The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-18

VI ZIG coultTy, nave you
seen the latest Government call for
YOUR help?
Read this appeal from no less a
person and realize that "all of us, the |
people of the United States" means
not only Johnny Jones and his sister
Sue, but you and me!
The rich of this country can not
alone meet the needs of the Nation,
the men of the country can not do it
alone; the women of the country can
not do it alone; but all of us, the
people of the United States. disre.
garding partisanship, forgetting self.
ish interests, thinking only OF the SUI
rremacy of right and determining to
vindicate the majesty of American
ideals and secure the safety of Am
erica and civilization, can do the
great and splendid work which God
has called upon US to do"
We must rouse ourselves, find the
cog in the executive wheel that con-
meets up with the anti-German war
machinery, and help make things hum
in our neighborhood. However much
we have been doing, we are pretty
sure to be able to carry little more.
We can begin operations in our own
household by using still less sugar
still less wheat still less beef, and
especially still less pork With the
wealth of other foods available in
this country we really never need
miss these few staples which as a
matter Of fact count for life or death
with our men abroad with our Allies,
with the millions actually starving in
other lands today Perhaps you did
not notice recently that France had
gone on rations in order to help our
Town men now in the field!
We can speed up the knitting and
sewing. Every extra garment fin
ished these lovely spring days in oul
own comfortable homes, in this lane
of peace will help warm that add
tional man possibly some one W.
love-in the cold of the trenches mex
winter; will protect some freezing
, woman; keep breath in some perish
ing child Let us get out all our oil
clothes, wash iron and make over
f cutting according to our cloth" ant
see just how far we can make on
goods go. We can follow the exam
pie of the woman who said regularl
, with her stitches she wove in
t prayer.
! We can still start garden, LIE
us put at least a few feet of groun
under cultivation and grow all W
can. Even if we live in city, groun
n enough for garden somewhere is our
o for the asking. With the preseT
V recognized need of producing all tn
food that can be raised, owners e.
erywhere are generously giving tn
use of their vacant ground as ev
: dence of their patriotism. So don
r let us be afraid to ask for our shar
o Even if in a suburb, where you ca
! cultivate but once or twice a wee
r ii will thrive Let us raise all "
can, eat while it is fresh as much
e we can, and then dry or can all "
j. can. By so doing we save that mut
:. tax on the general production.
,e A friend of mine who had new
It grown even a radish, last SUNNI
Ie started with only the help of h
j. housemaid, little war garden" tn
j. gave her fresh vegetables for fal
" of four, up to Thanksgiving, cann'
and stored root crops to last all wi
ter and-won a silver trophy at
cal garden show!
Then let us put all our spare ca
N every week into War Savings Staml
We mustn't think that because
e. have invested in some nice-looki
o. Understanding bonds that we G.
III % manning. As one of Pershin,
men, appealing to a crowd on FIJI
IN Avenue the other day, said, "Wh
,r- we go over the top once, we do
ry lie down and think we've done @
ril duty. No. As soon as we are ab
lr- we're up and go over again! |
en- been wounded four times. For Co
lie sake, help u.s."
/ Women of this grand United STA
ril of America, let us unite, do as mu
wv as we can wherever we stand, a
or show the Germans,-military st
ge and common people-that they ha
g. n second army to fight that will pre-
I'd as invincible as the bearers OF
glorious arms abroad.
of Don't be slackeress!
I'd, -
1u- Your common sense will tell
en- that YOU cannot buy now all