The Washington times., 1917-10-20
There Is Only One Name for a
Soldiers Paper
There Are Many Different Kinds of Advice for Americas
Fighting Men.

A letter from our friend Robinson, newspaper man
changed by enlistment into soldier says I'VE are going
to print newspaper for the boys in Please suggest
name for it and send articles to be printed in it.
The name for the soldiers newspaper should be, of
course ''THE FIGHTER"
Men go into the army fight to win the fight do moth
ing else, and then come back.
newspaper called The Fighter, run by fighting news
paper men, and read by fighters of all kinds ought to help
in the fighting Many kinds of advice and all sorts OF nspr
ing articles could and should be printed In such newspaper
First the way of advice might come, Take care OF
your teeth ,,,r,, ,,,,
TEETH.
Without sound teeth he will fight long well For
good TEETH make good digestion Good digestion makes
good BLOOD. Good blood makes good coURAGE-THE
TEETH WIN BATTLES.
Therefore tell the young of battle to have his tooth
brush his dence and remember that the white weapons
in his mouth important as the weapon that ne carries
on his shoulder or at his belt.
Print short articles on couragethe real kind of
that will fight if called at o'clock in the morning with
nobody sight o'clock in the afternoon with the band
playing and the crowds cheering.
Make the young remember that life Is important,
and having good time important aso but that compared
with honor and in defense OF your country MOTH
ING IS IMPORTANT
Explain to the young the difference between the
soldier of today and of the past.
The soldier of yesterday the hired mercenary went into
the army because he did not want to WORK IN CIVIL e OF
protect peace and to get BACK to peace and to useful occu
patton
QeeQS
Just as much THE STRONG MIND.
Keep the mind clear with good long sleep earnest dis
cussion good habits, temperance.
In modern where your life might be saved once by
strong arm good eyeght quckness in attack will be
saved hundred times by QUICKNESS IN THOUGHT.
You go out of your trench and over the top to the
unknown strong quick mind what helps you there not
merely strong legs.
The average young American, Heaven be praised can
think several times as fast the heavy half discouraged
German that will be coming toward him.
Let the American look and think he dashes forward
Remind the young men who read your paper "The
Fighter that everyone that goes into war and comes out
better man if he keeps body and mind healthy And by
everyone that dies the country is made better and SAFER and
civilization is pushed little farther along
Billions have died in the past for the right hundreds and
thousands of years ago.
: Each would be DEAD NOW, anyhow, and none if he
could come back would give up the glory OF dying he
did die.
One hundred years from all those that rum creep
and crawl the face of this earth will be dead and gone
back into the earth and those that live few years longer
now will the advantage OF nobody when the hundred
years shall have rolled by.
Time wipes off hfes slate the school boys wet sponge
wipes out the figure The exact date of the wpng is not
important.
The important thing is HOW you go and HOW well you
live and fight and show compassion and sense OF honor
before you go.
And this of course, in Mr. Robnsons paper "The
Fighter" will be made clear in each issue.