Every day Myrtle Pickering lifts her small, clasped hands to pray for the safety of the President of the U.S.
When the Catholic children of Buffalo, N.Y. began a crusade of prayer for the nation's soldiers and sailors, Myrtle was selected by lot to pray for the Commander in Chief. Myrtle is an orphan, eight years old. She says a prayer for Mr. Roosevelt every day, at least once a week attends Mass and receives Holy Communion for his protection. When sisters of the German Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, where she lives, told her...
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