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" ' h by , Y _ , . , _ _ _ ar _ . , _ . . , k rx " , I IEleanor Eleanor RooseveltCHILDREN Roosevelt RooseveltCHILDREN CHILDREN cnlLDREN S PAINTINGS PAINTINGSI I wish very much that the chIl chIldren children children dren s paintings pamtmgs which I saw on onexhibition onexhibition onexhibition exhibition at the Metropolitan Mu Museum Muscum Museum seum scum of ol Art in New Nesv York city could couldI couldbe couldbe couldbe be sent scnt to other cities throughout throughoutthe I the country The httle I1ttle little refugees refugeescared refugeescared refugeescared cared for lor by the Quakers m in camps campsand campsand campsand and schools in various parts of Eu Eu'rope Europe Europe 'rope rope ' rope ha\e ha e ha.e hae have \ . done some very interest Interest- Interestmg interestmg interesting - - ing mg workSome workSome work workSome Some of thetr their paintings pamtmgs are som somber somher somher ber her a few reflect the war scenes scenesthese scenesthese scenesthese these youngsters have hved lived through throughbut throughbut throughbut but considering consldcrmg tha the fact that so somany somany somany many of ol them have come from frombombed frombombed frombombed bombed cities m in France or other otherparts otherparts otherparts parts of Europe it is remarkable remarkablehow remarkablehow remarkablehow how cheerfully some of ol them pa nt ntthell nttheir nttheir thell their theirnew " new surroundings surroundmgs They seem seemto seemto seemto to lose themselves m in country joysIt joysif joys joysIf If It this thlS e exhibit etlubit bIt could couId be shown In Indifferent indifferent indifferent different parts of the country I Ithink Ithink Ithink think it m ght inspire in many pco pcopie pcopie pcopie pie the realization real1zabon ofhat of \ what \\hat hat chat may be beaccomplIshed beaccomplished beaccomplished accomplIshed by feeding leedmg clothmg clothing clothmgand clothingand clothingand and housing housmg ch children dren away from the thehorrors thehorrors thehorrors horrors of ol w \ war ar Just a httle little securIty securItyand securityand securityand and enough to eat can do so much muchfor muchfor muchfor for the next generation generabon So when whenever whenever whenever ever the opportunity comes to us uslet uslet uslet let us help those \ who ho help the cluldren children chil clul chilFITNESS dren . . . FITNESS FOR FREEDOMOne FREEDOMOne FREEDOM FREEDOMOne One day with the greatest mtcr inter mtcrest interest interest est est , , I read the Survey Graph c for forMarch forMarch torMarch March entitled enbtled Fitness tor for Free Freedom Freedom Freedom dom The opening openmg article entitled enbtled enbtledHealth entitledHealth entitledHealth Health Front m in a People s War Warby Warby Warby by Dr C E A . A . . Wmslow Winslow should shouldnot shouldnot shouldnot not be missed I want to bring brmg onequota one onenotation quota [ notation bon to you here I - There are those who tell us that thatlong thatlong thatlong long range planning plannJ.Ilg plannJIlg . is as irrelevant to toI tothe tothe tothe I the present Issue-that Issue that issue - - that we should shouldthInk shouldthink shouldthink thInk at the moment of nothing but butwmnmg butwinning butwinning , wmnmg winning the war There are others otherswho otherswho otherswho who see in m the war emergency a agolden agolden agolden golden opportunity to serve their theirown theirown theirown own vested interests mterests and to get ridas ridas rid ridas -as as - as they hope for all tlme-of tlme of time-of time time - - of all allthiS allthis allthis thiS socialist soclal1st c nonsenseThere nonsenseThere nonsense nonsenseThere There have been wars m in the past pastm pastin pastm m in which wluch this happened But tl this thisis thisis s sIS IS not that kind of ol war This ThlS is a awar awar awar war so arduous and d fficult mcuit flicult that It Itcan itcan itcan can only be won by a united people peopleby peopleby peopleby by a people who know that the theclvIllzabon thecivilization thecivilization clvIllzabon civilization for which they must be beready beready beready ready to die is m lD in truth worth dymg dying dymgfor dyingfor dyingfor dyingforThe for forThe The other art cle cie I was particu partfcu particularJy partfcularly particularly larJy larly interested mterested m in was by Dr E C CLmdeman CLindeman CLmdeman Lmdeman Lindeman called Pursuit of ot HapPI HapPIness Happiness Happiness ness m lD in Wartime Warbme This too I hope hopenone hopenone hopenone none of my readers will miss for forIt forit forit It deals with a subject we must not notforget notforget torget forget , , , no matter how many dIffieulbes dilculties difficul dIffieul dilcul difficulties ties bes we have to meet meet.ft meetft . . . ft . ft . ftDEFENSE DEFE DEFENSE SE BOND PLANThere PLANThere PLAN PLANThere There is as a methad methJd methid of ol increas ng ngthe ngthe ngthe the sale of ol Defense Stamps and andBonds andBonds andBonds Bonds which has been developed by byNorthwestern byNorthwestern byNorthwestern Northwestern university I find It ItIS itis itis IS being bemg followed in one way or an another another another other by various institutions msbtutIons and andgroups andgroups andgroups groups The plan which Northwest Northwestern Northwestern ern has started offers its alumlU alumni alumlUthe alumnithe alumnithe the possibility pOSSlbll1ty of ol helping helpmg both the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment government and the university at atthe atthe atthe the same time tune Investment of ol the thegIlts thegifts thegifts gIlts gifts they give m in Defense Bonds Bondswill Bondswill Bondswill will be a start in the fund lund to finance financethe financethe financethe the university s development through throughtheIr throughtheir throughtheir theIr century planThe planThe plan planThe The Grand Lodge of Massachu Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts setts Order of ol the Sons of Italy lD m lDAmenca mAmerica mAmerica Amenca America have sent me their maga magaZIDe magazine magazine ZIDe zine I think they should be con congratulated congratulated congratulated gratulated on their purchase of of$50000 of50000 ' $50000 50000 550 $ 000 worth of ol Defense Delense Bonds BondsThell BondsTheir BondsTheir greaterI Thell Their " final goal is much greater greaterthan greaterthan I than this and s'iows siows s'lows slows s'iotvs siotvs ' ' ' a determma determina determmabon determinataon determmahon bon taon on their part to have cIvIlIans cIvIlIans'at civiliansat 'at at ' home by their sacrl sacrifices ces support supportIthe supportthe supportthe Ithe the Italian ltal1an American Amencan boys who v.ho vho . are arefightmg arefighting arefighting , fightmg fighting in our services everywherem everywherein everywhere m in the worldIn worldIn world | In this magazine I enjoyed par partlcularly particularly particularly tlcularly ticularly the photographs of some someol someof someof ol of the Massachusetts boys with the theI thel I l ttle descriptions which they had hadsent hadsent hadsent sent m in of their activities . . . PATRIOTIC FLOWERS FLOWERSI I ha\ ha have hae hate \ e received the first collec collect t on of ol red white and blue flower dower flowerseeds dowerseeds flowerseeds seeds and hope to plant them m in mthe inthe mthe the garden at the b g house at Hyde HydePark HydePark HydePark Park and at my cottage This pres presentatlon presentation presentation entatlon entation launched the British Brltlsh Amer AmerIcan Amerscan American Ican scan Ambulance corps drive to tofalse toraise toraise false raise by the sale of these one doJlar dollar doJlarpackages dollarpackages dollarpackages packages the money to buy ambu ambuiances ambulances ambulances iances lances tor for use abroad Little Joan JoanManIllng JoanManning JoanManning ManIllng Manning who belongs to Troop 213 of the Girl Scouts New York city citypresented citypresented citypresented presented me with a very patnotlc patriotic patnotlcred patrioticred patrioticred red white wlute and blue old lashlOned fashioned lashlOnedbouquet fashionedbouquet fashionedbouquet bouquet showing showmg what del ghtful ghtfulflowers ghtfulflowers ghtfulflowers flowers we can grow ne next neat t summerThere summerThere summer summerThere There are not only flower fiower seeds seedson seedson seedson on sale but vegetable seeds as weJl well weJlThese wellThese wellThese These packages contain contam 13 different differentvanetles differentvarieties differentvarieties vanetles varieties of ol vegetable seeds Un Unfortunately Unfortunately Unortunately fortunately ( we cannot have patriot patnot- patnot patriot- patnot1c patriotic patriotlc - - . ic 1c lc colors in vegetables but it Is Islust isjust isjust lust just as patriotic to grow them be because because because cause they will wall help to teed leed feed us the thekind thekind thekind kind of food lood which wIDch we all need . . . NEW YOKK YORK VISIT VISITI I I had a busy day in New York Yorkcity Yorkcity Yorkcity city First I spent an hour with a afriend afriend afriend friend who has not been very well welland welland welland and then I ordered some necessary necessaryspring necessaryspring necessaryspring spring clothes though I must say saythe saythe saythe the weather d d not seem very veryswing veryspring veryspring swing spring like l1ke It was just about as ascold ascold ascold cold and windy wmdy as it lt could possIbly possIblybe possiblybe be but I have to look ahead ahcad and be beprepared beprepared beprepared prepared for lor spring in Wash ngtonAt ngtonAt ngton ngtonAt At 12 30 3Q Mrs Vanderb It Webb Webband Webband Webband and Mrs Noyes came to see me meand meand meand and then I went to the Cosmopol Cosmopoi tan tanclub tanclub tanclub club to speak at the members lunch |