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20 WILMET~E LIFE April 1, 1927 This will be an important meeting and gain, and a free trip to the national a large attendance is desired. convention, in the divisional competition. There are also prizes in the Although the big membership drive. c·ontest locally. of the year is over, it will pay the members to keep on working as two The April meeting of the Wilmette This year the National headquarters distinct sets of prizes are offered for Legion Auxiliary will be held at the which competition is open until later of the Auxiliary announces a more exhome of Mrs. E. ]. McArdle, 111 dates. Among the awards is a silver tensive and better organized program Broadway, Tuesday evening, April 5. cup to the unit reporting the largest for community service than ever be fore. This organizati9n is comparatively new, but as it gains in experience and membership, it will gain in achievement. Besides the welfare work it has always done and the community service it hopes to render, the Auxiliary has a special legislative committee that is watching legislative action on National Defense. Legion Auxiliary iliary to beg for anything? Their socalled begging has never been for themselves, being only for confined men located in hOSJlitals who cannot speak for themselves. Is it necessary to provide martial music to stir up the patriotism of a nation to the needs of a proper defense for this country? Such seems to be the casf' according to our Congressmen. The local units can assist the national organization in t·heir demands by writing directly. The Auxiliary is ready and asking for an Ol1portunity to assist the Legion in its child welfare work. Who can be more familiar with the requirements of child welfare than the mothers of children? Again on national defense, the Auxiliary ca n teach the women's clubs and other organizations the side of national defense which peace propogandists wlll never bring out, namely the facts that this country has averaged over one war a year since its existence. In looking forward to Poppy Day, Rt>port of Howard Savageit is interesting to know that it was He agreed that the women of the through the efforts of the national Auxiliary ran help. One reason is that · M the only way to fight women is with president, Mrs. Adalin Wright ac - women. They can while in joint rneetCauley, that the Legion and Auxiliary ings speak against the pacifistic Ignorant ceased . to buy commercially n]ade utterances relative to national defense. Through the Auxiliary, the Legion can flowers and adQpted as their official . bl d be one large. family for the good of all. poppy on 1 Y t h ose ma d e b Y d tsa e The national assistance at Washington veterans and their families. Since 1924, is required because there are 26,000 men when Mrs. MacCauley, as Poppy in the hospital now as the result of chairman succeeded in making this in- World War .injuries and they are enter. ' · d ing the hospitals at the rate of 1,000 per novatwn. the veterans have en)oye month. Congressmen do not realize why a double revenue from Poppy Day,, the Legion is requiring more hospitals to profiting on hath the buying and sell- be built to receive these men. 1 · d I 1926 h f $51 000 At present there are 35,000 orp' tans mg en : n , t ~ sum o , being tak\"·n care of through the Legion was paid to these dtsabled men and and its bureaus. their families for making the emblems The Legions objects therefore, dema~ds we annually wear so proudly. a lobby for defense. and for assistmg · · · those who cannot asstst themselves. F ollO\~mg ts a bne! report of. the Although we admit we are a peaceful talks given by Natwnal President nation, statistics show that we h~ve or:'e MacCauley, and National Legion Com- third of a million dead soldiers ktlled m mander Savage at the La. Salle dinner ba}i~e. voting every time an opportunity Thursday, March 24, which attended is offered we can compel the politicians by Mrs. Harry Hopp of our unit. to report' to us for their actions, their Report of Mrs. Macauleyoppo!'itions, and th ir refusals to do as . Prese nt membership 2!10,000. GreatE>st we requested them. Patriotic Woman's organization-Growth - ------to service aC'hievements. General Hines 1-fr. atl<l M r . H. E. St)inncy of 927 said that t·ne auxiliary did more for th e · . ex-service man than any other qrganiza- Ashland avenue returned on Fnday of tion. Rea~on.for Poppy Day-opportuni- ~ Jast week from a trip to Havana, ty ~f. hospttahzed veterans to earn a few H 11 , d Fla atld AshcYille N C. addtttonal dollars. o ywoo ' ., · · Is it necessary for the Legion or .Aux- They were gone for three weeks. ' I .., I ·· ... I I "HERE it is housecleaning time again. knew of some way to make it easier." I wish I "But I found my biggest help years ago. When I'm ready to begin cleaning. I call Mestjian Brothers to come after my rugs. They do wonderful workyou know they've b~en in business here for years and years and they clean rugs from the finest homes on the North Shore. When I'm through cleaning, my rugs are always ready again· - and Mestjian Brothers make them look just as they did when they were new." .. I