New-York tribune., 1916-02-19
WAR FILM COUPONS
FOR SCHOOL KIDDIES
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changing fate which has pursued the
weaker nation when the war beast
finally burst its chains. In those days
the conqueror killed most Of the men
Of fighting age whom he could not take
away as slaves to work his fields, or
man the oars of his galleys.
Later or, in the Middle Ages. when
what was called "chivalry" came INTO
the life Of men, beautiful woman was
more often the stake for which ar
mored knight fought knight. II one
warrior had a wife whose beauty was
noised abroad il was generally his lot
to spend & goodly part of his life fight
ing TO protect her against other steel
clad men who wanted her for their
own. II he were not prepared from his
carly youth TO WELD the heavy swords
of the day and protect himself with
shield and helm, like as not he fell
before the onslaught Of his adversary.
who took the woman with him as his
prize, whether she liked it or not
Thus the film unreels, telling what
Marjorie Sterrett tried TO tell when
she gave her dime TO help build a
battleship for Uncle Sam. The school
children who pay their dimes to see
the spectacle will be helping Marjorie
build her battleship, for the manage
ment Of the theatre Is going TO turn
over large share Of tn, dimes to Mar
jories fund
Perhaps the man who has the cou-
pons will arrive in front Of your
school in a great, gray hulk Of a motor
car. which, when you examine II, will
turn out to be the only armored auto
mobile in the United States. II has
been loaned by the Northwestern Naval
and Military Academy, at Lake Geneva,
| Wis, 20 help the cause of prepared
ness. The Northwestern is one of the
many schools in this country where
they teach boys not only 10 be bank
clerks and lawyers, but 10 be soldiers,
too.
William S. Grover. who drives the
car in his military coat and cap, and
Milton d. Crandall, who handles the
rapid-hre gun in the rear, learned
lesson in preparedness yesterday when
they were hailed into court for having
what the police thought was the wrong
kind of license on the big machine.
Patrolman Whitley" GIdeman overlook
them when they were whizzing up
Seventh Avenue Thursday afternoon
and told them they ought TO have =
commercial license on IT, They were
held in the West Side court yesterday
morning in 500 bail because il showed
d dealers license.
Hardly had they had time to speed
over to Brooklyn when another motor
cycle policeman handed them a sum-
mons TO appear IN the Butler Street
police court Monday morning, declar-
ing that they should be showing pri-
vate license. Some time next week the
learned judges of General Sessions will
put their heads together 20 determine
what kind Of an automobile an ar
mored one really is.
Marie orie was invited TO see defence
or Tribute" yesterday afternoon. and
as soon as school was over she started
for the theatre. What pleased Mar
iorie most about the pictures were the
scenes showing the American army and
navy IN action. When she saw a pict-
ure of Lincoln or Of an American bat
tleship like the one her dime is going
20 build some day she just couldn't
help applsuding until her hands sched
Il guess IL is my ancestors inside of
me-" she whispered.
Yesterday the letters continued 70
pour IN. bringing their dole Of dimes
and dollars, making the fund, started
with a dime, mount steadily higher and
higher toward the desired goal. The