The evening world., 1917-07-02
More Than 1000 Children
Greet the Presidents Daugh-
ter at Celebration.
STIRRING SPECTACLE.
City Officers Among Speakers
at Ceremony Under Auspices
of The Evening World.


The presence OF Miss Margaret
Wilson, daughter Of the President, at
the City Hall day to address more
than thousand school children was
the feature OF the celebration OF
American Forum Day commemorating
the new law opening the public
schools for civic purposes and COM
munity centres, as advocated by The
Evening World.
The exercises at City Hall were
only preliminary TO those to be held
tonight in washington Irving High
School and at twenty eight social
centres throughout Manhattan under
The Evening World American Forum.
Miss Wilson was received in the re-
ception room OF City Hall by Police
ommissioner Woods and Theodore
Rousseau, Secretary to tho Mayor,
and went from there TO address the
children. One of the pleasing notes
in the gathering OF tho Public School
pupils, Boy Scouts, members of the
npnior Police and the American
Junior Naval and Marine Scouts. was
a group OF children from Public
School No. ia, entitled "A Group OF
An Nations"
At the conclusion OF Miss Wilson's
speech she was presented with bou-
duet by Paul Thomas Breen, thirteen
years old. in the name OF the Naval
and Marine Scouts.
THE BOY SCOUTS ADDRESS
TO MISS WILSON,.
Young Breen said:
"Miss Wilson. on behalf OF the
American J"pior Naval and Marine
Scouts. numbering 10000 boys resid-
ing in 163 cities and towns OF 80
States OF the Union. greet you. This
small unit, of which am a member.
rejoices to meet you and welcomes
your visit TO our city
I'VE sincerely hope that your stay
here will be a pleasant and enjoyable
one. The American Junior Naval
and Marine Scouts of this city wish
20 offer our thanks to you for the
interest you have taken in the pas
sage Of the recent law by the State
Legislature which provides for the
opening of the school buildings to
the people OF the community when
school is not in session.
This law particularly effects be-
cause we use the schools for the pur-
poses of our drills and meetings and
in many instances we have been
obliged to pay for such use. We
thank you for what you have done
and II gives me a great deal OF pleas
ure TO ask you to accept from us
these flowers as a taken OF our ap-
probation"
Miss Wilson was introduced by
Sophie Irene Loeb as the most demo-
cratic girl in America"
MISS WILSON'S GREETING TO
THE CHILDREN.
Miss Wilson said;
ut makes me very happy TO be here
to-day. | feel that / know you all
each and every one OF you-and that
] have known you all your lives. We
are all working for the same purpose
for the common cause. We all love
our country.
I'VE are all serving our country and
the country is serving all the world
Thank you so much, God be with
you till we meet again"
Miss Wilson arrived in an automo
bile accompanied by Sophie Irene
Loeb and J.. E. Trimm. Commodore
OF the Naval Division in the Ameri-
can Junior Naval and Marine Scouts
and escorted nv a body OF marine
scouts in another automobile. The
Catholic Protcctory Band opened the
exercises by play'ng The Star Span
sled Banner"
The air was repeated by a tiny Boy
Scout on the bugle while the great
crowd stood with their hats of and
in n position Of salute.
Park Commissioner Cabot Ward
made the first OF the brief addresses
at the occasion,
1--WE must make a tremendous ef-
fort to get together said the Park
Commissioner, FOR the common pur-
pose of our country We are at war
and we want TO 80 10 tho war as one