The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1918, Page 8

a PAGE 8 : AISMARCE EVENING TRIBUNE: |) ¢ wauksba¥e FEB. 14, 1918 ileage Book,” Sent to a Soldie - “Here’s My Hand, | : Old Man!” ' What your “Smileage Book” says > to the soldier ‘who gets it: - “Take in some of those Camp Shows on me, old man! You're giving up a lot to train so you can put up a winning scrap for my family and me. What we've sacrificed so far isn’t a mole-hill up against ‘a. mountain compared with your sacrifices. “Just because you're fed, clothed and armed and get a dollar: a day pay is no reason for our saying that we folks have done enough for you. So it's a pleasure to treat you to a few good ~ shows. It’s sure coming to you. Take this book and enjoy yourself on us. “Hope you'll get miles of smiles out of every show you see. Go to it, boy, and “Good Luck!” (A’Sm —- a ey) , —and the re e-" that the Soldier sends back to you: “Saw about the best show ever, last jnight, at our Liberty Theatre. Coupons out of your Smileage Book took’$ome'pals and me in. .. Coming back to barracks we fellows agreed it was mighty white of you folks to treat us to shows like that. We were appreciative guests. Wish you could have heard us laugh. “That dollar a day of ours: doesn't go very far when you deduct what we send home to the folks,.the insurance premiums, and our Liberty Bond instalments. “Don't think we're kicking. Not a bit. We're glad we're here and when we get ‘over there’-—say! The Kaiser will have to locate a bombproof as deep down as that of his.competitor the Devil to keep us from trimming him. “When the home folks get behind us like you’ve done and provide us with Y. M. C. A. and K. of C. huts in which to -rest, read, recreate and write, and when you slip us ‘passes’ to the good shows that come to © camp, believe me, we feel the nation is behind us, body, soul and pocketbook. That's what puts pep and fight in us. “Hope we can thank you and your family in person for the Smileage Book. But if we never see you, some day when you read about the ‘Stars and Stripes penetrating miles into a strong Hun position, just take it that _ there’s your thanks!”’ ee a _ SMILEAGE COUPON | ' | Apoly For Smileage Books of THE BISMARCK HOME GUARDS Local Committee... Please pe my. order for Smileage Books'as shown below ..+ $1 Smileage Books .... $5 Smileage Books My Name (Carreacy, 0, on Express h : © the Miltary Eacratomen Counc ifraining Camp ‘Activites ey