The New York herald., 1921-11-27

big loft lighted by many windows
of handsome new building on Madison
avenue, No. sos to be exact, there Is
now being displayed sets of toys that are
interesting in themselves. but doubly so as
we approach the holiday season because
of the appeal they make to the children.
Far more than incidental, though, is the fact
that these toys represent the work of our
disabled soldiers.
And as the interest is sure to be extended
it has already been largely awakened-this
exhibit may be viewed from another angle
The toys on view are only fraction of the
work in this direction and in other lines that
a, large and influential association means to
extend until staggering number of men
put out of business by the effects of the
war are earning their own living.
The present output has been fastened in
order to take advantage of the Christmas
season. In scope the plans for the better
ment of the soldiers go very much further
The name of the association that has
started and will carry on this splendid work
is the Dover Farms Industries. Inc It's sub
name is the Community Development Cor
poration, which was organized two years ago
to aid service men to establish themselves
in the country 1t owns $50 acres of land
in Dutchess county, with the station OF
Dover Furnace (Harlem Division, n. Y. CD
on the property.
The directors are Lucen s. Breckenridge,
Bertram De N. Cruger Snowden A. Fahne-
stock Harold s. Gladwin, Bradley Martin,
Hoffman Nickerson, H. F. Osborn, Jr. War
rem S. Sterling, Erastus T. Tefft and Henry
D, Walbridge
Through it's industrial organization, the
Dover Farms, the directors propose to aid
in coordinating the activities of the various
groups now assisting needy and disabled
men. The property at Dover Furnace is TO
be made available for home sites, GONZALES
cent and summer camps and Industrial units.
Aims to Make Disabled Men
Free of Any Charity Idea
In the field of manufacturing alone it is
believed that central organization VIII be
able to direct:
1. Selection and design of articles to be
made.
g. Arrangement of processes and supply
OF material.
8. Sales storage and shipment OF manu-
featured articles.
The aim underlying all activities is to
develop the earning capacity Of disabled
man along sound economic lines instead OIL
making him an object of charity too often
the case now. 1t intends to make these men
ready to meet competition in the articles
they make, whatever these may be.
AS grand climax to these efforts will be
one of combination with all the other units
that are trying to help the disabled service
man to earn a living and thus to establish
a nationwide organization But it Is not in
tended to sink the identity and personnel OF
any group of people now at work-rather
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effective.
Thus the central organization will be
ready to supply models, materials and mar
ket. To succeed in this big aim an advisory
board is wanted in the various lines of en-
deavor and also a consulting board made up
of afilating groups, including the Red
Cross, the American Legion and the Voca-
tional Board
In addition to its directors the corporation
numbers among it's stockholders Vincent
Astor, George F. Baker, Jr.; Leopold s.
Rache, Hamilton Fish, Jr.; Arthur Curtiss
James. Allen L. Lindley. William Church
Osborn, r. Thornton Wilson and many
others.
The exhibition of articles now at sos Mad
ison avenue is the first one shown publicly.
They were made by disabled men in two
local shops and are only a sample of what
will hereafter be shown. Some Of the toys
were made by men so badly handicapped
that they are unable to go to the shops
but do the work at home. Other men have
been trained in the shops opened in New
York and Brooklyn, but the point has al
ways been made, and will continue to be
made. that in their training men are to learn
to do their work thoroughly and be able to
compete with abe-boded men doing similar
work. In fact, the men are told at the out
set that unless thoy take their training
seriously and arrive at this point of excel
lence IL will be useless.
Real Money, Honestly Earned.
Means Everything TO the Men
And to this plain, statement tho disabled
men have without exception responded
bravely. They don't want to be objects of
charity"
you would appreciate what real money
earned by honest work means TO these men,"
said Warren Sterling, who Is in charge at
the salesroom- 'if you could see them get
ting the first dollar or two they have earned
since the war. A dollar thus earned is a
forecast of manly independence"
Mr. Sterling served with the Seventy
seventh Division, and he said that the nu-
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