Evening star., 1917-10-22
GLAD THANKSGIVING
PLAN FOR SOLDIERS
Campaign Started to Have
Troop in Every Washington
Ho%s1Ss That Day.
STAR FOSTERS PROGRAM

A soldier-guest in every home IN
Washington Thanksgiving day.
What q fine record that would be for
the National Capital, what an inspiring
display of patriotism!
From many a home in this city
Young man will be absent this year
who has gone into a training camp.
How better could his place be filled
than by a lonesome youth from some
other home who is doing his duty py
serving Uncle Sam when his heart
yearns flor home, especially on TINS
holiday?
If you are entertaining some SOLDIER
bow somewhere else some othei
mother may be making your own boy
happy.
The Star today starts a campaign TO
bring together the homes OF the cty
and the soldier boys away IRON noine' h.r
This is done with the hearues1 eo
operation of the War Department :o..t-
mission on training camp activttises'
of which Raymond B. Fosdick is chair
man This commission was appolnteo
by President Wilson to bring INTO CO
operation all the people OF the cou,..t
to do what they can to make peter
Has Made Soldiers Happy.
There is in Washington a lS.al
branch of this commission, with head
quarters in the District building
which has been doing much LOT Ine
entertainment of the soldiers IN camps
about Washington. Through this local
committee many of the churcheS haNe
been opened to. the soldiers:
Through its home hospitality commit
tee the local branch of the commission
on training camp activities has alreaoy
been doing great deai OF eoou w,
along this line. particularly in nav
inc Soldiers entertained in the homes
at Sunday dinners
The home hospitality committee will
be a very strong factor IN making sue
cessfdl the campaign to have a sololer
in every home thanksgiving Gay.
Since the hardest part of the sold1ers
lives in camp is the absence from home
and home ties, the lonesomeness, the
absence from association wltn girs'
the meeting with innocent chlloren,
the missing of opportunities for
III . ho1esnme recreation and home life
this commission is trying to bring the
homes of the city and the soldiers more
closely together
Would Prevent Lonesomeness.
On such holiday as Thanksgiving
every mothers son who has been accus-
tor,ed TO sitting down about the table
with the family must feel sort OF os-
tracism IL he must remain IN camp. IL
is to prevent any soldier from 1eelnG
that way that The Star starts this Gam. !.
naien for "a soldier in every home.
There could be no more ausp1cious time
IN give impetus to the work that the
War Department commission on Train
ine camp activities is doing to pro-
mote hospitality toward the soldiers
encamped near your homes
There is no time at which an invita-
tion to dinner will mean more in crea-
ture comfort, in encouragemehl anu III
his manhood than II you
open the door of your home TO some
soldier this Thanksgiving.
Inviting Them to Homes.
Many persons in the city are ac-
ouainted with some of the soldiers and
are already inviting them to their
homes Many are willing to entertain
the soldiers, but do not know how to
get in touch with them to extend an IN
citation. Some are planning to have a
soldier guest, through the cooperation
of a church society or fraternal or
ganization.
The Star will cooperate with all of
these organizations in trying to bring
Thankseiving cheer to every soldier in
camp-with the official commission ap-
pointed by President Wilson. with the
church and fraternal organizations and
with any other association interested in
helping along this work.
Any person who wishes to assist in
this campaign is invited to do SO. Any
person who wishes to have soldier as
signed to his or her home as a guest
Thanksgiving day should send in his or
her name and address as soon as pos
sibIe to The Star office. These letters
should be addressed to Soldier Guest
Editor, The Evening Star The Star.
through the cooperating organizations.
will bring your invitation to the at
tention of some particular soldier.