The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-25
STAMFORD

stratferd, Oct. 25.-(special to The T1mes) In order to at once ! record their determination to uphold and maintain the staunch American ism of Theodore Roosevelt, the Ma ! tiona1 Committee of the Roosevelt Memorial Association has requested each local committee to hold a pub lie meeting to commemorate the birthday of Roosevelt which occurs 1 the 2Tth of this month. The meeting will close the drive which had been carried on this week , to obtain enough money fer three | definite objects, outlined by the Ma 1 tiona1 Committee, they are: "F'irst, to improve the land that l has beein given at Oyster Bay for Memorial Park.
 Second, te erect a monumental memorial in Washington which will rank with the Washington monu- ment and the Lincoln memorial. The form which this memorial will take cannot De now determined, this must rest largely with the architects and 1 sculptors, who will be called upon to design the most appropriate and dig nified monument that can be built and with the National Fine Arts 1 Commission that under the law must approve the design and determine its site.
 1 Third, the establishment of 6 Roosevelt Society or Foundation to carry on Colonel Roosevelts spirit | of Americanism and perpetuate and 1 keep alive the uncompromising pa | triottsm of which he was so essential ly the exponent" Complying with the request of the National Committee the Stratford chapter will hold a large meeting on Sunday night, October 27, at the Stratford Methodist church. The chairman of the meeting will be Hon. Elliott Peck, who Is also chair l man of the Memorial Association i The clergy of the four protestant | churches will have part in the pro- 1 gram.
 The delightful program which has i been arranged is as follows: i Organ prelude. Hymn-America.
 1 Remarks by the chairman. l Prayer-Rev. R. c. Whitehead. Anthem-Choir.
 i Scripture-Rev. c. c. Kennedy. 1 Flag Ceremony-Conducted by the 1 chairman.
 i Announcements and offering. Hymn - "Onward Christian Sol 1 diers.
 l Address - The Americanism of | Theodore Roosevelt, by Major Charles 1 M. Bakeweu Deputy Commissioner with the Italian Red Cross. 1 Anthem-Choir.
 Statement by the chairman, MT. 1 Peck.
 1 Benedtction-Rev. W. Nichols. The chief speaker of the evening, ! Major Charles NJ. Bakeweu, Deputy ] Commissioner with the Italian Red i Cross was a life long friend of Mir. l Roosevelt and will speak of the man | and his sentiments as he knew them. i Major Bakewell is a professor in Yale { college.
 f All the town people may feel free
 to attend the meeting in honor of the l greatest modern American. Many new books have recently been placed on file in the Stratford library, ! among them are: Plays For Any i Child-F. Ursula, Payne; Everyman's i Chenisty-Ellwood Hendrick; Lo and ! Behold Ye-Seumas McManus; The
 Ivory TraiI-TaIbot Mundy; Contem- i porary Composers-Daniel Gregory i Mason; Without the Walls-Katrina
 Trask; Social Games and Group ! Dances - J. c. Elsom and Blanche i Thrilling; The Peoples Theatre-Ro- l main Roland; A Community Center
  i edetto Croce, Translated by Douglass Ainslee); Contemporary Russian Com posers NJ ontagu-Nathan; Sketches in Duneland-Earl H. Reed; The Re i Creation of Brian Ken-Harold Bell
 Wright: The Branding Iron-Kath- 1 erine Newlin Bart; Rainbow Valley
 L. w. Montgomery; The Old Mad | house - William DeMorgan; From i Father to Son-Mary Watts; The o1a i
 Going West-Rasil King; MT. Dooley
 on Making Will and Other Neces-
 sary hings-Charles Scribner and Sons; Miss F'ingal-Mrs. w. K. Cliff
 ford; Ramsey MilhoIand - Booth
 Harrington; The Candle of Vision A. F.; Nights in London-Thomas Burke; The Life of Carleton Park
 CorneHa Stratton Parker; How to
 Know the Bible-George Hodges;
 Small Th;ngs-Margaret Deland; Out
 and About London-Thomas Burke;
 The White Island-Michael Wood;
 The Red Signal-Grace Livingston
 Hull Lutz; The Undying Fire-H. G
 Wells; Cornelia-Lucy Fitch Perkins:
 What Happened to Europe-trank
 A. VanderIip; Pilgrim in Palestine
 John Finley; Gregg-F4eta Campbell:
 Springer; Glenmonan - Patrick Me
 Gill, An American Poilu-L1ttle'
 1 Brown x Company; fasha-1hdl 4e1 Ratchkareva; Canning and Preserv-
 ing-Theodora Carroll; History of the
 Yankee Division-Harry A. BenVel | Dangerous Days-Mary Roberts Rine- : hart; The Wicked Marquis-E- Phil lips Openheim; The Arrow of Gold Joseph Conrad; The Undefeated- : J. c. Smith, A Padre in F,rance-G A. Birmingham; The Best Short Stories of 191e-Edward J. O'Brien;
 The Cricket-Marjorie Benton Cooke; : Fifty Years of Europe-Charles Downer Hazen.
 The services at Bethany church. [ tomorrow, will be of special inter est. Rev. John Gliding, who has just