The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-25
BIBY STIRRED 'EM
He Helped Raise Big COntribu-
tons Here Sunday.
$500 Collected at Auditorium
for Salvation Army.
M Nup MAIZE Ennn TllK
DR.. KULP MADE GOOD TALK
Sergeant Mitchell Told of Life
in the Trenches.
He Urged People at Home Not
To Be SlackerS.

once again has w. "A. Blby, nauonal
treasurer of the Knights and Ladies
OF Security, proved the golden value of
his tongue. At the meetings in the
Auditorium Sunday afternoon and
night, Biby cajoled and persuaded and
bullied a total of nearly one thousand
dollars from the pockets of willing
Topekans.
The meeting at the auditorium Sun
cay night netted a total of $500. all
of which goes to swell the fund of
$4,000 that the Salvation army has
assigned to Topeka and Shawnee
county as the quota in raising Sc
100000 in the United States for the
building and maintenance of huts in
= the war zone.
In his speech in support of the Sal
walton Army campaign Biby declared
that it was the duty of the United
States to send her boys thru the streets
of Berlin where they will paint the
two headed eagle of the Germans
bloody read. while the great bald eagle
OF the Red Men screams its victory.
Biby's Stirring Words.
Thousands of mothers have given
their sons. that the world might be
made safe for democracy. Yet we
hesitate when asked to give a little
money" Billy said. Let us awaken
as England has done, and give every
cent we have if it is necessary to win
the war. Unless it is won we will not
have need for even the clothing we
wear. No sacrifice is too great for
we who stay at home, when our sons.
brothers and friends are leaving their
all and going into that hell, in order
that We may live Now get busy and
dig into your pockets. There never
was a cause more worthy than the
one which we are boosting right now.
Gen. Black Jack Pershing has
asked that we place 100 more huts in
the American lines. Unless it were a
good thing, he would not ask that
These huts be placed in close proXim-
lily to our boys. What other creden-
itials do you want? All right, boys,
pass the hat" =
Just this much did Billy say, and
the crowd came thru with the money.
q DIR. KuIp Made Good Talk.
u DIR. Kulp, the fighting parson of
Topeka, must come in for share of
the persuasive force applied on the
scrowd to coax the golden stream into
the Golfers of the Salvation Army.
My God is a two listed God" quoth
the modern paladin, land since in
these days the devil is represented by
THE Hun, He smiteth the Hun-and
the United States army is one of the
strongest instruments that he will
use"
The speaker of the evening was
Sergeant ID. H. Mitchell. one of the
Famous "Ladies-from- He'll Sergea mt
Mitchell told of life in the trenches,
Fpoke of the atrocities the Germans
committed in Belgium and on the
bodies of prisoners of war and he
painted a picture of war and all it
aneans in colors that impressed the
-lnind and heart of every man that
fheard him, and the crowd clenched its
ffeeth and vowed that so long as the
Nag of Germany waves, just that long
will the armies of the United States be
Buried against the lines in France.
Don't Be IA Stacker.
You do not want your boy to come
zbi-ck home and accuse you of having
been a Stacker" said Sergeant Major
Mitchell. He is making the supreme
Sacrifice that your homes may be
made safe, and you cannot afford to
Hesitate to donate all the money
Necessary to provide the comforts they
eneed while in the hell, known as the
tIirst line trenches. He will brave the
zterrors of poison gas, artillery fire and
Bursting shells, without a murmur.
Thousands of men will disappear
twithou anyone knowing where they
4tent." continued Sergeant Major
sRiitchell. This happens every day. on
HE fighting lines. The shells from
big German guns bursting in the
midst of attacking forces bury them
deep beneath piles oe dirt and sand
They are not missed until roll call
and are never seen again. Every min
ute for weeks is Kaleidoscope OF
Scenes. which seem like a horrible
nightmare, after coming back for &
brief rest.
1T is when they come back for res
s3llat the salvation Army aids in al
4eyiatlng their suffering. 1t provide.
y roof for them. warm food and drink
1uxuries. music and many of the thing.
which every boy wishes"