The Republican journal., 1918-10-24
Wonderful Y. M. c. A.
lHES, EDITOR FORBES
AGAZlNE.

nuHES, EDITOR FORBES
HAGAzlNE,
1t bis pen Gen. Pershing
...... safest storekeeping enter
He did 1t by calling
Is G. a. to take entire
.,. n- Exchanges serving our
4.- -.,-'e. The Y. NJ. c. A. to-
sr-m.. .-..ua airy store for our millions
"a. a4uehed country store is
m a.s .ess OF over SIS, 1000, 900 a
VA . un pass the 500, 600, 900
E.f H A., It Will astonish most
..a.-a IS one of the most import
ar -- able business organizations
av7-!d Read these facts:
s,- irems of Big Business.
The u u A runs more stores than
be- --5r retail tobacco business
1u her retailer in Europe.
Sis m~ andy than all Huyler's
sn aasther
81 gore biscuits and sells more
Wo4 sob. sers, aud the like, than the
?lags-' De- a+rS in New York or Chicago,
Ia.-s l'Ue. rHN
rr hcwing gum In week than
H. sig store sells in year.
4 3ssNa5 absolutely free, to soldiers
aaa FL battle in the front trenches,
Dor H Chocolate and coffee and crack
Hg lars and other comforts than
IM aier any roof III the whole
If3-8
irlsso American soldiers in France
t: ftUw sheets of writing paper
X. f.-n shes 10000, 900 sheets
a0. their French comrades and
-40 GEEK TO our own fighters sta
t@- ltiy and Britain-all without
90. u0 large
"-.ua. France more "shows"
t4 e'. Loew, klaw & Erlanger
% Harris combined.
as o- merrily more than
s~-. 1Hals and monographs in
iia u.0-
l- 4aWtr more musical bodies
'4 81. h .l-nd even in Milwaukee,
4' Fringe Covered running from an or
l'' ''s ID 40 pieces conducted by prom
us.' NeN YORK. city director to mandolin
aa& bands. glee clubs and perform
as -a' l.- ntgth-organ.
"t.s reH the Chautauqua in the
aA''reF au7 variety of the talent it
t!lSles 'u the entertainment and edi-
n'l9N Of ts Millions of uniformed pa
.04s Is program including such names
y 99tii7in, among actors, and Irving
.yoy among Jaikers-Irving having gone
WEI a' Dr. puts il, TO do his little bit in
lHas knock the mania out of Ger
mana
furnishes more books, magazines, sheet
Ivy etc tAan are sold by the largest
" =, store d Tie land.
H.. - arranging W conduct more educa-
~Vpa' classes han are conducted for
NY, sS Nu pS any half-dozen American
a'S '- courses covering every con-
, M,' subject from how to doctor hui
~1' u7'h4s to how TO doctor automobiles.
mn, .@,' an banker, receiving deposits, re-
a a't' funds 20 relatives, etc., for more
IN '' " lnan the National City Bank
'7' lnrk or the Continental-C Com
;, ,'''''' h8ab Of Chicago can boast.
~. Represents All Things American
s .s3. .Ae Nj c. A. stands unique as
no-. '''' lIeanHatlon, but it is infinitely
,,.5 s w fepfesents to the American
ebn, .t AND sailor the American home,
l6-s--l' s'aooi and college, the American
t,at,. 'Nd leading room, the American
bns,g concert hall and movie" the
sIo, -''-aN athletic and recreation club, in
gboj. IS HE embodiment of every
Nm -. American activity from which,
a.so ,Vi roe J NJ, {. A., he would be
tba,o '. .r barred. The Red Cross tends
GAM NN ma been knocked out of the
Tie g. ,..s NJ. C, A. keeps men fit for
norsls s' 1t IS the great builder of
csIy nj !, tones up our fighters, physi-
Is "a .n ,II9n'aily, spiritually. Its mission
Daesc ''''1liee the mems health and hap
a sI'% :. well it is fulfilling its gigantic
tecsrsS. .9Sslliled by Gen. Pershing, who
c. A ~ ~, 'uaI 100000 men and the Y. M.
vt6oS 'ls , worth more than 1000, 900 men
srny 'q of , th he Y M. c. A. Given an
viii tb ' 'ooo 600 men, the Y. M. C. A..
neD in U.s. equal an addition of 400. 600
At lou oaT lishting forces
some c Tsf, very naturally, there was
and doon,ttatslon, some MISUNDERSTANDING,
Ing STi II t some ground for grumb-
y ssts b ,9ok t,i little time, for instance,
prices N uniformity in the matter Of
sibated Also Also, because things were dis
sghlipg r .ree to men busily engaged in
iapresssd1lg right in the front trenches, the
Ast the lew y was gathered by many men
iag for r' .n 4. N. c, A. was to charge moth
sssn, an any as,, Of its supplies, in any can
Wholly ua assumption that was, of course,
arrsnrsds Ds :. approval of all parties, it was
ahoaldbe a. saat the prices to be charged
% the uniaassln near as possible those ruling
sd States. notwithstanding all