Description
Object description
whole: eight images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and positioned
along the top edge, in black. The text is separate and positioned beneath each image, in black. All set against a white
background.
image: the first image depicts a young boy dressed in a smock pouring coins out of a sock, which a kneeling girl counts on the ground. The
second image depicts the same boy, accompanied by a French infantryman, pointing to an artillery gun. The third image depicts the same
child standing before two seated French infantrymen, one of whom eats bread whilst the other drinks wine. The fourth image depicts a French
infantryman dressed in many layers of clothing to protect him against the cold. The fifth image depicts a nurse wrapping badges around the
arm of a seated French infantryman. The sixth image depicts the child in a smock sitting on the knee of a wounded French infantryman who
has a piece of cloth covering his eyes and a dog by his side. The seventh image depicts three refugee children dressed in rags eating at a
table. The eighth image depicts four children, led by the boy in a smock, queuing to give their money to a bank teller for National Defence
bonds.
text: PETITS SOUS, QUE DEVIENDREZ-VOUS?
L'heure de l'effort final est venue: l'enfant, lui aussi, vide son bas de laine, casse sa tirelire, compte ses sous.
'Petits sous, que deviendrez-vous?
Nous deviendrons:
'De gros canons pour ton grand frère.
'Du pain et du vin pour nos soldats.
'Des vêtements pour les préserver du froid.
'Des pansements pour nos blessés.
'Des pensions pour nos mutilés.
'Des secours pour nos réfugiés et nos rapatriés.'
Bons de la Défense Nationale
L'enfant a compris; il porte son argent à la France. L'enfant français est aussi un combattant.
Sim. Bouglé
IMPRIMERIE BERGER-LEVRAULT, NANCY - PARIS.
[What will become of you, little pennies? The time for the final effort has come: children too are emptying their woollen stockings,
breaking into their piggy banks, counting their pennies. What will become of you, little pennies? We will turn into: Large cannons for your
big brother. Bread and wine for our soldiers. Clothes to save them from the cold. Dressings for our wounded. Pensions for our disabled.
Assistance for our refugees and our repatriated citizens. National Defence Bonds.The children have understood; they are contributing their
money to France. French children are combatants too. Berger-Levrault, Printers, Nancy-Paris.]
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