The Washington herald., 1918-05-18

i would like to know now many other lit
tie boys are willing to help whip the Kaiser.
VIII you put their names in your paper each
morning so can how many little soldier
' A' " WiLMER E. PURvIs.
ia North Henry street.
Our Dear Young Man: We envy you We
wish that could run barefoot with the lazy Sum-
mer. We would gladly stub every toe for
Uncle Sam and give him the money we save on
shoe leather.
But there many splinters in floors of
newspaper Offices. And printers chew tobacco.
Then there many pots of bubbling lead in the
great machines which cast the type that you
can read the overwhelming of the dsy This
hot metal often splashes onto the floor. and it
would be painful to tramp in it.
And many people, some elegantly dressed, come
into newspaper offices all day and night long.
So, in brief, it would be practical for editors
to go barefooted in their offices.
You indeed brave and patriotic little
and will day be big soldier with real
gun. You say that you are mot old enough to go
to France and help whip the Kaiser"
Wilmer every penny that you save is smart
ing lash from your little whip across the back OF
the Kaiser. You need not go to France to fight
the common foe. 1t is necessary that many of
remain at home to support boys in the trenches
They must have food clothing guns and shells.
We must stay here and supply these You cannot
make big guns, but the money you will help
buy a cannon which will win victory for us.
The boy who saves his pennies and buys thrift
stamps today will be the successful man tomorrow.
Thrift is insurance policy against failure and the
future.
Save, Wilmer. savel Go barefooted. Your
boyish plan OF self-denia will give rigidity to your
backbone squareness your jaw. clearness to your
brain and will help you fight your way onward and
upward to
And your Uncle Sam will be proud of you. He
is grand old man and will do anything for good
little boys. He builds schools for you that you
can learn and grow up to be useful citizen. He
permits you go to any Sunday school which you
desire. He spanks naughty corporations who would
charge you an unfair price for candy, sugar, po-
tatoes and the necessities OF life.
Uncle Sam is a great father to all little boys.
He protects them from cruel kaisers who try to
come across the and destroy their homes and
their Fairgrounds. He watches over you daily as
Santa Claus does and when you grow up he may
ask you to fight for him. And quite sure
that Wilmer will be volunteer, because he is
already an American fighter.
War is drcdful thing, Wilmer. We sometimes
feel that after little children have said their prayers
and are tucked snugly in bed that they have ugly
dreams and that war haunts them like bloodthirsty
fairy hIoustcrs.
So don't take the too seriously, Wilmer.
Pray Tor the mdnE nttle Chlurcn IN FRANCE WHOSE
homes have been destroyed but don't forget to play
and laugh. Some day this terrible conflict will be
over, and we viii win because you saved your
pennies.
Through our paper will tell other boys OF
your plan, and we are that all little SOL
dcr boys" and will agree with that your idea is
bully.
We must again tell you how sorry we are that
we can't be boys again and go barefooted. But
times 60 fishing and the next time go we will
take off our shoes where us and hang
our barcicet out over the boat all day long.
THE EDITOR.