Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-18
GREATEST NEED
FOR Cash NOW,
ALBERT STATES
LetuP i'm Fighting Big Reason for
People Giving as Never Be
fore. Explains Lecturer.
TELLS OF WORK BEING DONE
Proves Demand for Help for Or
CARNATIONS Now Engaged in
Aiding Soldiers.

Now. as never before. do the
charities and war work organiza-
tons need funds" said Allen d.
Albert in speaking TO an audience
in the Masonic temple Saturday
night He spoke in behalf of the
united war work campaign now
being conducted in Rock Island
and throughout the country.
Before the armistiCe. which
meant the letup of fighting. was
signed. our lads were most or the
time engaged in warfare. he con-
tinued. Their needs OF recreation
were Of coarse in evidence, but
now none Of these boys is in actual
battle, the need for recreation is
nearly doubled The only way
amusement can be provided is
through the societies that are tax
ing care Of the lads while they are
over there.
Many people evidently are IN
der the impression that because
there is no lighting there is no
need to give more money. 1t takes
cash to keep the war work units
moving and they are now forced
70 move twice as fast as before"
Give Most.
TO the Young Mems Christian
association, as the organization
whose purpose in civil life most
nearly COTresponded to the present
military need. the government gave
The largest commission.
The association was to furnish
rf7a club i
club life inside the camps all that
= ought to be. The y was to be
mail clerk and banker. 1t was Il,
improve the old army canteen ana
relegate the Old sutler to the I'M
cherished memory where he be- .
longed. 1t was to maintain an at /.
mosphere for leisure hours that 1
would be favorable to the soldiers .
best. impulses. /
To the Young Womau's Chris .
tan association, the government .
turned to solve one Of the most .
troublesome of camp problems. Ii
was 10 make possible a visit to the
boy ty his woman folks from home
without requiring them to tramp
all round a camp and risk COMING
On men IN every embarrassing
stage OF Undress.
Hostess HOuseS.
The Y. w met this need vftr
the hostess house. So beautjfu!
an influence has this institution
become that the boys would not
now let the women Of the y. w
20 out Of camp lie if the hostess
house did not enter into the caIcu-
lati0n
TO the American Library asso-
clalon the government turned for
the distribution of good books
among the men. The librarians OF
the United States have proceeded
70 work a transformation In the
war with Spain dime novels cpuIo
be found IN any company street
In the world war you viii find in
the company streets of American
troops ten thousand times as many
text books as dime novels. and
wholesome stories of adventure nv
the hundred thousand copies.
To three religious ORGANIZATIONS
the government turned for speciaI
service in addition 10 that so far
outlined This is q phase OF me
camp lie which arOuses some
Ia more than two or three son
fences.
Religious denominationaIieu,
Toes not enter Undesirablv into ,
camp life anywhere under the !
flag But it would do so /
the finest breadth of mind +
1n the part of the minority and the / +
beautiful spirit with which tbav +
nave sent representatives into the +
service
The majority Of the soldiers i
iaIloTs and marines are protestant .
evangelical Christians. as far as h
hey are anything. The differences v
-monB them IN form Of service ana N
eligious Observance is not great \
tut the form of religious service +,
hat would satisfy the tvDicaI
Dung Presbyterian and 4Tethodis.s
Touid leave the boy of the Roman a
athoilc training and the Hebrew \