Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-14

Hold on" said the other man. Give
him two ,tsaspoonfuls; l an, not usins
any"
He missed entirely the spirit Of try.
ing to DO with 10 little a possibls in
time Of need. His theory was to get
a. much as you can without going be-
yond the limit. when It should hSve
been to use as little as you can, with.
out reaching the limit II possible.
Your cooperation 10 needed In this
business Of sugar conservation.
share Of them they ought to invest In
Liberty Bonds. When they come to
realize what the discovery Of America
has meant to them personally, what It
has meant for the cause Of freedom
and democracy. what It will mean for
the salvation Of the world in the pres.
ent world tragedy. when they begin to
feel all this they must Of necessity 1ay
this IL worth investing in, worth fight.
ing for, worth making any sacrifice
for.
In Every Community.
ITO create this state Of mind Is the
purpose Of celebrating the discovery
OF America. It is our hope that the
nationwide celebration will stir such
enthusiasm over Americas mission in
the world as to enable each commun-
ity to reach at least It's quota by that
day. Let every local community make
this its goal and on Liberty Day an.
nounce the achievement and rejoice
over 1t.
THE Bureau of Education. at the
request Of the Treasury Department.
IL preparing suggestions for q harvest
home festival celebration. and has the
facilities for mailing them to almost
every one Of the 100000 schools In
the United States.
1.-The harvest home festival is our
earliest form Of American celebration,
before cities were built. and It would
be q distinct gain to. carry the idea
over into city life. The Characteristic
harvest Of the city Is not fruit or grain.
but the products Of social life. like
commerce. arts, music. architecture.
City and country communities will Of
course celebrate the day each after It's
own fashion. but the harvest home
idea applies equally to both. What
ever . community's particular type Of
product may be, on Liberty Day it,
aim should be 70 reap . harvest oe
dollars for democracy. On this day
We meet not a. city or country people.
but a. citisens, all united for the sin.
gle purpose Of serving the nation by
devoting q part Of our products to it,
needs"
In the Third Liberty Loan Campaign
exhibit trains toured the country, but
then the material at hand was "a
scanty that It was impossible to show
sufficient to arouse the interest Of the
spectator.
For the Fourth Loan 1t 10 different.
In vast warehouses In South ct. Louis
during the past three months was -
sembled q wonderful collection Of the
arms Of the nations at wal. Theirs
were the gas masks used by the
French and the Germans in thstl
struggles for the world supremacy,
placed In passenger coaches tempo
rarily converted into exhibit cars.
There are hundreds Of the varioui
kinds of hand grsnades used by the
Central Powers and the Allies. swords
c~utlasses. daggsrs. trench knivss used
by the Marines, and hundreds Of othsl
spscimena Of small arms. all OF which
have seen active service.
Dls Gums on Plat carr.
On flat cara that comprise q part q
the train are great guns captured from
the Germans and Austrisna, all camou
flaged and mounted the same a thsl
were the day the victorious Allies over
came the Huns and took Thousands O
prisoners.
Machine guns. the kind used BY thu
Americans and by all Of the nations
are fastened on the cars and mountet
90 that the veriest .tyro in the wa,
sams may Understand the terrible Il
fectivsnsss Of these deadly weapons.
One Of the interesting exhibits IL tn
array OF air bombs. the kind that TIL
American birdmen are carrying owe
the frontier now and will drop on tn
industrial region In the Rhine Vale!
and hasten the end Of the war.
There are depth bombs. that hav'
proven 90 effective In removing tn
submarine menace. and when one "
derstands the, terrible power Of the 81
plosive contained In the h~armless.lool
ins cans hs will understand how tn
submarine commanders dread to %
the approach OF the American destroy