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Show ;!I!SiITIflei?1 WILL BE HELD li II I I i Tens of Thousands of Children From Maine to California to be Invited by Uncle Sam I WASHINGTON, Feb. -I Uncle '. Sam's "treasure trove" party for his ! little nephews and nieces to be held ' on May 5 next, is going to attended by tons of thousands of children from the party -will be issued on April 10 , and the lucky ones to receive "bids" ' will be the national, state, county, . township, city and village winners in ' ; the national essay contest in schools, , February 20, on the subject; "What aro the benefits of an enlistment In the U. S. Army?" The "treasure : trove" Is going to contain gold medals. silver medals, loving cups, suits Qf clothes, dresses, hats, bank deposits , and what nots. More than 10,000 .-prizes .-prizes aro already listed nd It Is ex- .: ; pectcd that by Feb. 20 there will have ; been offered more than 100,000 prizes. : ' There's a gold medal for the best , ; essay written by a negro child In j Dallas, Texas and a ton of coal for no! these aren't tho only prizes offer- ed in these two cities; they are merely V given to show the scope of the thing. Scholarships In business colleges and ; a year's subscription to the homo town paper have been put into the "treasure trove." It is strenuously denied that Count Hchenzollern has offered a booby , prize of an autographed photograph t to the writer of the worst essay and j that Wilhelm has requested permls-sion permls-sion to sit with Secretary Baker and : Generals Pershing and March on the ; essay board of judges It is admitted that Hohcnzollern knows something 1 about the United' States Army, how- , ever. If |