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Show Pittsburgh Touches France. War orphans and other needy children chil-dren of Prance are made self-supporting and at the same time restored tr health at the Pittsburgh Farm school at Fontaineroux, France. The school was established through the donation of $-12,000 hy the public school chil dron of Pittsburgh. A three-yen I course in agriculture is offered. The Pilfsburgh Junior Red Cross has ap propria ted $15,000 to aid in the erection erec-tion of dormitories housing GO children chil-dren of this school. Fifteen other agricultural schools in France have received contributions from the Junior American Red Cross, most of the money being devoted to improvement of the living quarters of the students. These schools are mainly main-ly supported by the French government, govern-ment, and teach scientific farming and common-school branches to boys of twelve to seventeen years, who would otherwise, have to enter workshops and factories. |