The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
STEADMAN WILL BE GALL|EN| OF BOOK CAMPA|GN NOW ON Every Automobile Owner is Urged to Volunteer His
 Car to Collect Books J. l.. DAVIDSON QUOTES SCRIPTURE FOR PROOF Volunteer Workers Busy at Library Packing Books Collected For
 the Boys Who Are in Uni
 form "Over There"
 

1Vth ONGA Assistant Director w A. Steadman is going to be the Galleni of the cam paign for books for, soldiers and sail ors. General Gallieni saved Paris from the blond beasts at the battle Of the Marne by pressing into service every au- tomobile, truck and every other convey ance in the citysof Paris. mobilizing them in a few hours time. During the drive of battle he drove the army of General Won Gluck and the crown prince back ward many miles. Father Joffre repeat ed this fight at verdun, when for days and days during the drive stream of automobiles and conveyances of all char acter augmented the insignificant railroad facilities and delivered the ammunition to the French soldiers, enabling them to make good to the crown prince, You shall not pass"
 Director Steadman will make drive on the allies of the Kaiser, old general despondency, gloom and nostalgia tomor- row morning and will need every autom- mobile in the city to make the drive success. Every automobile owner IS urged to volunteer his automobile in this service of collecting books for the sol diers and sailors, and should telephone MT Steadman over Main 9010 as early as possible and in case of failure to reach him should report to the nearest district captain at the appointed time tomorrow morning.
 AUTOS, MEN, WOMEN
 Automobiles. men, women and children needed for fine tooth comb canvass or Birmingham in an effort to obtain every available book for the soldiers ana sall7 ors Any patriotic citizen who can oo- nate his services his car or some or ms family for this canvass will be doing service by reporting to the nearest or the following gentlemen at s'So a. ni'' Friday. March P:
 w. woodrow, Avenue H and Twenuetn street
 c IT Bonham, Avenue and Twentieth street
 Ted BrownelI. Eleventh avenue and Nineteenth street.
 e w. Yancey, Twenty-first street ana Tenth avenue, south
 e E. Mason, Highland avenue ana Twentieth street.
 ]. H. Hahn, Avenue G~ anu "en'' fourth street. south. r.v first street. .a. .ra
 ~ IT Bender Nineteenth street anu Twelfth avenue. north
 Ike Ospun Fifth avenue and seven teenth street. north. and
 4. J. Arrent, Twelfth avenue anu Twenty fourth street, north. ... .na
 Ed Hawkins. Sixty-hfth streee ' First avenue, East Lake. c;e
 Thornton Estes First avenue ana fii- tv-ffth street, Woodlawn- .,
 Anpus Taylor, First avenue anu oi.' first street. Avondale. ,,.nua
 Huhert smith, 1122 Tuscaloosa avenue West End.
 VOLUNTEERS BUSY
 y,,,rtaers were busy all day at the
 .tI;a Iihrarv yesterday preparing 'ne soldiars' hooks for shipment, pasting ii' rockets. writing book caros' etS. Wui t, tha hooks arrive at their destination r.atbinr will need to be done to them thev are all ready for circuiaHoh. tne ,o so1dier or sailor simply Writes niS name and company numpeI on S tn,' ,-ard leaves this behind and takes the book Wlth niiii "
 out or bunk.
 few aliases have come in among thc donations and the library authori ties are asking for more. Gooo wui r,ans like Rand McNally's. are par ticularly acceptable
 Books especially suitable TOT ioreis II use are being put to one side TOT ,hs overseas shipment, which Will lnciuue' beside much fiction, maps gu,oe nh poon and books of foreign travel frehch nhrase books will usually be put IF tbis shipment and pocket editions CT the classics.
 DAVIDSON GOES TO SCRIPTURE
 "I do not recall" said James h. Davidson. book campaign director, nanv record of concerted relief work for the needy prior to the admins tration of the Apostle Peter The rec ord will be found beginning at verae a3 chapter A. and extending into chap- ter of the Acts of the Apostles.
 "Our fighting men expect those or us that have them to give books no" for their use just as freely ana wltn- out reservation as the saints eApec,- ed. all true believers to give their nronerty and money for the relief of the worthy in the early days or the church. Yet they will do like Peter, leave it to our own conscience as 'o how many volumes we will give anu how much we will do to get others to contribute books.
 "Our fighting men want all the DOCKS we can give. If our people only un- dcrstood the need of books by our fighting men they would not pTQ- crastinate but send them in now. Thrg would not moment longer tolerate silent slackers' in their libraries. Why is the need urgent? Because in order to maintain the esprit de corps our fighting men must dig in againSr despondency and depression. and what better 'dugout' can be provided for their leisure hours than good books? Books of golden deeds and chivalrous conduct cheerful and stimulating books-that will make them go over the top with a song upon their lips and hope in their hearts.
 "Again, what better mask against gloom's gaseous grasp can be pro- vided than a good laugh--and what N iii make our boys laugh quicker and oftener than the humorous writings of American and English authors?
 Tt is hoped that every loyal cit izen in this district win be able to po,nt to the books remaining on his bookshelf or table (f any) and to colscientiously say; I need those books worse than those boys, who are will ing to go through hell and then some fer me and mine;' or Those books are objectionable and would do our fighting men harm;' or Those books would not be interesting to or be use full to our soldiers or sailors"
 Dolomite Red Cross
 The Dolomite Red Cross unit, branch of the Birmingham chapter. has made a splendid report. showing just