Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-12
CARRY ON

From the shell torn, warravaged, outraged heart of France;
from the bleak and broken, devastated soil of Belgium, from tne
gladstone borders of Alsace, freed at last from the grasp o a ha'eu
master; from the seven seas and their ports and from the great
stretches, transformed from plain and farm to the mill wherein ne
crude product is turned into the finished soldier, comes ue u! uN
week-Give! Givel Givel
From the throats of the two million in khaki, we so proudly ac-
claim. now on the soil of France; from the five hundred thousand
brave souls in the blue of our navy; from the green drab-clothed and
sturdy frames of the marines comes the appeal-GWel dlvel Give!
From the mothers whose sons have left their vented paths for
those of a war torn world that the happy peace which now seems SO
near might be assured; from the fathers, whose roseate hopes for
ccracy might be served comes the plea-Givel Givel Givei
From the thousands of willing men, and the hundreds of noble
women, who have laid aside their own personal affairs that the lives
of our forces might be bettered, who have left their tranquil lives
for the turbulent and uncertain careers of the seviee for humanity
comes the stirring prayer-Givel Give Givel
From our own consciences, our own souls, our own hearts, glad
dened by the freedom of the world at last, gaddened by the peace
that now comes to a war tired world; gladdened by the downfall of
the arch demon whose rapacious claws have kept us in the seething
turmoil of war, comes the command which we dare not deny-GiveiI
Givei Givel
And so we face this week, a week in which we, IS a nation, as
a state and as a city must again show ourselves in our true colorsi
generous and worthy of the sacrifices that have been made for us.
Perth Amboy has a habit of taking quotas and malreating them
into figures hardly recognizable as they were in the original. Let's
do it now. Our quota this week is 100000. Shall We stop at that
From every corner of our city, so quick to show our joy at peace, so
eager to do our utmost that none may say we failed in a crisis
comes the answer-Nol We shall not fail them now.
The seveninone campaign started yesterday. 1t lasts until next
Monday. In the week we shall have the opportunity to demonstrate
to the world once more that there is no city in the world more
ready to respond to the call for assistance than this.
The Y NJ A, the Y W A, the Y NJ H A, the X Of c, the War
Camp Community Service, the American Library Association, and
the Salvation Army, already raised to a plane of glorious achieve
ment again ask that we IS a nation and a s a city put the stamp of
approval on their work and give them the wherewithaIl to continue
to serve.
The work of the army, the navy and the marine corps is far
from complete. The work of the seven organizations is still far from
done. There is plenty of work for us all to do before the faint of
.Kaiserism is forever wiped from the fair face of the world. These
boys will not reach their homes, will not see the termination of their
enlistment for some time to come. They must carry ON. And so
must the seven God given organizations carry on. And how are they
to do iti With the generous response which we are called on to
make this week to their appeal for $17O,O00O00.
Now more than ever there is the need, the crying need for the
service of these bodies of men and women. Now more than ever will
their resources be called upon to serve, to keep our men fit and
ready. free from the outside taints and influences which will beset
them. Now must they respond to the great call which prompted them
into being. /
There will be less to occupy the attention Of our men now. They
will have to be cared for in the hostess houses; the rest rooms, the
community centres; the "Y," the clubs, the theathres; the canteens
where they have found, since they entered the service the one big
touch of the home from which war called them.
Now the need is greatest and now the response should be the
greatest. Now We shall have the opportunity to come forward and
show that in a material way, we are as joyous over the victory as in
a physical way, we demonstrated it last week, at the first indication
of peace and yesterday, when it came.
Our quota is $4,000. We have always laughed at quotas. Let's
fannt our pride in the face of this one and leave it 81 far behind that
William, the abdicated, shall once more know that Perth Ambov has
been weighed in the balance and been found true.
Let's gOl