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Show piTfis cone in FOJIWE , Real Campaign for War 1 Work Funds to . Begin Next Friday; Forces Are Well Organized I AVril()r(;H the united war work drive ilooa not oom-- oom-- lurnee in full. ffr intU-text Friday, donations are already mining in rapidly through the pledge rarda mailed out, and donors ara even coins In paraon to the Commercial Com-mercial club to make their con trlbutfona. Pperlal emphasis la belnK laid by C'Uy Chairman Krank S. Murphy on I the Mr advantage ' to te gained by making donations 1n this way Instead of waiting for solicitors ttQrnake a liereonal call. I n wnmn I wit m tn hhv "in 1 already well organized under the direction di-rection of Mrs. A. J. (inrham. Mra. t;orham announcea that arrangements hax-e been made to establish bootha In the big department stores and hotels HIW1 rnat these booths will re open ' Krltliiy morning, the day the .drive starta. Booths will be lfcated In Auerharh's. Z. C M. !.. Keith-I O'Brien's, Cohn's. Walker Brothers I snfl the Paris Millinery. Hotel Utah and Newhouse hotel. SPLtNDID WORK. In spite of the nearneaa of pesce H te fully expected that the $l?t.OO.OO0 (sought for In the drive, to be expended ex-pended by the Y. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A., Knights of Columbus. Salvation Army, .lewiah welfare board snd" American Uhrary association and -war com j m unity aervlce, will be raised well I within the wek allotted for the drive. I The work beang done In France by ! such organizations aa the Y. M. C. A. , is eloquently pictured in a letter from Premier Clemenceau of France. He speaka of the "foyers du so I da t" or huts msintained by the Y. M. C. A-for A-for French soldiers, and says: PREMIER'S TRIBUTE. "It gives me great pleasure to testify my profound appreciation and that of the entire French army to the work that has ten accomplished by the foyer du eoldat of the Franco-American Franco-American union. Your foyera, constantly, con-stantly, established In Increaaing numbers, num-bers, as great at the front as In the rear, have rendered our soldiers most highly appreciated aervlce. "Thanks to your efforts, 'our children chil-dren have found In your midst a center of distraction and comfort. In every way that waa possible, with touching delicacy and unceasing de-' votlon, the foyer du sol da t haa succeeded suc-ceeded In replacing the foyer ( hearth of the family. With all my heart I thank the Y. M. C. A. for the precious aid that they have brought to the armlea of the entente In the common fight against the enemy. Their work hss In no small degree supported the morale of our armies, and thus have gloriously associated themselves' In the common work that ahall bring about owe victory! 1 desire to Join my most sincere wishes for the' unqualified un-qualified success of the financial campaign cam-paign which you are newly commencing com-mencing with the view to the development develop-ment and support of your work." |