Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-11
MOST DANGEROUS YEA
OF VAR BEfUiE IS
Vivid Portrayal Given by Sher-
wood Eddy of the Interna
tional Y. M c. A

That the hardest struggle is the fight
for character and that the most dangerous
wear OF the war Is the one before MS, arc
the two points emphasized hv ShcrwC od
Eddy Of the international Y NJ a
Just home from France and about Il
depart for several months y work IN tho
Orient, no one IS more able 70 make j
plea for tho War Work campaign, and
sput the need before the home people, g
that thcy cannot fail 10 be convinced tie
asks those who stay comfortably nj home,
10 make their dollars IN some measure
match the sacrifice Of the boy, who. when
the nurse told him nc was gong west
replied Is that so nurse Well. that :
what came over for Am ! SorrN1
said one in hospital who had lost i
leg No, except when | saw those fellows
last they were running 30 hard, IN afraid
il III be over before ] get back. OR an
other, with an arm and leg gone. "1feT
got me but Ill be back for the next
push These are only a few OF the many
incidents told hv this y man. Satur-
day night when he spoke before gather
inc Of prominent men and women, invited
10 hear hum III the Coleman du Points
draWIngTOom He was introduced by
Mrs. du Pont
II seemed as though this man, who had
been holding out helping hand 10 men
from the front line 10 he sea coast of
France, could not emphasize too much
how greatly the work of all the organlZa-
tions Is needed NOt one Of them can bc
spared, he ,ald He asked il his hearers
could realize what II means when two
million men break training The greatest
educational program ever devised has
been arranged for them. their welfare,
spiritually. morally, intellectually and
physically Is being looked after Besides
the men III France, who number 10 times
all our universities and colleges put to-
gethcr, there are too, 900 IN the navy aud
We are caring for all the men of the Allies,
except the British The tremendous
sacrifice they made and are making, must
be met by the giving at home War work
takes care OF the boy from the time he
leaves home till he's back again. Its
comprehensivenees and continuity stand
out in camp the por, Of eInbarkation
the transport Oh It's zigzagglng voyage, rest
camp, trenches front line hospital
prison camp He linds home away from
home
America can give out Of gratitude Our
casualties have been about 60 900 m
year, the British were 100000 last year.
In France are three million graves. If
We had sent in the same proportion as
the little island Of England, We would
have fifteen million men in our army and
two and one-haIf million would be killed
Last August T. MIR Eddy saw the British
nation, re-dcdicatc itself for the fifth
and last year Of the great struggle
The example for giving Is in France,
where Mr. Eddy said be didn t sec a selfish
man Everybody divides up with every
body else, if il 5 only piece of chocolate,
two inches square 4 religion broad,
simple, fundamental. dynamic, practical,
i what they want, The moral miracle is
wrought in many Of them.
MIR Eddy stated that the common drive
s much better than separate campaigns
md he believes Wilmington will 90 over
lie top with thrcc-fourths Of a million