Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-26 | Page 10 | Give Phonographs and Records to U. S. Men

GIVE-PHONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS TO U.SJEN Salt Lake Urged to Hear Appeal lor. More Music Every bait Lake dtlsen who Is desirous of me king the lot of the American soldier or sailor more pleasant la Invited to send phonographs, record a, or both, to the music mu-sic section of ths Ladies' Literary club of Salt lake. The club women are organising a local branch of the national phonograph records recruiting corps, which la conducting a gigantic campaign for phonographs and recorda for the men tn camps and on ship. "lraft your alacksr recorda," la the slog a n of the corpst Slacker records are found In nearly every home. They are I the records that are the least played and lean be spared without appreciable sac- riflre. If only these slacker records sr con-! con-! trlbuted. It Is pointed out, the sailors and soldiers will be sure of a huge supply. , Hut there is nothing to prohibit tha sending send-ing of phonograph records that are fresh from the music dealer a The week leginnlng today and ending ; November is to be known ss "Slacker Records Week." The local committee hoites for a generous response from Halt Lake cttlaens. "Music makes morale, says Vivian Burnett, author and composer, chairman of the recruiting corpe. "In the training camps, on transports and battleships snd in the dugouts and hospitals phonographs .are making men happy and cheerful. But in hundreds of places records and machines ma-chines have been played until they are worn out. "Thousands of appeals for rorde and machlnea have been received. From men on the water we receive the most urgent requests. From overseas coma requests from men In dugouts, camps, hospitals and convalescent homes. "A million recorda will only begin to aatlafy the demand. Aa the tirst contributions contri-butions wear out. others must be contributed con-tributed to take their places."