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Show iMin DESCRIBE FICEISUFFEIS Miss Brenda Francklyn to Speak on Behalf of War Orphans. - iliss Brenda' Francklyn, who passed considerable time in France .before the war. and who witnessed the sufferings o' that nation during the struggle, will arrive ar-rive at Salt Lake next week and will give several, addresses under the auspices of the .committee fo'r the 'fatherless; children chil-dren of- France.. Miss Francklyn's: . en gagemehts while here will be announced soon. - The movement for increasing tho number num-ber of fatherless French children supported sup-ported ' by Utahns, as - planned "by ; the Utah committee, is well under way.:' Utah now- is supporting 360 orphans,- m&riy ;for the third and. fourth years. Shduld-real-. dents of the state do their part . in -com;, parison with other states-on a. basis of population, Utah ". would care ' for one fatherless child for each 215 inhabitants, according to information sent out by the New York headquarters. . More ihan $200 has been donated for the .war orphans through7 the 'milk-bottle campaign. The' largest sums have been placed in the bottle in the Utah Power &. Light company's offices, -this receptacle alone gathering approximately a sufficient fund to .care for one-orphan. The committee has received a check for $293 from the J.unior Red Cross of, Vernal, Ver-nal, Utah! ' The money was collected by the children of Vernal and forwarded to "SV, N. Preas for the adoption of eight fatherless children: Several individuals pf. Vernal have. .taken, kn interest in. this work, and "have lent their 'assistance -more than a year. - - '" - -' " .The- sum of $36.50, paid in a lump sum -or In. installments, will provide the .necessities" .neces-sities" of life for one of the orphans an entire year. Payments should be mailed to the treasurer for Utah, T. W. Boyer, Continental .National Bank building, .Salt ..Lake. -'The. name and- address -of. ;the: orphan "-'benefited, -wjl be sen t the- sub-; -sc.riber,' who later will: receive a .letter , from the' child. : The following is, an ex-i tract from", a letter recently received by : the Helen ' Cox Shop club: ' ' . 'T acknowledge) dear madame. the re-! ceipt "of -the third ouarterly payment of; 45 francs which -I'-have Just - re- celved. As the year is iT5but up. I .come to implore your goodness- of heart, to rc- ' alize what your generosity has meant' to-' us. We-have all suffered this accursed in- fluenza and my little Clalro is' still -in bed from -it, -1n -'spite' of my rare -Your generosity wil.j,nean everything to us .and ; hvy-httie g-irl can, now remain "tn "school.' Knowing your good ' lveart, '"receive; ; --my dear madame, !jny sjneerest gratitude. - i "WIDOW XA VIE R f ftUI LA C H IN B. I - . . . !Prcfpriaho, Corsica.". -1 |