The Irish standard., 1918-12-07

france, considerable trouble getting
what he wanted in restaurants abroad
In Paris, recently, ."Tom" ordered
some mushrooms. 1t was cold, rainy
night and he was hungry. The waiter
couldn't understand what "Tom" want
ed, so the latter drew a picture of a
mushroom. The waiter hustled away
and brought him an umbrella. 'Tom"
says he is wondering if they would
bring him a grindstone if he drew a
picture of a doughnut.
Tons of hard candies, coolies of pud-
ding, thousands of cigars, cigarettes
and other Smokes" five hundred foot
balls, complete baseball outfits are just
few of the things that William P.
Larkin, director of knights of Column
bus Overseas Activities, provided for
the American troops abroad as trim
mings for their Thanksgiving celebra-
ton. There was no price tag on any
of these articles, a fact which our SOL
diers already know and appreciate.
Mr. Larkin, commenting on the for
warding of these supplies, said:
"The Knights of Columbus wanted
to help make Thanksgiving day a
memorable one for our fighting men,
and ton of candy, million cigarets,
ETC., this year counted as much as five
times the quantity any other year.
Thanksgiving was the first national
holiday since the armistice was
signed, therefore it was up to us to do
everything in our power so our SOL
diers and sailors may be provided
with material cheer. In this country,
football dominates Thanksgiving day
sports and I wanted the boys over
there to have their fill of it too, so
sent five hundred additional footballs.
These added to those we had already
shipped ought to provide enough for
more than a thousand teams-and
enough for two thousand teams, pro-
viding they played both forenoon and
afternoon.
"k. Of G. secretaries abroad eX-
pected to entertain more than mil
lion soldiers and sailors next Thurs
day at K. of C. buildings and we have
prepared in advance for it. A million,
possibly two million guests will, l
hope, smoke on us next Thursday"
newspaper dispatches from abroad
indicating the urgent but perfectly
natural desire of our soldiers to come
home quickly, now that there ap-
pears to be no more fighting for them,
carry a message between the lines
which the Knights'of Columbus are
heading" said William J. Mulligan,
chairman of Knights of Columbus
Committee on War Activities. cit
means that additional efforts must be
eXerted to entertain them, to keep
them contented and especially to di-
vert their minds by providing every
recreational facility possible. We
must combat discomfort, temptation
awaiting demobilization The Knights
and loneliness amongst our troops
are speeding up their efforts to sup
ply additional secretaries, and we
are sending men overseas as rapid
ly as transportation can be obtained
for them. K. of G. "Peace-time Ser
vice" will be maintained at the same
high standard which prevailed while
we served the boys during the fight
ing period. Where the flag and
American troops go, Knights of Col
umbus will go.
1--WE are increasing our motor trans
portation service so we can distribute
K. of G. supplies the more quickly.
'The transition from war time to a
peace basis-or at least armistice Pc
riod-was effected practically over
night by the Knights. We had pre-
pared for it and were ready"
In the heart of Times Square, be-
tween 46th and 47th Street and be-
tween Broadway and Seventh Avenue,
New York City, Knights of Columbus
building is to be constructed imme-
diately. The site is triangular, extend
ing from 46th to 47th Streets and will
permit of structure almost hundred
feet in length.
In supplementing the regular
Knights of Columbus service in the
proposed building, it is planned to con-
duct K. of G. employment bureau for
soldiers discharged from military SER
vice. This bureau, according to plans,
is to cooperate with the National En-
nlOYment Bureau in nrnvidinq work