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Show A TIME FOR IHj J CHARITY IB Pcoplo Interested In charitable II j Vork Bay thoro will bo many appeals H ; for holp during tho coming winter. Business has been very spotty. It I '" feverish In towns that supply an-Iffi an-Iffi thing usable by soldiers, Hat In oth-KM oth-KM I. 'l'ltc f.ict that men working on SiPJ ...my blankets nro -getting time and fa hn"f for overtime does not help tho worker who Is thrown out of a Job ,, j liccauso of tho shutting up of Ger- i :'" I ! . i 1 1 1 j man trade. 1 IP j " With hungo.- abroad, lavish oxpon- js I riiturcs for luxuries appear moro than j EG , over heaitless. It Is truo that nun- F ; dreds of dollars spent on flowers or i j fancy Ices for Fome Croesus banquet ' m I ' may put money In circulation and i ff ' J Blvu cmployinont Also they would 'i ' ' I put just as much money In circular P Hon, If thoy woro dovoted to buying i,ft f (. flour and fuel for dostltuto people. H ; And tho thought of tho gift would bo if a lasting satisfaction. i fivj : W& ' Tho lnconcelvablo suffering of tho Rjl j pcoplo of llolglum and other Europ- II; ) ' can countries ought not to bo over i f j I 1 looked. It Is difficult to roalizo the V 1 ' ! f . conditions thnt thcro provall. In tho ! . . ' silent peace of our rural autumn i upene3, In tho busy murmur of Indus E , trial cities, It Is hard to realize that B ! anything exceptional or tragic Is Imp- j pcnliig elsowhcro. 81 Yet but u Bhort Journey from our BB I 0 L t,horcs, thousands of men are dally Ej L (.creaming In death travail. Thol? k wives and children nro homeless, and 1 1' In tho words of tho Good Hook, "des- i lltute, afflicted, tormented." 1 i A strong tlo still binds tho United i I ' States to Europe. Thoy have given 1 ' 1 ! v their most active young men ' n J. ling by digging our ditches nnd S I i reaping our harvests, thov aro climb- ti , lag up to positions of substantial achievement. Tho prosperity thoy M helped bring us has drained tho vital fJ I lly of tho old country. In Kuropo's H II01"" of agony It Is but flttlng that :J fcomo generous return should flow M back. ,. , H |