The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30
ARMY SISTERS OF CHEER

Applications for enlistment in the
army Of Sisters of Cheer, to help the
soldier in camp and trench to keep
from being blue and pine for home
are coming in nicely. but We still
need more to fill out the required
number. In a talk with Captain Web
er we learn that when the men were
on the border, the one time during
the day that interested everyone was
the time when the mail came in.
Then every fellow was anxious to get
there in order to see what had come
for him. A paper, a magazine, and
more especially a letter, that gave
him assurance that some n at
home had thought of him, was the
thing that kept every fellow feeling
right up to snuff and gave him en-
thusiasm for his work.
Do not think for a moment that be
cause a boy has folks at home, or be
cause he may have, as they most
have, a girl that writes to him mighty
often. that another letter will come
in amiss. Just put yourself in his
place and imagine how it Will be
when the folks at home get busy with
other things and let a certain let
ter writing time go by for a day or
two, how pleasant it will be then for
one of these letters from a cheer sis
ter to slip In and fill the breach. This
is a patriotic duty that is offered you
and if you cannot fight, you can Ger
tainly get in line to help keep a good
and happy heart in the boys who viii
and can fight for their country. Then
the opportunity to send in between
letters a paper, a magazine, a book,
or p%erchance you will give up some
pleasure of your own and send a box
of candy or package Of tobacco. Boys
are not much different from girls in
liking attention and relishing kind
acts. so Just imagine It was you and
think how pleased you would be with
some little thing as those suggested
for the sister of cheer to perform.
All over the country these organ
izations are s~pringing up under vari-
Gus names. and several of the towns
in the state where companies have
their homes, are doing this and get
ting big lists of girls to do the duty
during the war. We want a waiting
list, so that if a girl has 10 give up
the work for any reason, we will have
another girl to step in and fill the
place. Sioux Falls in less than ten
days had a list of over five hundred
girls to minister to the needs of their
four companies of troops. Canton Is
getting along finely and Parker is not
any behind. The Register will have
an organization of young women In
the city. who will look after the APP
p%ortioning of the names and there
will be no chance but what every one
Of the members of Company c will
be glad Of the sister Of cheer to de
pend on for an occasional letter and
remembrance.
This is a work, and as truly a work
as the knitting of socks, that should
appeal to the big majority Of young
ONE in the county. You are not
too young, if you can write a newsy
letter and you are not too old, if you
have any Of the cheer and enthus-
iasm of youth in your heart. High
school girls, country school girls,
clerks, stenographers, you all have
friends of your W that you will
write an occasional letter to. just add
this one more boy to your list and
try by a letter of cheer and an oc-
casional other remembrance to keep
our men at the front heartened up
and fresh in mind and soul for the
terrible work Of a
Here is the blank application, sign
it and send it in at once, with an
enclosed stamped envelope SO that we
can forward you the name of your boy
to write to. The m will be ap-
portioned as soon as the company
goes away to camp, and that will be
soon now, so we must have enough
names right away to fill the list.