Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 7, 1918, Page 4

PAGE FOUR And a Thousand Figh _ Call Him Dad! | HERE is a new kind of fighter in this war, - He wears a uniform but he ? " doesn’t carry a gun. He carries cheer and comfort and a great big heart. g Never mind whether his uniform shows the emblem of the Y. M. C. A. or the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board or the Salvation . Army. He doesn’t care—and neither does your boy. Why YouShould Give Twiceas Much as You Ever Gave Before! The need is for a sum 70% greater than any gift ever asked for since the world began. The Govern ment has fixed this sum at $170,500,000. By giving to these seven organizations all at once, the cost and effort of six additional campaigns is saved. Unless Americans do-give twice as much as ever before, our soldiers and sailors may not enjoy during 1918 their: ; 7 8,600 Recreation Buildings 1,000 Miles of Movie Film 100 Leading Stage Stars 2,000 Athletic Directors 2,500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books 85 Hostess Houses Y 15,000 Big-brother “secretaries” 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, & cheerful home, a store, a schoot, a club and an athletic field—and a knowledge that the folks back home are with him, heart and soull Yonhwhnnpdymmqwnmm_ physical needs, Now give to maintain the Morale tbat fs win- ning the warl 2 This new Kind of fighter is rhaking a new kind of fight. - Heis | fighting against lonesomeness and heart-ache and monotony and worry. He is fighting for that quality which wins wars—morale! § Your boy has it. This man is fighting to let him keep it. Maybe your boy hasn’t had a letter for a long time. Or maybe § there was something that worried him in the letter that he got this morning, : Or maybe he has had a disappointment—hoped for promotion and didn’t get it. Or maybe he’d give a million dollars just to see his folks one minute. = It hurts to lock up things like that, deep down inside your heart. It helps to pour them out. . 2 : And that is where this man comes in—the Daddy of them all. § They know that he will understand—that he won't laugh or preach, i They know that he is there with the right word and the right |lf pat on the back when it’s needed most. You Daddies of America, you men who want to go and can't, let’s keep this Daddy on the job! \ Y.W.C A, . NAT'L'CATHOLIC WAR COUNCIL~K. of C, Y. M.CA . JEWISH WELFARE BOARD . WAR CAMP - COMMUNITY SERVICE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION . SALVATION ARMY This Space Donated by SMITH-ROBINSON LUMBER COMPANY = s il = e e b S S AR 2 Y e I Y L SR A eoiER | Defective