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Show HASTE THEE, GENTLE SMOKE CBITIUTOS Sammies Are Famishing for Weed; Let's Make Haste to Avoid Waste. Tou know the maxim, "Make haste slowly." It is an effective maxim ' when applied to certain things. In most cases of personal achievement the man who has reached the top has slowly built a substantial foundation upon" which to erect his splendid superstructure super-structure of accomplishment. In most realms of human endeavor it is advisable to make progress slowly because be-cause a man ':an thereby the better study his means to advancement, and few opportunities op-portunities are likely to escape him. Slow progress is thus efficient progress. But when we come to the matter of ihe tobacco fund, the efficacy o the maxim is lost. In the case of the tobacco fund note the execption to the rule. Here we And that the exact opposite holds true. And we are led, perforce, in consideration considera-tion for truth, to alter tho time-honored adage in this manner, -Make haste swiftlv." In point of real fact we can t make haste too swiftly when we undertake to assemble a large collection of silver dollars dol-lars with which to purchase smokes ior the fighting Sammies overseas. We cannot give too much rein to our speedy predispositions to send in donations dona-tions to the tobacco fund. We cannot act too much in contradictions contra-dictions to the moral of the bewhlskered saving above referred to. The farther we get from the meaning of the maxim, the gTeater success we shall achieve in our specific endeavor. We must speed up. Wo must get a move on. Above all, we must not allow our efforts ef-forts to abate an iota in providing tobacco to-bacco for the men in the trenches. The. best time to act is always in the living present. NOW! Address your contributions direct to the Tobacco Fund, Tribune, Salt Lake City. |