The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-17
HELPING TO WIN THE WAR
~(For Boys and Girl.)

Assuming that this letter is nov
beng read by some boy or girl ole
enough to go to school but still
young enough to be called ''kid'
(by those who don't know any bet
teri let US begin by asking the ques
ton, us it wrong to fight"
Every boy or girl with civilized
parents can answer that question.
1t is not to be answered by Eyes"
or "no."
Ii we say yes, we admit at
once that our old friends George
washington and U. S. Grant were
depraved characters, because thew
fought and then kept on fighting.
If Buffalo Bill once upon a time
rode out across the plains and came
upon band Of Indians attacking a
settlers cabin and went dashing up
with his scouts and killed a few
redskins, is there any boy in the
world who would go back on Buffa-
10 Bill and pick out some quiet. ell
derby real estate dealer as a substi-
tute hero?
It's too foolish to talk about.
Suppose we say it is not wrong to
fight. Then we remove all blame
from the Indians that Buffalo Bill
killed and we find ourselves so
mixed up that probably we had bet
ter back up and take a new start.
In answer to the question, us it
wrong to fight" there can be but
one sensible reply, as follows: 1T
all depends"
Suppose a boy of IA is walking
along the street with his sister and
the neighborhood bully swaggers
around the corner and pushes the
boy up against fence and cuffs him
alongside the head and then tries
some insulting familiarities on the
sister, and suppose the boy who is
thus i'hIlmiliated and whose sister
is in tears, suddenly remembers that
he has been told to keep out of
fights"
What shall he do?
Retreat to an alley, or stand up
in defense of his own self-respect
and try to protect his sister?
Suppose he says to the bully, 81
believe in peace and no matter what
you do to me, ! won't strike back"
Then he would get a few more
cuffs for good measure, and his
sister would be ashamed of him and
he would be ashamed of himself and
the little rowdy who attacked him
would call himself cock of the walk
and be greater nuisance than ever
tefore.
The United States of America is
involved in hideous war because
President Wilson and Congress and
all persons who are warmed Dy
red blood instead of being chilled
~ sarsaparilla pop had to make the
same decision that every boy is call
ID upon to make when he is jumped
pom by tough customer.
Another question (boys only.)
Nd you ever lie: a boy up before he
cleo Enough" and sh.s1 have the
hole fight over again?
If SO, you might go around in
our neighborhood and g,e some
.,luatlc information to people old
: than yourself.
# you (this is fer >,tl. boys and
irls) lent out into the woods for
picnic with another "sunch' of
elng PEOPLE you knew and liked,
mi if your crowd had basket OF
1ings to eat and the other crowd
ad basket and some TOUCHES
anne along and stole the basket be-
'nging to the other crowd, would
on give them something to eat out
{ your basket, or let them sit over
Y themselves, hungry andf miser-
Die, and watch you stuff your
Ives?
You'd play fair, Of course, even
you had to go little hungry.
Mr.. Hoover is now asking every
~ and girl in America to play fair
I'd divide up with the hungry
,ungsters of France and Belgium
i'd Great Britain.
There isn't enough food in the
orld to 60 around if we are selfish
ID claim more than our share.