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PUT AT $29,000 Grand Jury Raises Amount of Alleged Embezzlement— New Bond Is Given. William H. Rose, Secretary and Treasurer of the Broadway ‘“iviics Institution, No, 5 Park Place, who, under the name of William H. Ryan, was arrested July 2 charged with Biealing $13,000 from bi ‘8 Vaults, is to-day under indictment by the Grand Jury, charged with enbes- sling $29,000 in cash. When Rose was arreatsd the $15,000 bond required for his r cured by John J. Lyons ‘of No Broadway, Republican leader and mer candidate for Sheriff. District Attorney Swann yesterday refused continue Mr, Lyons as Rose's bonds- man, exhibiting, as a reason, a pro- tested check for $5,700 which, he said, was found in one of twelve of the bank envelopes from which the money iy alleged to have been stolen. The check, signed by Mr. Lyour and indorsed by Rose, was 4 April 29, 1918, and was drawn on the Harlem Branch of the Corn Exchange Bank which, the District Attocaes paid, had marked it “N. G." July 9 It is alleged to have deen inserted 11 one of the bank's envelopes in ike Place of cash extracted therefrom. In going on Rose's bond Mr. Lyons was required to state under oath that he was worth $30,000 over and above all liabilities, Mr. Swann asserted that Mr. Lyons gave his oath that kel was worth $50,000. When the Corn Exchange Bank failed to honor tbe | check for only $5,700, according to the District Attorney, he notified Mr. yong at once that he could not con-| tinue him as security for Rosa | ase was s*~ 253 Mr. Lyons is a member of the Hat) poring foods for home use which will conform to standards of conserva- Under the direction of Miss M. 'T. Porter, all the war-time cookery Jem Republican Club, of which, until! last April, Rose was President. ‘The original bail was fixed and ac- cepted while Rose was using the name Ryan. The Broadway Savings Insti- tution officials have announced (oat be did this without their knowledge or eonsent. The charge against Rose Was not brought by the bank, how- ever, tut by the American Surety Company, which, the bank claims, must make good its losses. Rose's new bondsman is George Noakes, a restaurant owner, who @wore he owned money and property to the value of $1,100,000 over and Above all liabilities. Noakes’s restaur- ant is in Park Place. The amount of the bond remains at $15,000, Rose, accompanied by his attor- neys, Wasservogel & Medalis of| No. 120 Broadway, gave bond late yesterday afternoon before Judge Malqueen. b cesasiillintinensin MAYOR BRUSH WINS. Jery Holds He Was Elecied in it Vernon, Dr. Edward F. Brush will continue to werve as Mayor of Mount Vernon. de- phe the attempts of former Mayor F win W. Fiske to oust him, according to a decision handed down by a jury in the White Plains Supreme Court ast Bight, after a hearing which lasted More than three weeks. Fiske, Mayor of Mount Vernon for eight years, lost in November by an OMfeial count of six votes. He insti- tuted quo warranto proceedings after a certificate of election had been issued © Dr. Brush. ‘The ballots were brought into court and countel. The jury decided that Dr, Brush had been elected by 49 votes, On little girl when six weeks old. Head covered with horrible scales which spread down back. Scalp sore, red and itched very much so had to’ keep a cap on to prevent scratching. Hair all fell out and head was much disfigured. Lasted three months when was told to use Cuticura. After using two boxes Ointment and two cakes Soap she was healed. From signed statement of Mrs. J. Morris, 751 Dawson St., New York City. ‘These fragrant emollients are all lyou need for all toilet purposes. Treg br, Mall... Adres postcard: Senta Beyt' he Moeston: Mcldererzwbere iBoap te Uloumert 2 and be. Taleum For Bili doses of Beecham’s Pills, Sold by druggists throughout | Mrs, Biliousness is a common form of indigestion, is brought on by food-waste which the stomach, intes- tines and bowels faii to expel. rid yourself of the impurities, relieve sick headache, stimulate the liver and bile and tone the stomach, Healthy conditions are quickly re-established by using BEECHAM PILLS Value to Women are with Every Box. Red Cross Class in Dietetics at School in Teaching Centre CiASS IN OMTETICS, T Red Cross News of the Week Women of Greater New York Being Instructed in Dietetics and Home Care at the Red Cross Teaching Centre, and EACHING CENTER, RED QRS, Housekeepers Are Flocking to the School to Learn and Practice Food Conservation—Colonial Heights Auxiliary of Bronxville Branch Opens New Head- quarters and Workrooms and Is Now Self-Supporting —Loyola Unit of Catholic Sisters of Charity, 100 Strong, Leaving for Battle Fields of France. By Hazel ‘of G Fifty have enrolled in the it tion, is being taurht, Five classes a week of ten women to each class, Other ¢ mad, The work is given from 10 to 1 day and Friday at the Teaching © Avera, Home care ts an equally popular course, and ince the Red Croas nurse drive women have been rapidly rally- ing to the aid of the cause by taking this instruction which fits every woman to be her own nurse, Over one hundred women are at- tending claases in canteen inatruc- tion, where they are taught the proper foods and the most conserva- tive preparation for canteen work. HIE Colonial Heights Auxiliary of the Bronxville Branch of the Westchester County Chapter of the Red Cross opened its new headquar- ters and workroom last Monday night and obtained pledges of subscriptions of $165 a month, which sum makes the auxiliary self-supporting, reliev- Jing tho Red Cross of the expense of supplying material ‘The auxiliary was organized March 7, 1917, and from that time to the opening of tts new building used the home of its Chairman, Mra. Emily Woodward for headquarters. In the OME eater New York are flocking to the American Red Cross Teaching Centre, No, 453 Madison Avenue, in increasing numbers to take courses in dietetics and home care. V. Carter. few weeks to study methods of pre- have been organized, with a maximum | lasses will be formed according to de- nd from 2 to 4 on Monday, Wednas- nire Headquarters, No, 453 Madison additional votunteers in order that the | Brooklyn Chapter may fill Its quota, A decree for specific performance of contract to purchase land should not charge purchaser with interest nor taxes accruing prior to tender of a deed curing defects im title, although delay in perfecting title was due to purchaser's conduct—Begen v. Vet- tas, New York Court of Appeals. In action against father of @ six- year-old boy for injury to plaintiff's eon, when defendant's gon discharged from a toy air gun an ordinary matcn, which for some undisclosed reason was in the barrel of the sun, a com- pulsory non-suit held properly en- tered.—Fleming v. Kravitz, Supreme Court of Ponnsytvania. Retention of a note of @ third per son did not release the Jebtor where the creditor refused to accept the third person as debtor.—Sanderson Fertilizer and Chemical Company v. open yard after failure of consignee Island. | Ratiroad company is not insurer of carload of hay placed by ft tn its jouen yard after failure of consignee ‘to unload after notice, its duty as warehouseman being to exercise rea- sonable care to guard the property.— Champlin v. Erie Raflroad Company, Court of Error and Appeals of New Jersey. Conspiracy to murder is a completed offense, although the means by whicti murder is to be committed are not agreed upon. An tndictment for con- spiracy to murder need not charge an overt act in execution of conspiracy.— State v. Sabate, Supreme Court of New Jersey. ‘Where testator devised afl his prop- erty to his wife for life, “to fully pro- vide for her maintenance and comfort, her medical attendance and that can be provided for bi for medical care during wife ness and for household supplic chargeable to testator’s estate should be gatisfied from it before dis-| tribution to heirs and legatees.—Ham- Latest Decisions of the Courts of Last Resort Compiled by William McMahon ———— |" Pablished tm The Evening World om Wednesdays and Saterdays bag 4 v. Wright, Supreme Court of An employee killed by fall through opening for elevator shaft when wooden brace on which he lay or stood to nail it collapsed, held, guilty of con- tributory negligence in doing in a haz- ardous way an act which he could have accomplished with reasonable safety, 80 that widow could not recov- er.—Lindguist v. Irwin, Supreme Court of Penna An attorney at law cannot recover against executor on decedent's oral agreement to bequeath attorney $1,000 in payment for services already ren- dered and to be performed in the fu- ture.—Runyon y. Van Inderstine, Su- preme Judicial Court of Masa. A driver of an automobile, ap- proaching @ street intersection at right angles, may assume that anoth- er automobile approaching on the in- tersecting street will do #0 at a mod- erate speed and under control, and where plaintiff stopped his automo- bile before reaching the intersection, it could not be said, as a matter of law, that he waa negligent in not sounding his horn, in view of his te» timony that he stopped his car.—Bew v. Joha Daley, Inc, Penna, Supreme Court One furnishing and erecting an as- bestos curtain and scenery to be used for purposes of a building, though not an essential part of the original plan of construction, and which were portable and would not pass with the freehold, was not en- titled to a mechanic's lien.—Randall B. & L. Assn. vy. Manayunk Realty Co, Penna, Supreme Court Where administrator with will an- pexed sued a bank as bailee of will, for failure to produce or deliver it, he cannot argue on appeal that the bank was bailee of a tin box in which the will was contained, as distinguished from its contents. If plaintiff, injured by fce falling upon her from defendant's building, signed 4 written release relying on a misrepresentation that it was inerely a receipt for an amount pald for Jam- age to her muff, she was not de- prived of her right to recover for her personal injuries.—Connors v. Rich- ards, Supreme Judicial Court of Mags, made to the place at which the yarn was received. Auxiliaries are particularly request- ed not to accept knitted garments which are made of yarn given out at other Red Cross agencies. Unless this it will be im- ANY of the Brooklyn auxiliaries have been asked to specialize on | “pads,” and the following weights of cotton will enable them to judge how thick their pads should be: 8x12—1%4 0%. of absorbent cotton, 3-5 of an oz. of non-absorbent cotton; 12x24—3% om absorbent cotton, 2 oz. non-absorbent cotton; 16x24—4% ox. absorbent cot- ton, 2% 0%, non-absorbent cotton; split irrigation, 6 oz poh thang absorbent cotton, 8 ox, | F°® the first time In the history of the war, Sisters of Charity from the Roman Catholic Church will | leave this country for the battle-| |fleld. In their religious garb, 100 of them, known as the Loyola Unit, | |leave New York for France, where | | Mey will join 15,000 of their sisters | who are in active service from mel Mother House in France. ‘They will wear their distinctive uni- | form, even on the battlefleld, refusing | rule is strictly observed sible for the Red Cross distribut- ls stations to account for the wool which they bave given out. "OOD SALE" will be given to- day by the University Heights Branch of the Bronx County Chapter of the Red Cross, at Fordham Road, corner of Grand Avenue. N hours are turned into knit- ted garments by the 1,000 mem- bers of the Business Women's Auxil- fary, at No, 2 Rector Street. Prob- ably no other workroom is so strong fa lesson for patriotism as this one, where working women and girls give their one leisure hour in the day for patriotic service, Five thousand three hundred knit- ted garments were turned out last year, according to Mrs. Josephine Clark, workroom director, and most of the garments were knitted elther in the luncheon hour or going to and from business on the subway trains. Mrs. M A. Lembeck, Chairman, one year and four months of its ex-| to lay it aside for the more comfort- | Supervises the selling of candy, news- istence the auxiliary had made and delivered to the Red Cross 61,861 | surgical dressings, compresses and other supplies, and its sewing depart- ment has made and delivered 607 hos- pital shirts, 638 slings, 49 pajamas, 179 T binders and cloths, 300 garments for French children, 300 knitted gar- ments And 50 comfort kits. The erection of the new Mr. and Mrs, Maynard C. who obtained from the He: Underhill, its most of the building fund, frank A. Fall, Treasurer, an- } noun |lected for the fund, and Mrs. building | was chiefly credited to the efforts of | the residents of that $60 remained to be col- | Almuth | C. Vandiver, a summer resident, gave |able uniforms of service. The work |of the units from the Mother House in France is famed far and wide tn the region of battle, where it is said \t et the sisters are giving the most | | telf-aa i 9ervies to (heir coun- ECOMING Zoo keepers as well as food distributers is a new work of the women who are doing Red| Cross emergency canteen work at embarkation points. | Ading out hot coffee to a group | ldiers about to embark, a few | |days ago, one woman noticed that a soldier was carefully adjusting the jOlive-drab wranper over u mysterious jthe sum. bund) Just as he reached for the | An appeal to members for sub-| cup of coffee—the bundle barked jecriptions to make the auxiliary! pyat'y Bill, our m ” d if-supporting was made by Fred- | 2 Muscot,”” sheepish- erick Courten Courtenay Barber, who | ly explained the soldier, “Can I take insisted that as the women mem-| him along?” bers were doing the work, the men| «lm sure ; should provide all of the money. Mrs | sorry,” ‘the wena on t,det your I'm Fall surprised the gathering with the | cure for him for wae ee "Could 1 Jannouncement that the women had; “Ys oT Already pledged themaetver to con- | teen worked over to the can- tribute $40 @ month to the mainte- . ends fortnightly nance of the fund for the durati | the war, to $10. DEPARTMENT for the making of hospital garments and refu | gee garments was started last week a the Academy workroom under supervision of Mrs. L. Warren. though many kers volunte is earnestly d that there w Al as 1 we ousness It If you will take a few when bilious, you will soon the world, In boxes, 10c., 25¢, of Many of tho boy scouts in \the neighborhood pledged themselves | to ten cents a month, und the greater part of the subscriptions were from $5 the | knitted garments, bulletins to Bill's owner, welfare, Feportiog bis Ro CROSS Auxiliary No, 244, sit- uated in the Progress Club Building, No. 1 West s8th Street, hag become Reclamation Centre 3. ‘This -|Suxiliary, which previously gave its t | me to making surgical dressings and will now do the reclaim soldiers’ uni. forms, which Work was banded over to the Red Cross by the -| mending and t| 4 Government Tables in the workroom were plied high with mended sulla of under- wear and patched coats and trouge on opening yesterday aapers The auxiliary turned ed out 45,000 surgical dressings and 200 knitted | Karments last month. Mrs. A. 8, Guge | Senheimer, Chairman, is anxious to | Ret all of the volunteers possible to make this new work a3 successful a» j the former work | Mrs. Alfred LL, Sternberge: every day from 9 A. M. to 6 P.M Her son, Leon Sternberger, is over in France fighting with the 165th, the old 69th, Mrs, Jeff Weller, No. 609 Wost 17th Street, is another of the t tre # workers at Reclamation Cen- No, 2 S FOLAL attention has been called by the antic Division to the order of the War Industries Board affecting the American Red Cro: in regard to the making of knitted gar- | ments. All yarn which is given out must be strictly accounted for and papers, etc, to raise funds for the auxiliary. VIATION FIHLD No. 2 at Hemp- stead, L. L, celebrated the open- ing of a new Red Cross convalescent house last Wednesc The cere- mony consisted of a dedicatory or presentation address by Albert W. Staub, Assistant Manager of the At- Jantie Division, with a response by Major F. J. Osterman, Commanding Officer of the Aviation Section, who accepted it on behalf of the army, ‘Among those present were Col. B, B. Warren, head of the base hospital on Field No. 2; John Moyer, BB, Morgan, Hugh Thompson, Mr, and Mrs. W. Buuer Duncan, Miss Nannie 8. Love, in charge of the diet kitchen, and others, ‘The diet kitchen is ran by a corps of women residing tn the surrounding towns in much the same fashion as a canteen. A building has been set apart for their use and cer- tain members are on duty daily, They supply the patients in the hospital with fresh ages, broths of all kinds, fee cream and dainties for the sick, which they prepare themselves, a igs give a comprehensive and sym- | pathetic view of Red Cross s0- clal service, a course of six free lec- tures began at the Commerce Build ing of the City College Monday, July 8, at 4.20 P, M. The course is open to all citizens interested in the methods and auns of social relief, Another course in Red Cross home service is offered to train properly prepared {students for service as civilian relief workers. A course in war-time food efficiency will be given at the Com- merece Building In the Kftchen of the Mayor's Committee on Food Conser- vation, At the uptown college building there is a course in first ald, Red Cross, which includes lectures and practical work. Special courses in French and Spanish to meet war service needs are also offered at 23d Street and Lexington Avenue, Com. merce Rutlding. _———_—_ Red Cross News Is Printed in The vening World Every Saturday. BIG SERVICE CLUB | FORMALLY OPENED Several Hundred Soldiers and S: , ors Attend in House Donated by Mr, and Mrs, Speyer, Several hundred soldiers and sailors attended the opening of one of tho ahi ig Hl the Social Welfare Division of the National League for Woman's Ser- vice, at No. 261 Madison Avenue, last night, The sixteen large rooms have been divided for dining, games, writ- ing and sleeping. ‘The new club is said to be one of the best furnished and equipped in the city, The house was donated to the Woman's League by Mr. and Mrs. James Speyer, and is the third gift of its kind, A feature of the club is the open air dining court in what was formerly the rear yard to the house, The sleep- ing quarters accommodate thirty men, Mrs. Henry F. Gennert, Chairman of the Social Welfare Division, managing the house, and Miss Helen Winne is in charge of the amusement and club features. “BIG TIME” ACTORS GIVE WADSWORTH BROADWAY FUN New York City Soldiers Pre- pare to Give Camp ‘Fine Vaudeville. (Goecial to The Brening World) SPARTANBURG, 8, C., July 13.— Among the New York City men who have recently come here are a num- ber of professional entertainers who were on the “big time” being Inducted into the army. of them have put their heads together and are putting on a vaudeville en- tertalmment at the Liberty Theatre which is declared to be as good aa any ever seen on Broadway or else- where, Among those taking part in the performance are the following, whose names will be familiar to many New Yorkers: Eddie Fox, Lew Bri Buddy Doyle, Jim Burke, Johnnic Miller, Lewis Frye, Harry Miller, George Carpentierre, Irving Glick, Melvin Lang, Bill Barr, Wil Hart, Harry Santley, Jow Lang, George Bernard and Austin Walsh, Four hundred graduate cooks have received diplomas from the camp school for cooks and bakers since it| was @pened in February, and there are now 245 students. The army is cadling for cooks faster than they can be trained, but every effort is being made to supply the demand. The school, which is under the direction of Capt. Duniel Borth, is well equipped and the men are taught all the ap- proved methods of cooking in camp, in barracks and in the field, and are| also taught domestic economy, in- | cluding the relative value of foods, prevention of waste, &c. Capt. Borth claims that good cooks | | { i} lists before | Some | are just as important to the army as good since men cannot do good work if they are not well fea, to pass the most rigid before they are given diplomas, A 1 building just been com- P d for use of the school and mp bakery, and four barracks g8 for the use of the students under construction. AN WET BATHING SUITS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL Garments Rented to Enlisted Men at Coney Will Bear Anti- Drinking Label. Capt. Byron R. Sackett of the Coney Island took steps last night to head off enlisted men in the army and navy who have been quenching their thirats at seashore saloons through the ruse of substituting bath- The cooks have examination are fighting men—even more so, | ing suits for their uniforms. Cat Oat and Save These Magazine Pages and Make a Complete Kiddie Klub Year Book The Captain sent an order to all | special occasion LUNA BAND TO PLA KIDDIE KLUB MARCH This Will Be an Added Feature of the Big Outing by the Sea, July 17 By Cousin Eleanor, Promptly at 5 o'clock on the after- noon of July 17 the Kiddie Klub will make its most important public ap- pearance up to this time. For at that hour we are going to fall in Hine and have our own pro: Park, lead by the reg Band, which will be by ession in Taina lar Luna Park directed on ths Master Walter Gunther, bandmaster. Walter is the mascot of 8th Coast Artillery of our Kith Cousins, and per the one haps the youngest Drum Major in th On will as world. band this great occasion the Play the “Kiddie Kluy March,” composed by Conductor Vito Bay He is busy now writ ing the music, and I am certain that the march will be a fino, inspiring one. Immediately back of the band wil! be members of the Junior Naval and Marine Scouts, then Boy Scouts of America, all of the Kiddie Klub act ors, in costume, and the balance af us, ready to take part in the parade and then watch our other Cousins perform. We must not forget that the Luna Park Circus, with camels elephants and other things, is going to be in the parade. This procession is to be reviewed from the band stand by William Hopp, manager of L@na Park; Mra loseph A. Drum, and other members of the staff. Afterward we will all 80 to The Evening World Kiddie Klub Theatre, where a new show is to be given every half hour until 1! o'clock at night. Each show will have a different bill and a differen: cast. Ten cents admission is to be charged, which will go to found our pecial war chest for the relief of Cousins made orphans by the war o! who are in distress because their dad- dies and brothers have gone to Agh in France, A large number of shows and all of Luna Park is to be open to K ddia Klub members on this great day free. Simply wear your pin and a smile. hath house proprietors, which read: “Commencing immediately and not iater than noon Monday, you wil! not rent, loan or give to any man wearing the uniform of the Umited States armed forces any bathing sui: or other bathing attire unless plainly marked on chest and back with the letters “U. 8." Such letters must be 4 inches high and not less than 15 inches in diameter,” The order included a warning to saloon keepers not to sell wo men wearing suits marked 38.” KIDDIE KLOB MAGAZINE: Volume I,.—No. XXIV. AN OLD FRENCH BALLAD. ‘There was a maid in days of old Who lived in the town of Cree, She loved a knight both brave and bold, Who was sailing o’er the sea. | Her name was Helen, this maid of old, | Who lived with her father beside the sea, And the knight who was 60 brave and bold Served the King of Normandy. One summer day when all were glad In the little town of Cree | Another knight both wicked and bad Came from Germany, He asked her hand, but Helen fair Replied, “I cannot wed, Because, you see, I care For another knight instead.” He gathered his armies and came to ri ‘This knight #0 wicked and tad, And just as the knight was taking her Away from the town of Crea, Her lover, the knight 0 brave andi bold, Appeared to set her free. And when to Normandy they svt, She saw his pomp and giory, She knew he was Sir Lancelot, ‘And then she heard his story, And so they were married the very next day At the palace of the King, ‘And all were very happy and gay, As Sir Lancelot gave Helen the ring. From HARRIET GOLDMAN, aged twelve years, Riverside Drive, CHRISTINE’S BENEFACTORS, She was one of @be many unfor- tunate war orphans who has wit. |nessed some of this world's war hor- |ror, Driven from home by the inva. \sion, she and her mother and young brothers and sister gought shelter in the already overcrowded Paris, They were fed and clothed, but no free |jodgings could be obtained and Chris- line's mother had No money. It was about a month later that she and one of her brothers were adopted by @ body of American girl and boy pa- triots who were aiding France by adopting its orphans, Soon, through correspondence, she became acquaint. ed with her chief benefactor, Cousin Hleanor, and Many of her little girls and boys. Many were the small coms forts that she received from her | American benefactors, and every eve. ning when her brothers and herself knelt down to pray they never forgot \to say: "God bless Cousin *Eleanor and our young American Cousins,” Be proud to know that you are one of her benefactors, my Kiddie Klub Cousins, And he demanded fair Helen to see, | But she hid, she was so sad, | Edited by Cousin ELEANOR: i FRENCH NUMBER { THE NEXT BASTILLE DAY. My very dear Madam, Your kind letter reached me i the country during the holidays and I am quite ashamed that I did not reply to it before. I am already @ member of La Fraternite Americaine and I bave a very dear friend who lives at Spokane and to whom I write very often. Mama was worried and very busy, being left to take care of us and to teach her classes. We are better now and I hasten to tell you that I should be very glad to belong to the “famille des petits en- fants,” (family of children), All the | little French children are very happy to see that the little Americans show go much .interest in them. very thankful and I in particular, I sincerely hope that all the Am- ericans, so generous and so brave, who came to help us, will return safe- ly to their dear country. With all my thanks, my dear mad- ‘am, for your great kindness, IT send you my most affectionate kisses and also to all the other little children |who are part of your big family. MARIE LOUISE GENAY, No. 49 Rue de Vergennes, Versailles, France. Dear Cousin Eleanor: You take such an interest in your cousins that I want to tell you how LOUISE MOLINELLI, New| proud I am of my brother, return of the knitted articles must be largest service clubs in the city by York City. ¥ Last summer at the age of seven- lane "They are; Drawn by & THIERMAN. Letters From Cousins } teen he wanted to enlist. But this year, “All the King’s horses and all the King’s men could not hold him back, He was a student at City College, in his sophomore year, studying for a senior degree of chemical engineering. Upon leaving, he was honorably pro- moted by the Dean of the college to his junior year. MARION B, HODBS, aged fourteen. Dear Cousin Eleanor: You do not know how happy you made me by sending me the klub pin and certificate. I wore it the first day I got it and my girl friend wes so pleased when she saw me with it. Of course she belongs to the Kiddie Klub, too, Her name is Eugenia Lang. She was the girl who saved the coupons for me. She told me that the kiub was a klub for children and that every Christmas they have plays and that the klub pin admits a child and one adult, It pleased me very much to hear it. I will never forget the klub and try to find new members for it, She told me that the president of the klub was a young girl and that she was very kind and always did her best for the klub and I myself hope God will bless you for sure and forever. ROSE ENGLISH. No, 200 Wast 56th Street. Interesting Contributions From Our Own Kiddie Klub Members |___ Saturday, July 13 | ONE OF A MILLION. | Dear Cousins, Jet me tell you of our brother Who fought so well and brave | At the Battle of the Marne, | He rests now tn his grave, | When bis country Called for men, He did not for a second pause To help a Nation's righteous cause! | He was stationed in the trenches | One night two months ago, |And as the battle was raging on | Courage he did show. | A buddy was lying on the field, Moaning from pain and thirst, And as our laddy came to his relivf A shell before bim burst For a time he lay Motionless and pale, habs opening his eyes he uttere prayer, Then passed into a wortd free fron sorrow and care, Oh, think, he is but one of mittone Who had bidden mother adieu ‘Then he sailed acroas the sea To fight, perhaps die, for democracy Written by MARGERY KEENE: aged thirteen, New York. OVER THERE. Far away on foreign soil, Over there where the soldiers tot To keep the foe from crossing the Marne They fight bravely and keep calm. They are fighting for democracy, Theirs will be a victory, For this they've gone across the sen To join the Allies to keep us free, By ANGELICA SAMBRON, Flat bush, New York City. ALLIED FLAGS. In America you see the French flag, ‘Tho English and Italian too, But the flag that floats above them al! Is Uncle Sam's Red, White and Blue. By WILLIAM HORAK, aged four teen, Scotch Plains, N. J IN FRANCE. Hurrah! for in France they came; ‘They will always be greeted the same With drums rum-tum-ming And the people humming. Our soldiers landed In France To make the Germans dance, And France ts very happy Our American soldiers to see, ou Aghting for th a Hert, tre. cates for thelr counter They Aight for you and mo And for the dear Red, White and Blue, By JULIBNNE WARSHAW, aged ten years, AT COUSINS’ PARADE a

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