The Morgan City daily review., 1919-05-16

ithe renewal of normal life-the life
of work. the family and religious
dispensaries, public baths, home care
for orphans supplies. farming imple-
ments. seed, domestiv fowls and cat
tie
Mnss Belle Skinner of New York
has been appointed by the French So
ciety as their representative in Amer
ica. Miss Mary G. Tilney of Mobile
has been made Vice Chairman for
the Southern States The American
Committee is recommending the or
ganization of branches and the adop-
tion by individuals or communities
of a French village. By organizing
branches of the Villages Libraries
in each town in Louisiana. all eff
forts for relief work could be CO.
ordained and pass through this chan
mel. This organization working
through the French Government COW
ers the care of orphans. the placing
of individuals in self-sustaining oc-
cupations and multitudinous other
activities necessitated by the utter
desolation which lies like pail over
large areas in France.
Cannot Louisiana-an old French
State-reconstruct one or more viii
lages-not only in loving gratitude to
the France of today, but as a memo
rial to those gallant Frenchmen-and
women-who first settled our land?
The American Committee are:
President, Miss Belle Skinner, New
York; Vice-President, Mrs. Philip
Kilroy, Mass. Mrs. John B. Lunger,
Mrs. Grant Squires. Mrs. Wm H.
Taylor. Mrs. Donald Harper; Sec
retary, Horace Hatch; Treasurer,
Mr.. A. J. Hemphll Guaranty Trust
Coz '.-e-.,
DIRECTORS
Mrs. John w. Alexander, Hon.
Chas. F. Brooker (Conn), Mrs. Cole
man Dupont, Mr.. Edwin Gould, Dr.
Hibben (Pres. Princeton University
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, Dr. Louis
Livingston Seamen, Mrs. Thos New
bold Rhinelander, Miss Mary G. Til
ney (Alabama) Mrs. Warner M. Van
Norden, Hon. George Wickersham,
Hon. James M. Beck, Hon. Calvin
Coolidge Gov. of Mass) Mrs. Re-
becca Hoopee Eastman, VIM. D.
Guthrie, Esq. Mrs. Robert S. Kill
borne, Hon. Franklin. Murphy New
Jersey) Mr.. VIM. Skinner, (Mass.) II
Mrs. Fred Tanner, Rev. Henry Van Z
Dyke. D. D., Mr.. Norden de r.
Miss Mary E. Wooley, +
Mass.) (Pres. Mt. Holyoke College) !
The clubs of Louisiana will soon
have a new and interesting work y
brought before their notice, which
for more reasons than one will surely
meet with instant favor. Miss Mary I
Garner Tilney, Southern Represent I
ative of the movement of Village {
Liberes, in making her appeal to the I
women of the South explains that, 9
this work is different from all other I
work and is known as
Village Adoption which means that t
out of the German exterior of homes, {
schools, churches and public build c
ngs, the. French Auxiliary Board
Of Liberated Villages. working S
with the French government and G
through their chosen agencies, pre- t
oares the villages for normal life, {
he life of work, the family and reli- =
sious life. 1t establishes industrial {
schools, dispensaries. public baths,
home care for orphans and the aged
md places individuals in self-sustain-
ng occupations; also supplies farm
ng implements. seed, fruit trees. do
nestle fowls and cattle In other
words. it endeaVors to foresee and
forestall the every need for the re-
of normal life and in
iustry"
1t will require from S400000 to
'l00OC0.OO to adopt a>>village accord
ng. OF course. to its size and needs
Every city. town. and village will be
sked to do their share in the splen-
i'd movement that will give courage