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Show IN MEMORY OF ROOSEVELT. i here la Woman's Roosev-.it Memorial Me-morial Association which Is doing its full part in the establishing of a "Roosevelt House." Mn Henry A Wi.e Wood, who Is chairman of the organization, aavs: "Plans of organization are meeting with enthusiastic response ar.d we hope in the near future to have active committees in all the states. We shall not rest, until ihe whole country Is working for the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association. Women restored re-stored Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, Women aidn. the movement to perpetuate the lor; cabin home of Abraham i..mcoln in the monument at Hogdenwlle, Ky. 'Now the women of America have an opportunity to preserve for future Americans the birthplace and boyhood I home of Theodore Roosevelt at 2.n East Twentieth street, New York .City." "It was found impossible to keep the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association As-sociation a local organization," Mrs, Wood said. "The whole country insisted in-sisted upon doing its share ao w e are ,forming committees In the different I states. Th organization of this RSSOCis-jtion RSSOCis-jtion throughout the country has been carried on quietly but persistently an:l lias now reached national proportions Ejtate after state has swung into line and many local committees have be-n formed in cities and towns, "Kentucky, was the firM state organized organ-ized and was also the first state to forward its quota to (he national treasurer. This campaign which brought in nearly $7,000 for Roosevelt House was carried on during the summer sum-mer months. Several other states have deferred intensive organization work until this autumn. Active campaigns are being carried on at present in Colorado. Indiana. Kentucky, Marj land, Ohio. Montana. Oregon, Minnesota, Minne-sota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee ant! Nov Hampshire, "We are forming' commit' ?s ncl onl in 'uba: Alaska and Buenos Ay res but we also have a chairman for Shanghai, China, and hope soon to have committees at work in Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines." Philip-pines." More impressive than a shaft of marble will be the home where Theo dore Roosevelt was born. The people of all parties ore enter ing into this labor of lor. Theodore Roosevelt more nearly mn the requirements re-quirements of a popular leader than any man in public life o! late years. |