St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-09-27
BOYS take HOLD IN
GOOD OLD AMERICAN
WAY, SOLDIER SAYS
Hardships Ignored, Wounded Man
Tells Mother-DOn't Let Them
Finder Your War Work

ny Ntfe- ftaZei fedlsr faulkner
From q hospital somewhere In
France a wounded American has writ
ten 10 his parents:
We are going through hardships,
but the boys are taking hold in the
good old American way"
What message for those OF us
who have remained az home what
q challenge TO the vast army Of men
and women who are In the home
guard, carrying on In the thousand
and one ways that the exigencies Of
war have brought upon us
I'VE are going through hardshlps."
We can believe that. when we re.
can the dauntless charges which our
bsys have been making over there.
and the daily lengtbcninR casualty
lists which are resulting from their
fsArisss devotion 90 the task that Ia
Get before them.
We know they arc going through
bardships, whom we stop 20 think Of
the hundreds upon hundreds who are
wounded. and who for the time be
Ing N least need care and attention
FIENDISH ENEMY
ADDS TERRORS
or course they are going through
hardships, those boys from your
homo and mine. Hardships are
part OF war. They are the inevitable
result OF a state OF war. And when
war is waged by AN enemy no skilled
In all the fiendish deviltrirs VA
which the Germans have INDUCED.
they Aro the unacceptable portion of
every soldier participating.
But hArdHhips are not the part "
the war these soldiers Of ours are
thinking most about. Thoy are but
the incidents In tho days work
The boys are taking hold In tho
eood old American way"
Could there DO bcttor statement
of thsir manner of facing what comca
10 hsmH Could thoro be- "A more def.
i.its courso Of action prescribed for
tAoss OF ua At homo during these
days which tegt the mottlc Ut our
.ouisf
Tho time for our message 10 tho
hoys has como again. The Fourth
Liberty Loan In "a be- our response
IN this wounded soldiers challenge
MAKE YOUR
ANSWER NOW
Aro ve Eoing to tAko hold In tho |
-eDod old American way"
We hAvo not had Ia go through |
AsrdAhips. ours have been an easier
psrt 10 hayo known little of sacri |
no or dsonmtlon. Compared with |
~ offnrfpg of our boys. W. have |
done nothing as yct. Aud now here /
iz Tia ehsiionEn sounded TO ~
ihs sod old American way b. all |
hat Is AAipd Of ua what IL that |
vay'
rou muxt frAms the answer, moth. |
s~s lnL ,.st1Ts OF the west Yours |
10 ar lmporiant part Ia the reply |
which the nati,n will make a. the /
boJs overseas. There IN not one of
ua who would not spare her son n /
she could yes. even spare some
other mothers son tho pain and |
hardship he must bear Wo are not |
asked 20 do that. Wa could not.
though we would
But Ne can make his part easier 10
bear. We can 90 with him through
the hardships. by lending completely
OF our money,
Thsrs is M longer need 90 explain
What q Liberty Loan is There n
70 moro necessity Tor pointing out
reasons for participation in n This
L the day when but Ia hear its call
h 60 insure lie heartlest support
September 2Sth Is the date set for
oar concerted reply through the
Fssrth Liberty Loan, Lot us take
Asid In the good old American way"
What 10 the very most you can do TO
aske that advance smashing suo-
s~.s like the boys over there ars
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