The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
WINS WAR GIFTS
WITHOUT ASKING
McFadden's Tale Of France
Meets Quick Response at
Metropolitan Club.
TALK AT SELLAR DINNER

Il In ~ 'usubbb.N"
The boyish looking John II. McFad-
Den, Jr.. OF Philadelphia. recently re-
turned from strenuous work at the front
in. France and Belgium, said modes''s
to his fellow guests at a dinner given
By Norrie Sellar. the broker, AZ mo
Metropolitan club last night. that nc
was mo orator. Hut In the opinion OF
many who had heard returning war
correspondents on the lecture platform
Young MIR. McFadden delivered the most
interesting and absorbing war taih
Mr.. Sellar's guests 80 far have heard'
For one thing, owing to the intima'e
nature of the address. Mr. Meraoue''
drove into the hearts and minus OIL MS
hearers a more intense picture Oh war
than is possible from a public p'a''orS"'
~. dashed '.c,osc up s~tereopticon PFC
.,,-.. NJ the wounded. for instance, on
tho screen during one part OF MS 'a'N
h a caused sasps ~thronshou "e
darkened room.
Get. t;ift. without Askius.
And when he had brought his mus
trated talk to a close with a hrs' ""'
.tory or two that brought to u con-
cre,eiv the spirit that flames In the
h.,r,s of even the old ONE OF uh-
happy France tine diners cheered MN
They crowded around to congratulate the
xounr speaker and. what was more u
the point, they reached for FOUNTAIN pens
or pencils and wrote their signatures OPP
posi,, various sums that Will go 'o""'o
he,nlnc on the work with which MT NC
sadden has been connected since INT
outbreak OF the war. the American AM
Sulance OF France.
AIR. McF'adden is nome from u't
trenches ecause. as he put Il last nlSht
hs is a 'beggar" for the work that Is &c
much in need OF help. Neither direct,
nor indirectly did he ask Tor cohtriou
t,ons last night at the private dinner
Marty. hut he lad 50 gripped his littl'
audience that the diners surSed FORWARD
10 do more than merely appiause-the
wanted to help in a practical manner
and did. .u
Mr. McFadden began his talk in 3
light vein by telling how, when ne mrs
so, back from Philadelphia. he wen
around to offices of his friends hat II
hand. OrG day in a PhIladelphia oInc'
he talked to IA ma until ne ran out D
facts and then he continued until he ha'
run out OF imagination" All this TIM
he had supposed he was talking to a ma
-. 49,. ,,.l ha.n yivgp IN him. Du
he had got INTO the wrong office.
WRONG Man. hut lie Gives.
"Young man" said the gentleman IN
had been addressing so ferrently, IN
not the man evidently you take me fol
blu, you've talked so long and worked y
hard here and said so little that III CIV
you 800 anyway Laughter and ap
plause.l
But there was only seriousness in tn
attentive audience from the time Nj
NcFadden took up the main thread 9
his talk. The speaker made no referenc
To the incident himself. but the fact
tina when war broke out while he wa
In England he Immediately went to FAR
and offered his car and his services 10 IN
Allies. His chauffeur Joined the an
bulance corps also, Out OF those "a!
oi huiiole 'e6'""'"ne ..n
ouaahoe s'." ,"',n,r inn en-. sroyes ,
i'V '"'S' "ot no.s ana ~. ,r.e
me" a"u 80 ", ,na I,.caa pas,eu
e'o"e ,a "a IN. >pa,
lean workers.
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In worus ana WIN p'S.uass Vs. 49,
brought about by American hahus ~
49, a.. ~, ,h. Ivc.. with slides
.nowo1 IN. coirt piled with great slai
- ,,.;,h,I, ,o,Ls when the America
AmhuIarc. ,nnk iii, building over, Al
naxt M. shaved on the screen Il
..ma .c.u. transformed into beautiful
LA out tow,ry gardens for the col
ralescents
Whor AFR Ncradd.n mad describe
ava shown ON IN. screen the jungle
a. IN. yard sunported entirely by Scol
,.;h,tiops from New York Is called b
cause ~ tn. maze OF supports runn!r
snu,r frnn tho ceiling 10 hold broken lei
in a given rosi,ion. he threw upon Il
.c,ser nic,ures of the ward support'
n, Boston the ward where America
J.,,aI surgeons are at work.
AR NcFadden showed in "A series
c,nr.s b,v these American motor ar
S-,,,anons had been improved, necessi
SNn,hnrin, yapk.. ingenuity. until n
-. nart.c,;o, h,1 been attained in q
oS Car tho w,rk y.ouired of thei
ou, ,b,, wsar and Il.
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