New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
Girls Send Money, Saved
for French Soldiers, to
Build u. S. WarShip.
MONEY GRENADE
IN CONTRIBUTIONS
America Buttons Will Be Ready
Tomorrow for LegiOns of
Dime GiverS.

diers Of France changed their plans
yesterday after reading Of the battle
ship that the children of the United
States are to build and sent fifty dimes
apiece 20 help keep the protectors Of
the United States from being wounded
by better equipped foe.
1--WE are class Of six girls" the
letter from East Eighty-ffth Street
read. "and we have been raising money
for the wounded French soldiers. But
when we read in The Tribune about the
Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund we
decided 90 send It 20 the battleship
fund. FOR we an think that our country
will have many more wounded than the
French If We are not prepared.
I'VE are so glad YOU are going 20
eive pins 20 the children who send
money. and We think every child IN
America should wear one. Hoping the
hattleship America viii be built very
soon. we remain. Nancy Farnum, Betsy
Farnum, Eleanor Satterlee, Peggy
Johnston. Ethel Haven (per 7. L., Nir-
-iria Post Brown
Thirty dollars was inclosed' the
largest single contribution to date TO
the fund. which is now well over the
$500 mark.
Inc hundreds Of other children who
boyo o1roadv sent m their dimes VIII
h. ,lad 20 hear that the buttons oeer-
;ng 81 picture Of battleship and the
-.ntinr "T S. 8. America, VIII De
rop6y to-morrow, when the distribution
mi be- becuu bv mail. Owing 10 the
loree number which must be sent TO all
Tho children. il may be several Gays
Vet before an can be started on their
way.
A Money Bomb Found.
An Office boy discovered very sus5-
nicious anncaring bundle IN the mail.
bar Yesterday. and. remembering luro
tales Of internal machines, requested
colleague TO pick the parcel up. no
Iuekl lie secuted around the shop and
fraIlv found a chap brave enough TO
place il hurriedly upon the boss's desk
y iingled, Signs Of trepidauon from
the occupant Of the executive ch9lr
and no signs of wanting 10 1oncle the
new arrival. Thcn-
"WilNsi" in stern voice. "Opeh
ffls paCAdbt. "".'c "--
good order. -.
The picked-on unfortunate carefully
removed the brown paper addressed
10 The Tribune and discovered a can
ith a money slot punched IN the top
= did not contain powder, but simply
legal tender with which 20 buy lo-lnch
guns. The letter that arrived later eX-
planned oil.
"Dear sir" il read. 1--WE are sending
Won a can of money 70 help build the
5attleship for the U. 5. A. Seven Of us
bows and girls collected IL IN Norris
town. Our names are Lawrence Mills,
Lena Mills. Anne Brengle, Eugene Van
derpool, John G Bates, jr., Henry shaw
and jean W. Griswald Please send
the buttons 10 me and ] will give them
70 the other kids.
ave omptied the money into one can
and are sending il by parsil post. We
got more money from grown people
than from kids because they have
mere Yours truly, LENA MILLS
The SIS which the can contained was
credited at first 70 Frank X. Mills, OF
Morristown, who writes that he helped
the children send Il and that Marion
CoggershaN was also a collector
But not all the excitement was con-
fined 70 the Tribune Office yesterday.
About noon an eight-weeks-old baby
was found on the counter Of the battle
chip booth OF the PanamaPacifc Medal
Winners Exposition, at Grand Central
Palace, crying at a terrific rate. At
first II was thought that some one had
deserted the child and that either Mar
iorie or the battleship would have TO
adopt the little girl, but soon a patrol
man came In from Lexington Avenue.
"There's p nurse outside what lost a
kid" he said.
The frantic guardian was brought
IN 10 the Battleship Booth where the
infant was restored 20 her. She said
the baby's name was Miriam, the daugh-
Ter Of Mrs. Bernhard Levitow. 5l5 Lex
ington Avenue, and took her back home
before Miriam had the slightest chance
70 put her dime in one Of the glass
bowls and register as a visitor 20 the
booth. How the child got from her
carriage on Lexington Avenue into the
Grand Central Palace will have to re-
main one Of the mysteries Of the past
Marjorie 90 Appear in Films.
Tomorrow is the day when the
movies of Marjorie on board the L. S.
s. Washington at the navy yard will
be released IN several theatres Of this
vicinity in the SeligTribune News
Pictorial. So by looking through the
list printed IN another column every
child can find the theatre nearest home
and watch Marjorie in the films.
Now that 50 many children are work
ing for the battleship all over the coup-
try young folks as well as old folks
should be warned not 70 give their
battleship dimes TO any child not per
sonaly known 20 them. The Tribune
employs no collectors, but welcomes. Of
course, the efforts of children collect
ing from their own personal friends.
To such Of our older friends who are
signing checks for the children's battle
ship II Will facilitate matters if such
checks are made out 10 "Mariorie's
bcttleship Fund.-" instead Of TO Mar
lorie personally, for the child's hand
has actually been tired out indorsing so
many valuable pieces OF paper.
Acknowledgment Is made Of the
dimes dropped into the Jar at Madison
Square Garden by Frank Corduan for
Elyira GalindO, Muriel Galindo, GLADYS
Galindo, Robert c. Galindo. jr., James
Collart, jr, Dorothy Corduan and Shir-
ley Collins. The 60 cents previously
credited 20 Anthony De Stcfano was
for himself. Victor, Rose, Mariana, Ade-
line and Eleanor De Stefano.
ROderick Mcdonald Scott has the dis
tinction Of sending his dime from the
farthest Western point yet Naponec,
Franklin County, Neb. Maybe j can
raise q lot Of dimes out here" he
writes. ~ hope the America will soon
be built. / am thirteen years old and
go 70 school every day"
81 am saving my money 20 buy the
Matt Shay engine of the Erie Railroad
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