New-York tribune., 1918-07-07


here is practically a monopoly Tia.
IS run not only without profit bu,
actually at loss. Imagination can
not conceive financial transactio,
near the front line trenches wher
German shells are bursting con.
stantly. In the zone of fire neary
all the comforts are supplied to tie
boys free. The prices paid by tie
boys before they went overseas prs.
vail generally, and this in spite d
the high cost of transportation and
loss by submarines.
Well-Known Entertainers
Eager to Help Out
The problem of entertainment was
one of the greatest problems whia
the Y. NJ. c. A. had to face in III
early days of the American Exped
tlonary Forces. Thousands of mIs
from home, inspired by 4 trems,.
dous desire to get at the throatd
the Hun, nevertheless these Az.
lean boys couldn't help being hoas
sick. They missed the movies sh
the stage favorites. The week Con
sisted of seven days and fourtea
nights. The "Y" problem was to rs
duce the number of nights. Scr.
hundreds of feet of film were o
their way to France. Then Els.
Janis, Irwin Cobb and others ym
happened to be On or near the spa
volunteered to go out into the camN
and trenches and entertain the boys
Later IN New York City the entin
theatrical profession volunteered b
answer any question that might b
made.
To-day there are nearly hundrsi
we'll known entertainers in Frame
This is minimum for the duratidn
of the war. A constant stream at
players will be on the way over, on
tour of the trench circuit, and a
the way back. And in not NOR
than one case out of a hundred IS
the performer getting any mon
than his transportation and es.
penses in France. Thus has the cal
been answered by those whose pro
fession is at best precarious. Their
example is one for settled bushes
men to ponder and follow.
Sports. If there is one thing that
the healthy American young man in
KHAKI needs most in France it is
good, healthy sport. Some of The
most famous athletic directors AMI
athletes of other years are in Franc
to-day leading willing men in mas
athletic games. The men have thef
baseball and their tennis, their sct.
Ger and their football, and also thsG
nave games in which an entire CON.
p;any may participate. These haw
all been developed by the physleai
department of the Y. NJ. c. A. and
are being carried out on the West
ern front by such men as David l.
tuitz, athlete at Brown, and proni'
nent official in big intercollegiate cor
tests; by Ellery Huntington, of CO..
gate; by Jack Magee, of Bowdoln
crank Quimby, Of Yale and Andoye
baseball history; William Clarkesnai
Fred Jacklitsch, from the ranks o.
professional baseball, and hundrsH
of others.
1t requires such men as these VI
get a maximum of return on the D.
vestment Of hundreds of thousaaa'
OF dollars in such items as thess,
49,, 900 baseballs, 24,000 bats. l,sg
catchers' masks, $500 catchefss
mitts, $4,000 felders' gloves, ~
sets Of boxing gloves, and so foFlS
The foregoing items were IN os
order. Before the war is over
will have been duplicated man
times.
And so the Y. N. c. A. asks ~
1000 workers from New York I,e
to share the burdens of those W.
Lave gone before. Herbert L. prss "
/ vlcepresident Of the STANDARD y
Company, who recently return"
from France to head the local oss.
seas recruiting committee, Is ss.,s ~
thority for the statement that m.s &,
is no job in France too small for ~
biggest man il any American eas
munity." mo president of q ~ X
road or bank, or college, "a
adds, mo lawyer or minister y arr
big for the job of taking care oi "
boys overseas" ,.w
Mr.. Pratt and others who na i
seen the work that is being dohsh shS
France sum it all up by saying s ~
it means to our boys over there ~
of all-America and Home.