The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-13

Just a word before you make your
plansl
Remember that your country is at
war.
You are not privileged to seek ENJOY
ment this year and you WILL not If you
are . patriot.
Any part of your time that does not
bs,ong to your employer belongs to your
coQntry and plans for vacation that
vim show your fidelity TO it and Will
linxness to sacrifice for it are IN order.
From out in the country there comes
: suggestion to you that is worth while
considering.
II may be that for some reason you
are not qualified to shoulder gun and
march off to the trenches.
II may be that you are physically un-
n for the strenuous service on the firing
nne.
The more physically fit you are, the
quicker you should embrace the sugges-
tion from the country and grasp the OPP
portunity it offers.
II Ia really a suggestion worth while
II dominates a service for you to per-
form for your country that MUST BIZ
PERFORMED by SOMEBODY.
II Is q service for which the residents
a. cities must volunteer, and 1t puts up
~ Them the matter of whether a supply
- broad for the men who will offer their
HIVES and a supply for the men who Will
- doing just as important service at
home.
The beauty of the suggestion lies IN
che opportunity presented for women
go IN show that their patriotism is IN
the right place.
The suggestion is written to Inc
rsmee NV Burr B. Lincoln, member Oh
~. executive committee of the Michigan
state Grange.
Here It is:
uv CITY MAN, Mr. Business Man MI PROBES
-rkuura Man. MT Laborins Man-our eouhus :
- state OF war which demands saeflhses I0l
eosh and every one Of US
= .,sAc,ent crops are not raised, starvation
- Il Issst great suffering must follow IN some
Quarters
a r,,s farmer must have help 10 put in and har
vest his crops. 81. .r,n.
r. c.nnot arord TO pay city wages-his crops
.-r.,x nevrr warrant H. but. men, you VIII nave
1. v.r.tson this year--why not spend II with some
S.rmer. helping him out with his work.
roctetv women and all other kinds OF women
-. Gather fruit and garden stun and pack y
80 market. II will BE- the best kind OF upiii'
v,rks You ever did and maybe you viii form
rru.~ new ideas an to Just how "the other hali
~ the world" lives.
Instead of going to that summer resort Iash
io.ssse or otherwise. and playing golf tennis
ana similar games. loan yourself out to piteh nay
snd Grain and TO help in the garden and perry
pstch. Your muscles will be douby strengthen
"a and the coat of tan which you gain viii be
mat an real and Just as becoming as II gained
a some fashionable "genuemsnIy and lady
Hike recreation
send word 70 your farmer friend when TO er
meet YOU He Is putting in his crops now and
the amount will depend upon the help he can
rely upon for their care and harvesting.
n he cannot house and board you, perhaps
there is a vacant house near which you could
use, or pitch your tent in some suitable spot on
the farm--camp ont with your wife and children
Get down close to nature. and find out by solid
hard work just what her returns are TO those
who strive.
Then we, like other nations, are plunged
into the horrors of war. you will have the salts.
faction OF knowing that YOU did your little
toward mitigating those horrors, because you
helped IN producing he food supply OF tbe
nation.
Shape your vacation this year to your
country's needs.
Pick out the spot like true patriot.
The country needs you.
III you want TO enlist. file your name