HELPING
TO WIN
THE WAR
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ADVICE TO AMERICANS BE
TWEEN THE AGES OF
16 AND 21
By George Ade
This is a letter to the fortunate ones
who ten years from now, will be enjoy
ing the benefits of what alt future his
tories will call the Great war.
You (the girls of sweet sixteen and
slightly upward and the boys who are
getting ready to vote) will know more
about this war when you are plump
and middle aged than one can possibly
know this year.
When the dust has cleared away and
the large events of the war can be seen
from a distance then you will under
stand that the issues involved had to be
fought out, that the United States had
to take part that the task we are now
undertaking had to be accomplished.
Let us hope that each of you can
say, twenty years from now, “'I was
young at the time but I knew what the
war meant, and I helped.”
Not all of the heroes are in the
trenches.
To prove tnat orave men remain at |
home, here am I a case-hardened bach
elor, venturing to give advice to young
women, everyone of whom knows all
about the war or at least about one
young man who has marched out to
win the war.
No need to tell them to knit. They
are knitting.
Why whisptr to them to beware of
"slackers.” The poor "slacker” al
ready has felt the scorn of their
glances.
Perhaps some hints may be tabulated
in the methodical style so dear to pro
fessors.
Efficiency of soldiers at the front and
in the training camps is dependent
upon:
(a) Physical we’fare, resulting from
comfortable garments and sensible at
tentions, provided by young women
between the ages of sixteen and twen
ty-one.
(b) Mental calm, induced by the
knowledge that all the girls at home
will postpone definite arrangements
until the soldiers come back.
(c) Spiritual exaltation, encouraged
by the occasional receipt of letters
from young ladies between the ages of
sixteen and twenty-one
From the above analysis it becomes
evident chat the successful prosecution
of the war is not dependent upon the
President and cabinet, or even upon
the council or narional defense, but
upon Flora and Elsie and Agnes and
Jessie.
Don’t let anyone tell you that war is
strictly a business proposition.
We can’t win the war unless the
band play and the girls wave their
handkerchiefs.
The French weep a little and kiss
one another on each cheek and sing
the ^Marseillaise” and then thay are
ready to capture some more trenches.
Repressed emotions sometimes turn
sour. Don’t be ashamed to let your
enthusiasm float publicly to the breeze.
You never saw a football team ad
ranee llie ball unless it. was getting
encouragement from the girls on the
side lines.
Now for the boys.
Perhaps you have heard about the
Working Reserve.
It has been carefully organized under
government supervision. It has re
ceived the official indorsement of the
President. The whole plan is working
out successfully wherever it is under
stood.
The trouble is that some of the hoys
and some of the parents are still a little
doubtful regarding enlistment, because
they don’t know how much of an obliga
tion is assumed.
Here is the plan in a nutshell: Thou
sands of enlisted ancl selected men have
gone to the training camps. It may be
that thousands more will go next year.
These men are being called from fac
tories and workshops and farms. Every
factory and every farm must continue
production if we are to render full ser
vice to our faithful allies during the
war. How can we fill the places of the
young men who have gone away to
fight? We must rely upon the boys
who are old enough and husky enough
to work, but who are still too young
for military service.
So here is a trumpet call for all city
boys and town boys between the ages
of sixteen and twenty-one.
Prove your patriotism and help your
country by jumping in and doing the
work of a soidier who has gone to the
front.
Go to the recruiting officer and?eftlist
for the Bovs’ Working Reserve. Then,
when you are called upon, go and make
good in the job assigned to you and
win your medal and wear it and be
proud of it.
Doesn’t your common sense and your i
knowledge of addition and subtraction
tell you that if we suddenly take 1,000,
000 or more men right out of the pro
ductive industries of this country, we.
must either find a million men to take
their places or else go short on produc
tion?
The boys between sixteen and twen
ty-one can and will supply the short
age of man-power.
There will be a loud call for them in
1918 and they must answer the call.
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MARRIED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
New York, March 21,—Dunkin Rob
ertson 30 of this city married his
mother in law on July 16. 1917 and then
sought exemption on the ground that
she had a weak heart, The District
board has complied by placing him in
Class 1-A.
Robertson was married first four
years ago. His wife died a year after
the marriage. Senator George B.
Agnew said he was satisfied Robert
son’s latest marriage was a “slacker
one.” One-half of the man’s Army
pay he said would support Mrs. Robert
son.
WHAT 7~Jl. S. ASKS
One meatless meal each day.
One wheatless meal each day.
A wheatless Monday.
A meatless Tuesday each week.
A wheatless Wednesday.
A porkless Saturday each week.
(Meatless means without beef, mutton
or pork.)
(Wheatless means without bread,
cracker or cakes made of wheat flour
alone.)
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Spring Hats
—AT—
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ENQUIRE OF J. H. ROGERS, CITY DOCK, IOITAROD
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A. W. OWEN NOW A j
CANADIAN MAJOR |
The illustrated World for April con- |
tains a leading article entitled “Will:
the Allies FI old?" by Major A. Wallace \
Owen, of the 19th Battalion ( anadian j
Overseas Forces. A paragraph in aj
personal sketch of Major Owen reads: j
“If there was any mixtip he missed j
while on the Western front, it isn’t on !
record. Among other tilings, he en
joyed a strenuous time on ttie Somme. |
regiment reached there with 4,000 i
men instead of 10,000. Soon German j
offensives were in order and when the
sky cleared, Major Owen still held his
ground but had only 29 men.
Major Owen was one of the early
stampeders to the Klondike country
and resided in Dawson until the spring
of 1910, when he joined the rush to
Iditarod, where he remained during
the summer, and did considerable pros
pecting in the district. He is now in
command of the Western Division of
the British-Canadian Recruiting Mis
sion.
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LINCOLN RED * CLOB
In celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s
J09th birthday, we, the undersigned, do
hereby each agree to pay to the Amer
ican Hed Cross Society, through its
local organization, live dollars ($5) on
the 12th day of each and every month
of the duration of the present war.
Geo. W. Albrecht
C. P. Wood
R. C. Button
Mrs. G. Baker
W. R. Solibakke
Satn’l Applebuum
Alex Dicksen
Thos. N. Turner
John A. Nelson
A. D. Currie
Capt. J. H McLean
Jay J- Smith
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A. S. Bourne
Chas. E. Taylor
Wm. B. Thomas
Iditarod Pioneer
W. W. Nelson
R. M. Hall
Harry Leland
A Friend
F. Hill
C. Anthonison
Wm. H. Jones
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The Red Cross needs your “bit ”
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BJVvTord has reached this city from
Mail Carrier Smith to the effect that no
more overland mail will reach here
this spring. The incoming consign
ments will follow the ice down the
Innoko river, and will reach its desig
nation in the sweet ultimately.
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fices of future generations.
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