The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-01-31

possibly know tHls
- year.
When the dust has cleared away and
the large events of the war can be
seen from Il distance then you will un'
dcrstund that the issues involved had
to be fought out, that the United States
hnd to take pnrt, that the task we are
now undertaking had to be accom-
pllshed.
Let us hope that each OF you can
sny, twenty years from now, III was
young at the time but knew what the
war meant, and helped"
Not all OF the heroes nre In the
trenches.
To prove that brave men remain at
home, here nm !, Il cnsc.hardcned bnch-
elOr, venturlng to give advice To young
women, everyone of whom knows all
about the war or, at least, about one
young man who has marched out to
win the war.
No need to tell them to knit. They
are knitting.
Why whisper to them TO beware OF
""slackcrs." The poor Stacker" al
ready has felt the scorn of thcif
glunccS.
Perhaps some hints may be tabu.
lated In the muthOdical style so dear
to professors.
Efficiency or soldiers Mt the front
and IN the training camps is dependent
upon:
(a) Physical welfare, resulting from
comfortable garments and sensible ut.
tcntIons, provided by young women
between the ages of sixteen and twen-
ty-onc.
90 Mental calm, induced by the
knowledge that all the girls ut home
will postpone definite arrangements
until the soldiers come back.
(c) Spiritual exaltation, encouraged
by the occasional receipt of letters
from young ladies between the ages Of
sixteen and twcnty-onc.
From the above analysis II becomes
evident that the successful prosecution
OF the war Is not dependent upon the
president and cabinet, or even upon
the council Of national defense, but
upon Flora and Elsie and Agnes and
Jessie.
Don't let anyone tell you that war
is strictly business proposition.
We can't win the war unless the
|, bands play and the girls wave their
handkcrchicfs.
The French weep a little and kiss
/, one another on each cheek and sinl
the "Murseillaise" and then they are
.. ready to capture some more trenches.
Repfesscd emotions sometimes turr
sour. Don't be ashamed to let your
, enthusiasm float publicly to the breeze
, You never saw football team ad
vance the ball unless II was gettinl
, encouragement from the girls on III,
:, side lines.
, Now for the boys.
Perhaps you have heard about tn,
4 Working Reserve.
1t has been carefully organized un
der government supervision. II has re-
Cciycd the official Endorsement of ia,
. president. The whole plan Is wOrkin.
!. ! ont successfully wherever it Is under
4 stood.
!. The trouble Is that some of the boy
q
u little doubtful regarding enlistment
0 because they don't know how much o.
; TN obligation Is assumed.
: Here Is the plan In nutshell: Thou
sands of enlisted and selected mel
$ have gone to the trimming camps. /
may he that thousands more will 81
4 next year. These men are being callet
nd Arl
q farms. Every factory and every fam
r must continue production II we are Il
render full service Ia our faithful al
Y lies during the war. How can we iii
the places of the young men who have
n gone away to ilght2 We must rel,
a upon the boys who are Old enough ant
@ husky enough TO work, but who ar'
/ still too young for military service.
4 So here Is trumpet call for nll city
i boys and town boys between the ages
n OF sixteen and twenty-one.
Prove your patriotism and help you
Z country by jumping in and doing th'
work of u soldier who has goae TO tn,
! front.
& Go TO the recruiting officer and enlls
c for the Boys Working Reserve. Then
. when you are called upon. 20 and max,
Y good In the Job assigned to you ant
r win your medal and wear Il and b.
j proud Of 1t.
Doesn't your common sense ant
p your knowledge Of addition and sub
= traction tell you that II we suddenly
= take 1,0OO000 or more men right out
of the productive Industries Of this
$ country, We must either find million
. men to take their places or else 81
= short on production?
D The boys between sixteen and TWEEN
5 ty.one can and wiil supply the short
= Gge of man-power.
There will be loud call for then
in 1918 and they must answer the call