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Show The Treasure Ship. i i i fri i - 4 Within a few days there will sail from an Atlantic port the most wonderful ship that ever left the Ameri can shore. It is not a great battleship, a triumph of millions in wealth, and the creation of a tho.isand men's minds and muscles. It is not a priceless cargo of human lives a trans-i trans-i port carrying.jiew treasures of youth and manhood to the , far-flung battle line. It is no rich freighter of commerce, heavy with i grains, gold, fabrics, machines, metals, all the wealth of mine and field and factory Great and glorious though s"ch ships be, they are as unmeaning toys beside this shi;) now setting sail the .Treasure Ship of America ladia from bow to stern. from keel to funnel tip with low, and happiness, and golden dreams ! It is the Christmas ship, freighted with the deep, pure, selfless love of women hurrying to the yearning, reverent love of men. Prom every corner of tlte nation is being gathered the precious cargo. For weeks and months it lived only in the derams of mothers, wives, sweethearts and sisters planning and contriving its riches. Then the dreams took form in small economies and , shining self sacrifices that meant more dimes and dollars for the filling of thqjl parcel for the soldier. There was 1 a joyful flurry of shopping and stitching, and then, when I the wonderful boxes Uncle Sam himself had made for the (Christmas kite arrived and the Rod Cross passed them , ou4 to caer hands, what a redoubled flutter there was, and what marvels of packing, fitting, selection ejection were accomplished in getting so much into such a tiny space. M But at length the strange, wonderful cargo is nearly M ready. More than two million three-pound packages will M make up the treasure cargo, and as tho Tornsure Ship M sails away for France tho throbbing of its engines will M become as the heart beats of tho women with whose love M and labor it is laden and all around it, as it slips through JM the dark, cold water toward the waiting men in France B will hover a guarding, guiding spirit that is almost palpa SEp ble light the light of love which is both human and di- W$ vine. Salt Lake Telegram. gj |