New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL
HELPS MARJORIE
Girls and Boys Send a
Washington Birthday
Gift to Fund.

In the salvo Of letters that deluged
the battleship fund yesterday, the day
before Washington's Birthday, there
we're messages from churches, notes
from hospitals and missive FROM
Marjorie herself The Girl who has
aroused more than five thousand pat
riotic children from Maine TO Texas 70
do their bit toward preparedness is
convinced that the spirit OF the Father
Of his Country still lives. She writes:
Brooklyn, y. Y.
Dear Editor: ! am going to write
this letter so you will get it on Wash.
i1pton's Birthday. Tor on this day all
bows and girls will think about George
Washington and remember that this is
the country he loved. fought for and
governed. and whose honor he put be-
fore everything else. I'll bet he never
even asked what his salary would be
when they asked him to be president.
He lust thought. Here's a chance 70
serve my country" and went at it.
was reading about him a few days
ago. and this is what | read: That ne
said. an time of peace prepare Tor
war" SO you see he believed IN pre-
Iaredness. too.
Dime Like Wishing Ring.
But what | want to do is thank you
for putting my letter in the paper.
That dime was like the wishing ring |
read about. for dimes are flying from
every direction. At first after sent the
letter [ was a little scared, but now
an glad because get so many glad let
iers from boys and girls all over the
country and from grownups, too. They
all like the idea. it makes the country
seem more like our own country when
we can do something our own very
selves for II.
SO many people ask me how ! hap
pened 90 think Of the plan. | didn't
have any really truly plan when | sent
the money. Moving picture plays helped,
guess. but what stirred my sumption
most were the dozens of funds for
Europe. and ! thought. 81 bet Europe
wouldn't do that for Us. So | guess
we'll have 70 look out for ourselves ana
take our own part as Mr.. Roosevelt
Saws"
so sent the dime to The Tribune
and after | did il | was scared. ! dldn't
tell mama / asked her how 10 spell
preparedness. and then when papa came
home | told him. and he said never
mind. as he guessed they wouldn't care
anyhow. Then when / got up in the
morning and saw il on the first page OF
the paper don't know whether | was
iaost scared or glad.
Then a reporter came out 10 see me.
That time | knew ! was just plain
scared. But I'm not scared now and I'm
awful glad | did IT,
Last Monday | was invited 70 visit
the Navy Yard 10 see the |. ;. ). Wash
ington, which had just come back from
Hayti. was taken all over every
where except the coal bin and the
crow's-nest. / should like TO have gone
I'D in the crows nest. Isn't that
funny name? | had real adventure
on board that ship. Ny paps's military
cap that | was wearing blew overheard
and the sailors rescued il with long
poles. Il was all squdgy. II was so
soaked. but the officers had il put in
over the ships ovens 70 dry II out.
The officers gave me some Haytl
money and some pieces OF coral and
other trinkets which am going 10 keep
20 remember the |. ;. ;. Washington
by. felt. oh can't tell you how
felt. II was wonderful, ! wish every
boy and girl could make a visit TO
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