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Show NIME. FOCH THANKS LEGION Wife of Famous Marshal Tells of Appreciation of Gift to French War Orphans' Fund. A gracious anil appreciative letter from Mme. Ferdinand Fncli has been received by subscribers to the American Amer-ican Legion Mission French War Orphans' Or-phans' Fund, expressing her and Mar shal Focb's thanks for a gift of $5,001, which is to he used for the rearing and educating of five little French war orphans. A Paris draft for G 1. 130.52 francs was presented to Marshal Foch by Legionnaires on the eve of his departure de-parture for France last December, after a tour of the United States as the guesl of the American Legion. This money was to be used to adopt five war orphans. The marshal and Madame Foch selected five poor daughters of officers killed in the service. serv-ice. They have taken for each of the children bonds worth 12,000 francs each. The children cannot touch the bonds until they are or age. but the income from these will be paid the children each year. "The mothers of the children adopted," adopt-ed," said Madame Foch. in her letter of thanks to the Legion, "have nothing noth-ing but what their own badly paid work brings them and they have no hope of any other pecuniary aid. "I tell you the joy of these families fam-ilies would be diflicult to describe. I was very moved by it. The American Legion lias done a beautiful and a good work." |