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By STERLING HELLO.

/ NhLSS wv ~
r. VERY American in France Is
n unutterably proud OF the
American soldier. his ply
sique, his health. his discipline
based on reasonableness, and his main
/ tanned electives based on these things
together. The army does what it
must; its business is to maintain CT
fectives physically At: and it's latest
! figures show an advantage OF five to
one over urban civilian populations at
home.
But suppose that there was nothing
else? Suppose the welfare organiza-
| lions were not doing what they are
doing?
The grand thing about the Young
Mems Christian Association, the
Knights OF Columbus, the Jewish
Welfare Board, the Salvation Army
and the Young Women's Christian As
ISOLATION is that they give the soldier
moral occupation. and that they do II
in way so justified. easy going and
free from cant that the soldiers feels
at home and eats IT up.
Wnetner IL De sport, OF opportunity
20 read. chat. play games or write
home In clean, decent places which
are bright, cosey. warm and comfort
able; or whether it .be to see clean
shows. or Join French classes, or
hear talks on the beautiful old cities
all around them. or to go in parties
and visit these cities (when the boys
become Immediately tourists, formerly
considered among tho happiest of
mortals), the facilities are SO great and
vital that 1t seems as II the organiza-
tions must always have existed for
these essential needs Of the army,
and we cannot imagine the boys being
here without them. Or. as Napoleon
said of certain institutions. III they
had pot existed should have been
obliged to invent theml"
The Anchor.
The mere letter writing impulslon
is wonderful.
At one station the Y. NJ. c. A. uses
over 1000 envelopes on single
Sunday, and the envelope bill alone
Is $500 francs n month At Tours
the X. of c. club uses 10000 sheets
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BOYS AND GIRLS OF W

, personal contribution to our men over
seas.
When each Victory boy or girl en-
rolls he or she is given the membership
pledge which reads: IT hereby agree
to earn and give the sum OF - dol
lars" Payment can be made in three
acknowledgements 2, January
and March l. Tho pledge carries tho
note that money must not be solicited
from others in payment OF this pledge"
Although on the payment of centJ
a week young children down to the aga
Of . years may join n Victory Junior
Division enrolment in the Victory
Boys and Victory Girls Is open to all
boys and girls under 20 years OF age.
In fact the ages of l6 to 20 have been
particularly stressed.
For them the "" Is used not alone
70 denote Victory but another "V''-SS.
To encourage them a special booklet,
What VIII S. Do?" shows how that
amount will bring the comfort and
cheer of the united seven organim-
tons to one fighter for Ave weeks.
Pledges OF any amount not less than
81 will be accepted.
On enrolment each Victory member
IL given a service poster to b used
for home window display. Under an
American eagle with outspread wings.
the symbol OF the Victory campaign.
II reads: "A boy from this homo has
enrolled in the Victory Boys to earn
and give to make our fighters A..
United War Work Campaign" But
tons are also given as an honor Sign
that the Victory pledge has been
taken.
100000 Boys Ropresentea.
In addition 10 booklet. "wayR 10
Earn" list OF suggestions has been
compiled by George Hall Of the Child
Labor Committee. both for the exoiu-
sive use OF Victory members.
At the Manhattan Opera House mo
bilizatlon meeting OF the Victory Boys
prior 10 the opening OF the campaign.
Continued on Ssooxd Pope.
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The Work Vital to
the Morale of
Army and Navy
and a Mitigation
of the Hardships
of the Camps and
the Trenches

| ciates the kind administrations Of .
"Y" man or whoever stands nesr:~s
The X. OF C. men in turn try to meet
the needs Of the Catholic men, know
ing as they do their religious habits OF
thought and tho things their families
wish most to know about them. But In
case there Is need among the wounded
men to have letters written, &C, does
K. OF c. secretary refrain from giv-
ing aid because the wounded happen
not to be Of his faith7 Obviously and
emphatically not.
Distinctive Lines OF Service.
30 as FAR as possible tho agencies of
pref the needs Of their own people. but
give aid wherever and whenever
needed regardless of creed
Many of the organizations have dis
tinctive lines OF service also which are
not attempted by any of the others.
The recreation centres OF the Y. NJ. c.
A., OF which there are three besides the
first and largest at Aix-les- Bains, serve
as an example. Also the housing ia
cilities provided for women war work.
ers in France by the Y. w. c. A. form
a very necessary work not attended to
by any save the one agency.
Nor Is the very cheering matter OF
books provided for except by the
American Library Association. This
work, so valued by the men in camps
here and in huts and hospitals over
seas, is among the most necessary OF
the morale creating forces. In periods
Of strain or inactivity the books and
magazines offer an opportunity for
respite that nothing else offers the SOL
Hers minds.
Then too there is an amazing de-
mand. well supplied by the libraries,
for technical books which will help in
the big Job of winning the war. and for
books which will keep the men in
formed on their civilian occupations.
No one who hasn't met the actual ex-
per!ence knows how welcome the sight
of books is to a man who has been
cut Off from them for weeks or months,
Just as no one knows what hot drinks
or chocolate bars mean to man in ,
trenches. except the man in the
trenches.
Perhaps we will none OF us know
Just how powerful is this indef1nable
force, morale, until after the war,
when our vast army of better men
come home, but we can understand
that there Is tremendous need for hos
pitality for our men in arms, and that
each OF the seven agencies is doing q
splendid and necessary share OF the
great morale creating work When we
do thoroughly understand we will feel
a myriad of soldier eyes. wistful yot
game. watching our pens as we sign
our checks for the United War Work
Campaign agencies
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nation are working with the w. c. G.
s. directors. but there Is no other or
ganization operating In camp COM
munit.es.
To prevent duplication Of effort in
Tie smaller environments where there
is no need for a club OF every one OF
the four agencies who make such pro-
visions in the large camps. there Is
an agreement that one or more organ
izations shall attend to the demand
there. Often the insignia of the Y. NJ.
C. A., the K. OF c., the Jewish We'll
fare Board and the Salvation Army
can be found floating in the breeze
above a club in one of the smaller
camps. but II It Is only one Of these
which is represented every man I'M
derstands that whether or not Il is his
own best known agency there is al
ways a welcome for him.
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He has thought of course OF the ex-
pense of the war work done here and
overseas, but suddenly he remembers
that his own contributions have all
been made hurriedly and to whatever
agency happened to send representa-
tives to him at his office desk, where
1t was convenient to make out a check.
His own two boys are at the. front
Omewhere. and any one and every one
Of the agencies operating abroad may
be serving them. but some way that
thought has escaped him so far.
We'll, how did all these seven hap
pen to unite. Tom?" Jane continues,
noting in her own paper a news story
about the United War Work campaign.
Dunno" says Tom again; then adds
thoughtfully. But it's a good idea.
They're all doing fine work. and COM
bining in their drive makes six less in
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War Work Campaign Facts.
TIED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN begins tomorrow Mon.
ouenber ~ and lasts one week ending Monday Novem.

THE UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN begins tomorrow Mon
day. November week. ending Monday Novem-
the united appeal should be made
seven organizations uni They the Young Mems
Christian Association Young Womn Christian Association Ma
Council Knighs OF Colubus jewish Weare
Community Service American Library Association
and Salvation Army.
The sum originally but this will not
enough raise least ssooooooo unless the
work suffer.
What it is planned to be- the accompany
ing articles tell.
originally allotted the organizations were
follows:
Christian Association SIoooooooo
Young Womens Christian Association. ......., 100000
Council knights of Coumbus)
Jewish Welfare Board. 3'3oo'ooo
Community Service 100000
American Library Association 100000
Salvation Army 35coooo
campaign s nationwide.
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Welfare Work Cheers Lonely Americans France Affords Protection
Morals and Provides Opportunities for Education

! Of letter paper monthly. and ha,
trebled its orders. while at a grea'
replacement camp I hear that 10000
! sheets were consumed in a certain
memorable four days.
! In those long halls, packed with
writing soldiers In the warmth anC
brightness OF the evenings, the silence
is portentous. Except for mysterious
rustlings. of busy pens you could hear
pin drop. What moral alchemy is
going on in those pen whispers? II
the boys mothers, sisters. wives and
sweethearts at home are half what
they think they are, here is the anchor
TO hold the boys until they sail back
by their stars.
For they will sail back. Thirteen
out OF fifteen will return, to be some
thing different. necessarily, and great
er and finer, We are sure. than when
trey came over on the great crusade.
Two millions OF these men will,
when they return, be the leaders OF
our political. business and social life.
Whether right or wrong, II IL coming
to them. It will be different from
after the civil war, when It was suffi-
cient that a man had fought In the
army simply. / believe that when the
boys so back it will be seen (and
they themselves will see) that they
are leaders not only because they were
here but because they are qualified to
be leaders.
Most OF them are around twenty
five years of age, a very impress
sionable period OF life. 1t Is of the
greatest importance that they not
only do not lose their ideals but do
not acquire ideas which are not ours.
And the welfare workers, as one has
well said, are the guardians OF the
treasure.
American shows Stir Them.
have just obtained illuminating in
formation on the subject In CONVERSE
lions with two regional or local
secretaries. One is j. w. Kirgan OF
Cincinnati, an insurance man and n
college man before that. Y. NJ. G. A.
secretary at Tours. The other Is
Arthur Lord OF Paris, for thirty years
a prominent figure in the American
colony, grandson OF the founder Of
Lord & Taylor. and to-day the X. of
c. division secretary AT Tours Both
are business men in q large way.
Have you any idea what their clubs
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-wO Of the United War Work

TWO Of the United War Work
| Campaign posters already plac-
= arting the city have aroused
special curiosity and interest. With
them every one is familiar. BY a
fighter poised in bayonet action is dis
played a boy standing with his hand
on his shoulder. Above runs the
slogan, "a Million Boys Behind Mil
lion Fighters" Its companion poster
is that Of a girl in a. rowboat pulling
strongly at her oars, with the slogan.
Every Girl Pulling for Nictory-Vic-
tory Girls. United War Work Cam
paign."
These Victory posters do not denote
another organization linked up with
the United we Are Seven" repre-
scented in the United War Work Cam
Daign in the sense that the Victory
Boys and Victory Girls ara to receive
money from the United fund of $780,
100000. On the contrary. Victory Boys
and Victory Girls are a national mo-
bilization of the boys and girls of the
SOuHtIy W earn anu give ana sup
port the united seven.
There is much in this Victory or
Earn and Give Division OF the Greater
New York United War Work Campaign
to enlist the active hearty support and
cooperation OF the public. Chief among
its rules Is the stipulation that no boy
or girl enlisted under the banner can
solicit funds or donations on tho street
or anywhere else from the public.
While the ruling is unique In con-
nectiOn with war drives or money rails
ing campaigns, II is believed that TO be
thrown entirely upon their own re-
sources to earn and give" will prove
n more constructive form OF patriotism
for boys and girls than to make them
dependent on the whlms OF the pas
sersby for their quota, Healthy, active.
hustling on their own initiative, which
is characteristic Of every American boy
and girl, at once appeals to them as a
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Tho Y. w. c. A. and the National
Catholic War Council each has
hostess houses In the larger training
camps. but in the smaller camps the
same rule holds goods. One or the
other attends to the needs OF visiting
relatives and friends, and thousands OF
guests can testify that they received
a welcome in such houses with no
questions as to their religious affilia-
tons Affiliations with some lonely or
sick soldier boy were all that were
needed to enlist aid at once.
Neither is there duplication OF eff
fort overseas. although the Y. NJ. c.
a, K. OF c.. Jewish Welfare Board and
Salvation Army all establish huts and
have secretaries or workers stationed
in them and in dugouts close TO the
front line trenches. II there is already
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terruptions in my life, as this way
can do my bit in one lump. 1t must
be more economical. to manage the
campaign for seven of them together
too" This last in the tone OF busi-
ness man who explains a highly tech
meal business problem to his wife.
"Oh, I can see that. and here It says
that President Wilson requested a
united campaign because each OF the
seven is so necessary and because he
thinks there Is always strength in
unity"
To thousands OF civilian Toms try
ing to do their rightful share at home
the United War Work campaign offers
the answer. Each civilian knows that
any one Of the seven, which have the
same general ideal Of carrying bit OF
home to the boys In arms. may be
serving his sons, as there IS no dis
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-10
Seven w elfare
Agencies United
in Nationwide
Effort to Raise a
Quarter Billion
for Our Fighting
Mems Benefit
By JESSIE .. PAYNE

r y the union Of seven service organ.
iDations combined for a United
War Work campaign there 1,
an appeal to every man. woman and
child in the, country. as these orders
long with the common aim Of upkeer
Of morale OF our fighting mon, In
Clude the Young Mems. Christian AZ
ISOLATION. tho Young women's Chris
tan Association. the National Catholic
War Council and Knights Of Columbus,
the War Camp Community Service,
the Jewish Welfare Board, the Ameri-
can Library Association ana the Sal
walton Army.
The many phases Of their work have
been before the public for some months
until the hospitality extended in camp
cities by the War Camp Community
Service and the clubs and canteens
established In the environments and
tho huts established overseas by the
Y. NJ. G. A, the X. of c.. the Jewish
Welfare Board and the Salvation
Army are fairly we'll understood. Also
the Y. w. c. A. and National Catholic
War Council work of creating hostess
houses and visitors houses in camps
IN this country. and the Y. w. c. A.
hotels abroad for women war workers
ARE familiar to the American public, as
we'll as the numbers of libraries con-
tanning altogether more than $500, 900
hooks supplied by the American Lii
brary Association in our cantonments.
on our troop transports and in base
hospitals in France.
Few laymen realize, however. the
vast expense that these undertakings
entail. The civilian reads in a news
paper that the X. of c. dropped 10000
packages of cigarettes down on the
American forces from airplanes as our
fnfantrymen and artillery pressed for
ward in their victorious squeeze at st.
Mihiel recently.
Good work." says the CIVILIAN, as
he turns a page and encounters a
story of the Salvation Army lassies
making pies and doughnuts with
shells bursting near their improvised
bakeries.
Practical Phases OF the Drive.
listen mere, Jane, ne says, and
reads aloud: zone day the iassies made
2,7oo sugar coolies, another day 1886
doughnuts. on the same day baking
pies and cakes. all on one field range.
What do you think Of that, Jane7"
II think II takes lot OF sugar and
flour and things. and I am glad they
have them over there for our boys
Who pays for all that. Tom?"
Dunno" Tom replies, but the practi-
cal query of his spouse sets him think
ing.
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tinction as to creed or home affilia-
lions made In the extension OF cheer
and hospitality. But certain questions
he may have in his mind or may dis
cover N the practical (though unbusi-
nesslike OF course) mind of his wife
should have answers.
If each of the seven has a purpose
in common with the rest why have
seven? And is there n duplication Of
effort anywhere2 These questions
must be settled by looking at the ac-
tivities of each organization. Take,
first Of all, the War Camp Community
Service.
This agency. which surrounds the
camps with hospitality in the nearby
towns and cities and provides clubs
and canteens in the camp communi-
ties. has no rival in this field. Peo-
ple in the camp cities Of every denomi-
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hut in territory which needs but
one an agency starting a new hut
naturally moves on to a village where
there is none. or several representa-
tives from the various agencies pool
their supplies and work together in
one hut when there is great need.
Stories come back continually OF the
aid the secretaries render each other
and the excellent good fellowship ex-
listing between them
Then why the seven? Because each
organization which is doing work
which other organizations also pro-
vide for knows best its own people.
both at home and overseas. When pos
sible a wounded Jewish soldier likes to
have rabbi or worker Of the Star
Of David attend to his wishes, but II
one Of these isn't near by he appre-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-10
Word From Cardinal Gibbons.

JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS following strong
ment of the United War Work Campaign yesterday:
Into this splendid work the
OF making them realize their loved verify with
them the seven great social of America have thrown
themselves Their work of
eereatona work for the of and All
organizations pormtha providing
and comfort
that platform ALL together with voice single
appeal to the American people"
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! are in great centresf I do not
even refer to the works OF the front
! They cover long lists OF French cities
often two. three, four. five. six In q
city. housed in great buildings adapted
| you see the thing at home. but, All!
how different to Buddy!
At one club at Tours saw a room.
not n closet. II was full OF baseball
bats and masks. boxing gloves. foot
balls, Indian clubs and so on. The
| cement floor. covered with thick felt
material. had holes for posts. to make
II proper ring for proper bouts. AT
one end OF the hall is a real theatre
stage.
Do you doubt that a ragtime girl
may help to guard the treasure? The
secretary at Tours announces: MAR
gnret Mayo and her company In
Somewhere In America are billed for
Tomorrow night" Wild enthusiasm.
rumors and applause. But when he
announce "Movies!" the boys Just
continue their amiable chat, content
Ing the dinner bell. When Miss Ray
ana ner TdEtlIne LTlO came tney went
just crazy for those people"
You tell them there Is going TO be
show tonight. Quick as n flash,
American" the question shoots back,
full of hope, but with u shade of visit
fuiness. And If you answer: mo.
hut it's a fine show. saw II at
Lyons. It" you see the faces
lengthen, Just an instant. then it's all
right (they are such polite boys!) and
you ask yourself II you were not mis-
taken in supposing that cloud
passed. as they answer heartily:
That's fine! Well sure be therel"
It Is a fact that every experienced
welfare worker knows and acts on all
he can--the boys arc crazy for any
kind Of show that is American, to see
American girls, to hear their voices,
The Lonely DOughboy.
You understand. they are alone here.
Lonely.
Every American civilian in France,
man or woman, has experienced with
strange feelings, not once but a hun
bred times, the mute appeal for COM
pany. tho wistful, clinging, lingering,
excuse making, shamefaced ivy to-the-
oak attitude of the lonely doughboy.
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, walked in the rain at Tours witt
an umbrella in civilian clothes. We
! old professionals Of Paris. when not al
the front. must draw the line some.
where. There are RATS OF war CORE.
spondents In khaki from Arcachon &c
Orleans, but Charles Thompson. vet.
eran OF the A. p, followed the Italian
| retreat of 1917 IN civilian clothes.
In the drizzle a soldier strolled along
with me.
81 heard you say you were from
Philly." he began ingratiatingly. at
certainly is good to meet an Ameri-
can"
'But. man" said. "there arc 3.oOO,-
900 Of you"
"Oh. them he said; they don't
count-they're u.s.
He rambled with me in the sticky
fog.
How old is this town."
"As old as France" answered.
That's what I'm told" he ventured
cheerfully. They claim it's 80 old
they don't know when It started. II
Does surely look it,"
Tours" l expanded, sis from the
turones. Il Gaulish- Celtic Irish tribe"
Huh. went from here to Ireland, did
they? Well. I'll tell you something
that bears that out" he contributed.
my name is Deecher, and my people
were from Ireland. but we have fam
lily tradition that they came from
France first. Might have been some
Of those turones. I can't say blame
them for moving"
New Yistas Open.
Here is bedrock. BE sure he will
have It straight before he sails back
Right beside him in the company are
college boys and high school boys and
business boys and farmer boys, all
readers, all aware OF where they are
and quite determined TO profit by IT,
so that BeeCher sees new interests in
the dawn Of comprehension.
The books. lectures, picture shows
walks, talks and question answering
Of the welfare organizations are COM
porting, refining and widening tine
boys minds. one and all, TO something
differing rather in degree than kind
from that Of the travelled college man.
How otherwise would parties of 200 20
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New yistas Open.

Continued on Second Page,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18
NATIONAL PARKS OPEN

According to an announcement by
Secretary Lane national parks will be
open to tourists this year on the fol-
lowing dates:
Yosemite. California, May / to No
yember i; Rocky Mountain National
Park, Colorado, May ! to November /;
Sequoia National Park, California, May
Is to October 10; General Grant Ma
tional Park, California, May Is to Oct
ober 10; Mesa Verde National Park,
Colorado, June / to September 80;
Mount Rainier National Park, Wash
ington, June / to September Is; Gla-
cier National Park, Montana, June Is
to September Is; Crater Lake National
Park, Oregon. July / to September 80;
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming,
June % TO September Is.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-18

Bitterness, Chas. E. Palmer, Mrs. E.
H. Patterson, r. L. Patty, John o.
Peterson. w. A. Peterson, lack Prem
tice, Andrew Pultz, Fred Killing, Nels
Rishoi, E. l.. Rowe, Geo. G. Rude, Fred
Sanders, E. E. Sedan, William Schap-
horst. c. F. S~chlatter, A. J.. Schoen-
weather. Z. c. Sheldon, Bert Shelp, L.
H. Skif, John Sloan. o. w. Slocum,
G.. r. Smith, c. e. Sorenson, Marie
Stangland, Martin Staven, E. d. Stiv-
ers, Ole j. Sundet, l.. w. Sutton, Hen.
ry Swering, James H. Tinker, T. w.
Tinker. M. S. Thayer. James Thorn
Der, Joe L. Thee, George Wesy, John
d. Wilson, Ed. A. Wing. Thomas M.
Void. Ben Void, d. S. Wyckoff, John
Youngberg.