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Show . 1 I tlt tltIr /Ir Ir ' / " . Kathleen Norris S SIt r rxS xS " } Jmv tv r 4Can 4 . /It It / . Can You Do It ? " 'J J ' BeD 0.11 011 . 87radloaw-WNU 87radloaw WNU Syadteaa-WNU Syadteaa - - Features . . . &un un & . . . ; r 1 . : . I Ir IFit rT r Fit 1 1ttr4iy ttr4iy , } TA The _ lour ollhem othem o/ o / them Uved lived Uvedwicla livedwith wicla with .ea ea great " . . gaiety , alII ' " and COUTIif eourec . and end infinite I1Ifinl . adventures dventur . . By KATHLEEN NORRISCAN NORRIS NORRISAN AN you write your sol sol- soldier soldieror soltit - CAN dier--or dier or dier-or - dier - or aailor satlor sailor or marine ma- ma marine rna-- rna rnarine - , , tit titdieror - rine or airman-that airman that airmanthatute airmanthatlife airman - thatlife ute life ia is going to be wonderful wonderfulfor wonderfulfor wonderfulfor for him when he conies comes home ? Can you truthfully tell him himthat himthat himthat that all is aerene serene at home , allsmall allsmall all allmall small mall frictions amoothed smoothed outeverything out , everything going well , andeveryone and andeveryone andeveryone everyone waiting W81ting for the glo glo- $1o- $1o 1o glorious glorious $1oPious $ - rious Pious news of the peace that thatwill thatwill thatwill will bring him back ' Are you making definite definitepostwar definitepostwar definitepostwar postwar plans for him , so sothat sothat othat that if he has always dreamed dreamedof of being an engineer , or an anairman anairman anairman airman , or a doctor , themeans the themeans themeans means and the way will wtll beready be beready beready ready for him ? Are you watching national nationallegislaUon nationallegislation nationallegislation legislaUon legislation closely , . se 10 so that you can canwrite canwrite canwrit write * your congressman urging the thepassage thepassage thepassage passage of this bill bUl or asking asklnl the theauppressioo thesuppression thesuppression auppressioo suppression of that ? Are you out of debt . , and puttingbonds putting puttingbond puttingbonds bond bonds . safely toto into ( nto that Uttle llttJe title depositbox depositbox deposit ' box at the bank . , so 10 that when hcornea be he becomes hecomes * comes home be he will have bave a littlenestegg llttJe little llttJenestegg littlenestegg nestegg that will enable him to takea take a . breathing breatbJna spell IpeU when be he b * is II bonor honor bonorably honorably honorably ably discharged from the lIernce tiervice serviceA ? A nestegg that will spare him the thebitter thebitter thabitter bitter humiliation humlUaUon of job lob hunting huntingamong huntingamong buntingamong among the luckier fellow fellows * who bad had badflat hadflat hadflat flat feet leet or bad eyes eye * and so could could.tay couldstay couldstay .tay tay stay . safe at bome borne bom * and progress In Intheir intheir Intheir their jobs lobs from trom promotion to pro pro- promotion promotion promotiop - motion motiop while he waa was saving laving thecivilization thecivilization the thecivllJzation civllJzation civilization of the world ? Do you writa write him all your petty pettytroubles pettytroubles pettytroubles troubles ? That everyone hsa has flu fluthat fluthat u uthat that Papa Is worried about tha the doc doc- doe doctors doctors - . tors s 8 bill that his hla wife pretty little littleBetsy littleBetsy litUBetsy * Betsy who cried so .0 0 . hard when he hewent hewent hwent * went away . seems .eems eems to be b having apretty a apretty apretty pretty good time with the boys from trom tromcamp fromcamp , camp that you have to mov move andBIT and andChere andthere Chere there * isn Ian t anywhere to go that evcryon ev everyone everyone eryone * hopea hopes that this thla senseless warsoon war waraoon warsoon aoon soon will be b * over It won t accom accompUsh accompush accompllsh pUsh anything anythlna anyway and that hisold his hisold hisold old chum Tom baa has bas been made one oneof oneof onof * of the bank a s . vice presidents Imag tmag ImagIne tmagins irnagine Ine ins that at 311Women 911Women 311 911 311Women Women actually do write letters lettersUke letterslike letterslik Uke like that More Mote than one heartsick heartsick.homesick heartsickhomesick , . , homesick , , mosquito-bitten mosquito bitten - - - swamp-soaked swamp soaked Iwamp swamp- swamp swampsoaked . - .oaked oaked soaked . boy has hal aent lent sent such luch letters tome to tome tome me with comment comments commenta * that ask ask , . , some some- sometimes someUrnes sometimes - - times Urnes in extremely violent termswhat terms termswhat termswhat what the heck ? ' . Any woman who writes such let- let letters letters let letters - - ters belonga belongs to the Fifth Column ColumnWhat Columnwhat ColumnWhat What those boys ought to hear Is Isthat isthat that we are proud of them down to tothe tothe toth the last fiber of our minds .ouls ouls souls . soulsand . , and bodies that cruel and aggressiv aggres aggres.Ive aggresgive .Ive Ive give . nations natiolUl must learn that theymay they theymay theymay may neither torture their own peo peo- peoples people peoples - - ples ple . nor swarm like pirates over theborders theborders the theborden borden borders of p peaceable aceable countries and andthat andthat andthat that they-our they our they - - our boys boy * . are teaching teachingthem teachingthem teachingthem them that lesson . , , swiftly sw1ftl7 , . decisively decisivelyand , . 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It ' It's Its ' . a temporary temporar ) ' soluLion . aolu.tlon aolutlon .01utlon - . tlon Lion of that bitter problem that cosour cOS * ' our men such ucb humiliation bumllla tlon after thelast the thelast thelast last war warThere warThere warThere There were men hi in m uniform asking ask askInl asktrig Inl trig you huskily hUSk y tor for far money tor for a cup cupof cupof 01 of co coffee cotfee 'ee ee ' . , after the la Isst last st war h ii : iiEngland IEEngland Enlland England . , , all over Europe-yea Europe yea Europe-yes yes Europe - - ye , . aDO ano aDOhere anohere anohere here , . too tow . . Some of them wore decorations dec deco decorations ( ) rations ratlonl some om * were wer crippled . . Is I * YOUl your YOUlboy yourboy yomboy boy , . after this war going golna to be b * OWl ens ensof OWlo1themT owof o1themT of them ? |