Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-31
BOOKS FOR WAR CAMPS

If you cannot fight at the front, you
can send book to the man you are
sending to the front to do your fighting
for you. The Government has asked
the American Library association to
assume responsibility for supplying the
camps and cantonments with reading
material. Every group of soldiers,
small as well as large, is to have
books. The Public Library in this city
has been asked to get donations of
books and magazines in this vicinity
These will be sent to the various
camps and cantonments throughout the
country and will be made available to
soldiers, either directly or through the
chaplains of the army, the Y M. G. A.,
the Knights of Columbus, and every
other welfare agency at work in the
camps. If there is a Y. M. C. A. build
ing, Knights of Columbus building,
a Masonic building, or any other build
ing or tent whether it be manned by
Catholics or Protestants, Jews or Gen
tiles, these books will be sent to them.
The Library association itself is of
course nonsectarian and it will coop
crate harmoniously with all other or
CARNATIONS.
If you will write in each book your
name and address, the soldiers who
read it will know that someone in
Wausau is his friend and stands ready
to help him.
The following is suggested as to the
books and magazines desired:
Poorly printed, uninteresting, OBJ
viously out-of-date books, are not
worth Chinnin0 tn bn
should be good and clear and the
books in fair condition.
Books of good stories will be wanted
most, books of adSenture, sea stories,
detective stories, historical novels and
collections of short stories, especially
humorous ones. Such authors as
Kipling, Doyle, McCutcheon, o. Henry,
Stockton, Bindloss, Parrish, Tarking-
ton, Hopkinson, Oppenheim, ETC., have
been found popular authors with men.
Good poetry and drama can be utilized.
All the men must be helped by these
libraries. Some of them have not es-
tablished reading habits. Some of the
books must therefore be light and
easily read.
Foreign language study books, es-
pecially French grammar and diction-
aries, are much needed-possibly more
than any other non-fiction books. In
one camp nearly one-fifth of the men
are studying French. They should
have easy readers and stories besides
their text books.
Books of travel, biography and his
tory, especially lives of heroes and
travels in the countries at war.
Technical books on aviation, wireless,
telegraphy, submarines, automobiles,
signaling, first aid and hygiene, draw
ing and lettering.
Ethical books on patriotism, courage,
good citizenship, with simple non-sec-
tartan devotional books.
Fresh attractive magazines are also
desired-such as American, Century,
Harper's, Everybody's, Popular Me-
chanic, Popular Science Monthly,
Scientific American, Saturday Evening
Post, etc. None over two years old
should be included.
The material is needed at once. Why
not select today the books you are
willing TO give? Do not give worth
less, unattractive books, but some of
your fresh, good, interesting, and val
uables ones,
Send the books and magazines to
the Public Library between the hours
of 9-12 a. M, or 20 D. M, any day
of the week but Sunday and do not
wait to do it. We want them now. If
you cannot send them notify the librar-
ian by telephone or mail, and some ar
rangements will be made to call for
them. Phone No. 1871.