Life — October 18, 1917 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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For an American Santa Claus in France HRISTMAS is coming, and one of the contributors to the Baby Fund has sent a check for two hun- dred dollars as the nucleus of a fund to give every one of the almost eight- een hundred babies a Christmas pres- ent from the American Santa Claus. Will you help? French babies, even in times of peace, are not familiar with Santa Claus, but in France, as in other countries, there exists his equivalent, beloved of little children, In this year of distress in France Christmas is likely to find scant observance, and ——E among the babies of Lire’s Fund ANDRKEE FONTAINE, there will be no Christmas at all, un- Baby 1509 less Uncle Sam as represented by Lire's readers assumes the new guise of Santa Claus. Will you help? The regulations of the American Red Cross preclude our forwarding anything but money for Christmas gifts. The money will be sent to The Fatherless Children of France. Through that organization a committee of French and Americans in Paris will be organized to purchase the gifts and supervise their distribution. Will you help? A contribution of seventy-three dollars provides that for two years a destitute French child, orphaned by the war, will be kept with its mother or relatives inctead of being sent to a public institution, where its chances of survival are less than in a family environ’ During this critical period in the child's life its welfare is looked after and the funds disbursed by ‘The Fatherless Children of St Herbert Nelson K. 1750. Mr. and M Nos. 1 “In memor Db. @ D., Margaret’ F MARIE SERTELON ODETTE GUEMENER, Dr, Jessie BABY 1593 Bay 1281 tephien's Sunday School, Ridgefield and 1754... Elizabeth Breckinridge C ‘on account of Baby Flisabeth Johnson, Washington Court House, Ohio. Hi. H. Skinner, Dallas, Texas. . eats Already acknowledged . Elizabeth L. Ogden, Crafton, FRANCIS MOLLARD, BABY 1530 MARIE CARDON, BABY 1448. France,” an organization officered by eminent French men and women. The Society has committees in very part of France, who Keep in touch with the children and supervise details of management, Contributions of less than s they amount to the larger sum. As fast as Lire receives from the Society the names and addresses of the children and their mothers with particulars of the father’s death and other information, these are communicated directly to the contributors for the care of cach child. The full amount of the funds received by Lire is put into French exchange at the most favorable rate and remitted to the Society with no deduction what- ever for expenses, Checks should be made payable to the order of Lire Publishing Company. Lire has received $129,709.67 for the Baby Fund. From this amount 744,084.95 francs have been remitted to Paris. We gratefully acknowledge from G, Shell Harah, Uniontown, Pa., for Baby No. 1739... Mrs. J. W. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y., for Baby No. Bertha Case, New York City, for Baby No. 1741. “M. J. B. and J. A. F., San’ Francisco, Cal.,” for Baby No. enty-three dollars are combined until 1742. . 73 nt Mrs. flenry A. Kimball, ‘Concord, N, Ii., for Baby No. 17s. 35 In memory of Charles’ C. Bemis, San Francisco, Cal., for Baby No. 1745. 73 D. & D., Cleveland, Ohio, for’ Babies Nos. 1746 and ‘i747.. 146 A. Toxen Worm, Shubert Theatre, New York City, for Baby No. 1748.. 73 if. E. H., Ottawa, Ontario, for Baby No. 1 73 AS ses sth , Conn., for Babies Salmon, Netcong, N. J., on account of Baby No. rane, 18th Engineers, Ry. N. A., on account of Bal SAL Keeney’ Clarke 1 and 17 M. B. C,, Cincinnati § 146 CL AL Call, Jamestown, N.Y 33 FOR BABY NUMBER 1743 Proceeds of a festival held in the village of Darlington, Md., by Mary A. Allen and Cornelia Wilson. we 1863.44 D, & D,, Cleveland, Ohio... 9:56 . $73 FOR BABY NUMBER 17 FOR BABY ry of R. M. Cleveland, Ohio. Withrow and Madeleine ( F, Streeter, Chicago, 4il......