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Show French Orphans Need Aid (0 s g Committee Enlarges Scope RENEE CANINADE and Andree Boizard, French children who have lost their fathers on the battlefield. Each has been provided with food and clothing for a year by Salt Lakers, and each has written the donors, expressing gratitude. I'ii''" ' ' '' :' iff' ' 1 ff 'jlll ft :i : j sste'-' Salt Lake Body Plans to Extend Its Activities Throughout Utah. PLANS for an extension of the work over Utah are being made by the Salt Lake committee of the Fatherless Children of France. The local committee already has provided pro-vided for 2S5 French orphans aud hopes to care for 500. Plans will be formu lated to reach the residents in the interior if Utah, who as yet have had little opportunity of subscribing to this cause. One child should be cared for by each .250 persons if the total planafed by the committee is reached. There are 250,000 French children deprived de-prived of their fathers by the war. The sum of $36.50, which lias been given to each of S5,000 children, is sufficient to keep one child from suffering privation priva-tion for one year. This sum assures food and warmth. Anv Sum ifi u-el C nrti rr7 "Whpn a ,"!nnnr gives as much as $36.50 his name and address is sent to the' children he has rescued from want for one year. Whei smaller sums amount to $36.50 the cheek for this amount is forwarded at once. Subscriptions should be seut T. W. Boyer, Continental National bank, Salt Lake City. Letters expressing their gratitude have been sent the committee by the grandparents of little Andree Boizard, 5 Place Ganbetta, Paris, and little Reuee Caninadc, also of Paris. The former child's father was killed in battle and her mother died of grief. The letter from the grandmother, which is typical of the gratitude of those aided by the committee, follows: "Paris, September If). "Mademoiselle: I will be obliged, mademoiselle, if you will be so good as to excuse the Jate thanks sent you for the gift, which in July you bad the goodness to address to my little I granddaughter, Andree Boizard, "As you know, mademoiselle, during j the bombardment of Paris I went to take Andree and her little sister. Paillette, into the country, wdiere they are still. Be it fatigue or enemies T know not but T found myself indisposed. indis-posed. There, mademoiselle, are reasons for which I have not addressed my thanks before. , "Although it costs us so much to be separated from our little darlings, we have decided to leave them e-n pension, far from the capital, during the hostilities. hostili-ties. And we hope the wav will not last much longer. Our armies march from victory to victory, and Paris is calm now. And all France can not revere our American brothers too much who on the field of battle have conducted con-ducted themselves with such courage and valiance. Also, there is not a French family who ;;does not bless our big ally. i "Permit me, mademoiselle, to send I von a photngraph of little Andree. Soon she will send you a little letter. I Receive my I hanks and the assurance of Inn- profound and lasting gratitude. ".H'lJE BAI'NOXT." |