Show Helping to Win the War Ad Advice Adrice C to Americans Between the A Ages Ace of 16 and 21 21 BY GEORGE ADE ADES S This Is a rt letl letter r to the fortunate ones who ten years cars from now will be enjoying en en- n- n V. V the benefits of what all future Ac V histories will call ll the Great war b. b c You lou the girls o of sweet sixteen and aud slightly upward and the boys who are getting ready rendy to vote Tote will know more about this I war when you are t gA plump an and middle middle- uld lc- lc aged than one can possibly know this year car When the dust has cleared away awny and the large events of the war can bo be seen from a distance then you will understand understand understand un un- that the Issues involved had to be fought out that the United States had to take part that the task we are arenow arenow arenow now undertaking had to be pushed Let us hope that each ench of you can cansay cansay sa say twenty years from now I HI was young at the time but I knew what the war meant and I helped Not all nIl of the heroes are In the trenches V To prove that brave men remain at home here hero am I a hardened case-hardened bachelor bachelor bachelor bach bach- elor venturing to give advice to young women ever everyone one of whom knows all nil about the war or at least about one young oung man who has marched out to win the warNo war No need to tell them to knit They are knitting Why hy whisper to them to beware of slackers The poor slacker already already already al al- ready has felt the scorn of their glances Perhaps some hints may be tabulated tabulated tabu tabu- In the methodical style so dear to professors Efi Efficiency or soldiers at nt the front and I in Inthe the training camps is dependent ent upon V a Physical welfare resulting from comfortable garments and sensible attentions attentions attentions at at- provided by young wom women n between the ages of sixteen and t ty b Mental calm Induced by the knowledge that all the girls at home will postpone definite arrangements until the soldiers come back Cc c Spiritual exaltation encouraged by the occasional receipt of letters letter from young ladies ladles between en the ages of ot sixteen and twenty From the above analysis it becomes evident that the successful prosecution of the war is not dependent upon the president ent an and cabinet or orV V even upon the council of national defense but upon Flora and Elsie and Agnes and J Jessie essie Jess e. e Dont Don't let anyone tell you that war warIs warIs waris Is strictly a business proposition We Ve cant can't win the war unless the thu ban bands s play and the girls wave wave their handl handkerchiefs The French weep a little and kiss one another on each cheek and sing the Marseillaise and then they are rea ready y to capture some more trenches Repressed emotions sometimes turn sour soul Dont Don't be ashamed to let your enthusiasm float publicly to the breeze I You never saw a a. football team advance advance ad ad- vance the ball unless It was getting encouragement from the girls on the side lines Now for the boys hoys Perhaps you have heard about th the Working Reserve It has been carefully organized ander under un an- der del government supervision It has receIved received received re re- re- re the official Indorsement of the president The whole plan is working out successfully wherever It Is under under- stood The trouble Is that some of the bose and some of the parents are still a n little doubtful regarding enlistment because they dont don't know how much macli of an obligation is assumed Here Herc is the plan in a nutshell Thousands Thousands Thou Thou- sands of enlisted and selected men have gone to the training camps It may be that thousands more will go next year These men are being called from factories and workshops nn and farms s. s Every cry factory and and andery every ery farm must muse continue 1 ir lr we arc toren to ren render er full service to our faithful allies allies al al- al lies during the war How flow can we fill the places of the young men who have bave gone away to fight We Ve must rely upon the tho boys who are old oid enough and husky enough to work but who are still too young oung for military service I So here Is a trumpet call for all nil city bo boys s and town bo boys s 's between the ages of sixteen and twenty one Prove Provo your patriotism and help your our country by Jumping in and doing the work of ot a soldier who has gone to the front Go to the recruiting officer and enlist for tor the Boys Boys' Working Reserve Then when you are called upon go and mal make mako o good in the job assigned to you and win your ur me medal al and umI wear It and be proud of ot It Doesn't your our common sense and your our knowle knowledge ge of addition and subtraction subtraction sub sub- traction tell you OU that If It we su suddenly enly take or more men right out of or the productive Industries of ot this tills country we must either find a n million men to take their places or else elso go short on production The boys between sixteen and ty-one ty can cnn and will supply the shortage shortage shortage short short- age of man num There will be bea a a loud calt for tor then In In 1918 and tl they eI must mut Q t answer er the call 3 V V 4 |