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PREPARE HOME FOR FRENCH CHILDREN While French war widows are finding work which will enable them to support themselves and their little ones the children will be cared for by the American Committee for Devastated France at a great center now being established at the Chateau of BoullayThierry Information regarding the plans of the committee which is doing much to make the labor supply of France more effective has reached the Department of Labor LaborThe The French children at present are placed in an unfortunate position for their fathers are in the army and their mothers can not at first earn enough in new trades to support themselves and their children The committee therefore has decided to constitute itself the temporary provider for the little ones and to care for them until the fathers are demobilized or the mothers acquire sufficient skill to provide for a family familyThe The present headquarters of the colony is at BeaumontleRoger but the new location will pro ¬ vide much better quarters The Chateau of Boullay Thierry belonged to the young Comte de Quinsau nas an aviator who was killed about a year ago eight days before the time set for his marriage He left the chateau to the ministry of war and the American committee has been given full rights to it and to the ten acres of park surrounding it itHundreds Hundreds of applications are coming in from mothers who wish to place children there
