The evening world., 1921-02-26
Service House Plan StirS
Many NeIO Appeals for Aid
For Our Wounded Heroes
More Contributions to Fund
Received, Including Several
From Those Who Resent
One Persons Offer Of 5
Cents.
Bu Lillian Bell.

~ SeseAse Aeess
Now my mail ls beginning 20 make
me sit up and take notice. The in
suit Of the scent check sent 70 the
Service House Fund the other day
has stirrd the people as II stirred me-
quote a few letters;
Dear Miss Bell have Just read
about that woman who sent YOU THAI
miserable nickel for our soldier boyh
She must be German.
II am a real American boy, twelve
years old, and Il makes me sore to
think she dared send you that iitney,
80 am sending you the money have
saved since Christmas. wish had
saved more.
MY cousin was with the Second
Division and he L. not very we'll, but
Ia able 70 work. His medal shows
| he was on seven fronts during the
war. hope you viii go over the TOD
| with the money you need. SO here
Eoos tl.2O. WILLIAM SHEA"
Bully for Billy shea! Ny sup
porterl wish had ten thousand
more boy supporters OF twelve years
who had his pep and his patriotism
| Just love boys and / understand
them better than l do girls. Girls set &
mo all fussed up. but with boys can
be perfectly natural.
! Listen. Diny shea why not form
n club among your friends and raise
money FOR this Service House3 Can
It The Jltney Insult Club. That very
name ought to start something.
Write rne " you will do this.
Now here Is a very sweet letter
from another Lillian. She spells her
name with two "a In the middle. But
learned economy ~ war time. 40
only use one 1:
Dear Miss Bell: inclosed you will
lind another dollar to help wipe our
tho insult OF scent check am
sorry have no bank account, 50 that
might write you out a check for
five thousand, but you can believe me
every cent available Is yours for
your 'blesseds, as you call them.
'Tf ! may, I would like TO tell you
, was down to sec Mr.. Petersen to-
day, but had tho misfortune OF being
told he went TO be operated on this
| AALNN lIlgQ " Auu AANNA.
cheer to his life by sending him some
flowers to. be In his room when he
returns,
:. 'TIIIfIAN 70. PElRESINSON,
. mo. 6i7 West 143d Street,
D / am glad some one Is sending Pc
| terson flowers and going to see him.
\ Everywhere I go lind friends Of Pc
terson's. But his popularity has not
r spoiled him In the least
L. aNe ,R
nant friends from Trenton. N. J.s
Dear Miss Bell: After reading
your article In The Evening World or
the check you received for cents'
We decided to match same with a IS
| bill.
MIR and Mrs. FRANK ]. PBCHT,
mo. 1889 g. Clinton Ave, Trenton"
lust think where my especial fund
, would be II every, one matched a
penny with a dollar! That is Just
what am asking. Send me a dollar
for every one OF the miserable pennies
in that "jltney"
Now here Is one / want 10 publish
because OF It's last two lines:
Dear Miss Bell-Inclosed you will
please find my small donation ISL,
which 1 would like TO offer toward
the fund for the building OF a Service
House for our boys.
with best wishes for succass In
this your latest undertaking and also
taking advantage OF this opportunity
20 express my sincerest admiraticn
for a little lady who seems to be the
only person in New York who never
seems TO tire OF hearing our boyo
mentioned. Jim GUEREN."
I'll tell you, Mr.. Gueren, Il may
seem all very we'll for you who can
read what you want to OF my stories
and when you have had enough you
! 4
you ever thought OF how my friends
must suffer who have to listen to my
talk7
assure you am nothing short Of
| a pest because the only thing in the
world which interests me is the sub
ject OF my "blesseds."
suppose people are writing books
II used to write them myself--and
getting married and being born--I've
done both Of those things too, but not
recently--but let the world waE a. II
will, II touches me not at all.
II people talk OF other things before
me / wriggle around and look bored
until somebody stops to cough, which
gives me my chance. TNhen start in
TO talk about my wounded boys and
nobody gets a look in until | have
said all I want to.
And as / never do say all want TO,
can't you imagine what a nuisance !
am.
Before / get my chance am like
q the little girl whom her mother had
, spoiled by talking about her In her
presence before others. On one oc-
casion the child waited as long as she
/ could stand II for the beloved sunless
TO be started, and then she said;
Mamma, when are you going 10
begin to talk about meT'
send all contributions 70 Evening
~, World Service House Fund, or bring
- in person to me at Room l125, Pulit-
IN ger Building.