will the civilian pop
ulation of America stand likewise
shoulder to schoulder during the re-
construction period with the civilian
population of France. whose courage
has been our inspiration? France
cannot survive unless her children
survive. Ten cents keeps a child
day in its mothers home; SO keeps a
child one month; $3.50 keeps a child
noe year.
1t is the unbroken and unbreakable
rule of the society that not cent of
the money subscribed for the support |
of orphans shall be used for expenses
of local committees, of the national
executive committee office in Amer |
lea. or of the Paris committee in
France. All expenses of the society |
are met either from voluntary dona-
tions made for that purpose, or from
dues for membership in the society, |
or from interest on bank balances
The work is carried ON through To-
cal committees, each of which is pro
vided with a list of French children. |
To every subscriber who pledges the |
care of an orphan for one year is |
given the name and address of the |
particular child to whom his money |
will go. Payments may be made quar-
ter'y or monthly by arrangement with |
the local committees. AS the chill
dren on our lists are adopted their |
names with those of their adopters. |
are returned to our French committee. |
Money subscribed in America is sent |
to the mother or guardian of the child |
in quarterly payments on postal !
money orders bearing the name and
address OF the American donor.
Mrs. r. NJ Harding is chairman of
the committee and will be glad to
give any Information to those interest
ed in the adoption" of "fatherless
child of France"
Miss Marion Bowen is secretary.
Mrs. w. H. Dozier, treasurer. Mrs.
Emma Palmer has charge OF the work
among school children, and Mrs. Z. H.
Wilkinson has charge Of the work
among the churches.
In the window of the First Nationai
Bank are pictures of French orphans
which will interest every one. These
kodaks were sent to Mrs. Laughlin by
her daughter, who is a Red Cross
nurse in France.
CANON CITY COMMITTEE.