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Show THE WAR COMFORTS CAMPAIGN Jt'fs not enough to arm and clothe the soldjers, nd provide them with all the munitions an dengineery of war. They are, not mere .machines. They are human beings, our own dearest ones who are suffering and dying for us. The Christian Associations, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare board, and other organizations for which the war work canvass is now to be made, are absolutely ab-solutely essential to the success" of our armies as a fighting force. Morale is everything orr-the battle field. The soldier sol-dier who is lonely, homesick, discouraged "is a poor fighter. But you take him down to one of those blessed huts where brave and self sacrificing sacri-ficing fellows will see that he is warmed and fed and cheered up, and he is another anoth-er man. The men come in almost wrecks after the strain of the fighting and the sight of suffering and death. They are Unstrung and not' masters of themselves, i The transformation wrought in the huts is something marvelous. The handshake the comradeship, the cheerful bit of music, mu-sic, the ford of counsel and friendship, these tone a manup and he is himself again. Now he can go out and fight.' The work of these organizations is not merely of great military value,' but it keeps the men to a high moral standard. Formerly wars were demoralizing to the character of 'the soldiers, and many of them returned forever corrupted by enfeebling en-feebling vices. The various 'huts stand for the clean, manly soldier life, arid they wll lreturn our boys to us physically and morally better than they were when they left. .. As it is going to need $170,500,000 to carry on this war comfort work, it is manifest that everyone has got to go pretty.deep into his pocket. It is ho time for the little gifts we Ordinarily make to home charities. lb Bk aM |
