The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-03-22
Friday, March 22nd, 1918
HELP YOUR GOVERNMENT WIN
THE WAR-BUY WAR-SAVINGS
STAMPS AND THRIFT
STAMPS.

united efforts Of men, women
and children were needed, this
is the time, says the Maryland
Independent. We Americans
are very prone and apt to allow
ourselves to subscribe to the
pernicious doctrine of letting
some other person do our duty
for us, but this tremendous war
that the country is now engaged
in makes it necessary and imper-
alive for all of us to work and do
our full duty as never before.
We had begun to think that
our Government was a nice,
kindly, old sort of an Uncle Sam,
who lived over in Washington,
made our laws for us, assessed
us for taxes, and was, on the
whole, a right decent sort of a
chap. But one day last April,
when the United States declared
war, we found that being a citi-
zen meant obligation, that living
in and enjoying the blessings of
liberty and freedom over here
entailed duties, and that to pre-
serve those rights which our
forefathers have handed down
to us as a precious and priceless
legacy the manhood of our coun-
try must go to the firing line to
battle the Hun for every right
that decent men and women hold
dear.
There is hardly child too
young or man or woman too
old who cannot assist in this
glorious undertaking. keep
ing the world safe for democracy.
There are many ways. The Red
Cross and its mighty work are
open-nay, more than that, it
stands eager and ready to well
come members and assign them
a part in the worlds colossal
struggle. Join the Red Cross if
you have only a single dollar to
spend; it is we'll worth it. Over
there where our heroes are bleed
ing and dying it will help to save
that dear boy of yours, for whom
your parents are ascending to
the throne of grace, or to minist-
er to some other mothers son
who needs your help and assist
ance. Do not listen for min
ute to German propaganda cir
culated to discredit the Red
Cross. 1t is as false as the Grim
inal who under the guise as pa
triots are as guilty of treason as
the man who fires an arsenal, or
gives aid and succor to the
enemy. The noble work of this
non-sectarian organization is at
tested by the grateful praise and
thanks of the men Of the trench
es, who look to it as the bright
lily growing on the mud and
slime of the battlefield.
Get into the habit of buying
the War Thrift Stamps. They
are a wonderful investment, but
more than that they are helping
the Government win the most
righteous war that a nation ever
fought. because, unlike others,
it is unmercenary, unselfsh, and
is being waged for all humanity.
We must face this war like
brave men and women. Stand
by our colors the best that ever
foated to the blue sky. Our
boys over there are going for
ward, believing that at home we
are keeping the home fires
burning" and we must appreci-
ate the seriousness of this
struggle. Americans over in
France are dying for US. gassed,
agonized and blown to atoms,
but other Americans will answer
the call of duty and march for
ward to take their places. How
can we falter, or even hesitate,
when the bravest fellows in the
world are enduring the hell of
the trenches that this country
may be kept a place where de-
cent men and women can look
each other in the face and not
be ashamed, where little children
may romp and play unmolested
by the foul Prussian beast that
would make the whole earth his
slave, and where we may live
proud of the fact that we are
Americans.
This is not a war of race,
creed, or sect. By every patiotic
deed and action that we are cap
able of, let US Keep the Home
Fires Burning, Till the Boys
Come Back Again. "