The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-31
Will SPEAK IN THEATRES
Speeches Will Be Based on Late Infor-
nation from Washington - ''Gen-
eral'' Buckmaster Comments-Mr.
Brown Is Highly Pleased.

With the realization that "every
little two-bits helps" the local Four
Minute Men have volunteered their
services to Thrift Director Brown who
will begin great drive for WARSAW
ings Stamps in Kenosha ON Sunday,
February 3rd. The short-time orators
just "couldn It stay out of the big do
in $" and accordingly enlisted in the
ranks today to do anything and every
thing that might be asked of them.
Their overtures were accepted at once
and as a consequence the general com
mittee now has whole battalion of
speakers at its command to explain
the nature and purpose of "baby
bonds"
70 be sure the boys will help you, -
said "General'' Buckmaster, when ap-
preached this morning. '|They appre-
ciate the Importance of the drive and
are willing to be modified for govern
ment service as significant and imper-
ative as the exploitation of thrift and
War-savings stamps. They'll be right
there with the speeches, too. We have
special material straight from Wash
ington and this will furnish them with
facts that talk and tell their own
story"
The material" alluded to by Mr..
Buckmaster is bulletin Just released
at the national capital by the Commit
tee on Public Information working I'M
red the direction of George Creel and
William Mccormick Blair. The folder
contains, among other things brief
review of Prussian rule in Belgium
which viii undoubtedly prove a real
stimuIant to the purchase of thrift and
war-savings stamps. It also carries
Secretary McAdoo's speech to the
school-children Of Washington which
made thousands of little "Iife-savers
there and viii possibly be equally eff
fective here.
That the government is seriously in
terested in the activities of Thrift and
War-Savings Week is attested by Mr..
Blair's advice to Four MinutebMen
which reads in part as follows:
"Thrift-the need of continuous
saving-that is the theme of our mes
sage during the next campaign. The
new War-Savings Certificates, and
United States Thrift-Cards offer a
most convenient means to this end and
are therefore worthy of explanation. |
It is not primarily the money the Gov
eminent wants so much as the benefits
accruing from the peculiar methods
employed to secure it. Every energy. |
every resource, of this great land |
must be bent to win the war. The
stories Of Belgian indemnities quoted |
in this bulletin indicate the policy of |
Prussian War-lords toward conquered
countries. We must save our resources
now; or we shall find ourselves de-
Tending them alone at a time selected
by the same autocracy for crushing us
in turn. -
"We still receive complaints that
Four Minute Men sometimes speak for
five minutes or even longer" adds Mr..
Blair. "Please observe scrupuIously
our four-minute limit. Watch your
speech and your watch and be sure
that both are running well, accurate
ly, and up-to-the-minute in every re-
spect-but no further.O
Thrift-Director Brown is highly |
gratifed at the enthusiasm displayed
by the Four Minute Men. cit is splen-
did,, " he commented this morning,
"and viii be real factor in making
Thrift Week the success it must and
will be. The Minute Men will
make a personal appeal to people that
we could reach in no other way and
will doubtless make many converts to
the War-Savings system. Then, too,
their speeches will follow up the great
address of Monday evening, which will
start the campaign right and give the
city good beginning for victorious
drive to victory and peace