The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1918

q tell you those things are not for be-, bawled the officer. This is some hotel-what's that you say-oh, T. beg your pardon, T."
 The clerk was politely explaining that the nightshirt and toothbrush were really intended for that particu- lar guest and that they were a gift Of the hotel
 You see, so many of the boys come in for these little trips without bag gage and the management thought this might add a bit of comfort to their stay. and so all men in uniform who do not have baggage are given these lit tie extras with the compliments of the hotel"
 This was the experience of a Bir- mingham man, Lieut.. Henry Boxer, who is now stationed at Springfield, Mass, and from the enthusiasm with which he related the incident, and the careful detail with which he described the nightshirt, even to the edging of pink braid, it is evident that the sol diers are more than appreciative of these attentions which are being shown
 them by the people of New York. | This is just an example of the many l little things which are being done here to make our boys conforta ble. | New York is ''mothering" her soldiers and sailors and those who come avis liting, and there is no beginning or end l of the things which are being done l for them
 The milk stations which for many
 years have been maintained by that
 great humanitarian, Nathan Strauss, 1 for the benefit of New York's poor
 children, have arranged so that men in
 uniform may have glass of cold milk
 at any time without cost Many res taurants offer a substantial discount l to soldiers and sailors, and free din ners for uniformed men are not in- | frequent. In some of tho lodging i houses and clubrooms where soldiers
 and sailors are entertained theatre | tickets are given them free and as
 part of the service. while quite ire quently the manag ement of a show 1 sets aside a certain number of com 1 plimentary seats for any uniform ed men who wish to see the perform ance.
 Choice seats are reserved for the | boys in every church. The churches | by the way, are doing a wonderful
 work along these lines themselves,
 Many of them are maintaining lunch
 rooms, reading and rest rooms, while one of the downtown churches has es- | tablished an enormous sleeping porch l for the benefit of visiting sailors and | soldiers. The Ethical Culture society has turned it's roof garden into a sum-
 mer rest room for the boys, and other
 churches are constantly inaugurating l new movements to make them at home | in the big city.
 l Official New York, too, has caught the spirit, and on some of the munich l pally owned ferries. soldiers and sail | CTS are carried without charge. l Perhaps no body of men have gone further in their hospitality and pat
 riotism than have the members of the Princeton club, who have moved out in
 a body and given their handsome club house over to the accomm odation o1
 officers of the army and navy. This was done with the cooperation of the l Yale club, the Bulldog" and the
 tiger" lying down together, so that the only officers club in New York
 may be maintained The Yale club
 the handsomest college clubhouse 1T
 America. is doubling up" with thu
 Princeton men, entertaining them as
 it's guests, while the Princeton club is
 being used by the army and navy of
 ficers.
 These things are not done in a spiri of charity but with hospitality ant camaradie which is understood by the boys who are the recipients O . these attentions That New York kindness is not being wasted go
 ing unappreciated is evidenced by th fact that soldiers and sailors of every
 class, moneyed ones and all, are talk ling advantage of every little courtes, offered and doubtless many a youns jackie with his pockets bulging witt bills, has stopped in at a Strauss mill station for free glass of milk-jus because he knows that New York love
 him, that these things come from tn
 heart of the big city-and, well, h
 just sort of feels as if he would b
 hurting somebody's feelings if he didn' take eVerything rendered him.