Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-09-22
Perth An1bOy'S Share

zone million dollars for one million books for
diers."
That is a slogan well worth while.
When speak of soldiers these days. we are speaking Of our own
sons Any appeal therefore, to aid the sol
diers is appeal that goes straight to every home
The boys in the camps crying for books to read
Yes they and all that but for to sit and sim
ply smoke for sit and think and when man gets
thinking ppe especially when he in camp far away from
home his thoughts bound to wander back to the old times ana
that leads to inconsistencies
Now homesckness is the thing to have when
he is in an army camp training his country soldier
The best antidoe for homesckness is good book
Reading makes pass quickly and there nothing like fol
lowing favorte hero to keep one mind oc
cupied. - x,
magazine imaginable helps to for
get YOURSELF it through all the With book in
you live with the knights Of old fight battles with the
crusaders of the lovers ympaize with them
in their separations and rejoice their reunions.
charge Picketts in Civil War days.
the Mississippi with Huck Finn You the
Cores you penetrate far into the frozen north
with Pey You live with the underworld of Paris
with Vatican make with the English gentry
with Mr. Pickwick
With good a travel to the utmost parts
forget all about the that Immediately
surrounds world that library brings to the
people, and will appreciate it more than the soldier boys
Under the direction the Secretary of War the American
endeavorng place this great world Of hva travel
tory and at the disposal OF the hundreds OF OF
who today assembling in the great environments
'ghout this country Library has been
vanderp of New York, chairman. State branches
direction the of each state
branches in have formed local branches in
city and town.
object raise million dollars during the coming week
purchase books the erection of library buildings
hiring librarians charge the libraries in each Of
these camps.
people any conception Of what these
Metuhen
both sides with barracks filled with young And
far the eye There
works. light plants and macadam streets with
places of and
thing goes make city of forty fifty thousand
population the size of Perth Amboy.
There is everything but library.
Every civilized community in these days has It's library it
Library War Council establish and equip
pee libraries each Of these cantonmens Besides the
being sailors afoata
good reading at their disposal
million dollars that be raised week
proporoned throughout the country according population
Perth Amboy's share is $500
Jersey put Brock
good for this city The mayor committee to
after the details of collecting the funds for him.
is loyalty to the city duty to the country and service
the soldiers to assist in raising this fund.
these days when the nation dealing In billions
twenty five hundred much The thing
heads is that give then
the support Of all these things pertaining to the
This time to be putting for ourselves Every
patriotic citizen will reduce his minimum and contrib
his necessities the winning
the war
If the all his hoardngs viii
thing is win the he will
having part through giving
the better able to enjoy what he has
Lend your support therefore this effort raise Perth Am
boys share Of the to buy books for the soldiers The big
drive will be Tuesday.
BE prepared give and to give literally.