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Show ' BOYS SHOULD IE RECEIVED Sergeantorge Duncan McLeod, in charge of tho Ogden recruiting office for the United States army for the past year, has written a farewell article ar-ticle for the Ogden Standard prior io his entrance into active duty and in it he takes occasion to remind the good folks of this city of several virtues and faults they possess. It follows: "Now that I am relieved from duty at Ogden, I can place before the public a- thought that has been on my mind for some time, but owing to the fact that I did not want the public to think that I was looking for something for nothing for myself, I have kept quiet on the subject. "In civil life part of my work is promoting publicity and boosting and the fact that I am in the army does not take my desire away to boost. In this article I wish to boost the soldier, the sailor, the marine and the city of Ogden. "This city probably has on an average aver-age of five soldiers or sailors visit it per day, who have time to wander nway from the depot. Now what do you do for the men who have a few hours to spend in your city? What do you do to make them boost Ogden? It is true that our canteen workers do all in their power to entertain the boys. We have a few good citizens who pick the boys up in their cars and take them for a sight-seeing trip. Some go as far as to take them to their homes and entertain them. But I do not think that there are more than a dozen citizens in Ogden who do that Make Them Welcome. "Now there are two classes of amusement that I have in mind that I think should be free to soldiers in cities cit-ies where there is not an army post. Why not have a sign in front of your moving picture theater reading, 'This Show Admits Soldiers and Sailors Free. Welcome to Our City, Walk In.' It will cost the management very little and it will be a good ad for your show house as well as for your city. "And then when a dance is given, pass a uniform in free, and by doing so you will be entertaining a man who may never return to his native land alive, and if he does return ho may never bo able to dance, as his limbs may be gone. He may not be able to see a picture show: he may return sightless. And on the other hand, if you entertain these boys, they are bound to tell the story at some time and remarks like this will be heard then, 'Why, when 1 stopped off at Ogden, Og-den, Utah, the .people were so patriotic they would not tako my money. Picture Pic-ture shows were free, dances were free, etc." What will it mean? It means a boost for your city and a larger population. pop-ulation. Not Stinginess. "Remember some of these hoys draw as low as $5 and 56 per month. Now I know it is not. tightness or stinginess stin-giness on the part of the lodges or picture houses. They simply have not thought of tho plan. "Mr. Pcery of the Ogden theater has at different times sent me a number of passes by mail and asked me to give them to the boys, which I have done, and I do not think ho lost any money by it. But he has received many a kind word and good wish for his thought-fulness. thought-fulness. I Two-price" Outlaws. "There are some dealers who have two prices; one for civilians and a higher one for soldiers. Just recently one of the canteen workers forced a dealer on Twenty-fifth street to return re-turn a soldier money after over-charging him. If you must have two prices give the service man your lowest price. i Carry. a-Soldler Fakers. j "This is my farewell article to the good people of Ogden so one more shot ! before I close. - " ) "There is many an autoist who has the 'Carry a Soldier' sign on his car who simply put it on the windshield because it was a new fad, but whoso eyesight has been so poor that he could not see a soldier. I know, not from hearsay, but by experience, as I tried it. out just before I wrote this article. I went up on the hill and stood In the road and seventeen cars went by with vacant seats. The eighteenth eigh-teenth stopped. 1 was not going any-' where. I merely wanted to find out if it was possible" to get a free ride. I Jo not want the public to misunderstand me. I know there are a number of auto owners without the sign who will carry a soldier every chance they, have but there are a number of fak-j ers in our little city who should ro-i move the sign from their cars. "It pays to advertise. Boost, don't knock. If some one tells you that wo are having frightful weather, put on a big smile and say it will be better tomorrow. to-morrow. In reading this article bear in mind one thing it is not the cost so, much, it is the spirit which counts. "Trusting my next article for the Ogdcn Standard will bo from Francej I and my second from Berlin." |