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Show Tonight's th Night! ON two of the city's largest ballroom floors tonight, merrymakers will dance to timely tunes played by favorite danc bands in celebration cele-bration of President Roosevelt's birthday for a cause that appeal to the finest sentiments of humanity. Tho dances will be held throughout the nation. In metropolis and hamlet, to carry on th fight against infantile paralysis. Of the funds raised by th "birthday balls," 70 per cent will remain her to bo spent for alleviating the suffering of those crippled by the malady. Th remaining 30 per cent goes to the Warm Springs foundation, center for the study, prevention and cur of tha disease. It is because President Roosevelt fell victim to this paralysis that th foundation dedicated these annual charity balls to him. He wss restored to his present health and rigor .largely through treatment at Warm Springs, Gs. ' - Surely thero can b no greater appeal to human sympathy than a call that comes in the the main from crippled children, victims of poliorayletis, financially unable to undergo treatment they require. Last year in thi city ' 10,000 dancer turned out to sustain this magnificent mag-nificent enterprise, dancing happily in order to help those whose withered limbs do not permit them, even to walk, to play, to go to school lik other fortunate friends. This year far more dancers are expected to turn out. The popularity of these affair grows each year, and each year the inner meaning and significance of the occasion occa-sion enlists the interest of those moved by compassion to help those who have been stricken. It is a most worthy cause, deserving of widespread wide-spread response. Tonight's the night at tha Coconut Grove and Rainbow ballroom. |