Show i irC 4 C DY tLi e i It i 4 hI ate are a-re I ears t on tits I end re U ren 1 Inv I oIDC odrdnui is If t ad bl Jtml lie 11eoil e oil dUe ned d C Id = Ind e se THE CONSTITUTION taut As she appeared when towed out of Boston harbor In the war aft al l If the Navy Department consents to tho plan Brooklyn school children will get an opportunity to raise a fund for the preservation of the old frigate Constitution Moved by the news that Old Ironsldes was rapidly rapid-ly going to pieces in the Navy Yard at Boston James Matthews sent tho fol a v lowing telegram to the Secreltrj met the Navy ten Will you consider an offer to ado frigate Old Ironsides through a nb raised by Brooklyn school child ug Mr Matthews Idea Is to hue amt historic craft brought to Broo d rand r-and preserved In some suitable p ougl ter |