Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-14
MISSOURrS TASK
OF LOVE FOR HER
FIGHTING ladies

Reports from every county In Mis-
souri,, from New Madrid to Atchison.
and FROM almost every city. hamlet
and TOWN. tell Of the splendid organiza.
ton effected to wage the work Of rails.
Ing the 81, 500. 900 United War Work
Campaign fund for Missouri November
Ills.
Thousands OF workers are giving
freely Of their time to make this or
g~anixaeion the most perfect ever
achieved for o mission Of mercy.
Missourians. in the big cities and at
the cross roads. have been made IA
nlDAAr with the purpose OF the cam.
aaign. They know that more than D..
000, 900 brave Americans are fighting
ON foreign soil for you and for me.
They know that the battle has been
all but won-and the finishing stroke
Ia only a few days distant. They know
the great world war Is practically over.
and that 1t was America, when the
rest Of the civilized world was weary
Of the struggle anG almost exhausted.
that threw Its millions Of men and Its
billions of dollars into the balance and
turned defeat into victory.
The result has been achieved by the
soldiers, the marines and the sailors
Of America. Missouri has given more
than 100. 900 of her bravest lads in
this cause. They have done their
work and done 1t we'll.
Now It is up to Missouri to give that
her sons may be brought back to the
great Imperial State safe and sound.
The seven great welfare agencies, en-.
dorsed by the United States Govern
ment. and personally recommended by
President Wilson and Secretary of
War Baker. will do this work that
you individually could not do.
Trained workers will visit your boy
and MY boy vel there. They will give
bodily and spiritual comfort. They
will give him books to read. books that
will improve and not degrade. They
will supply him with dainties that will
remind him Of home. and the boys will
know that all this comes from the
money that you give In this great cam
| paign that knows neither creed. nor
denomination. hut has love and hui
manity for its base.
The amount Of your subscription IL
indicative Of the love you have for
your own boy over there. or for your
neighbours boy who Is risking his life
for you and your country. It Is a
subscription for the reconstruction OF
the world, with a guarantee that never
again will there be such a war as this
one that has staggered humanity and
that Is now all but v e
There must follow reconstruction days
lover there. This great country thai
went into the war without one selasf
motive, to fight the battles Of the
weaker nations and to insure equa'
justice to all nations, and to make the
world safe for democracy, must set
that its aims are accomplished.
This is going to delay the return o.
a part of that noble army OF more thar
1000, 900 men, more than 100, 900 o.
whom came from Missouri. America.
duty to her own men Is not done unit
the last mothers son Of the army II
safely back at home.
The national Government will SEE
that u boys have the regulation
clothing, and that they have food II
sufficient quantities. No soldiery wal
ever better cared for than are the
Americans. But there are many thing!
that the GOVERN. ent cannot do.
The seven great auxiliaries to ou'
fighting forces that minister to thu
men are equipped for the work wher'
the Government stops. The work do:.'
by the Y. M. C. A.. the Salvation Army
the Y. w. C. A., the knights of Co
lumbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, tn,
American Library Association, and tn
War Camp Community Service rende
that personal service. serving both tn
bodily and spiritual phase Of the sol
dler's life. that a government cannc
do.
Workers from these organization
provide dainties for the boys that ar
reminiscent of home. They carry no
coffee to the trenches and the BATH
front. They establish huts that TAX
the place Of the vicious canteens O
other days, and see that the soldier II
his leisure has good books to read. an,
Is given entertainment of all approve
sorts to hearten him.
These organizations, backed up b
President Wilson, ask Missouri to al
in the United War Work Campaig
that will raise $7,500,000 in this stat
Nov. 11.1S. not for the organization
but for our boys owe there. The ns
ton at large will raise $3.50, 600. 00t
Missouri will not fail to raise her shar,