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Show TIRED OF Sill Are you tired of saving food? Tired of making bread from Hour you neycr used before, tired of going without sugar, tired ot having to say, "I caa't; It's againsturulcs of conservation?" Yes, ana there are others who nio tired. TUf British Tommy and the French pbllu are tired ot four years In muddy trenches. The pitiful "army of civilians behind the lines" is llrrcd of Hun servitude. Some ot our own American boys may bo growing just a trifle tired of bclngSOOO miles away from home with no immediate proa-.pect proa-.pect of return. No one hears a murmur from across the water about the fatigue fa-tigue that lies heavy upon the whole allied world. They are out to win. They may drop for a moment, but there is always "the second wind" which never fails to come. Here at home are persons who complain com-plain of being tired of their share In the war when that share is merely judicious eating. Thoy long for peace as a time of bountiful food, as if more food in the future were the only thing for which millions of men have given their lives. Grim, determined and uncomplaining uncomplain-ing the American soldiers and sailors go about their Job. War to them Is a task, an opportunity, a duty, so why complain? The morale of this army of ours is dependent on the strength of those at home. A whisper of complaint goes far and grows louder as it resounds across the Atlantic. Imagine the thoughts of a soldier standing kneo-deup in trench mud with shells bursting all around him. when ho reads in a letter from America, Amer-ica, "We are feeiing the war now. We get no more than two pounds of sugar each month, and I have not seen wheat bread for weeks." Feeling the war? Well, perhaps. But not the way the women of northern France are feeling it. The strong chain which pulls for victory must not be weakened by a single link of complaint. com-plaint. The rules for saving are noi unreasonable. Remember there are those in thi3 world who are really i tired and are too brave to say so. |