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BOYS ASKED TO HELP
SUPPRESS YELLOW DOG
Henry Irving Dodge Appeals to Cam
bridge Boys to Stamp Out Unpa-
triotic Remarks.

bridge Boys to Stamp Out Unpa-
triotic Remarks.
New York, June 9.-Henry Irving
Dodge, author and patriotic propa-
gandist, today made national ap-
peal for the suppression of The
Yellow Dog by the establishment i'll
every municipality in the United
States of a branch of the Boy Detec-
tives of America.
The Yellow Dog" according to
Mr.. Dodge, is the whining native son
who constantly harps on German eff
ficiency, of our fighting England s
war, of its being rich mans war,
of the crime of sending our boys ov-
er there, of the impossfbility of de-
feating Germany, of charging our
Dollar a year men with being prof.
teers, of declaring that large per
centage of war tax money goes to
grafters and all the rest of the fee
! BILE minded twaddle.'
In making his appeal for the CO.
operation of the Mayors, Superinten-
| dents of Public instruction, members
| of patriotic societies, Scout Masters
of the Boy Scouts of America and Y.
! NJ c. A. secretaries, Mr.. Dodge de-
! clares that THE Yellow Dog" is a
! menace far greater than the German
army. His attacks are concealed
while the attacks of the German ar
my may be guarded against
Il speak onservatively," says Mr..
! Dodge, when l say that every vel
I low dog is equal in strength to one
/ infantry company in the German ar
my The lies of The Yellow Dog
/ are sapping the strength at home.
/ They are gnawing at the foundation
I of attack and defense. They are
! working for the Germans and many
of them don't know it,"
Mr.. Dodge's plan for the suppress
sion of The Yellow Dog" is outlined
in his most recent work of fiction. In
! il he portrays the manner in which
the boy power of a suburban town
was harnessed under the name of
the Boy Detectives of America" and
the town was cleansed of yellow dog
ism without untoward friction and
| without the use of the usual police
channels. Now he wants the boy
power of every municipality in
America harnessed in the same man
ner in order to accomplish the same
result nationally.
All that is necessary to make the
campaign an accomplished fact, ac
cording to Mr.. Dodge, is few deter
mined men-leaders of boys in every
municipality who will take the trou-
BILE of explaining the details to the
youngsters.
The boys first are to be organized.
/ They are to be regular detectives for
the purpose of ferreting out THE
Yellow Dogs" Every boy must keep
| his ears wide open for direct and
implied attacks upon the govern
ment and keep on the end of his
tongue the one question How do
you know"
The first move in the campaign is
for some patriotic citizen to arrange
for meeting with the boys and ex-
plain to them just what the boy
Detectives Of America is and the
welfare of the United states. Then |
the club is to be organized. Every |
boy is to be given an official mem |
bership card and every member Is to
receive a supply of ''The Yellow !
Dog" cards to pass out to persons |
who pass along the "feeble-mfnded
twaddle.'
Mr.. Dodge, at his own expense, Of
fers to furnish membership cards and
|'The Yellow Dog cards to the mem |
bers of every club that is found.
On the front of"The Yellow Dog"
cards, printed in large type, are the
words you're a Yellow Dog and
on the reverse side are numerous de-
scriptions of just what constitutes
THE Yellow Dog" Some of these
enlightening phrases read:
eff a man talks against the gov
ernment and cant back up what he
says, he's a yellow dog"
THE meanest yellow dog of the
lot is the one that stands up and
hears his country abused without
protest"
ANY man who tells the govern
ment about its faults and how to
correct 'em is its friend; any man
who tells the government about its
faults to discourage, is yellow dog
Anybody that says Colonel Van
derbilt loaned France forty millions
is yellow dog. He ain't got that
much"
ANY man that won't buy bond
isn't willing to pay his share Of the
expenses of our brothers IN the tren-
ches who are risking their lives fight
yeilerer'n that?"
Anybody that says U. S. bonds
amt the safest investment in the
world is a yellow dog"
Anybody that says anything that
gives the Germans a chance to write
home an say this amt popular
war is a yellow dog. It's popular
an then some"
Anybody who talks peace by COM
promise is a yellow dog. Judas made
a $3.50 peace with the devil. Every
body knows where Judas got off,"
This is an American town. We're
behind the government. Swat the
yellow dog"
''All yellow dogism is made in
Germany"
A supply of these cards should be
carried by every member Of the Boy
Detectives of America and when he
| hears any person make remark in
| dicating that person is in THE Vel
| low Dog" class, the boy detective
should approach him with the query:
How do you know"
| Usually the person spreading the
unpatriotic libel doesn't know. So
and so told him. The wilmer is then
handed one of You're Yellow Dog
cards. The reverse side enlightens
him as to why he is a yellow dog.
Mr.. Dodge declares this treatment
soon will stop the unfounded stories
now so rampant. Nobody likes to be
tagged as yellow dog. Nobody likes
to be ridiculed