The Washington herald., 1918-05-23
Your Heart and Your Face.

Here's the face of Otto Won Below, hte German
general who will probably lead the next drive
against civilization 1t is typical militaristc face
See this face anywhere, under any conditions, and
you could readily bcliesc that its wcarcr had been
educated for war, from the cradle up. The cold
heavy eyes clearly express brutality. The heavy
jaws and cruel mouth proclaim the tenacity selfish
and mercilcssncss OF the bulldog. 1t is easy to
believe that this born for and has
thought all his life. Still, he is, perhaps not
wholly to blame; for the reason that he did not
order his mode OF life or line OF thought.
1t is safe to say that in the faces OF the ma
orty OF people of Won Bellows age written their
characters and careers. Scowls, brutal thoughts
sensual thoughts finally make the facial map Ugly
disposition engravcs the deepest lines Think self
ishness and arrogance, and the chances are that
you'll get Won Below eyes Think slaughter, and
you're very apt acquire the beast mouth and jaws
of Won Below.
And, at this time we're all thinking war, war
war,
Is it not well that we think about our thinking:
There's no question but the great San Francisco
fire and earthquake affected the dispositions of chill
drcn OF the Coast region recently born about to
be born at that period We don't want a future
generation o lOlks with the ION Below face do VIC:
We've got to slaughter Germans. We've got to
make slaughter main business. W've got to put
brain-powcr new or more thorough methods
and designs for slaughter. In pictures bill board
signs, speeches and other ways we surely are teach
ing the children to hate. Mature thought and in
fantile thought focusing upon slaughter.
We will much OF the ION Below physiogno-
my in country, unless wisely apply the pre-
ventativcs There such. 1t is to keep clear and
bright the high purpose we have in the war. We
sacrifice and fight and slay for our imperiIled
brothers. No mans face took on the mad-dog
look through his service for others. We can put
into our pictures more OF heroic rescue work
and less OF bombngs and bayoncttings. We can
put upon the bill boards less OF "To He'll with the
Kaiser" and more OF ITO the Rescue OF Bclgium!"
\ dollar in bonds, at 41l per cent profit, means
a dollar for slaughter necessary but none the less
slaughter. a dollar to the Red Cross dol
lar for succor OF salvation of the wounded, sick,
needy. No man ever got the Won Below eye of
professional murderer through looking upon suffer-
ers in the character OF good Samaritan. To buy
is to perform with the hands. To give is to act
with the heart; and thoughts which spring from
our hearts have much to do with shaping faces
If the Red Cross did nothing more, it docs much
good great good in directing thoughts toward
the altruistic features OF this
Millions OF our children are working and sacri
cing their little pleasures for thrift stamps Is it
because they see the financial return in 1923? No.
God bless them! It's because they feel that they're
helping And we want the blessings of service, not
the seams of hatred appear in their faces in the
years OF their maturity.
Let's think more and moro strongly on the point
that we're helping, saving fellow creatures who
are in deepest need. And for that sort of thought
there's no better stimuant than Red Cross giving.