Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 32 | Letters Received from Orphans

LETTERS RECEIVED FROM ORPHANS Touching- Note of Gratitude Is Sent "by Widow in France to Leon Sweet of Tliis City. Salt Lake residents who took interest in the fatherless children of France to the extent of caring for one or more of these little ones are commencing to receive re-ceive letters from the mothers and gua-rdians of the little ones who are in most cases too small to write their American benefactors. Leon Sweet of Salt Lake City yesterday yester-day received a letter from Mrs. Widow Dey. Route Defougeres Yite, France, mother of Maurice Dey, vho is the youngster provided for by him. The widow says in part: The night we received the letter we went to bed happy and contented con-tented in our hearts, thinking not only of the material good that this sum would bring to our sad fireside, fire-side, now deserted and lonely for three long years; but thinking also of the moral encouragement inspired in-spired by your generous thought. Your little protege is at present five years old, very robust and intelligent, in-telligent, with an inquisitive mind and a bit mischievous. His father was killed October '2-4, 1914, at Bassaur leaf Annas. Daring Dar-ing his short si;f;er;'ng he must indeed in-deed have thought of those he was leaving behind him, for he was the best and tenderest of fathers, thinking only of the good and future fu-ture of the two dear little ones whom he worshiped with all bis soul.