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Show HELPS TO REBUILD M BIRTHPLACE OF I ROOSEVELT ' 1 fifi'e t y mi NKW. YOItK. Muy 31 -At a lunch- , H eon glion by Mrs Douglns Itoblnson, B sister to Thiodon Hooseiolt. to a. large number of piomlnont club wo- ''Bfl men. It was di'tcrmined to make a Bfl concentrated effort by club women to Bfl assist the Woman's Kooievelt Memor- Bfl Jul association of 1 Kiiat G7(h street, Bfl to complole at onco tho restoration Bfl or Uoosevelt House the birthplace or , IJ Theoodre Roosevelt. i flj Said Mrs. Thomas C. Winter, proa- . flfl ident of tho National Federation .of pj Women's clubs comrlslng over two mlltton women: "I commeud thl.i ( flfl m,ovement to the genera federation and hope thnt each of Its members flfl will Join the Women's Booscvclt Me- . flj mortal association. Millions of Am- ; . erica u women should bo gnd to con- .,, fl tribute each a' little to keep' a memor- flfl inl of their eminent friend tho blith- placo of Thcodoro Roosevelt." IJ Tho cornerstone, of Rooswvolj ' flj Houso was -latd In January last by ; IJ Mujor Genbral Leonard 'Wood. Tho ; Ulructure Itself will Incorporate much H Of tho material of tho old Roosevelt MnhMlon which is now to be accur- IJ otoly reproduced. When finished, It ' IJ .vlll contain tlio bedstead In which H Theodore Rposevelt was bom, togcth- j flj or wltli oilier of the oilulnal furnish- jflj ngs, now in possession ofjthe Rooso l volt family. About $1G0,000 addl- ' ''fl nnl Is needed for tho work of n- fl Joratloiv,.,,. ,4. ,-.. ,u. , "' H |