The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-01
UNITED WAR WORK DRIVE
WORTHY GENEROUS SUPPORT

K OF c., the Jewish welfare bOdIu,
the Salvation Army, and the Y-as
the soldiers speak of 1t. Places where
he can write letters home, play Games
at night, witness motion picture
shows, hear helpful lectures, attend
church service. and keep up with his
studies under the direction of the pest
college professors and teachers In the
country. Here also are the eighty-five
Hostess Houses of the Y. w. G. A.,
where mother and sister and sweet
heart may make their headquarters
when they visit
In all these buildings are branch IL
braries provided by the American Ii
brary association, and filled with
books and magazines. In forty-three OF
the large camps and several hundred
smaller ones are library buildings. be
sides, with trained librarians and COM
Portable reading rooms.
Don't these seven activities In the
United War Work campciSn cover
the same ground" was asked OF one
OF the Keokuk committee yesterday.
4 should think that one agency could
do the whole business"
The fact is that there are no dupli-
cation anywhere
In the larger camps and canton
ments the soldier viii find houses OF
all five of the camp agencies-the Y.
NJ. C. A. K. of c., Y. w. C. A, Jewish
Welfare Board, and Salvation Army
and all full every hour of the day and
evening In the smaller camps and
naval stations, the organizations have
working agreements which prevent
duplication. In such camp there will
frequently be only one hut. It's doors
open to all the boys alike.
To it come on Saturdays and Sun
days the prominent preachers. priests
and rabbis to conduct worship; for
the hut is the soldiers church and sym
agogue. There he may have one Of the
more than three million copies of the
that have been supplied by
these agencies; or half dozen help
full. inspiring booklets on variety OF
subjects.
Basketball and indoor baseball are
played IN the hut. under the direction
of one of the 1000 trained physical di-
rectors: for the hut Is the soldiers
Motion picture Shows.
Two motion picture shows a week
are furnished on the average; and
prominent actors and actresses, as
well as lecturers. cartoonists, and
readers are brought out from the
neighboring cities, their expenses paid
by the organization in charge.
Glasses in French, mathematics, his
tory, and business practice are held
regularly; for the hut is the soldiers
college also; and hundreds OF thous-
ands of boys, who are eager that these
warfare years shall be years of prog
ress are keeping in touch with their
studies at night
In short, the soldier finds that all
the agencies that made life most
pleasant and worth while in peace
times are represented under the
hut-the church, the school, the gym
nasium, the club, the theatre. the
lecture hall, and the motion picture
theatre.
Perhaps the camp is near large
,fty, most Of them are, in that case he
will naturally want to spend some
'urlough hours in town If you have
read the history of other wars; IL you
nave read even about the conditions
around our camps on the Mexican Dor
Ter, in the first days of our boys ar
rival there, you know that the sol
Hers leisure can be--and too often
las been-aImost as dangerous to him
rs the enemy. The people of America
determined very early that this war
should have difficult history Under
he direction of the Commission OF
Training Camp Activities, the cities
hear the camps were compelled to
put their houses in order. and make
heir streets fit for the reception of
Americas best young men.
Work for keokuk Girls and Boys.
Keokuk boys and girls are to have
. part In the work Of the united war
work drive, under the leadership of
J. G.. Thomas and Miss Marie Weber.
They are to be org -nized as victory
boys and victory girls, and every boy
and girl is to earn and pay a certain
sum of money as their Gift to the COM
tort of their own big brother or some
one's else big brother.
DEDnRT