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Tur: wEEI<'s PRIZE WINNERS.

EunIcc Wilkinson. 1900 Hull Street.
SOuth Richmond. city.
John Phillip NRrdini. please send
address.
Mary ElcIl. of HrunswirL, NR.
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C;ia dston.. Va
Welcome Rack

Dear Editor,l am going 10 write you a
Tow lines TO lot YOU know | haven't for :
gotten You and the members. have been
going In school ana haven't had much time
10 write. bat | am gonS try and write
more often now. Please excuse blots and
bad wiring, am in hurry. Please
print my letter Love TO YOU and ali
the members. Your member.
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''N' Wv - ~ ~
Sends - trnts for Orphan.

M Dcar Fditor.-I SAW in the paper where
i.go' rrize want 10 'hsnk Won FOR il.
also want 10 thank "nu for having pub
lshed mv stories. Editor; dear. what do
rou tnlay about the weather hav-
mcc would lust love to to in the Coun-
trR now What beautiful stories YOU "ouid
write about nature Why don't some OF the
members who live IN the country write about
The wonderful ,inIc th"y have picking flow
"ls, going tlaci>herry hunting. oh. il is so
interesting to read about nature. I know
nothing hut war Now since ncaCc is here.
Want Ia know about the wonderful work OF
nature am sending story for the CON
tsSt Enclosed n,ra.e find y cents for nur
ituc orphan From ~ old member
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Petersburg Va
We've Missed Sou.

Dear Editor am sending in story
which is rather long X !, Is too Ions VIII
>nu please con'inu" - for me- have
not been contributing regular. but VIII tTy
10 do 80 later. Your member.
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Misses Old Members.

Dear Eittor.-Aftcr several Years absence
here come again. am sending an Easter
! am old 10 !o!n the f'hidrcn's club
again was LOOKING over ~" T. r. G G.
Page last Sunday ana ! admit any
Of tho old members names. Hone 70 So.
nay name on the page" old menber.
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Praises Members

T'tar FdiiOr,-I 'hlnk 7 VIII write you a
letter. as ] haven't written in Ions time.
Shsr!sy was .lad TO get her prize. ] don't
think she knows what she IL on. Won't
you tell her? Alice Pearson. Jennings Hunt
bnd Helen Simons certainly do nice work
But think Jennings hardly ever has any
ihinH on tho page" \ member.
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Gladstone. Va
Gontf Wishes

Dear Editor.-What Kind OF Easter did Won
and the members have? Hop. YOU had q
happy one. sure did. ! sending In
charade, and nope 10 sec IL in print. read
the children page every sunday. and IT
surely has som. fine members. haven't
sent in anything for long ! guess that
YOU have forgotten me. bur you viii! have
IN forgive me this time and ] viii try to
do better. now that school has closed Well
must stop and give tn" other members
a chance 10 put in word With love for
and all Of the members. Tour loving mem
Der. RUTH OIrISENBIsREy
Ii Certainly Is.
wea ether" Isn't il grand to all the birds
back again. think spring is the best part
Of the year. don't you? What has hec ON.
Of Jennings l.; Hunt" think she does
hne work. ] wish could do half as good
Thanh! yon ever so much for PRINTING nv
story placed 1, beside other stories and
was ashamed Of II. I dare say Won, wera
asha med "a print it. am sending in !,
poem: which hone will he q little bette
] VIII close with love Ia YOU md all Tho
members. VIOLET SJ'Ta'I I-p
J. s. please
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Praises Member

N'IF0-T NNT0F--.Ir7' f.w Inns 70 Ief
sou know .'i- no" VINO IS sending IN this
.h.FaJ. ana tn. drawing for Ia. peace con
'.'t WI send IN si"ry later '"r IN"
ina"e contest Wei do want 20
la" NJ your 'iiu" and IN" rhiidrNn's .usce.
Ehn' 'crl&iu's Was good plCtur. H'icu
a. Simprr had iu The uSuar Surh.v wish
sn" would write 20 M. with love am
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New NicInller.

Dear Edl'or-i received M" button and
am r"rta iniv proud ~ u. ] sending ~
original war picture and wish enter 4
ia IN" contest IirpIug the contest will b.
success. r"Disiu YOUR member
FREDERICK WOi.FGRAM.
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Dear Edi,orI am sending in story
as not 10 send in any more drawings. |
think "" have had fine weather so far. !
DO not know whether this story is good
enough. but think tt will b. good.
From your old member.
80 North Thiriy-th!rd Street Richmond
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Praises Page

Dear Editor-i am sending iu drawing
hop" % see IN uriutc soon. THOUGHT the
phE" inc suudsv Your member.
MARION HARRISON.
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New Member.

NV Dear Editor am sending in my hrs
story Hope II won't reach the waste hssNe'
10 hope ~ sec T. sunday. IN. next or"
wiIl Try :" DO better sirr"r"iv vou- nc
Iuonber. LOUISE Gen THY.
pirc Cann Brook Hii. Va.
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Don't SEMI Rid,

Dear i@drGr. am sendirE in som. rid
Nlrt. Wui'n hone ~ in 'hr uapcr Sur
Gay THINK IN" rag" waz Hrc iiclcn
S,mone' drawing X inst lovely. I remain
1919 Mcst Main St-oe,. Kinhmonh. "
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LOUISE BLoOME.
Thank. for Dime.

Dear Editor-rhauEs so much for putting
my drawing in Tho paper. and am sending
dime FOR tho little French boy. hope
tho other members ar. getting along al
-icht. lnclossi you Will Gnd a dra wing,
which | hope 20
CHARLES CARRIER.
60 Naury Street South Richmond Va
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90 NaUry Street.
sign Notlr Stories

Dear Edi;or-I received my badge TODAY.
ana was res glad 10 get II. And am Glad
&" become member Of The club. I am
sending in story. which / hope In
print Your now member.
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Dcsr IA tori am now inclnsing an article
for the p~Gce contest. which hone will he
ssliSfac;nry. II : not exactly stC2.'- II Is
more ii,i, = speech I'm thinking. Phase
cu~c writing as hav" four pens and neither
as.rcc With the pa per the writer. II Is one
az tho two. Your loving memh.r,
SARAH MAYER.
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Dear Ediior. CcrtaInI
that had won q prize
I forget 10 send my
have 4 picture. which
hut IL looked SO bad AFT
up that I drew II over
never draw a picture
aud I want To know II !
uui drawing IL over in ~
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New hall W.
Likes Badge.

Dear Editor.-Nany thanks for the beau
tiful pin y"u sent me inoiosed YOU will
fnd story which hope to see pun
Iished. Very Sincerely
NINA LEE suMLIS
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10 Chamberlain"
II Closes NaN &c.

U-Hf FNIIDr Tn
~r'Nt.ur my win,
go another drawing
ur.U' a!u ! ann ~
regular 80 the rlul
contest going 20 81
90 drsv' something
te getting loHE ! So
b." mem uers An q
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T. ?. r. :, Hon I
Thanks for Dime.

Dear i:ii;or-I received my prixo and was
very glad. The ! made last
chapter short Was that wanted 80 abide
hy th' rules. Rut noticed mat every other
story longer thar mine 7 made ~ 2
litti" longer This w."-. lnCln-od /. ? dime
FOR Claude. remain. Yours trui..
EEED BI'Gn
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ION Deserved u.
Welcome ISarlx

My Dear EDITOR haven't written to the
club FOR long tim" am scndnG in some
Easter drawing for. tho heading Of the
TOT cant thank YOU hardly enough for
putting IN my story last sunday. ann go
; s,aG YOU printed my STORY To-day +,
I'M am Cleaning ny for IT, J haven't much
h ~, an Easter csc hunt on Monday ate"
r.HStcr. cNrcct to got up some eggs.
chltor wasn't that tho best OF Helen
HlnlnnS u" got M Sl.lS for little Claude.
Wnn'u send a dime now. but ( haven't any
nnn1 l" get II before the msi will 20.
hliRht Schn IN poem. Editor, how d
you IKE Easter. ! like Ii fine Editor
want you I" toll mo about the peace con
70 20 YOU draw angel. or soldiers or
What iicasc write and tell me about IL II
IL ish TOO much. must close Good BY,
FROM your new member
l.. ELIZABETH RICHARDS
Sends Story.
,,n Dear Ed,,"r:-I have not written for Ions
mmr, 50 am sending YOU q story called
rhn young invcntor In Mexico which
wr"ic. and hone To have IL published You
asked M II my story is original Yes II is
dordonsvilc, Va. RoS l6.
On n story, Believe
Ny Dearest Editor Don't you think WIN,
= snrprs" ! hal ,ovcr my prize, when
seen my name IN the paper as a prize win
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Dear fHttor.-l received priGp and
thank YOU ever so ma. FOR II am send
ing Ia story witch hop" 10 soc In urint
soon ] have lu-; Flushed readur tho ia 60
aub enjoyed y ycrv much. there w"rc
som" Very good stories Tn. -s~in. ~
li"!"0 = SimoHs was nnc also. SOC | vii
H"N'r h'CuU" AN n'iisi for dgn't linr To
draw. ] E"f enough drawing school.
Will close FOR tA'- time Ioyiu-fv Yours
EDNA LEE ROCK
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Sign Your Drawings

Dear Editor am nrs Of tho old mem
bcrr haven't sent in ~ articles IN sue
long Tim" hat ru"ss YOU hay" foFvpit"
mo but viii trN and write every "re-
I am going 20 srnd IN - drawing which
none 10 IN uriu' sunday l."yingly.
TIC * E.R.
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Thanks far Dime.

l"ar EdI'0r.--I hay" NOV
Won have Forgotten M. "
YOU though. ! have ius: 4
story for the contest on
T. has taken mo such lonj
pos" g., that hope 10 sec
@oon. I am inclosing 10 .
claude, Yours truly.
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Dear Edi,or.I very much surprised
10 SEQ my nam" the prize list for Feb
ruary p. but have no, yet received my prize
correspond with one member named AM
patterson nope ypu VII send my prlZ'
real soon. Inc!osci you will nd story
hop" II VII b" in print. I Will close. viii
I"E" 80 all. From your rn.inno'.
EiI.IcE OAKLEY
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ESQ Hun stree,

forgotten ynu. but could not thiNh OF any
thing To write. Your old member
! STUART WHITE.
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Correspondence Column


Likes Member, StOrirs.
Dear Editcr.-i arm Scndinr two drawings
ono IS Tor the contest. think the confess
having hnc weather. like spring best Of
an IN" seasons. think Alice Pearson :
articles mo stories. My father knows nc
ycopl" IN heys"ilie know ali of tho For,
Mlth'll members except Hester Manrrc,i
Id Low" 10 correspond with some OF ,he
m"mhcrS ] VIII try aud write more often
Much love &" YOU and all the mcntars
MARY H. KNIGHT.
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thirteenth century and applying it to
modern science. Needless to say, HUI
man nature being as 1t Is, this dis
tinct!on awoke undying jealousies.
Here, perhaps, for the first time were
his strength and gentleness seriously
put to the test. Never once has he
been known to whisper a word against
those whose antagonism must .have
made him suffer keenly. Many have
sought frequently, and In different
ways, TO elicit from him even a mild
criticism of the behavior of his oppo-
nents. Ever on the alert in the prac-
tise Of charity. without seeming to no.
tice the snare, he invariably detects
it and cleverly turns the conversation
to other matters.
In every act of his private life Car
dinal Mercier Is d man who lives up
to the spirit of the Gospel. Before
preaching II, he practises perfection.
That all his priests should do likewise
is his most ardent wish. A few years
before the war he came across the BIZ
ography OF the sanity Father Chew
rier, who died in Lyons. France, some
twenty-five years ago. Recognizing in
this holy man the true type OF the Sec
ular priest of our own times, he at
once bought, out Of his own slender
means, a whole edition. To each one
of the 1900 priests Of his diocese he
presented a copy, urging them to
model their lives on that Of Father
Chevrier-a second St. Vincent dc
Paul in his love for the poor and the
ouucast.
He usually spends about six weeks
of the summer preaching retreats to
his clergy. They gather at his SEM
mary in Malines in patches of three
hundred and fifty. During all this
time, no matter how great may be his
fatigue, he is at their disposal from
morning until night =.
In order to fill the ranks OF his
clergy so sadly depleted--at home by
murder and at the front by GerDan
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ming to him in the street, saying that
a German soldier had just arrested a
priest. This priest, 1t seems, had res
cued a girl whom a soldier sought to
modest, and in the struggle he had
struck the Hun.
where is her" demanded the Car.
dinal.
"In the guardhouse," replied one of
the people. They said they would
shoot him."
Went to the Gaarch0use.
To the guardhouse the long, swift
strides OF the Cardinal soon brought
him. With folded arms the tall figure
stood for a moment on the threshold,
his blazing eyes sweeping over the
dense and noisy crowd until they
rested on the object of his search.
There a priest stood against the wall
at the furthest end of the big hall,
awaiting the bullet that was to end
his days. All at once the presence of
the fearless old man was noted and
every head turned round. A sudden
silence fell upon the uniformed rabble
Not word did the Cardinal say. He
raised his right hand and with his long
forefinger beckoned to the priest to
come to him. Back the soldiers fell to
the right and left, and up through the
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long lane their prisoner marched--and
not one OF them moved or uttered a
word as he followed his pastor to
safety.
Such spiritual heroism as Cardinal
Mercier has displayed since the begin
ming Of the war has been rarely
equalled in the worlds history. With
his country lying stark and silent at
his feet, this prelate dared to step
forth, one puny voice against the
might of the Central Powers, raising
his voice In protest against the unjust
devastation around him. After the
sacking OF Louvain and the destruc-
ton of her university, his alma mater
with the priceless library therein, the
great Cardinals human heart well
nigh broke. 1t may be that the pas
siopate prayer OF this latter day saint
was answered by the inspiration of
that famous pastoral letter which af-
terward shook the world with the
strength of its pleading. At any rate,
Chrlstendom has listened breathlessly
ever since to each word Cardinal Mer-
cier has publicly uttered, sure of its
inextinguishably truthful origin.
Only a nature formed from a COM
bination of the ascetic and the soldier
could dare speak at such a time and
In such a manner as has this coura-
geous prelate. And yet the Cardinal is
not young man. Born In 1851, he Is
far from being either youthful in ap-
pearance or strpng in physique. Tall
ana thin, he Is Sthe ascettc in every
lineament Yet of his physical and
moral bravery there have been few
peers In history. 1t Is related of. him
that on a morning when he was driv-
ing in his automobile along the streets
Of a nelghboring village a little girl
ran directly In the path of the ma
chine. Instantly the Cardinal shouted
to the driver to swerve from the road,
though in the fulfilling of this COM
mand the chauffeur was obliged to
head for a high stone wall. The Car
dinal was thrown OF and suffered
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severe decorations to his head and
face. When condoled with subse-
iquenty he remarked with fervor that
his injuries were a real source of 10y,
inasmuch as through them the chlids
life was saved. His first word on re-
covering consciousness after the acci-
dent was: What about the little girl ?"
Strength ana Sweetness Combined.
His personal character is q demon
stration Of Samson's famous riddle
strength and sweetness combined in
one-Fortiter ct suaviter. Both are
revealed IN his face--a surely striking
one. The high and very broad fore
head, the strong nose, the delicate jaw,
the wonderfully sweet and gracious
smile are features that rfvet attention.
Dominating. illuminating, transffguring
his whole countenancs arc eyes so
deeply spiritual OF expression that in
stinctlvely one realizes = this man
knows God.
The rare force Of his intellect was
well known before circumstances re-
vealed this many sided man from
other viewpoints. He was barely 80
when the eagle eye Of Pope Leo XIII.
singled him out for the formidable
task OF reviving the philosophy Of the
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shells-the Cardinal has inaugurated
a measure which, fancy, is unique.
He has opened a special seminary for
men of ripe age-pious, unmarried
men who are willing to devote them
selves in the priesthood to the present
needs of their fellow countrymen. The
most elemental studies needed for the
conscientious fulfllment OF their
sacerdotal duties is all the Cardinal re-
quires of these devoted souls.
He keeps in touch with every one
Of his priests. That he may know
them all from the outset he has one
student from his seminary to break
fast with him every morning. Each
has his turn. That he expects his
priests to live up to a very high ideal
is no secret. When he returned from
Rome in September. fs14 after the
election Of Pope Benedict XIV, he.
found that his clergy had deemed it
necessary for safety to let their boards
grow and to exchange the cassock for
secular dress. The mere fact of their
being priests had proved fatal to many
Of their brethren. The Cardinal
promptly expressed a wish that they
should resume their habitual appear
ance.
Every sheep Of the flock should. in
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Sister Mary Ignatius O'Kava-
nagh is an Irish nun of the Sisters
of the Christian Doctrine and has
spent the greater part of her life
in Belgium, where she was edu-
Gated. She was in convent in
the city of Louvain when the war
with Germany broke out, and with
many others was driven from the
city after the German armies had
burnt and sacked the city. She re-
turned a few weeks later and re-
NAMED in Louvain until late in
the autumn of 1914, when she OBJ
tanned a passport through the
German lines with the aid of a
German sister and came to the
United States. u.
Sister Ignatius came to this
country on the authorization OF
Cardinal Mercier as head of the
Dec Gratias Work of Mercy, a
fund for the protection and aid of
the women of Belgium, who lost
everything they owned during the
German invasion. She has been
intimately acquainted with Car
dinal Mercier since 1886, and was
associated closelyNwith him in the
work of mercy that followed the
invasion of the German armies.
The intimate sketch of his char
acter which follows is based on
knowledge acquired by more than
thirty years of friendship with
the great Belgian prelate.
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case Of need. be able to distinguish
or encouragement in the dire distress
that had befallen them should remain
unspoken merely to save the life of a
priest. II we have to die for our peo-
pie, why, let us die for them and let
there be no more about it,"
This was his advice. He made it
clear that he did not impose his will
in this matter. He presumed that the
nerves of some might be too unstrung
by the wholesale massacres OF civil
ians they had seen and were still wit
Messing every day. But though he
left them entirely free. without finch
ing they all rallied to his call. Who
would not follow such a leader?
Like "a Call From God.
A call from one of his priests in
need is to him like "a call from God.
Late one bitterly cold evening about
two winters ago a secret message
reached him. A priest was dying in a
village about twelve miles off and was
anxious to speak to the Cardinal. No
trains, no trolley cars were running,
save for the Germans; no horses re-
NAMED In the country; his motor had
long since been taken from him. But
to him no lack of transportation could
be an excuse for delay. At once he
started oQ foot, mlnistered to the dying
man and after closing his eyes took
to the road again. So in the morning
after nearly a whole nights tramp his
usual hour for celebrating mass found
him at the altar.
That day before noon the citizens of
Malines were subjected to an enor-
nous fine. They were punished because
the Cardinal had gone beyond the city
limits without a passport It would
have taken him fully two days to OBJ
tAm the passport. Promptly and
Proudly did the impoverished citizens
pay--their Cardinal must be free to
come and 20 were they to be punished
a hundred times for 4. o little Bel
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States and the part that this country
played in the great war. This love OF
the United States may perhaps be 30
planned by the fact that the Chr
dinals uncle, the Very Rev. Adrian
j. ,Croquet, was for many years ono
OF the pioneer Catholic missionaries
of America. He came to this country
in 1859 and went to Oregon. where
for twenty-eight years he was IN
charge Of the missions OF the Grand
ronde Reservation IN that State.
AS a young man Cardinal Mercter
distinguished himself as an educator
and an executive. as president Of the
Leo XIII. Seminary and Of the UNI
versity of Philosophy at the Univer-
sity of Louvain. Thirty years ago Mgn
Keane, then rector of the Catholic
University in America at Washington
tried to obtain his services for this
country, even going so far as TO make
personal appeal to the Pope. But
so great was the love of the people OF
Belgium for him that the Pope felt
obliged to refuse the request, and Car
dinal MERCER remained at LouVa'p,
In February. 1906. he was appointed
Archbishop of Mechlin, and on Fen
ruary IS, 1907, was created a Cardi-
nal, to succeed the late Cardlhal
Goosens.
BY his wise rule and lovable char
acter Cardinal MERCER endeared NM
self to the people Of Belgium ana
when the time came for Belgium 10
withstand the initial hook of me
German invasion his fearless attitude
toward the armies of Won kluCk had
much to do with maintaining the ram
and steadfast morale of the Bel-1ans
and with the united front with "hl.n
the people of that country faced me
enemy He was at Liege during the
attack by the Germans, and when mat
city was captured went TO Ma'iI'''
and only quit that city when the
German bombardment made the Town
untenable for any one but soldiers. He
then went 10 Antwerp, where ne IT,
manned until its fall
Thereafter he continued to discharge
the duties OF his high office, icalousIy
guarding the liberty of his priests ana
the interests OF his people, intertgu"'s
for civilians arrested ON trumpet ny
charges by the German military au-
thor!tcS, and n general proving NM
self veritable thorn in the flesh OF
the invading Teuton Generals. ~
every opportunity Cardinal MERCER
exhorted his people to maintain theH
faith and their defiance OF the neHN
and to look forward to the day Wneh
the armies of the Allies would nj
umph and Belgium would again be
free.
Cardinal MERCER made no effort 70
leave Antwerp when the Germans
entered the city, and the German Gov
Continued on Following Pdge.J
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Cardinal to organize means of in
ducing the children of the upper
classes" TO bury the babies OF the
poor. A circular sent at once to the
paying school of every parish ex-
planned the plan and requested that
girls and boys, from II to IA years, be
formed into groups of twelve, with
one of their number elected as leader
Two or three times a week mes
sage from the City Hall or from the
parish priest acquaints these young
leaders with the addresses and loca-
ton Of the deceased children. At
hours prearranged so as not to inter-
fere with school duty the little leaders
summon their followers. Carrying a