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Show Million Letters In the Mails Today Bearing Magic Words "With the Colors" , ; Keynote of the Splendid Work the Y.M.C.A. Does Among " ? Our Men In Uniform Is Keeplng'Them In f Touc'i With the Folks at Home. -STAMPED WITH STARS AND STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE V L Multifarious Ways in Which the Association Appeals to Your Boy, v Your Neighbor's Boy, or Homo Boy You Know and Love Oreatos a Holpf ul Environment in Cantonment, on Way Overseas, -, i-i in Front Line Tronoh and Bayond First to Aid' as He Domes Tottering Back Oive Your Share of the $36,000,000 Eequired to lV-; Accomplish This "Last Evidouco That Somebody dares." jt T was ovonlng on the broad A Hempstead Plain, tons Island, wlioro thu Rainbow division was spending Its last night boforo embarking embark-ing for France. It had boen raining ' hard In the afternoon a cold, steady autumn downpour and there was nothing to suggest tho rainbow In the '4 outward aspect of the camp. Lines , and line of sodden canvaa housed ' - 27,000 men, gathered from 27 different ttatr. The ground was dotted .with I pools and quagmires. Undor the wet canvas It was damp and cold, with V penetrating chill. Lit by flickering j candles, the tents were far from cheer- : ful shelter for a man's last night In j his natlvo land. ' 'f& Dut tnore were seren Die tnUi i jf where electric lights, numbers and ' - friendliness made the night pleasant. SHHBBBSQlHHSHSnS'MHEHISM BSH(SSsHsBSBbEr''HSSSSBBSBSfeBSBSH Bfeflsf 71 - . .--.c, dame, uvod Heading unci Correspondence Facilities In Y. M. C. A. Building. In each of theso a soldljr was strum' mlng on a piano; others were reading books and magatlnes; hundreds wero writing lettora homo. Dehlnd tho raised counter at one end three or four young men were busy passing out notepaper and envelopes, selling stamps and weighing parcels, which the men were sending homo. One of the soldiers said to mo as I atood In the tent used chiefly by men from Iowa: "Wo came all the way hero from Dei. Moines, and we wero mighty 1 . lonely. Then we found tnt V M, C. A. on the Job, and It's been n home - ' . rnd more than a borne to us. It gavn ' us what we wanted when we needod It most. We'll never forget It. Tho boys' best friend U tha Y. M. O. A." Fine, Clean-Cut, Upstanding Fellows. How clos tboso benches were pack- rd with mon, bending over the long tables absorbed In their writing! What an appeal to the sympathies those great groups of soldiers makel Fine, clean-cut, upstanding follows, some of tbom more boys, one, thinks Immediately of the sacrifice thoy have made for the rest of us and how precious pre-cious they are to some one back homo. Somewhere, In far oft farm or village or city etroet. there are parent or brothers or wives who would give all they possess for one glimpse of those sunburned faces as you and I aeo them on their last. night before going across. And It was with a throb of the heart that I watched them, bent ovor their letter paper. In one after another of those seven big tents. These were the tents of the Y. M. 0. A. On that last night In America the " association wus serving the soldiers In the boat of all waya giving thorn .an opportunity to write home. On previous nights they had enjoyed box. , Ing bouts, movies, concerts, dramatics and a score-of healthy entertainments as well as religious meetings. But on ' thla last night home ties were strong- i est. 'And perhaps that Is tho keynote . of the splendid work the Y, M. O. A. Is doing among our men In uniform keeping thrm In touch with home. Maglo Words, "With the Colors." In these times there are some letters let-ters that mean more to us tnan any we have ever road bofore. Thoy are wrltton on cheots of paper stamped with the Stars and Stripes and the red triangle or tho Y. M. O. A., and thoy bear tho magic words, "With tho Colors." Thcro are many mora than a million such letters In the malls now Voile you road this. Pertain one at least Is on Its way to you. Each on of our 16 cantonments, whero the new national army Is being trained, Is using more than a million aheats ol this paper avery month. In the draft army alone that means 11,000,000 filaments fila-ments of love every month reaching out from the great encampment where the men are being trained Into tha greatest army tils nation has aver dreamed and binding tnem to the heart at bom. Multiply that by thinking of all the other places where Unci Bam has men with the flag in navy yards, on the high seas, In arsenals arse-nals and officers' training camps and "Over There" In France. In all thess places men are writing home. Thoss unassuming tittle sheets of notepaper gladden millions of hearta a day, They transfer more lor from oas part of the world to another than statistics sta-tistics can express. Statistics are protty poor anyway when It oomes to rockonlng In terms of love and humar tenderness. Lot's put It this way That the Y. M. C. A. Is the blggost e-press e-press company the world has eve seen, and the parcel It Is handlln are the loves and devotions of humai beings. World' Best Loved Trademark. This war ha niado us think bar. and fast. Your buy or your uelgh bor's boy pr sumo boy you know am love baa boon called to do his har. In the big Job of policing tho world fo, democracy and human liberty. Is I any comfort to you to know that wher ever his duty may call him your bo will uave a friend that will serve bin. In body, mind and soul? Are you glad to know that this friend will place books and magazines at hi disposal organize classed to teach him what ov.er he wants to learn, give him l pocket testament and Invite him U Join religious meetings of the fait, that he was brought p Inl Did you realize that the association provider athletic equipment for his favorite games, teachss him games It he knowi none and holds concerts, lectures movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter talnments and every kind of wholesome whole-some amusement to keep him Interested? Interest-ed? Are you glad to know that this friend will go with him overseas, help to smew ,nim rrom a score or oiracuu and dangerous temptations and follow him right up to the from line trench and beyond ItT The last contact the soldier has with this life be love so well Is cup of tea given him by the Y. M. 0. A. free Just before he goes "over the top" to hand to hand struggle strug-gle with the enemy. And a he come tottering back from No Man's Land, wounded, but strong enough and plucky enough to keep on , his feet, even before his wounds are dresBed the Y. M. C, A. Is watting for nlm with tea and nweet chocolate, the great comforts com-forts of the man In the trenches. Do you wonder that the Red Triangle Is called "tho best loved trademark In the world T" One soldter In France ha" called It "tho last evidence that any. body cares." It every thinking citizen could see with his or her own eyes something of the actual work botng done tor our men by tho association there would be no question of the Y. M O. A, having to appeal to the public for monoy, Rathor than let this essontlal work falter for an Instant rich men would soil their motorcar, poor men would forego coveted possession or evan necessities. ne-cessities. Tha work must go on, because be-cause thr Is no on thing that contributes con-tributes so much to the spirit and efficiency ef-ficiency of the troop. The T. M. O. A. Is working night and day to help the government win this war. And very penny that is given to aid th work Is a direct assistance to th health, happiness And strength of your boy and mine. Snapshot f Kateldoeeople Work. In all the big cttlos In France wher our men pas through In large number, num-ber, th Y. M. O. A. Is operating hostels, where thoy, can get bed and meals at a minimum cost In London the American Y. XI. O. A. na erected a largo building tor our soldiers and a clubhouso for American olQcors. Thero are Y. M. C. A. dugouts right behind tho front lino trenches, whero tho soldiers can got hot drinks, crack ers and other comforts at all hours. Ovor 2,000 men who had been rejoct-ed rejoct-ed on account of physical disability, havo been able to got Into tho British army by reason ot tho physical work of the Drltlsh Y. M. O. A. A fleet ot motor cars leaves th big Y. M. O. A. headquarters in London at midnight evory night to pick, up soldiers sol-diers who are wandering about the streets without any wholesome lodging In which to spend the night Thesr cars are operated by EnglUhwomea of position and refinement, who report that they never meet any discourtesy at the hands of the soldier. Th Importance Im-portance ot this service can be estimated esti-mated by the fact that at least 60,000 soldiers are on loavo in London every week. Over half ot these sleep la Y,. M. O. A, beds every night Entertainment Vast teal. The Y. M. C. A. ha erected a big auditorium, seating 3,000, In each of the big draft camp, and bug chautau-sua chautau-sua tents, seating 2,600 In the other ncamnmanta. Tha aaaoclntion U run ning a 2j week entertainment circuit among th camp and Is paying 1 companies of entertainers, who ar traveling to SO camps performing before be-fore the men. In each ot the draft camp th Y. M. O. A. has ten secretaries engaged In educational work. The association Ij seeing to It that every man who cannot speak English Is taught to do to In many of tno camps the association asso-ciation has a kinging director, who I tnachlng tho men to sing the popular end martial airs that do so much to keep up their spirits. Of 84 Y. M. C. A. men at Camp Dlx only three are being paid full salaries. sal-aries. In all the camps the majority of the Y. M C. A. mon have left lucrative lucra-tive position to do this work simply because Ita appeal Is Irresistible to any red blooded man. Harry iLamteT the famous Scotch slngor and comedian, come-dian, now on his farewell concert tour la th United States, Is giving all his spare time to tho service of the association asso-ciation and Is singing to the soldier at all the camps he can reach. ' In one of the draft camp the Y..M. O. A. Is supervising athletic on 120 playing Belds, providing full athletic enipmeat' The winner of the Inter-regimental Inter-regimental game will play th champion cham-pion of the other camps. On ot the greatest services rendered render-ed by the association Is tk snaking iBBflslBBBBBW'SEsflP A Red Triangle Dugout In th Tranche. obt ot money order by which tbesaea can send their pay home to their fa-tiles. fa-tiles. In some ot the big camps th Y. M. C. A. Is providing banking iacU Itlea for the men a well. Do Your Bit Wit!, a Tenner. This month (November) the Y. M O. A. must raise 135,000,000 to carry on Its work1 among oar soldiers and their allies until next July. Of thlf $35,000,000 about $24,000,000 will b spent on the work with our own troopf or about $10 tor every man In Unci Sam's uniform. If everybody who ha received letters from soldiers and sail ors were to contribute $10 the task, would bo easy. Are your boy's health and happiness and clean soul worth $10 to yout Your town mayor, your pastor, yotu school superintendent will know who . is the treasurer ot the campaign- com mlttee in your county or town. 6th er wise send a check or money order to Cleveland II. Dodge, treasurer, 124 East Twenty-eighth street, New York city, Only sacrificial giving by millions of givers will make possible the continuance contin-uance ot this vaat work for Americas) aoldleni and tor ttcw ml ma aJtUa. 4 - |