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Show SALE OF SMILEAGE BOOKSJMIS Encouraging Reports Received Re-ceived From Various Parts of State. While no official figures have yet been compiled as to the sale of Smileage books In Salt Lake, Fred. C. Schramm, director of tho campaign in the lntermountain country, said last night the sale is gratifying grati-fying and the people of this city are showing show-ing the proper patriotic spirit in the S mileage campaign, as they have in every other effort in connection with the war's progress. Splendid reports were received yesterday yester-day from various parts of the state and leaders in the drive from all sections express ex-press the belief that more than the quota amount of sales will be recorded from every village, town and hamlet in Utah when the final tabulation is made. Mr. Schramm received a report from Denver yesterday that more tiian $1200 worth of Smileage books had been sold in that city during the past two days. In the appeal which has been sent out by the national headquarters at Washington Wash-ington every citizen of the country is asked to buy at least one Smileage book, even if it is only the dollar book with twenty coupons. This is urged upon the people as a duty, just as expressive of loyalty and patriotism as the purchase of a Liberty bond and just aa necessarj' as contributing to the Red Cross fund, that the soldier may live in a cheerful and happy environment until the time he is called upon to enter the trenches to engage in real fighting for those who are left at home. If possible every person is urged to buy a -$o book, containing 1O0 coupons. To the coupon the soldier need add but from 10 to 25 cents to secure a seat at a theatrical performance or concert which, ordinarily, would cost a dollar or two. I The Smileage campaign is a part of the programme laid out by the military 1 entertainment council to provide amuse-! amuse-! ment for the soldiers so that they may not be attracted by the vicious temptations tempta-tions of the cities near their training cantonments. Under the leadership of the country's most prominent theatrical purvevora, theatrical companies, orchestras, entertainers enter-tainers and lecturers are being gathered into a huge organization which will "play the circuit" ot Liberty theaters for the exclusive amusement and entertainment of the men in the national service. It is a splendid idea and one worthy of the support of every man and woman. It has solved the problem of giving the soldiers the moral fitness for war which is as essential as their physical fitness |