Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30
LETTERS OF CHEER
FOR OUR SOLDIERS
Suggestions As To What To Tell
Man Awas On Fighting Missio-s,
Don't BE DoIcfui.

That men overseas should not b
bothered by petty affairs at home /
brought forc.bly to the attention o
those who have people "over there.
w. X. Guiberson, OF the Home Ser
vice Committee, suggests that letter
to the boys and men in the militar,
service shoulc be bright and full o.
cheer.
Here are few suggestlors he ha!
to make:
What does the American soldier
in France need from the folks a
home?.
Nothing heavy A pack weigh.
fifty-six pounds when full. The mer
have hiked on occasions, twent,
miles a day and every extra ounce
then weighs pounds. Pick up fifty.
six pounds some time and try Il
yourself.
Nothing TO wear unless the soldier
himself asks for It. The quartermas-
ter's service is so well organized
now that he can usually buy the
socks and underclothing he needs, il
Wool is too scarce to be wasted. II
Is nonsenical to send him fine wool
en- socks he will wear into holes and
throw away.
Something to eat--well packed
and plenty to smoke. Cakes should
be sent in tin boxes soldered tight.
Candy and other things come best
II protected by heavy corrugated pa
per containers. This applies to Gig
arettes, for the tin boxes in which
they are sold bend easily unless given
extra protection.
II he has a favorite brand Of Gig
arettes, send them to him. American n
chocolates always have been and es-
pecially now are infinitely better
than those sold in France. A man
working hard has an abnormal appe-
tite for sweets. Cigar smokers are
doing without the weed now because
cigars are practically not on sale in
france. Send him cigars.
Mail him magazines, 1t might be
a good plan to tear out the adver-
ttsing pages. in order to save cargo
space on the mail boats, except that
the American advertisements are al
most as interesting as the reading
matter. The men say they are kept
up to date by reading the new things
20 buy when they get back home.
There is constant lack OF reading
material at the front. Magazines
pass from hand to hand until they
are dirty and dog's-eared.
Photograph League Needed
Don't tell him you are worried
about him. He is worried enough
about himself, perhaps. II you are a
woman and he loves you, don't
write as though you didn't 'tocare. Men
are queer folks and sometimes get
foolish notions, Let him know in
each letter that you love him very
ANY "nd long Tor his return--but
II you are a brave woman let him
know that you are doing your pat
riotic duty, just as he Is doing his.
Play up to his lead.
Give him all the gossip in the
neighborhood. Tell him Of babys
tooth ad the neighbor's new barn
and what Jenny Smith wore when
she was married. Don't bother him
with financial matters IL you can
help IT, Don't write him things that
VIII worry and anger him. Send him
photographs and then more photo
graphs.
Here iS suggestion that amateur
photographers may well take to
heart.
II they adopt 1t they Will be do
ING real service to the men who are
for their home towns. That's
what they are fighting for, you know
you and tho kids and the neigh
bors and the little and big towns in
which they live. Os one man said
the other day:
Il don't care a damn about de-
mocracy-I'm fighting for n 7-room
frame house in. Omaha and what's
in it,"
laRe Photographic OF the home and
the people of the men who are
fighting in France and send them on.
Organize army service photograph
leagues, so you will not duplicate. It
doesn't matter II you do not know
him-the receipt of letter from
stranger will give him talking ma
terial for days, II 1t carries a photo ]
graph.
Cure for Homcsickncss.
Find out the names of the men
who live on your street or in your
ward. Tell the soldiers wife and
his mother and his sweetheart what
It is you want to do. Get picture
or the kind and of the old front yard
and of the girl-and- dog. Girl-and-
log photos go big over here. I've
'een them. When you send on the
pictures write CHEEKY note and tell |
how Won found the folks-if you |
FOUND them well. You don't know
iou can't know--what letters and |
'hotos of that sort would mean to |
The man over here. He is hungry for |
then1-the want for them is physi |
cal sensation like hunger--and at |
lines he Is homesick beyond words, |
Not often, for he is too busy But |
lie Is always subconsciously home
'ick. That's why he is impatient to
ighl
We want to get 1t over and get
'ack," he says.
Get busy now, you amateur pho
ographers II you are girl and
lot doing war work, or II you are
'ov too young or a man too old to
erve and doing nothing that seems
Itrectly to help or II you are not
trong--get busy, anyhow, Maybe
he men over here do not put prayers
n words very often, but IL they did