Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1918-05-24 | Page 4 | Don't Gloom the Boys

DON'T .M)O.M THE BOYS. If you have any regard for the boys in France, don't write gloomy letters. Keep the clouds out of your coi i i-spondence, and let it breathe not but sunshine and clear. If doubts assail you, keep them to yourself, and give the soldier boy letters breathing optimism and confidence. If family cares and worries beset you, i e.;. ember that his care is infinitely greater than your own. Your burden bur-den is a personal one, while on his brave shoulders rests the cares of a nation. Bright, confident letters from home breathing of love and confidence in our cause and in the heroes who are upholding it, will do more to win this war than any other agency. And gloomy forebodings and waitings will ;i.i surely retard if not defeat us. Vour boy should hear none but good news from home unless it be absolutely absolute-ly necessary. Not that his love and devotion is any less than of old, rather rath-er greater. This he is proving by his presence on the battle front. But his one supreme thought now is to strike with the utmost of his power for the safety and sanctity of his home, and his heart should know no other care. Keep the glooms at home, if they must exist, and send the sunshine to ihe boys.