Life — January 31, 1918 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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7 192 More for the Trustees; Nothing for the Children IFE jis informed that through recent financing of the Gilbert Manufacturing Company, the moneys turned over to the trustees »J named below for the benefit of a 2 f_, the Live’s Fresh Air Fund chil- ty \4$)" dren have been very largely in- 6,000. ay creased. A great deal more has S~ come into their hands. Not one penny of it reaches the poor children whom Mr. Gilbert intended to benefit. Here are the facts: In his will the late Edwin Gilbert of Redding, Connecticut, left three hundred shares of the stock of the Gilbert Manu- facturing Company with these instructions. “ The dividends .and income thereof to be used for the maintenance of the work carried on at Lire’s Farm.” The reference is to the work of Lire’s Fresh Air Fund, with which Mr. Gilbert was familiar, and in which he was interested. The stock and accrued money have passed into the hands of Samuet J. Mitter of Georgetown, Connecticut; Dantet Davenport of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Dr. R. W. Lowe of Ridgefield, Connecticut, and certain relatives and employees of Mr. Miu The “ dividends and interest” accrued since December, 1910, were, at the last accounting, considerably more than ten thou- sand dollars. By the recent payments that amount has been very largely increased. The accumulated income is sadly needed for improved sani- tation, fire-proofing and increased dormitory space to add to the safety, health and comfort of the poor children Mr. Gilbert intended to help, Although Lire’s Fresh Air Fund has re- peatedly requested and demanded that these funds be used as Mr. Gilbert directed, the trustees have not paid over the money. The presumption is that it is still in their hands. Under the laws of Connecticut there is no way to compel them to disgorge. Here is the moral of all this, friends: If you have a kindly desire to help anyone, do it while you are alive. If you can't do this, be very, very careful about whom you select for trustees. s trustees. IF THIS, WHY NOT THIS? NIGHTMARE OF A TIRED BUSINESS MAN WHO HAS JUST BEEN CONVERTED The Flight from Noyon NEeXS from their cloistered quiet, praying, crept; Old crones, bedridden, in their sheets were brought; Mothers, half-dressed, in anguished terror caught Their babies up in blankets as they slept; Young girls to help the blind and crippled leapt; Carts were heaped high with treasure, swiftly sought, As on the wind came shrieks from folk distraught, And cries of warning through the village swept. Houses were burned; the dead lay in the road, Who were forgotten in the frenzied flight ; All signs of life had vanished in the night, As if some giant scythe the town had mowed ; Only half-hidden ‘neath a blackened log, A homeless urchin moaned, “I want my dog!” Charlotte Becker. A Two-Fold Emblem OMPSON (in office of Hyperion Corporation) : That is a splendid American flag you have suspended across the room. Why don’t you have a service flag hang- ing beside it? Manacer oF Hyperios forty-eight boys in the army. We don’t need to; we have