Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-21
POPPIES WILL
DO HONOR TO
SOLDIER DEAD
indianapolis Will Wear Them
Memorial Day and Aid
French Riddles.
an FLANDERS Fields the peoples grO7

an Elanders tleIdS the peoples grow
Among the crosses-row on row"
The peoples are blooming in Flanders
flashing the bright colors among tht
white crosses marking the final resting
places Of the heroic dead. IN America
everyone who has benefited by what
these men did-and that means every one
will be asked to wear a replica Of these
bright Flanders peoples on Memorial
Day in memory Of those who lie il
E-landers fields.
The peoples, made Of bits of silk, Will
be sold on the streets that day for the
benefit OF the children OF France. The
flowers have been made by these French
orphans who will receive the proceeds OF
their sale. The movement is being con-
Quoted under the auspices Of the Ameri-
can-FrancO Children's League.
HAS APPROVAL
OF LEGION.
The national headquarters and the
State headquarters Of the American lie
gion have approved the work and the
women's auxiliaries are sponsoring II
through committees appointed by the
State president Of auxiliaries, Mrs. j
E. Barcus, and are planning a tag day
over the entire State for next Saturday.
GeOve1nor Warren 7. McCray has given
lis approval to the movement. In let
ter to Mrs. Charles Stewart Voorhees,, State
chairman of the movement, he says:
1T was indeed a beautiful thought
upon which is founded the general move
ment Of using the Poppy in commemora-
tio4 Of the death of the gallant American
boys who gave up their lives upon for
esgn fields that this country might con-
tinue to dwell in peace and security.
RECOGNITION OF
UNsELFISH SACRIFICE"
wherever worn, this flower will be q
recognition Of the bravery and unselhsh
sacrifice made by those heroic youths
who are sleeping under the poppy Gov
cred fields Of France.
And let us not forget the obligation
that rests upon US to care for the
wounded and broken who were permitted
to return to their beloved native land
but whose sacrifice was just as great
and in many cases more pitiful.
let US therefore recOnsecrate our
selves to the furtherance of our Obliga-
ton to minister to the physical and
spiritual comfort Of those who served so
nObly. Let the wearing OF the poppy
mean that we not only remember those
who made the supreme sacrifice, but all
whose condition also demands our pres
ent support and attention"
POPPY DAY
COMMITTEE ROLL.
The members Of the POPPY day com
mittee are Miss Mary D. Laycock. State
chairman; Mrs. Fred VI. Ayres. Mrs. J.
E. Barcus. Mrs. Ernest BrOss. Mrs. Ar
thur voorhees, Brown, Mrs. Hery Bates.
Mrs. Hilton L. Brown. Mrs. Eliza beth s.
Carr. Mrs. John y. Carey. Mrs Charles
F. Coffin, Mrs. Caroline Vajen Collins,
Mrs. Arthur B. Grover. Mrs. y. A Glad
ding. Mrs. Z. T. Hodges, Mrs. r. J.
Jeffries, Mrs Ovid Butler Jameson, Mrs.
Thomas Kacklev. Mrs. Ernest Knefer,
Mrs. Joseph Healing. Miss Emma Martin
dale. Mrs Austin H Brown. Mrs. Rich
ard Fairbanks. Mrs. Russell Ryan. Mrs
Sheldon Sayles. Mrs Harry Miesse. Mrs.
Woodbury. T. Morris, Mrs. Hugh Nc
Gibeny. Mrs. Meredith Nicholson, Mrs
s E. Perkins, Mrs. Z. c. Rumpler, Mrs.
Paul Ragsdale, Mrs. E. A. Root. Mrs.
George B. lockwood. Mrs Richard
Smith, Mrs Booth Harrington. Mrs. Cor
don Tanner. Mrs. Robert H. Tyndan,
Mrs Charles 7. vajen. Mrs. Henry Lane
Wilson, Mrs. Evans Woollen, Mrs. c. n.
Williams
The poppy is the national memorial
flower Of the American Legion. the Serv-
ice Star Legion. the G. a r. and the
American War Mothers.