The evening world., 1921-03-08
Gen. Mitchell Approves Move
ment and Gives Miss Bell a
Letter to Commandant of
Long Island Station-Mov-
ing Picture "Out of the
Dust" to Be Shown for Fund
By Lillian Bell.

l have received n letter from Gen
William Michel, Chief OF the Army
Air Service, practically giving me a
flight Of airships over New York and
vicinity to drop bombs" containing
my stories of the need of a Service
House for wounded soldiers.
AS everybody who ls Intelligent
enough to read The Evening World
knows the fund l mraising is to be
turned over to the American Legion
of New York state, Col, Charles G.
Blakeslee commanding. The first one
Is to be called American Legion Ser
vice House No. /, and to raise more
money for it we are going to do
some very interesting things.
Before L can say anything moro
about the flight of the army air
ships, l must go over to Mitchell
Field and call on Major Christie, the
commanding officer, as Gen. Mitchell
suggests in his letter to me which, as
II will be Of just as much interest to
you as 1t is to ahe, / quote:
War Department, Air Service,
WASHINGTON, March >, 1921.
Office of the Chief.
My Dear Miss Bell-NOur letter
of Feb. 20 received, with your
very wonderful poem, Land OF
Mine" and the interesting clip
pings.
The cause OF bottcring the con-
hiIinna IA bs vrrltvnanA
war Veterans Is a most mcTitorl-
Gus one, and unfortunately one
that the American people gem
orally are sadly neglcCting.
We Of America are prone TO
forget too soon. The campaign
you are leading Is most laudatory
and has my most hearty support.
In connection with n flight over
New York, L suggest thnt you get
in touch with Major Christie, the
commanding officer Of Mitchell
Field on Long Island,
/ hope that your efforts will
result in a lasting benefit. Sim
cerelyS-
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
Brigadler General A. s., Assistant ,
Chief Of Air Service.
Now with that much OF a running
to tackle Major Christie, for sug-
gestion from his commanding officer
Is about like a request from the King
of England to invite a certain Ameri.
can to His Graoe's party. Everybody
would drop dead II the guest should
balk.
Furthermore, Major Christie II |
mistake not, is the young Lieutenant
whom | invited to a midnight supper
party l was giving Just after the
raid Of MeXicans on Columbus, N.
NJ, and Lieut.. Christie had made
that record flight from Garcia Dub.
Ian to Pershlng's headquarters. I'm
going to call him up in the morning
and ask him.
The first big thing we are giving IL
through the generosity Of Leon j.
Rubinstein and =. =. Craft OF tho
Apex Film Company, No. 40 West
42d st. The private showing Of their
new picture, "Out Of the Dust" Is to
be given in the ballroom OF the Astor
Hotel on the evening Of March q,
Easter Sunday, and the entire pro-
ceeds given to the Evening Worlds
Wounded Soldier Fund
This Is the first picture to be made
around the painting or drawing OF
any artist. II Is made around Fred
erlck Remlngton's, and is a clean
love story woven OF the early days,
when the building Of the Union
Pacific Railroad was the problem ana
sensation Of the day. when Bumalo
Bill was q young man in his prime
when herds of buffalo crossing a
track would halt a railroad train and
whom the brave young American
army was in the making
\ have seen the picture and Il is