Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-06

seen from a distance then you will IN
! derstand that the issues involved had
to be fought out, that the United States
had, to take part, that the task we are
now undertaking had to be accom-
| plished.
Let us hope that each of you can
say, twenty years from now, Il was
young at the time but I knew what the
war meant, and I helped"
Not all of the heroes are in the
trenches.
To prove that brave men remain at
home, here am I, a case-hardened bach
elor, venturing to give advice to young
women, everyone Of whom knows all
about the war or, at least, about one
young man who has marched out to
win the war;.
No need to tell them to knit. They
are knitting.
Why whisper to them to beware Of
'"slackers." The poor Stacker" al
ready has felt the scorn of their
glances.
Perhaps some hints may be tabu-
lated in the methodical style so dear
to professors.
Efficiency or soldiers at the front
and in the training camps is dependent
upon:
(a) Physical welfare, resulting from
comfortable garments and sensible at
tentions, provided by young women
between the ages of sixteen and TWEEN
ty-one.
(b) Mental calm, induced by the
knowledge that all the girls at home
will postpone definite arrangements
until the soldiers come back.
(c) Spiritual exaltatiOn, encouraged
by the occasional receipt Of letters
from young ladies between the ages Of
sixteen and twenty-one.
From the above analysis it becomes
evident that the successful prosecution
of the war is not dependent upon the
president and cabinet, or even upon
the council of national defense, but
upon Flora and Elsie and Agnes and
Jessie.
Don't let anyone tell you that war
is strictly a business proposition.
We can't win the war unless the
bands play and the girls wave their
handkerchiefs.
The French weep a little and kiss
one another on each cheek and sing
the 'Marseillaise" and then they are
ready to capture some more trenches.
Repressed emotions sometimes turn
] sour. Don't be ashamed to let your
enthusiasm float publicly to the breeze.
You never saw a football team adj
vance the ball unless it was getting
side lines.
Now for the boys.
Perhaps you have heard about the
Working Reserve.
1t has been carefully organized un-
| der government supervision. 1t has re-
| ceived the official Endorsement of the
president. The whole plan is working
out successfully wherever it is under
stood.
The trouble is that some of the boy S
little doubtful regarding enlistment,
because they don't know how much of
an obligation is assumed.
Here is the plan in nutshell: Thou
sands of enlisted and selected men
have gone to the training camps. It
may be that thousands more will go
next year. These men are being called
| from factories and workshops and
| farms. Every factory and every farm
must continue production if we are to
lies during the war. How can we fill
the places of the young men who have
gone away to fight? We must rely
upon the boys who are Old enough and
| husky enough to work, but who are
still too young for military service.
So here is a trumpet call for all city
boys and town boys between the ages
Of sixteen and twenty-one.
Prove your patriotism and help your
country by jumping in and doing the
work of a soldier who has gone to the
front.
Go to the recruiting officer and enlist
for the Boys Working Reserve. Then,
when you are called upon, go and make
good in the job assigned to you and
win your medal and wear it and be
proud of it.
Doesn't your common sense and
your knowledge of addition and sub
traction tell you that if we suddenly
take 100000 or more men right out
of the productive industries Of this
country, we must either find million
men to take their places or else go
short on production?
The boys between sixteen and twen-
ty-one can and will supply the short
age of man-power.
There Will be loud call for them
| in 1918 and they must answer the call.