The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-01
TREASURES AND TREASURE
CHESTS
CHESTS


Japan two years ago when the first
friendship gift was sent out by the
American children? Did you put on
it pretty American dress in the
style of 1927 and then go and see
the Japanese dolls sent over by the
children of Japan and dressed in
Japanese silks, with chests of o.her
clothes, with bed-rolls and mirrors
and other Japanese belongings?
If you sent a doll to Japan per-
haps you had a letter about it from
the happy little Japanese to whom it
had finally gone. Maybe you have
written back and there are still let
tiers forward and backward. You
have a 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 Friendship among Chill
dren hopes for. Its first project was
the sending of 1900 dolls to Japan,
where they were received in March,
1927. The Japanese children in re
turn organized a return gift or mes.
sage through 100000 children
the island empire.
Then the friendship movement
turned towards Mexico The Mexi-
cans are most interested in universal
education. 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
dmui&g Chifd.cn 10 Developing 6Ians
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 o.
the Philippine Islands. Plans fol-
the gifts are now being made; the
getting together of the gifts will be
gin in November. The gifts them
selves 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 tc
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 schoolbags the chests will con
tain gifts. Much like those sent ir
| the bags the chests may contain
writing pads, pencils, crayons
marbles, tiny dolls, beads, magnets
many other things. A complete
list will be sent by the Committee on
World Friendship among Children
2S9 Fourth Avenue, New York, New
York, if you ask them, and they will
also send list of 400 books from
which book gift may be selected
The Committee also furnishes a gen
eral letter of greetings to the boys
and girls of the Philippines from the
Committee and printed label to b.
used in addressing Chests sent b,
parcel post. The New York com
m1ttee will send, but local commit
tees are organized in most cities ant
states and if possible it is best to gel
in touch with these.
The one sending the Chest must
surely include personal letter ant
an envelope, self-addressed, for tn,
Thank You letter.
The Treasure Chests themselve.
are being made by the Tin Decorat
ing Company of Baltimore, one
the largest such companies in the
United States and one which takes
sheet of tin and makes magic with
it.
In this case it makes chests which
are 1OR inches long, 5k inches
wide and Az inches deep. The
borders will be of gold and look as
riveted together, ten colors will be
used in painting the pictures adorn
ing sides and top and the pictures
themselves will be taken from OLD
maps The Chests will cost $2.OC
and can be ordered from New Yorl
or from local committees.
They are veritable treasure chests.
They will contain treasures. Blu
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 t.
weave around the world a net