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Show 8-Year-OId Girl To Reside At Fairview, Utah Six months ago, Henny Edith Jensen, aged 8, residing in far off Denmark, decided that she would like to come to America to live. Monday she arrived in Salt Lake alter crossing the stormy north Atlantic alone, a living proof that if you wish for a thing and wish for it hard enough you will get it. A Utah man's fondness for children, chil-dren, however, collaborated with Henny's ambition to make her dream come true. Last July, S. P. Meigaard of Fairview, was in Denmark Den-mark visiting his parents, whom he had not seen for 20 years or more. While there, he met Henny. Henny liked him and expressed a desire to return with him to America. Am-erica. Wanted a Daughter Mr. Meleaard liked Hennv. He and Mrs. Meigaard had adopted a son, who is now fourteen years old and he wanted a daughter, so he approved of Henny's wish. But the permission of Henny's parents was lacking. A few weeks ago, Henny's parents par-ents wrote to Mr. Meigaard saying they would let her go, if he wanted want-ed to adopt her. Mr. Meigaard wrote back at once instructing the Jensens to make arrangements for the little girl's voyage to America. At the same time, he took steps necessary to secure permission for Henny's entrance into the United States. Two weeks ago, he received a cablegram from Copenhagen stating stat-ing that Henny's passport was all ready but the American consul insisted that Mr. Meigaard be on hand to meet her when she landed land-ed in New York. That day, he cabled word that he would go to New York to meet the little gill. Hardly more than twenty-four hours later, he received the message mes-sage from Denmark stating: Henny Hen-ny sailed today on Fredrick the Eighth." With her adopted daddy, Henny arrived in Salt Lake, speaking no English, but all eyes and ears for new sights and new sounds, and radiating friendliness and enthusiasm enthusi-asm for her new country, her new relatives and Americans in general |