Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-28 | Page 2 | Salt Lake Buys Poppies for Charity

SALT AlJ LAKE lAK D BUYS J Jr I r POPPIES f FOR CHARITY Wear a Poppy Slogan I Carried Out in Practice I Ito to to Help Children of Devastated Devastated Dev I Dev Dev- Regions I II I I Hundreds of Salt Lakers gave their dimes quarters and in some instances coins of much larger denominations to scores of pretty girls in exchange for forred forred forred red poppies today The citizenry of Salt Lake bought cheerfully as the slogan Vear Wear a Poppy passed up and down the streets The money will go into the coffers of the tho American- American Franco France Childrens Children's league to be used for relief among the children of the devastated regions of France More than a hundred girls divided into teams were stationed in the lobbies lobbies lobbies lob lob- bies of hotels banks and office build build- ings Others sold poppies in the de department department department de- de stores the capitol and postoffice postoffice postoffice post- post office buildings Girls from the University University University Uni Uni- of Utah the East and West High schools the Y W. W C. C A. A and various other girls' girls organizations organizations' in the city responded to the call of Mrs Georgeina Georg Merriott Ogden Miss Louetta Louetta Louetta Lou- Lou etta Brown Salt Lake and Sherman Armstrong Salt Lake state chairman secretary and treasurer of the Utah branch of he the he league for aid in conducting conducting conducting con con- ducting the campaign n. Salt Lake was covered thoroughly by ten teams of girls working from the local headquarters of the league e at the Hotel Utah under the direction of Miss Brown and Mrs Jeanette Hyde At a late bate hour this afternoon reports of the amount that had been raised of officers officers officers of- of of ot the league stated were substantial substantial substantial sub sub- but could not be ascertained exactly The campaign n will 1 be continued to tonight tonight tonight to- to night until the close of the theatres Teams will be stationed in the lobbies i of the yie theatres The funds will 1 be asp aso as- as p o at local headquarters in the I Hotel Utah tonight and co counted by tellers furnished by the National Copper Copper Copper Cop Cop- per bank The money paid by Salt Lakers for the poppies so conspicuously conspicuous- conspicuous ly by y worn today will be cabled direct to headquarters of the league in France