Connecticut western news., 1919-03-13
FOUR-MINUTE SPEAKING
 CONTEST AT TOWN HALL
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people needs help or the peoplS anu for the people.
 To the boys our giving may mean more pleasure; to us it may mean a. little poorer clothing, and again to us it may mean a little less candy, but to them a hot cup of coffee Don't be a quitter but give all you can.
 Boys and girls, there IS . chance for you too. For only five dollars you can join the Victory Boys and Girls and rebuild France and Bel gium, which the Germans have so nearly destroyed. Earn and give and do your bit.
 Another way the boys and girls can help is by buying War Saving stamps. The new War Saving stamps are called the Benjamin Franklin Thrift stamps. Do you not consider that thou sands of men have given something which means many times more than any money could mean? It is their lives! Why can't you give your money? If you do not, you are considered a stacker by those who have given so richly. Would you like to be under the rule of Kaiserism? i Our freedom has been saved, but ] by the loss of thousands of trut and brave lives, The loss of thousands of brave lives urges you to give. say it again "GIVE."
 Following is the speech that won first place in the High School con test by Esther Bounds.
 United War Work i If you have any doubt about the good the United War Work is doing, you can clear your mind completely by comparing the history of former wars with the history of the Wes- tern Front in the present war. When the first American army went into battle there were no com forts and very often no food. Are you not able to see the picture of Valley Fo@ge? We all knew what terrible time they had thag winter, because of the poverty and lack of comforts. Picture Washington standing with one foot on a tree stump, trying to think up plans to make his men more comfortable.
 Yop haven't heard of any frozen soldiefs in France. There are hos pitals in which are Jews, Protestants, CT Catholics.
 There were many organizations for helping our soldiers. President Wilson thought it a wise plan for seven of these associations to get together. These are the Y. M. c. A; the Y. w. c. A.; the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service; the Knights of Columbus; the American Library Assoclation, and the Salvation Army
 Do you know what the Salvation Army is? It is an idea,-an idea that had birth in the heart ot an Eng fish boy, who wrote back to Ameri- ca telling the soldiers mothers of their unspeakable loss. The Nwork of this association has been of the highest value.
 Four years have passed and the Huns have destroyed 150G towns and left 2,000,000 people without even roofs to shield them from the storms. They have not only killed more than 3,000,000 men but great numbers have been maimed for life.
 In thousands of homes in our own country the bitter blow has fallen. The gold stars may be seen in win dows on the rough country roads in the forests of the North, and among the orange groves in the South. This is war, yes,-hut not war as France has seen it.
 Though American men have fought side by side with the French soldiers in the trenches, American women have not been called upon to bear the burden that their French sisters have, nor to endure their tortures of body, mind and soul.
 The United War Work is fur nishing the means to bind up the wounds of our soldiers, and is pro viding amusements and comforts for our heroes who are still guarding abroad the comfort and peace of the world.