Show Million Letters In the Malls Today Bearing Dearing Magic Words With the tho Colors I Keynote of the Splendid Work the Y YMCA M. M C. C A. A Does Among Our Men In Uniform is Keeping Them In Touch With the Folks at Home STAMPED WITH STARS STAllS AND STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE Multifarious Way in Which th the to Your Boj BOl Your Neighbors Neighbor's Boy or Some Borne Boy You Know how and Love Lon a Helpful Environment in Cantonment on Way Overseas in Front Line Trench and Beyond Beyond First to Aid aa I He Com Tottering Back Give Back Give Your Share of the Required to Accomplish This Thi Last Evidence That Somebody Cu T was WAI on Oil tbs broad 71 Hempstead Plain Long Island i I I where tile the wu WAI ape spending Us last night before embark embarking embar I ing for for France It had been raining i hard la lit the afternoon afternoon-a a cold steady deady autumn downpour downpour and and there was wu nothing to suggest the rainbow In tn tile the outward aspect of the camp Lines lInel and nd line linea ot of sodden canvas housed men gathered from 27 different state The ground was dotted with po pools la and quagmires Under the wet canvas it wai was damp and cold with a penetrating chill Lit b by flickering candles the tents were far from cheerful cheer ful tul shelter for a mans man's last night In Ills native land But there were seven big hili tents I where electric lights numbers n an and i friendliness made the night pleasant ant I I i I i least Is lion on Its wa way to you rou Eton Each on one ot of our It 18 cantonments where the new armr Is II being trained III Is II using more than a million sheet o ot thU paper every nerr month In the draft am army alone that means filaments fila ments ot of lore every month reaching out from the great encampment the men are being trained Into the greatest army this tha nation has ever lVer dreamed and binding to the hearts at home Multiply that b by thinking of all the other places where Uncle Sam has hu men with the flag flag flag- flagIn In navy yards on the high seas leu In arsenals arse nals and officer training camps campi andOver and andOver Over There In France In all these thele places men are writing home Those unassuming u little sheets of notepaper r ri gladden millions ot of hearts a day They transfer more love from one I Music Games Good Reading and Correspondence Cr Facilities In Y M. M CA C. C A. A Building I In each of t se se a soldier was wal strum on a a. othen were others books and magazines hundreds hundred wen 1110 writing home hom Behind the railed counter at oie ote end three or four young sen llen were busy passing palling ou out notepaper and envelopes selling stamps and weighing parcels which the men were sending lending home One Olle oi of the soldiers said uld to me as at 1 I stood Inthe lr In the tent used chiefly by men from Iowa We ram all the way here from Des and we were mIghty might lonely Then wj found thU Y M. M C C. C A. A j. j on the Job and its it's been a home and more than a home to us It gave us UI what we wanted when we needed H it most mOlt Well We'll never forget It The boys baTs best belt friend la the Y M. M 1 C. C A. A Fine Cut Clean Upstanding Fellows How close those benches were pack yick I ed with men bending over o the long tables absorbed in their writing What an appeal to the sympathies those thole great Ireat groups of make makel Fine cut clean upstanding fellows come lomo ot of them mere boys one thinks immediately of the sacrifice the they have made for tor the est of us and how precious pre claus cious they are to some one back ck home Somewhere In far oft off farm or village age or city street there are parents or brothers or wives who would give all they possess possen for one glimpse of those thole faces as u you and I 1 aeo leil them on their last laa night before going crocs And It was with a throb of the hurL heart that I 1 watched them bent over er their letter paper In one aile after Another of those seven These were the tents of the Y M. M C. C A. A On that last night In America the theu u association was I serving the In the beat ot of all way waa giving them tn In opportunity to write h home me On previous nights they lad enjoyed bo bot- bot ing SUi bouts movies movie concerts dramatics and aud a 1 score aCOTe of ot healthy entertainments as well as all religious meetings Dut on thU last night homo ties were strong est eat And perhaps that is b the keynote of or the splendid work the Y M 1 C. C A. A Is I doing among our men In uniform Inform Va them In n touch with home MaglO Words Worda With the Colors lu In these times there aro i some ome let J el tuat man n ro TO to us IJ tuy Luy w I hue have ever ro rose d before They are Ht IV f i 11 hla of ot piper stamped II r md nd Stripes and the then n PI js 3 V M 1 I I A anI I v the e ii y more than i i ranis POW BOW one at a part of the world to another than sta- sta can Statistics are pretty poor anwa anyway when It comes com to reckoning In terms of ton love and human tenderness Lets Let put It this way That the Y M. M MC C. C A. A Is 18 the biggest express ex press prell company the world his haa ever seen and the parcels p It Is handling are the loves lovel and devotions of human beings I Worlds World's Best Bt dom rk This war ha a. a made us think hard bud and fut fast Your bo boy or your neighbors neighbor's neigh bor's bors boy bo or some lome boy you OU know and lovo l as been called to do hit hll late chare lu In HIP big job of policing t th j world orl for democracy and human lIbert Is II ItI ft It I all any com comfort tort to you to to know that wherever her ever his dut duty taa may call him your boy will nave a friend that will serve him himIn himi i In body bod mind and soul Are you OU glad to know that this friend will 11 place books and magazines at hU disposal organise to him whatever what I ever er be he wants to learn give In him a pocket testament and him himo o 0 i join religious meetings of the tho faith I that he was brought up In T Did you ou ouI I realise that the association provides providE's I athletic equipment fo to his bis favorite teaches him games gamel If It he h know none and holds concerts lectures i movies Dible classes dramatic entertainments enter and every ever kind ot of wholesome whole t some amusement to keep him interested interest ed T Are you glad to know that this friend will go 10 with him overseas help to shield him from a score core Of ot difficult and dangerous tem temptations end and follow ow him right up to the front line and beyond It The last contact the soldier has bill with this Ufa h he loves so 10 sowell well Is II a cup of tea te given him by the Y M. M C. C A. A free just before he coelI goes coel I over the top to a hand to hand struggle I gle with the enemy And And be he comM comes I tottering back from No Men's Mens ln Land I wounded but strong and plucky enough to keep on his hla ft feet t. t oven before his hll are dressed the Y M. M 1 C. C A A. Is II waiting for aim with tea and sweet chocolate the great comforts com I torts forts of tho man lu III tha thi trenches Do Pa PaI you ou wonder that the tha Red Triangle Trl Is II I called the but best loved trademark in tho 10 world T One soldier Idler In France hael called It the Jant evidence that any auy body bod cares I If It ever every thInk thinking In citizen could see with his or her own eyes something lot of the work Vork being dons dt ter I men Iw bv till tha association there would l be beno no question of at the tho Y M. M 1 C. A A. hating to tt ep ap eal to the public pub for m n y Rather than lei this il work Utter lor ir r. r rich mAn would sell U m motorcars poor poo men i for itil to coveted or ct even nen ne- ne entitles The work mill go 0 0 on b brUle be because rUle cause there Is no no on one thine that tbt contributes con co tributes so 10 much to the Cl and efficiency ef of of the troops The Y M. M 0 a. A A. is 11 working night and day to help the government nt win this war And n lr vary penny that I Is gl en to aid the tha work is 11 a direct assistance to th the heAlth happiness and strength of your bo boy and nd ml mire Snapshots of Work In all 11 the bl big cities In Franc our mn pass pa through in large aUDI num- berl D rs the Y Y M. M 0 O. A. A Is II operating hostels hotell wh r they bey can S ut t beds bedl and at d a minimum cost coat In London the American Y M I. I 0 C. C A. A AI er a large building for tor oar soldiers lo and a clubhouse for American officers There are re T. T M M. C. C A. A dugouts right the front line trenches where whre till the soldiers c can n get et hot drinks drink I crackers crack ers era and aDd other comforts at t hours houri Over 2000 men who had bad been reject reJect- d d on account of physical disability hUe have been able to let get Into the British army b by reason of tn physical wOt r. ot of the Y M I C. C A. A A fleet ot of motor cars OarB leaves leana the bl big T. T M. M C. C A. A In London at midnight every night to pick up lip sol ol dlen who bo are wandering abo about t the Uis streets without any wholesome whole ome lodging In which to spend the night These cars can are operated by hr Englishwomen of position and refinement who report that they never meet any at the hands handl of the soldiers The lm of this service can be e esti estimated tI mated by the fact that at t least leut soldiers are on leave In Lon on every evert week eek Over half of these sleep In Y XI M. C. C A A. beds bed eyer every night Entertainment o o. o Vast Scale The Y M. M C. C A. A has erected a bIg biff auditorium seating In emch of ot the big ble draft camp and hugo chautauqua qua tents seating 2500 In the otner encampments The association la fa run ning a it 2 week entertainment nt circuit amob the camps and Is II paying 1 11 companies ot of entertainers who are are- traveling to 30 camps performing before be fore ore the men In Iu each Mch of the draft camps the V. V M M. C. C A. A has ten secretaries engaged in educational work The association U 11 liMing to It that ever every man who cannot speak English H taught to do so 0 In many man of ot camps the association asso cia lion has hu a 0 director who la Is teaching the m mn n t. t to sing he popular and martial airs that do so 10 much to up their spirits 4 Of 84 64 Y Y M. M 0 C. A. A men at Cam 1 only three are being paid full sal arles In III ell all the camps the majority of the Y M 1 G. G A. A men have left leU to do this work simply because lt Its appeal Is II irresistible Irrell to t tIn In any red blooded man Harry Lauder the famous Scotch singer BInger and como como- n now on hla hi farewell concert tourIn tout tour toutIn In the States Is IR lIving giving nil all bis- bis spare pare to the service of the as asso association o- o elation all and Is II ringing to the soldiers t all the th camps he can Ion reach In on of the draft camps the Y AT lor C. C A. A 1 I Hupt athletics on playing field providing full equipment ment The winners of the inter inter- regimental will wm play the chami- chami of the One of the greatest t services ed Id by the association is Ie the D I A Rd Triangle Dugout In the out of money moner orders orden by which the men merj can ean ent send their pay home to their tam Hies Illes In some of oC the big camps camp the th 7 y M. M C. C A. A Is II providing banking l UBI for tor the men men as well wn Do Your Bit With a Tenner This month November tile the Y C. C A. A must rail t to carry carryon ClITTon on its It work among our soldiers and nel their allies until nut next July Of about Will 11 U spent pent on tile the work ork with our own I or about 10 no for tor ey every r mm man in Sam Barns uniform If It everybody who kt lau received letters lettera from soldiers and sailors sail ora ors were to contribute 10 no tile the task talk would be eu easy Are your our boyi health ant and and nd clean soul lout worth 10 tn to you TouT Your town mayor your OUT pastor your our school superintendent will lutow who Is fa li treasurer of ot the campaign com mitt in your our county or town Other Other- v 1010 send check or money mane order to Cleveland Jt n DOOr Dodge treasurer Hi lU HiEu Eu EIlt t Nil f w York lilt Only giving by b lI n of elvere will m make h Ji possible tho th llano of ot this thin a work VOI for and In 11 u |