Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-04-18
ITS NO TIME To
D R0UNDPUT1|NG
UP POOR MOUTH
LOOK YOURSELF IN THE EYE AND
THEN ANSWER SOME PERT.
NENT QUESTIONS.
HAVE YOU DONE DUTY 2
Before Answering think Of What Our
Boys Did or the Other
Side.

Have you got the idea that you 20
done all you can afford to do for your
Uncle Sam and the boys who did your
fighting at the frontf
Have you told yourself that you
hav- bought all the Liberty Bonds you
can carry?
That you have taken every single.
possible War Saving Stamp that you
can take care Of?
And that you have given every pos
sible red cent to the war aid societies.
including the Red Cross?
SO you are satisfied, are YOU now
that the war is over. that you have
done your part and thai you will let
the rest of the country take care OF
the balance of the war?
Do you stand up and stick your
thumbs in the arm hole of your vest
and talk whiningly about the way you
are being asked to subscribe?
And looking yourself in the eye "a
you call yourself a red.blooded. 100 per
cent. a loyal dyed-in-the-wool sort Of
an American?
Do you feel that you are just as
much responsible for the victory as
the chap who went across and lost an
arm? Or a leg, or an eye? Just as
much as the lad who lost his hearing,
or his life. or all the future there was
for him?
Think Of This Boy7
A search party following a National
Guard Division through the woods
west of the Meuse came upon a Ger
man machine gun pit that had been
five dead Huns in Il. A few yards
away lay a lone American, who had
been closing in on them. The top of
his head was gone, but he lay facing
grenades. Now, have you done every
thing possible? Fave you done your
part as well as that lonely American
who was boring straight in when the
Huns got him?
Have you done as much as the other
fellow who stayed at home and who
believed in the war, who did what he
could. who went into debt and Is now
saving and skimp!ng and sacrificing
to finish his bond payments?
You know whether you are a gutter
or not. You know whether you have
done all that you could. You know
whether you are in the mood to lay
down at the finish--to quit like a mon.
grel strain racer that feels the spur.
Are You a Slacker7
AS a matter of plain fact there are
millions OF Americans who never did
do all that was in their power in the
way of buying Liberty Bonds. They
had the quitting" strain In them right
along. They weren't "~slackers." They
did a lot. But they never put that
last ounce of pull into the collar.
The man who is able to buy bonds
is putting himself in the gutter
class when he fails to come through
on the Fifth Loan. We went into this
thing with our old Uncle Samuel. We
swore that we would see it through.
We all want the CHASTITY mess cleaned
up and done with. We want the lads
back home, going about their bust
ness. working, playing, making love.
marrying, making homes and building
up a great country.
But we are not out of the woods
yet. We don't know when We will be.
Having started this, 1t must be fin
ished. We have gone too far to quit
now and come home and forget
about 1t.
There is only one honorable thing
to do. We must stay abroad until u
obligations have been fully and fairly
met. To do this there must be sup
port. full. hearty and complete sup
port. financially and otherwise. in the
Victory Liberty Loan.