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Show MKE. FOCH THANKS LEGION Wife of Famous Marshal Tells of Appreciation of Gift to French War Orphans' Fund. A gracious and appreciative letter from Mini;. Ferdinand Foch lias been received by subscribers to the American Amer-ican Legion Mission French War Orphans' Or-phans' Fund, expressing her and Martial Mar-tial Koch's thanks for a gift of r.000, which is to be used for the rearing und educating of five little French war orphans. A Paris draft for 61.199.52 francs us presented to Marshal Foch by Legionnaires on the eve of his departure de-parture for France last December, utter a tour of the United States as the cues: of the American Legion. This- money was to be used to adopt fiv war orphans. The marshal and MiOame Foch selected five poor daughters of ofilcers killed In the service. serv-ice. They have taken for each of the children bonds worth 2.(li)0 francs fach. The children cannot touch the bonds until they are of aa. but the Income from these will be paid the children each year. "The mothers of the children adopt-pd," adopt-pd," 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 difficult to describe. I yiaa very moved by It. The American Legion has done a beautiful and n good work." Economy! lie Ituy a cow? Why, how woulo feed it? She It could live on my last year's pi-raw hats. American Legion Weekly. |
