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Show ROOSEVELT'S ft BIRTHPLACE TO 1 BEJESTORED NEW YOUK cm . Sept 27 - 'Tlni H rosotratlon ot Iloosevelt House, the 'H blrthplaco of Theodore Koosovelt, In H now well under way," tdOay said jH Mrs. John Henry Hammond, Presl M dont of tho Woman's Memorial As- M soclatton, or 1 East C7th Street. "Tho H walls arc up, the steel work Is li H place, and tho building soon will bo H ready for occupancy. M "We had hoped to havo it ready 1 In time for the Iloosevelt Birthday H Festival, on October 27th, but ns this H seems Impossible wo havo taken Car- jH ncgla Hall for that occasion.. While jH Colonel Itoosovolt's birthday has not M yet become a national holiday wo be- ' Hove that on that' day them should H be commemorated everywhere the H grent services which hu rendered his 'H people. To this end wo are organl- H zing tho Roosevelt DlrtlulaV Festi- H val. to bo hold generally throughout H tho United States on thu 27th or October of 'each year. H "As the- period of mourning over .H tho death of this great American v ' draws to a cloue there emerges tho H nation's joy in tho possession or so 11 beneficent a memory. Indeed, It is 'H evident that Itoosevclt still lives and H moves among his counti'ymcn. .very- .H where IS his heroic spirit felt. It in- H spires the hopeless, Btrengthons tho H weak, guide the strong, and calls all H buoyantly to tho pei-formanco of'du- H ty. It exhorts courage, glorifies labor and revels In the joy or harvest over the fruits of work well done. Surely tho 27th a October should be made a day or mitloll rejoicing, and wo H Invito tho followers or Iloosevelt ev- , H erywheru to Join us in making It H '"It is this Joy In the performance M of duty, this willingness tn share the Jt burdens of others and of the com- fM munlty at largo, that It Is tho pur- M pose of Itiosevelt House to Instill lit M the iHiuth or America. To assist in 'M making the glowing generation Itoos- H evelt minded, through the schools M and tin Iioiiih.s (J th" country, Is we H believe, the most useful tribute to H the ineinoin ir Theodore Roosevelt H that can bo paid by tho American wo- H man. In ordtr to supply her with u national Instrument for this pur- H poso. Roosevelt House has been H founded." M |