The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No10 (March 10, 1922)] . n hall for theLegion. The customary procedure witha request such as ours would be toappoint a committee to report to thetown meeting a year later, in which casethe post would have had a long wait foiits room. In this case, however, themotion was put directly to the meetingby the moderator, and the ayes had it sothe windows of the town hall rattled. A room facing the main street wasobtained from the water was furnished and a shower bathfitted up. The post then ran a minstrelshow and bought a piano and phono-graph with
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 4, No10 (March 10, 1922)] . n hall for theLegion. The customary procedure witha request such as ours would be toappoint a committee to report to thetown meeting a year later, in which casethe post would have had a long wait foiits room. In this case, however, themotion was put directly to the meetingby the moderator, and the ayes had it sothe windows of the town hall rattled. A room facing the main street wasobtained from the water was furnished and a shower bathfitted up. The post then ran a minstrelshow and bought a piano and phono-graph with the proceeds. To pay run-ning expenses of maintaining the roomthe post issues cards to men over 25years of age entitling them to theprivileges of the room and the showerbath. These cards cost the holdersthree dollars a year. This is a factorytown of 1,200 population, and as theonly hangout at night before the Legionroom was established was the villagepool-room, the Legion room has proveda success.—George S. Forbush, His-torian, Boy Bent Post, Wilton, N. T HAT peculiar genius that allowsthe American manufacturer toplace the better things of life withinthe reach of everyone, is responsibleto a great extent for the love of goodmusic that is so characteristic of theAmerican fireside. It is a genius thatasks only that it be allowed to producein quantity in order that it may produceeconomically. The same genius has been brought tobear upon the production of WhiteOwl Cigars. Production on a vastscale also has made it possible to offera cigar of White Owl quality at WhiteOwl price. The result is that todayWhite Owl is the most smoked cigar inAmerica. National BrandsNEW YORK CITY CWkte Owl 25<
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