The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-17

and actresses travelling on regular cir
cults. far above the average theatrical
amusement available to IS per cent of
| the bows in their home towns. TWO
weeks every month will be given up 10
| legitimate drama. good plays and musi'
cal shows. current successes from the
| big towns. One week viii be given up
| to moving pictures and vaudeville, and
the fourth week to lectures. concerts
and amateur stun
Hundreds of leading actors and ac-
tresses have volunteered their services
without pay, while those taking minor
parts unable to give their services Will
receive nominal salaries. This enter
tainment is not to be free. They trled
that up in Canada, and found that the
soldiers. like everybody else, appreciate
best what they pay for. The Canadian
soldiers did not respect free entertain
ment. They banged the chairs about,
catcalled the actors and played rough
house generally AS soon as they were
required to pay a small admission fee
they made an ideal audience. Broad
way shows at the army environments
will be at bargain prices. The most
expensive seat in the house will prob
ably not cast more than 20 cents and
the cheapest seats will be a dime. At
the National Guard training camps.
which are temporary affairs, entertain
ments will be given i'm Chautauqua
tents
Then there will be singing. Every
army cantonment il to have its singing
instructor. for singing is wonderful
co-Urdinator in army discipline and
lightens the hard work of marching
and soldering immensely. Regiments
0f soldiers going through cities have
already been notable for their singing
as they marched and there is being de-
veloped rapidly a type of song that
meets the soldiers need.
Schools to Make Americans.
At some of the cantonments it has
already been discovered that hundreds
Of recruits cannot read or write the
English language. They come from
sections in the country settled by Eu-
ropean immigrants where the parents
language has been retained and con-
tact with Americans has not been suf-
ficient Glasses in English have been
started. and when these boys come out
of the army they will be American in
speech and ideals. The French Ian
guage and French geography are being
widely taught because il has been
found that these studies make the most
kid brother wants to study a vocation
or a profession. the army will see that
| he has facilities, no matter what ii is.
Then there are the sports. Boxing il
particularly important. for il forms
part Of a soldiers training. Bayonet
fighting is grounded absolutely on box
ing. There is not thrust or parry in
it but which is not a boxing blow or
feint. so that what the kid brother
learns this fall. as he stands up TO
defend himself with the gloves may
come in handy when he reaches the
western front.
There will be other attractions in
camp for the kid brother. Suppose he
is "A farm boy. who has had few oppor-
tunities TO get to town or few pals
when he got there. or suppose he is
that even more lonely chap. the boy
who does not find his sort of pals in
tine gangs around his TfeighborhOod.
Turn him loose in a city Of 10000 fell
lows his own age. with his play organ
lied as well as work. abundant outdoor
exercise and good food. careful medical
attendance. supervision and personal
hygiene. For the first time in his life
he feels the fascination of team play
and has the benefit OF associates that
will meet his every idea of what good
pals should be. II he T. red-headed.
freckled and abOunding in rough. boy
ish energy, and likes vigorous. HARM
less deviltry, he will soon find around
him a gang of his own kind larger than
he ever hoped to see i'm his life. and
ore that will help him develop his every
aspiration. whether il be to lead or to
follow the lead IL he is a quieter boy.
with inventive or artistic or literary
tastes. he can soon find congenial fel-
lows Of his own way or thinking. pals
who probably understand what is in him