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Show SI5,10 YET 10 RAISE FOR nil Subscriptions Drop Be-. Be-. low Standard Hoped For - by Solicitors, but Pros- . "ects Are Encouraging 1 I K i"T A i' r" "v,'r tl"' toP I liy" Monday,"" IX'opiP of Halt ,akc and the slate must .pive more ponrrously to the united - nsr work arnpninn. Special nmimlttm are out today striving to emphatically Impress thia fart upon . a number of persona who have donated Irni than Ihclr ahare. At the luncheon of the canvaaalnic committees held yeaterdny in the Commercial club the reporta turned In were nut whet thoee In charge of the ' drive had hotwd for. Tt waa explnlned that many men. hud bIvimi" a t(ieili deal leea than had been expected, and leaa than thej onuld afford. However, the pronreaa reported waa In nowlae dlwroMraclne:. Out of a quora of ftoe.OOA 1'lah haa I r- ratmd 5tiT?r. Ieav4 practically "' . II7S.00 yet to be gathered In. It " - haa 'been earneatly requeated that Vtah'e record ahow an overaubacrtp-,'t overaubacrtp-,'t tlon by the end of the drive and, to accompllah whnt la her duty, thla muHt be done. LARGE SUBSCRIPTIONS, i . - Several larae aubecrlptlnna were reported re-ported yeeterday. the moat BHtlafac-"v BHtlafac-"v tory one from the viewpoint of the amount fnvolved betne: that handed ' ' In by the Orem corporation committee tinder R. C. Gemmell. Mr. Oemmell reported that the Utah Topper com-" com-" pany had auhacrlbed 150.01)0. Other donatlnne were reported aa foltowa: Continental Oil company, J1600: flt , American ftmeltlnir and Refining .' .' company. I70O0; I'tah Power and Light company, tiooo, and Interna- tlonal Kmeltlne; company. 92SOO. Com- mltteea alao reported donatlona from the 1"tah Oil Refining company. 11000: C W. Nlbley, $1000: t'tah Fuel com-, com-, r, . panv, t?500, and Frank J. Hagen- berth. $1000. WOMEN DO THEIR SHARE. The women's committee, who have bad charge of the booths In the depart - I hieM Morel and notela. Were HiWM'lHMy . enthusiastic over the success of their1 organisation. Up to date they have I ' ,' raised f 10.545, far exceeding their . . . quota. ttev. P. A. Rlmpkin made a stirring address at the luncheon, effectively explaining ex-plaining the vital necessity forsthls fund, even though peers has come. In part. Mr. Hlmpkin said: 4,If the people of Utah wish their ' boys lo come back sound In body snd mind, morally clean snd fk to become ' fathers of future generations, they must give to this fund and give generously. gen-erously. DUTiia or pricr " " "f ns that peace haa come, our duly to t hose boys over there becomes greater than ever. The dangers confronting con-fronting them cannot e too greatly - emphasised Keleased from exciting action, their minds and oodles will re-1s re-1s x. Naturally they will need amuse-menPand amuse-menPand diversion, recreation That wilt be wholesome and astlsfylng. - "Hold t era In the front line trenches have as yet received no leaves of absence, ab-sence, but they will all now be granted that privilege. And leaves of absence for all the troops will become more frequent. John H, Matt reports that the T. M C. A, the Knights of Columbus, Colum-bus, the Salvation Army and the Jewish Jew-ish Welfare Board will have to provide entertainment ff at leaat ISO.OiHI soldiers sol-diers a week. This meana that facilities facili-ties for entertainment will have to be , v . enormously increased. And unless theae facilities can be provided, many . m. ' of the boys will seek their entertsin-" entertsin-" ment elsewhere In surroundings that " ' wtll corrupt and demoralise them. It to our moral duty to see that this ts not so-r-to provide the funds that will Insure the wholesome diversion neces-ary.- coNFrrri buttons. especially emphatic was "Tarson hVtmpkin In his denunciation of those he termed "confetti button wearers." Members of his committee, he explained, ex-plained, had reported that many peo- pie who bought small amounts of con- ' r ' fettl cm Monday snd obtained buttons. - were) hiding behind these buttons now, j refusing to contribute further to lbs , fund. . "There sre altogether ton many confetti con-fetti button wearers." said Mr. Htmp-kln. Htmp-kln. "These we must go after, for they are the ones who are frequently must able to give lo this worthy fund. Another luncheon. It wss announced., ' will be held Friday noon at the t'om -, merclal club for all workers. It Is f hoped that at that lima Utah will be mCrr.nr1'janVr. Jl!tlaal2Clisais.ls-aaaaiaila- |