The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-06
GET READY TO GIVE.

WITH the election over and the epidemic abatcd it
" should be easier to direct public vision and action to-
ward the united work drive which starts next Mon
day. 0klahoma'S quota is 100000 and the county is
asked to give $75OO0 We should give gladly and with
thankful hearts because OF the victories troops and
allies have been winning but strangely enough those
very victories expected to add difficulties to the
pagn Those who responded generously IN the days of
greater stress when the of II all seemed
tain and remote is feared may become apathetc and in
different now that the triumph Of humanity seems fairly
within our grasp.
This not be- and there is a responsibility on each
individual TO prevent it, People must be made to realize
that the work Of these helpful organizations they have
cheetfuly supported does not end with armstce. On
the contrary their burden and responsibility increase when
time hangs heavily the hands OF waiting army After
Germany is definitely beaten, and that time imminent
these lines are written the weary waiting which
tries mems souls and exposes them to dangers from
which the grim business of in protected
them The responsibility OF safeguarding the morale con
rbung to the comfort and easing the Loneliness OF those
soldiers will last until demoblzaton and that cannot come
In less than year
And that responsibility come, back, through the agcn
ees which render the service to the folk, at home 1t is
for that those soldiers went forth to batte to protect
free hold dear They have succeeded splenddy but
part of the pact is not yet fulfilled We never re-
pay them adequately. All the months Of sacrifice and
suffering they have given beyond price But the least
do is to supply their needs physical mental and
spiritual, to the utmost. All that is quite possible and
trivial compared with their end Of the bargain To do less
would be TO subject the nation to humiliation and
the contempt Of the nations bravest
II is not enough that their pay will go on and raons
back clean and eontented is equally important to them and
10 the country Americas pride in the great army in
has been warranted by every action OF that exped-
onay force The fact that il has been the heahest army
the world has known is due in part to the fact that
has been clean army morally we'll as physically That
moral cleanliness must not be suied now any than
the health of the be sacrificed sloh The com
mssaty and the medical corps may be counted on TO at
lend to the bodily needs but the other interests be
lred for by those courageous outsiders who have given
themselves TO such worthy work
That they may continue the excellent record already
made funds be furnished by those left unmoested
in The paths OF peace To that end we must realize that
the days OF giving and sacrifices are not ended Our gifts
small and sacrifices insignificant compared with
theirs but that they be rendered as needed is important
alike TO the country and the army For they are coming
back to be citizens again They will be better broader
citizens because Of their experiences only we shield them
from the dangers which lurk in the days ahead guard
them from the temptations OF idle days and protect them
from the dependency Of inconsistencies To that end be
prepared TO give and Civ. and give.