The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-08
Write to the Boys often.


Ernest /. Rand, writing to shc Mid
dlebury Register from London, con-
llrms absolutely all that has been said
IN these columns about the urgent duty
or writing at least three times a week
TO the boys across the water. He saws:
IL they could see the faces of the
boys VINO get no mail they would I'M
derstand how It has wrung the hearts
OF the English mothers who have taken
men and boys to write to so that thev
should not get down-hearted. and vet
you people at home cannot understand
y because YOU probably. have written
| frequently
lie goes on to say that, to BEGIN
with, there is a long, inevitable daIav
before the soldiers in France GOT Il
touch with mail conditions and heoip
to receive mail regularly. This mnst
naturally occur every time they chance
1 station, and, with the fighting sweepi1g
them over the map, there must always
be days and weeks when they cannot
IN the natural course of events, hear
from home
Then there are some mails lost. When
ever ship is sunk, even if all on
| 'Stt'h 1hNt'iN, lit IildliS are d1HOSI GER
tain to be lost. Many letters 90
astray through the inevitable errors Of
| address. Others, no doubt, are lost
through the unavoidable exigencies Of
the huge job Of handling the overseas
mail. The moral is, therefore, write
often
Mr.. Rand does not write in com
planning tone-far from it. He writes
from the standpoint of a sterling Young
! Nermonter who has resolved to "gce
this thing through" but who wants
all the help from home for himself and
his friends that he can get. Here : a
bundle Of suggestions that every Girls
club, knitting circle or sewing society
might act on with profit.
Mother, wife and sweetheart win
always write a. their hearts prompt.
| PIT how about friends 1t 81 not \
hlt-or-mlSs matter with them? DO thev
realize that many times there is really
more immediate pleasure in GETTING 4
letter from . friend who was not hound
! by ties of blood or relationship 10
write! First, everybody can send let
tiers; then when Won 60 past the nos+-
! Office or store, why not run in and
| = ~ i'0N put bII Il line ana send
1t along? Why not a circle of friends
agree to send card week to such-an-
one, all on different DAYS Of the week.
enc on Monday, one on Tuesday. ctc.
what 2 wealth it would make "a that
fellow, and how he would fight for
folks at home. II would be one ~ the
most valuable ''buc kine ~ messages Y
ne could receive, and who knows how
these would tie him to the clean things
at home. | feel like singing out to Won
folks to keep the home ties frightened
and make people realize the need. Where
are the daily papers, or the weekly would
be better! Why not send them along,
Where Is the college paper? Yoa should
have seen fellow get a catalog Of hi.
cid camp the other day Pleased WIN
It took all the grace He had to stuff that
INTO his pocket and 20 On with NJ,
RUSSIAN class Dime novels are Mt w
1t for interest
There are akout. six let50,, .yog, psgie.
write before this time tomorrow II
you can t write letter. send 4 HI.
ture card Of some homeland scene. viii
Just line thereon. II will surely an,
truly help 70 win the war.