The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-24

School Bags to Mexico in 1928 and
Now a Movement Is Being Set on
Foot To Send Treasure Chests to
the Philippine Children and All May
Participate In Bringing Happiness
To The Children of the Islands.
To the Editor of The Republican.
Did you dress doll and send it to
Japan two years ago when the first
friendship gift was sent out by the
American children? Did you put on
it a pretty American dress in the
style of 1927 and then go and see the
Japanese dolls sent over by the chill
dren of Japan and dressed in Japan
csc silks, with chests of other clothes,
with bed-rolls and mirrors and other
japanese belongings?
If you sent doll to Japan perhaps
you had letter about it from the
happy little japanese to whom it had
finally gone. Maybe you have written
back and there are still letters for
ward and back. You have friend in
Japan and that friend in Japan has
a friend here. A bond of friendship
has been made
That is what this new movement of
World Fellowship among children
hopes for. Its first project was the
sending of $4,000 dolls to Japan,
where they were received in March,
1927. The Japanese children in re-
turn organized return gift or mes
sage through 100000 children of the
island empire.
Then the friendship movement
turned toward Mexico. The Mexicans
are most interested in universal edu-
cation. Their president has just said
that he hopes the war costs of his
country will be lessened and that
money thereby saved will be devoted
to the cause Of education. So the most
fitting things to send as tokens of
friendship to the Mexican children
were schoolbags, bags with Mexican
flags on one side and the flag of the
United States on the other and also
bags filled with little gifts. The
Committee on World Friendship
among children is developing plans
for reciprocal project which will be
carried out in 1880.
And now it is time for a third
friendship project. This time the
gift will be made to the children of
the Philippine Islands. Plans for the
gifts are now being made; the get
ting together of the gifts will begin
in November. The gifts themselves
will be sent across in the spring and
early summer.
What is this third gift to be? Dolls
have been sent, school bags have been
sent. This time it is to be in the
form of treasure chests.
Doesn't that sound like something
everybody would like to have? A
treasure chest coming to one with
treasures already in it! For like the
school bags the chests will contain
gifts. Much like those sent in the
bags, the chests may contain-writ-
ing pads, pencils, crayons, marbles,
tiny dolls, beads, magnets and many
other things. A complete list will be
sent by the Committee on World
Friendship among children, 289 4th
avenue, New York, N. Y, if you ask
them, and they will also send list
of 400 books from which a book gift
may be selected. The Committee also
furnishes a general letter of greet
ings to the boys and girls of the Phil
ippines from the Committe and a
printed label to be used in addressing
Chests sent by parcel post. The New
York committee will send, but local
committees are organized in most
cities and states and if possible it is
best to get in touch with these.
The one sending the Chest must
surely include a personal letter and
an envelope, self addressed, for the
Thank You letter.
The Treasure Chests themselves are
being made by the Tin Decorating
company, Baltimore, one of the lar
gest companies in the United States
in this line of manufacture, and one
which takes sheet of tin and makes
magic with it.
In this case it makes chests which
are 1912 inches long, 572 inches wide
and AZ inches deep. The borders will
be of gold and look as if rivited to-
gether, ten colors will be used in
painting the pictures adjoining sides
and top and the pictures themselves
will be taken from old maps. The
Chests will cost $500 and can be or
dered from New York or from local
committees.
They are veritable treasure chests.
They will contain treasures. But the
greatest possible treasure of all will
be the friendly feeling it calls forth
from the sender, the joyous and
friendly feeling from the one who
receives 1.-THE helping to weave