THE WAR ORPHANS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 23 August 1916, Page 3

THE WAR ORPHANS.

“France is not going to export any of its Avar orphans,” says M. Alfred Croiset, head of the faculty of letters of tire Sorbonne, when explaining the participation of certain neutrals in the work of the Orphanage of the Annies of which he is president. “Orphans of th e Avar', as far as it is possible, are to remain in the country, especially when thosir mother i;s living. When there are no immediate relatives to take care of them, they arc to be placed in other French families, and ultimately will be cared for by the State until their majority; none of them are available for adoption under the eom-

mon acceptation of the term. The plan of the Orphanage of the Army is to bring these children up without mak ing them feel they are objects of char ity, without drawing them from their usual environment, except when that environment is bad. We support them in their own homes with contributions of money, clothing, books, pending the organisation of official means of providing for them. We are aided largely in this work by pupils of the public schools. There are about 40,000 different schools in France, and the children of each school contribute their sons for the support of an orphan. Eventually’ each one of these schools will have a ward in its charge.”