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Show OUR FRIENDS, THE GOUSERS. Tommio Vtkins, Esq , here of a thou- sand wonderful events on the battle-llnea battle-llnea of the allied armies, is creative I in his stolidity. Since 1914 he has created cre-ated many things which have held the .world safe for liberl. One ot Uh leaser lea-ser creations of Tommie is the term "grousing." A "grouser" is the chap that is ever kicking and railing and questioning and complaining. Ili.s type has pretty well been stamped out in the British fighting fight-ing lines. Tommie. Esq.. had other things too important to be interfered with by the "grousers " Therefore he ' put the drastic ban on the "grouser." Here in America we Still na'v e the "grouser" with us. In our cood nat-ured, nat-ured, easy-going recklessness we have permitted the ' grouser" to play the busy little bee role in day and out since war was declared against the Hun The grouser here has been unable to do anything else but mosquito-like annoy an-noy L'ncle Sam. The pestiferous animal ani-mal irritates he doesn't vitally injure. in-jure. But nevertheless it is about time he i called to strict accountability. Ii Is an insidious form of unfaithfulness unfaithful-ness to the American people It, to an extent, besmirches the unity of tho American people to the war cause of the nation It is just prevalent enough to create doubt, fear and indecision in the minds of those unable to grasp the meaning of the titanic clash across the seas. The merican people are patient, but once aroused possess a kick that far transcends the virtues inherent in the kick of Maud, that mule of the cartoonist's car-toonist's fancv, whose deeds are known to every reading American. If jour rtail crosses that of a "grouser" treat him with that sort of dispatch which Tommie Atkins, Esq., used m extinguishing him in the battle bat-tle trenches. Uncle Sam is too busy with big things these days to be pestered by grousing. If you can't help the old Kentleman any other way, help in this. It Is a useful service. . n r |