New York, April 18.
The American Legion has adops-ed the poppy as its Memorial Day flower. On May 30 thousands tiny red silk flowers will be distributed throughout America by the Legion and other patriotic organiz1- tions.
The poppies—exact replicas those which "blow on Flanders fiekis"—were made by war orphans of the American and French Children's League. They were brought to America by Mme. Anna E Guerin, who founded the League for the purpose of perpetuating the friendship between the nations which had its inception on the battlefield. The poppy is the League's national emblem, and the children are the self-constituted guardians of the graves of American soldiers dead in France.—Reuter.
If in the play it had not been finally shown that Lulu's husband's first wife was definitely and conclusively dead, we should never have forgiven Miss Gale. The play left at the final curtain more than enough unsolved relationships and enough unhappiness to justify this concession to the conventional desire for a happy ending. We are inclined to classify "Miss Lulu Bert" among the truest and most convincing of this year's dramatic Masta, (By mail.)—Real estate in the Philippines, exclusive of the non-Christian provinees, is valued at Pesos 1,143,322,490 according to the reassessment made this year. These figures are almost double the assessed valuation last year. The non-Christian provinces are this year assessed at 38,977,940 pesos..—Reuter.
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