The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-14
PRoTEuT y0uR D0Y
Help the Y. NJ. c. A. IN Its Great
Work Of Giving Him Clsap Places
TO Live and Play and Work In
When He Goes "0ver There"
By Porter Emerson Browne

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Thisis written 10 every father, 20
every mother, TO every brother, 20
every sister, to every uncle. 10 every
aunt, TO everybody who has boy
that he or she loves
Your hoy is either at the front.
or IN the camps, or waiting TO be
sent to the camps--wlAeh means
that some day he will be sent TO the
front for Germany Is a nation as
strong as Il is cruel, as powerful ss
II is merciless and this war, which
We must fight or become as Bel
gium has become, a nation of
eorpses and slaves. will take all our
men, all our money, all our foru-
tude, 10 win.
You Loved Him
You loved your boy when he was
at home, didn't youl You did for
him all that love, and care, and
kindness. and tenderness. and devo-
tion could do to keep him straight,
and clean, and happy you
loved him that he was yours. Hc
loved you Tor the love you gave him.
Now he has gone, OF Ia going
away. II Ia right that he should 70
. II Is Gods will that he should 70.
He goes to defend you whom he
loves against those that would rape
and rob and kill; that would make
this Land OF ours shambles and q
shame; that would make the words
"lifO, liberty, snd the pursuit. OF
happiness" 4 bloody snecr against
the vast background Of time.
And now, as he goes, you must
say 20 him, God bic" YOU, and
bring you safely back 10 ml" 4.
You kiss Your hand fingers
in his--lngers, quiyering-and
then withdraws And he has
gone,
He has left you. For a time he
has gone from your lie and yol
from his. ..
He Faces Temptations
He Will he exposed TO many
temptations--even as would you at
his age. Many men and many wo.
men will Try ~ many ways to tempt
him to do the things that he should
not Life is life; and to be human
and young, Is 10 he all that the
words human, sand young mean {.
But there Is one way In which
you can still be with him---by which
the hand OF yours that aided his
baby footsteps--that helped him IN
his little lessons OF primer and OF
arithmetic--that guided him past
childish dangers--can still reach
out to help him.
Better tAn we, the Young
Mems Christian Association realizes
the power Of evil associates, OF rot
ten environment, OF the sodden
dangers that are bound TO pitiall
the road Of those that are human,
and young
Keeping the Home Ties
These men want 10 give 'youl
boy the things that you, who love
him, can no longer give him. The,
want to give him the loving car,
that you can no longer give him
They want to give him clean place
to live in, clean books 10 read
clean games 10 amuse, clean music
10 hear and sing, clean drinks e
drink, clean associations with
which TO associate. They want 10
send him back 10 YOU as honest, rs
fearless, as gentle, as clean as when
he left you,
To give him these things, this
attention, this love, this care, will
take money. These people that
would do Il do not want your
money for themselves. They want
your money only that II may be
spent In caring for your boy. They
can now do what you can no longer
do, Will you help them TO do this
thing' Or will you, now that your
boy has gone FAR away, turn your
back and leave him to be stained,
and coarsened, and corrupted in
the hands Of those who would ex-
plot him In sin for profit, and in
corruption for priee'