The true northerner., 1918-04-26

Leland Gordon delivered fine JAM
seen piano to Kalamazoo parties on
Tuesday.
Next Wednesday at the Coterie
will be "Audobon Day" and the pro-
gram will be in charge of Miss Ma
bel Chaffee. Pupils in the school are
preparing a little play entitled "The
Birds" and a rare treat is in store
for members of the Coterie and their
friends.
The twenty-ffth annual May fes-
tival of the University of Michigan
will be held in the Hill Auditorium
in Ann Arbor from May 15 to 18,
both dates inclusive. The program
this year will include probably the
greatest galaxy Of musical artists
and operatic stars ever assembled in
Michigan. Course tickets will be on
sale up to May A, at $4.O0, $500
and $500. Single concert tickets on
sale after May 6, will be $1.O0, $1.50
and $500. Orders for tickets should
be addressed to Charles A. Sink,
Secretary, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
A lady reader of the True North
erner propounds this question through
it's columns: -"Have you bought
your Liberty Bond yet? If not,
,,,h,, NOT 30 Con+;n,;por che aJxyorucac
the following logical and convincing
thought:-"Some Of us will not have
the privilege to get whack at the
Kaiser in any other way. But we
can help to purchase guns and am
munition that will eventually do him
up, and the more bonds we buy, the
more guns Uncle Sam can make to
drive the Huns into their holes. If
you have a son just entering his teens
stop and think what years Of pro-
longation of this war may mean to
this boy just growing into young man
hood and to you. Do your duty and
do it now before it is too late. The
sacrifice in young men will be great,
but don't make it any greater than
need be. Buy your Liberty Bond now
and buy them just as big as you
can"
A deluge of requests for inform
alton as to how they must go about
it to secure furloughs for farm hands
who are in camp has come pouring in
upon A. B. Cook, federal farm labor
director, as a result of the announce
ment by the war department of it's
intention to temporarily release men
who are needed for far mwork. at
should be understood" Director Cook
is pointing out, "that only men for
whom there is imperative need will be
given permission to leave camp, and
proof that such need exists must be
presented to the local draft boards.
Where a farmer desires to secure
furlough for a son or valuable
hired man, an application should be
made to the local draft board for
form No. 1885. Upon being filled
out, this should be returned to the
board. which will see that it is for
warded through the proper channels
to the camp in which the man for
whom the leave is sought is located.
No provision is made by the war de-
partment's order for the paying
either of transportation or other ex-
penses Of men to whom a farm fur
Tough is granted"
Edwin l.. Quarles, manager of the
Greater Grand Rapids Association, in
a talk last Friday to Liberty Loan
statesmen in that city, spiked the guns
of those Mouth Patriots" who "Sim-
ply can't buy bond this time," as
follows: Excuse-"I bought a bond
last time" Answer-"Lots of the
boys in France, wounded twice or
more, are up and at it again" Ex-
cuse-"This is a rich mans war and
a poor mans fight" Answer-"If
this is your country, this is your war.
If this is not your country-move."
Excuse-"My money is mine and ]
will do what l please with it." An
swer-"Your money no more belongs
to you than the soldiers life belongs
to him and if the government has a
right to draft men, it has a right to
draft dollors. Don't make this nee
essary-be nice about it." Excuse
81 can't afford to invest my money at
the rate Liberty Bonds pay" An
swer-"You can better afford to lend
your own country, with no interest at
all, a part of what you have, than to
be made to give Germany all you've
got" Excuse-With what plans I've
got on hand, I can't spare the money
now" Answer-"The man who tries
to make a good reason out of poor