Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
READY TO SELL.
SMILEACE BOOKS
FOR SOLDIERS

Hartford. Feb. Arrangements
for the sale in Connecticut of Smile
age Books which contain coupons that
are passes with which soldiers in
camps can attend theatrical perform
ances in the camp theatres - have
been perfected by the Connecticut
State Council of Defense and the
books will be available in all towns
and cities throughout the state with
in few days.
The plan under which the books
will be sold has been designed to pro-
vide for disposing of this states quota
of the SniIeage Books with the least
possible disturbance and the greatest
efficiency, eliminating the necessity
of another drive for funds for war
purposes.
The State Council of Defense has
worked out its plan for the sale of
these Smileage Books in Connecticut
in cooperation with the Military En-
tertainment Council of the War De-
partment Commission on Training
Camp Activities. This Military En-
tertainment Council is responsible for
IA1C CAIIAl 2 SlllI1CdSS DUN PIdAs
The method by which the Smileage
Books will be sold in Connecticut diff
fers from the plan adopted in other
states, and the Military Entertain
ment Council is agreed with the State
Council of Defense in the belief that
it will be productive Of more salts
factory results than any other possi<
BILE method of sale.
The state council of defense has
endorsed heartily the Smileage Book
movement and it's purpose and as
| sures Connecticut people that this
work does not duplicate any other
| agency. 1t has worked out with great
care the details of the plan for
sale of these books in Connecticut so
that the matter may be more effect
lively handled and may bring greater
returns than would be otherwise pos
sibIe. The state defense council is
calling upon it's local agencies to
! boost the sale of SmiIeage Books to
the limit of their ability.
Srnileage Books are issued in two
sizes. Books containing 20 coupons
sci for 81, and books of 100 coupons
sell for SIS. These coupons in hands OF
soldiers in camps give the men free
admission to the Liberty Theatres
which have been erected in all Of the
camps, and at which high-cla.ss pro-
auctions are to be staged frequently.
The books may be bought and sent
to individual soldiers, or if the person
who buys Smileage Books has no in.
dividual soldier in camp to whom the
book can be sent, it may be forward
ed to the commanding officer of any
military camp and he will see to ii
that the book goes into the hands OF
a man who otherwise would receive
no Smileage Book.
The war bureaus and town commit
tees of the state defense council are
the agencies through which these
books will be put on sale. The plan
devised by the council for their sale
calls for the war bureau or town COM
mittee to Put them into stores and
other places where those interested
may buy them as they would buy any
other article. Posters will be provided
for the stores in which they are to be
sold, bearing the words Get Smileage
Books inside" and there will be q
space on the poster where the store
proprietor may designate the depart
metn or counter at which the books
are being sold. There also will be
cards to put on the counter indicating
teh place in the store where Sn1ileage
Books may be bought.
The council believes that the people
of Connecticut will respond to this
opportunity to provide free entertain
ment for their soldiers in camp with
out going through another drive fol
funds. The idea is to make it as easy
to buy SmiIeage Books as to buy CT
gars, candy or any other article.