El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-09

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w shortly after the close of our civil
war a crippled soldier walked the
streets Of New York About his
sunBen shoulders vas a leather strap
and, supported by it, resting against
his chest, a tray. The tray contained
pies which he was selling to make a
livelihood.
As he moved slowly through the
crowd crying his wares be was met
by an old comrade, who had been toe
c-0ung, too old or too weak to tlgnL
This man stopped the soldier and
rummi serated with him, saying:
Tom. ! can't tell you how sad 1 feel
with pity for you" II then started
away, whereupon Tom cried: Damn
your pityi Buy my pies"
This, figuratively speaking, Is the
cry Of the United States war work
campaign which begins November II.
Its pies are the right TO oversubscribe
SlI0,500,000 worth Of opportunities TO
do work in the war, and its business
is on a cash basis. Patriotism, pity
and promises do not go except when
backed with hard cash
The offer is OF shares IN joint
stock corporation In this letter /
an acting as one OF the promoters.
Let me lay the proposition before
YOU ~ hat is Il that the United states
war work campaign has to Orrer2
It is stock in a combination Of the
seven greatest philanthrOpic orsani-
cations Of all time. These are the
Y n c. A, which had circlcd the
world with its stations before this
struggle began and has already spent
A50,OOO,o0Q IN its war working opera
tions, and the ]. W. c. A.. which has
established hostess houses for the
boys at scores Of camps abroad and
At home and is aiding in club and
recreation work al all war communi-
ties. 1t includes the Knights of Co
lumbus. that great organization Of
Catholics, which is harnessed side
BY side with the 7. n c A, and the
Jewish welfare board, which is per
FORMING similar work among our SOL
diers Of Hebrew descent. II includes
rhe Salvation Army with Its hundreds
OF nurses and canteen assistants now
az the front the American Library
association, which has already put
into the hands OF our troops more
books than there are in the national
library at Washington, and the war
camp community service, which is do
ing 50 much TO raise the morale and
keep clean the souls OF our soldiers
from the time they are drafted until
they start over the ocean to France.
vast Number OF Libraries.
Take. for instance, the A. L A., or
the American Library association,
which Is TO use S3i500,oo0, or about
one-fifteeuth Of the money you are
10 invest in this united war work
campaign This association needs this
money 10 expand the service. With
less than one-half the amount asked
&c has established in France a libra
ries OF 10000 volumes each at the
large camps and smaller Libraries at
500 other camps and posts It has Ii
braries at las naval and marine sta
lions, and 1900 branch libraries in the
huts- cauteens and club rooms Of the
y n c. A. k Of c and other organi-
zations Of the present campaign
Ihere IS deck library on every
transport and one on go vessels OF
Ear- The association has Libraries in
l29 hospitals. and at every canton
ment this side the water. Since we
entered the war Il has sent more than
1000, 900 books overseas and put more
than 5000. 900 periodicals and maya
zines IN the hands Of the soldiers.
There Is q demand for something more
than fiction. The men want technical
and scientific works and text books Of
various kinds. There are 20 different Ian
Eu1ges used in the average camp and
books are needed IN every foreign Ian
Euags spoken by the soldiers We have
10 have books in Spanish. for there are
thousands Of 1Iexicans. We need books
IN Eiddlsh. Polish. German. Scandinavian,
Trench. Italian and Ruesian-
We need also text books from the sim
plest to the most complex Thousands Of
our men are not able 10 write. and many
have yet 10 learn English The boys want
books that are helpful
Already something like zoo 00s books o.
a technical and educational nature have
been bought. and these are uptodate and
the best CT their kind Many OF the men
are working with airplanes and automo-
1les. AID they must have the latest in
formation.
salvation Arnys Great Work.
o. the whole fund. more than $4,000
rT=i = hrr
the $4,000. 900 for the 7. v. c A and
the s3.5eosooo which gees to the Salvation
army.
The Salvation Army has $4,000 members
and adherents doing active service for
the allies Il Is operating more than 500
hostels, naval and military homes, read
ing rooms and rest rooms. and i has
more than 500 officers connected with its
dugouts and huts. Il has its own ambu-
lances and enlisted with Il are 20 chap
lains- serving under government appoint
meut- The SalTatioutsts look out for the
troops al home as wei as abroad They
are doing a great work at small cost
Y W C. A Hostess Houses
The T w c. a is one OF the most
p0ration in which you will invest your
money in this drive Il goes on in the
United States and IN France, Belgium
and Russia Il has IS nurses In active
service at the front, and 20 q tts gradu-
ales in calteen cookery are now serving
iu France. In New York city alone the
organization has membership Of 15,ooo
girls II has hostess houses at all the
camps Of this country, and some Of these
are negro hostess houses, run by negro
women for the negro troops The war
work council aims 10 do everything for
the negro girl that Is being done for the
white girl There are s. negro secretaries
and most Of them are college graduates
This association Of women IL doing
much Tor the girls engaged in war work
We have tens Of thousands Of women
making munitions, and all are more OF
less helped by the Y. W c. A. The as
ISOLATION has clubs connected with the wal
industries employing girls, and these have
cafeterias, recreation halls. gymnasium
and school rooms Some Of them have
classes or girls ieaFing French with q
view 10 working abroad they also have
classes Of bookkeeping and stenographs