Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-07
"sM|lEAcE BOOKS new
GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
VIII DC Passports to Liberty Thea.
ters Opening In All Cam
comments.
MtLHoLLAND SPEARS HERE
Past President Of International Ro-
tary Clubs to Outline Plan for En-.
tcrtainmcnt OF Soldiers at Mass
Meeting Tonight.

Inaugurating the campaign in Rich.
mond for the sale of "smiieage booEs
the passport into the new Liberty
theater3 established by the United
States government in each of the siN
teen huge National Army cantonnents
throughout the country-Frank l..
MHlho holland. OF Toledo. past president
or the International Association Of
Rotary clubs. and chairman OF its
committee on war service work. will
speak tonight in the auditorium Of
the Jcfrernon Hotel. The tnasssmects
ing will be followed by The formation
OF the local organiza ton to conduct
the campaign.
Mr.. Mulholiand declared last night
that he would dcsI without gloves
With the subject Of adequate recrea-
iional facilities in Tho army canton
menis. describing actual conditions
as they exist within anh without the
camps The Rotary Clubs Of the couu-
try are cooperating With ire govern
ment IN helping provide anuscmcnts
FOR the lighting incn, and ii is the
fret time ia the HISTORY OF this ni-
ton that the government has fougA,
10 provide recrcational facilities for
ihh men that they arc not conta,ni-
mated by the immoral influences that
in tho past have aiaaya ho,-,cI
around sach campo.
After removing such influences
Though its various agencies. tho gov.
crnmen, IN now providing hinuaements
for the men I" prevent dissatisfaction.
Practically all of tho Liberty thea tors
have been completed. and four produc-
lions viii ttart their tours in the nex,
rev days. These include the wen.
known successes Turn I" Right.
Cheating Chca ,ers." and Within the
Law" In addition "a these ana other
theatricals which Will shortly be
started on a tour Of the ntonm.n,s
unner the direction OF 2 special COM
mittec OF which Mare kiaw. of klan
and Eranger tx the head. there vii,
also he Chautnuqua services and
iyceums. The price If admission viii
he Tar Less than TINT charged the
thenter- going public
To provide these facilities for III.
hEhters. however. Will cost sl0on ZOO Z,
II estimated. despite the fact that thu,
theatrical fraternity has given every
assistance. and the actors will receive
only their expenses. Tn. government
has issued the "smilcage books in Al
ana )" sizes, and in tho cnm.ng months
neople Of the country VIII SEND 10 their
friends and relatives ia the camps th..n
nooks. In adult II 10 other rcmcm-
ORANGES
BOND OF FRIENDSHIP
RESULTS FROM LAUGH
1T Is that good following feeling
that bond Of friendship that results
from auSh-that NC are lighting
for said Nh. Mulholland when a
rerson sends smi!caec book' to a bnv
~ camp he IT assured That Tho sol
dier is going TO enjoy hundreds or
smiles and many laughs. That is tho
part we are undcrtahlnc-thc effort Ia
eieratc the morale OF The army by pro-
Nidine the men with amusing. cniirh,
ing and agreeable ainuscmentg. Tboy
cannot buy II themselves. 80 We arr
GoiiS to give II 10 them"
Walker Cotircil, president of tho
kichmond Rotary Club. viii preside Al
the mceting tonight, which practicail,.
every business man Of the city is cS-
peeted TO attend. After MIR. MulhoI.
lands address the local organization
tor the campaign Will he worked ou,
Alvin ". Smith, ii Was announced las,
night. has undertaken to direct tlc
movement in Virginia, North and south
Carolina.
MT Mulhclland will leave Richmond
Tonight. and will visit camps In Char
!oite. savannah, Atlanta. Macon. Jack
sohville, Montgomery. Birmingham ana
Chattanooga will be on this tour.