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T was in a but at one of ‘the training schools
in France. He was a non-commissioned
oflicer. He had been in France for eight
months, and now was back from the front as
an instructor. He hadn’t seen a girl of his own
kind, a girl like his sisters, for Weeks.
And there she stood behind the canteen
counterin this big, roomy, comfortable hut.
He bought a bar of chocolate. Then he drifted
over to the group around the piano. Presently
he went back to the canteen for a package of
cigarettes. He strolled to the reading table and
leafed over a magazine. Again he retumed—this
time for a cake of soap and some tooth-paste.
For a moment the
Gee! but it’s nice to See a
girl like you!”
running restaurants, handing out hot chocolate
or coiiee, pies and doughnuts.
They are givingthe huts a look of home-
, putting bright curtains at the windows, posters
,on the walls, making 'flower~gardens at the
doors. They are mending for the soldiers. ,
Buf‘l'nost of all, they are just being there!
They talk about the things that sound like
home. Perhaps they know the very towns
and streets and girls that these boys know.
They bind together home and France! They
are the girls beside the men behind the guns!
, 'Withdut the organizations whose uniforms '
they wear, these girls could accomplish nothing.
However eager to help,
rush at the canteen was
over. He loitered at the
they could not even
travel as individuals.
the girl. She smiled. So
. ‘ did he. ,Then he blurted
' out 'what he had been
.trying to say for 20
minutes:
see a girl like you!”
There are girls like
that all over France—
in camps, in towns, in
the big cities—even at
the front itself. Theyare
serving the canteens.
counter and looked at.
“Gee! but it’s nice to -
Why you should give twice as much .
as you ever gave before!
The need is for a sum 70% greater than any gift ever asked for sincethe
world began. The Government has fixed this sum st $370,500,000. _
By givin {film these seven organizations all at once. the cost and effort of
six additio campaigns is saved.
Unless Americans do give twice as much as ever before. our soldiers
and sailors may not enjoy during 1919 their
3600 Recreation Buildings 2500 Libraries supplying 5.000.000 books
l000 Miles of Movie Film 85 Hostess Houses
100 Leading Stage Stars ”.000 Big-brother “secretaries"
2000 Athletic Directors Millions of dollars of home comforts
When you give double, you make sure that every fighter has the
cheer and comforts of these seven organizations every step of the way
from home to the front and back again. You provide him with a church,
a theatre, a cheerful home, a store, s 1111me a club and an athletic field—
and a knowledge that the folks back home are with him, heart and soull
You have loaned your money to supply their physiml needs.
Non? givers maintain the Morale that is winning the war!
VEGA. Y.A.W.Cr
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isms“ wanna-
lasso
“rescues
But With the backing
of these established, rec-
ognized and regulated
bodies, they can work
wonders.
When you think of
war as a brutalizing
force, think of Ameri-
can womanhood work-
ing with the scldiers 1n
this ware—then give, to
support the organiza- '
tions which make this
possible.
UNITE D WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
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