The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-22
ON HELPING
TO YIN THE VAR
George AIDE Contributes Advice to Amer
leans Between the Ages OF
6 and 10.

Assuming that this letter is now bein!
read BY some boy or girl old enough t.
90 to school but still young enough to b.
called kid" Thy those who don't know
any better let us begin by asking Tho
question, lis it wrong TO fight"
Every boy or girl with civilized par.
ents can answer that question.
It ia not to be answered by yes" o.
no"
ii we say yes" we admit at once
that our old friends George Washington
and t. S. Grant were depraved eharae-
tiers, because they fought and then kept
on fighting
II Buffalo Bill once upon a time rode
on across the plains and came upon a
! band of Indians attacking settlers cab
in and went dashing up with his scouts
and killed a few redskins, is there any
boy in the world who would 70 back on
Buffalo Bill and pick out some quiet,
elderly real estate dealer as a substitute
hero?
It's too foolish to talk about.
Suppose we say it is not wrong to
fight. Then we remove all blame from
the Indians that Buffalo Bill killed and
we find ourselves so mixed up that prob
ably we had better back up and take a
new start
In answer to the question, Is it wrong
to fight" there can be but one sensible
reply, as follows: 1T all depends
Suppose boy of IA is walking along
the street with his sister and the neigh
borhood bully swaggers around the cor
ner and pushes the boy up against
fence and cuffs him alongside the head
and then tries some insulting familiar
tiles on the sister, and suppose the boy
who is thus Inundated and whose sister
is in tears, suddenly remembers that he
has been told to keep out Of fights!R
What shall he do?
Retreat to an alley, or stand up in de
Tense of his own selfrespect and try to
protect his sister?
Suppose he says to the bully, 7 believe
in peace and no matter what you do TO
me, won't strike back"
Then he would get few more cuffs
for good measure and his sister would be
ashamed of him and he would be ashamed |
of himself and the little rowdy who at
tackled him would call himself cock of
the walk and be greater nuisance than
ever before.
The United States of America Is in |
volyed in hideous war because President /
Wilson and Congress and all persons who
are warmed by red blood instead of being
shilled by sarsaparilla pop had to make
he same decision that every boy is called
upon to make when he is jumped upon
oy a tough customer
Another question (boys only; Did you
ever let boy up before he yelled
Enough" and then have The whole fight
,ver again?
If so, you might go around in your
and give some valuable in
ormation to people older than yourself.
If YOU this is for both boys and girls
vent out into the woods for picnic with
mother "bunch" Of young people you
new and liked, and if your crowd had
basket OF things TO eat and the other
rowd had a basket and some TOUCHES
anne along and stole the basket belong
NO to the other crowd, would You give
hem something to eat out of your bas-
ct. or let them sit over by themselves,
ungry and miserable, and watch you
tutf yourselves?
You'd play fair. OF course, even If you :
ad to 20 a little hungry.
Mr.. Hoover is now asking every boy +,
nd girl in America TO play fair and
wide up with the hungry youngsters Of
rance and Belgium and Great Britain.
There isn't enough food in the world
) go around if We are selfish and claim
lore than our share.
How can boy or girl under high
,hool age really help to win the war,
First Join the Junior Red Cross.
Then keep on saying. Il know Uncle :
am Is right and ] will pull for him I'M :
. he wins.
Believe what YOU saw.
Root for The L. ; 4. as you would
,ot for your baseball nine or your has
atball FIVE
stand on, on the edge IT the sidewalk
nj cheer the soldiers as they swing by.
Ii YOU get q chance to hold warn Tor
Red Cross knitter do your -hit. and
" 10 yourself. when your arms begin
/, Get tired. 4 am helping on a pair Il
-. and these socks viii Keep q soldier
arm ami prevent him from being i.i pr
scoarared. When the time epmes fer
m to fight he vili De- in better r9ndi
on and more willing - fight because
had these warm socks % wear He