The evening world. Newspaper, September 17, 1918, Page 13

\ Our Boys By the Rev. Thomas B. Gregory Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World) DO not mean the big boys “over there,” but the little boys here at home, and something that I saw the other day moves me to ask the qu tion, 8 it well with the boys?” Are you interested in the question? If you are not, then you are not | {terested in your country and its future, for the little boys of to-day nal ‘Dy and by be the men who are to make or unmake the natlon—to be its glory or its shame. In the little fellows who are running around in the streets and fields Oday are the forces that are to color and shape the country's laws a character for the future. The question, therefore, “Is it well with the boys?” is one of supreme | importance to us—one of the most seriously important questions that can ‘be put to us. 1 don’t want to throw cold water on anybody's optimism, especially at this time, when we need all the optimism we can get hold of, but 1) | i } | ' Must be true to the facts as they appear to exist, and the situation is not | altogether encouraging. To take a single instance. Walking along one of the principal streets of the city recently on a beautiful Sunday morning, I saw an “unco sight, @ spectacle that scared me almost as badly as the sight of the witches || ‘sem: red Tam o° Shanter. On the street in question, in plain sight of the people passing by on |} thelr way to church, a considerable group of boys, from twelve to four-! teen years of age, were gambling for all they were worth. With throwing the dice and gathering in the pennies, nickels and dimes they were so deeply absorbed that they were quite regardless of the common decencies of life, for they used language that well-bred boys never | ‘use and that lijtle girls should never hear. Of course, it is a very common sight to those who take their eyes along , with them to see little fellows of eight, ten and twelve years busy beavers throwing dice for money. Some newsboys will work all day selling | Papers and lose the day's earnt!ngs at the dice. ‘There are other youngsters who make it their business to go about the | streets with dice and pennies making a few cents here and a few cents they can find those who will play with there, and keeping it up as long a them. In other words, the dear little chaps are professional gamblers, | mbling is their business, and they “don’t care who knows about it.” Thanks to the immense circulation of The Evening World, many thou- “sands of fathers and mothers will read this little story, and I ask each one of them to be thoughtful enougn to have a few earnest words with the | boys upon the evil habit of gambling. I ask them to try to show the boys that the education they get from gambling is @ false one, that they cannot depend upon it, and that in the end it will surely get them into all sorts of trouble. T ask them to try to make it very clear and plain to the boys that the gambling habit is one of the worst that a boy or a man can get mixed up with, and that sensible people simply will have nothing to do with sich a habit. I ask them to take a little loving interest in the boys, and not permit them to grow up like wild asses on the mountains, Yes, love the boys a little bit. citizens of the great and glorious nation to which they belong. Betty V Advice t VERY American girl just now has in her heart a tremendous admiration for ana gratitude to the men who are going away to fight for us on sea or land. Every girl wants to do what little she can to cheer and inspire these defenders of her country, But how can she serve them best? By upholding, in their eyes, the ideals end standards of fine American) \ « deguralgl by being the sort off@girl for whom it is worth while to fight. Therefore, dear girls, if you are asked to the settlement house or the properly chaperoned club or canteen to dance with and entertain our fight- ers by all means go, giving up other engagements if necessury. But do not let the uniform itself constitute an in- troduction, a passport to your favor. Preserve a prope dignity and self- respect on the street and in public | places of recreation, Do not smile at or speak to men to whom you have not been properly introduced—-whether | they are soldiers, sailors or civilians. Hasty Marriage. “R. H." writes: “Iam twenty y old and very much in love with a man whom I have known for four weeks. r incent’s o Lovers rel and giving your present Then if he really wishes to the acquaintance he can do so, And tnoidentally love your country a little also, and let it be one of your life aims to make the boys worthy ddre. pontinue | Two Dainty Coat Designs for the Pershing Spends His Early.Years Amid the Border Strife Of the Civil War This is the first full, authentic life story of Gen. John J. Pershing, America’ leader in France. gather the material. The facts thus obtained have been made the bas | tion picture entitled, “Why America Will Win, | Corporation. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. ‘ CHAPTER U, inued) ved to my neighborhood a ; se Paes He saya tie fl 1a evo HE f general's father, evigidllag ta eed after ishing the mother with me the very first time he saw me, and her son in a house in and he certainly has been devoted I i wen hank | h pt we were introduced. aime acai hiya : wd we reli lp ka ly gar ei the railread, Finally, the 9 asap lve Libis eye ke was driven at Hannibal, the salary, but he hay given me quantities fon At oe ph of candy and flowers. His mother is Meee ammail link dependent on him, so le will not be , Burlington aud called for military service, and he me of the mighty railway wants to be married at once. He says type it wa very important road. that since we love cach other there 18} Its terminal at St. Joseph was the io reason why we should wait any | gateway tothe far West, Here outfits ( wire that I love him, and | Were made up for the great pilgrim ‘onger, Iam sure that I lov and | * Thee Me ton tne erent BiaE here is no one else paying me atten. | AF C8 haha ee a ae jon, but my family wants me to Wait | that John &. Pershing had that for at least a year before 1 mai try in inind as his final de Vhat do you think about it?” na when the birth of his son pre What do you t . ‘ ver 1 further migration 1 advise you to do as your family| pon the cempletion of his task the counsels. You know the old ayin » tructor returned to (a “ n haste and repent at leisure le, and, investing his savi Marry in haste and repent at leisure.” | clode, and, investing his sa) 1¢ you and this young man really caro J about each other you probably ha 1 profitable v ahead of you a long lifetime of happi one in town, 4 : the inhabitants neas together. You can ¢ he inhabitants w few months for the task of getting Ne Be tuning better acquainted with each other und | compelled to employ help in running of making sure you both know your|it and in operating the small farm 4 hinds before it is too late to| that he had taken on the outskirts helio 1 lof the town change. ; In Missouri, during the early six -_—_— ties, wa reflected and magnified the politica that wa nning to “B. M." writes: “Iam sixteen years old and have taken a fancy to a young man of twenty-two. Our first meeting was at my place of business three months ago. | went out » hi couple of times and he seemed to a great interest in me. “Wo had a falling out one day and I aft the place. I have not heard from him since, But 1 hear is alway sking for me. Could you advise me ow I could meet him again? Do you hink I ought to write to him?" I think you might write him a note Re {money in town was frequently in | his hands. Notwithstanding that his neighbors the political views of trife N had the that by commor | banker of the comin ws for your ghare in the quar- | respected a \pa e elder Pevst 4 allegiance to the , C ill held the ul elti trust to such an consent he was the nity, and all the 8. by Willian Fox,) Ame f num leracy, bu ne ithe those lawless 1 professed i: itythey were Trained newspaper men spent months to of a patriotic mo- produced by the Fox Film 48 bands of bush sent him warn coming after him his damned Yankee talk.” hing laug waited to se at the warn what they woul CHAPTER III. VER | Missou fla future this flag and whacker That fash husband er afternoon the the lt town of La Confederacy mother of th ede was uld unable to fly the not bear to see Stars and ed a tall ise and flung © breeze as an ng o £ the bush oung store tisreputable | «HO | Tuesday, Se ' $ | Church Pershing family ; attended as Laglede, ma. would be a raid y bi 4 af : PAGE. ptember 17, 1918) For the wee girl! this dressy Taffeta Coat is just the thing. Inch tucks, emphasized by hemstitching, buttons and a dainty chiffon collar, combine to make it a very modish garment. This Taffeta Coat in rose is very suitable for tiny tots. The fluting and ruffling of silk material afford a charming note. Em- broidery collar. ros: FASHION Little Miss THE STEADY CHASE oe Evenihg World's” Kiddie Klub Korner Conducted by Eleanor Schorer Comyright, 1018, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Breniag World), By Joseph D’ Alessio } Cousin Eleanor’ | Dear Cousin Members: | JN these days of marked Amert- | can achievement Tam more than proud to publish the names of our Cousins and those dear to them who are helping drive the enemy from Allied territory, With the news of | our advancing army all attention is on the men enlisted in the three | branches of national service who are doing their share toward victory | and peace, All honor Soldier, Sailor, Marine! | | Cousin Eleanor. WAR SERVICE HONOR ROLL, Cousin Batelle Belknap of Brooklyn has her daddy in France with the S0Ist Regime Cousin Mary Draper of New York City has three brothers in France, |Jaines is a First Lieutenant in the / s, Henry is a private in the ‘and John is @ private in © Supply Train, n Helen Swike of New York City has two brothers in th rvice of Uncle Sam, Edward |s somewhere in France with the 9th Infantry, John is and has ber | noe eight times, usin Florence Grossman of the Bronx has two brothers in service, | Cousin Leona Martinean of J | City has @ brother, Private 1 | Martineau, with the 38th Infantry in to r knows how every dweller in note village looks for ward to the arriva f a train, how they set their witches by tt. and are greatly concer d by its non-arrival; how an unexpected train causes great wonderment and speculation--he can realue the bewilderment that this un- expected train whistle caused in the little town of Laclede nearly sixty saxo. Trains ran seldom at best, If the was a thing unheard of. n the raiders stopped in their tracks and listened, The Pershings, their eyes Intent on the movement of a shadow, wondered whether this had anything to do with their present predicament. Whether it had or not, it aroused the raid who, with a’ wild rebel yell rus the house. A stout hands of several men was fast bat. tering in the door. Pershing knew it would only be @ matter of minutes when they weuld be hand to hand with the Suddenly the terrific « amor at the door ceased. The litte household heard new cries on the road and the noise of their late antagonists hurry to the accompaniment of a Knowing that relief down the bars ‘olley . they took to the doors and hastened out It was a glad sight that awaited them, for the first. thing that met veir'¢ was the Stars and Stripes the hands of an officer In the long unfamiliar uniform ef the Union f , Hefore Pershing could express his t t mur a little f pu vast him Was sa 1 the Captain in the way he had been taught, It Was litte John Pershing, Who had eseaped from the tark closet, ‘The 1 voice piped Are you a ‘merican officer?” The off with a smile returned \lute and a 1 bim that his assumption was right “Well, I'm golng to be one, too, when | grow ¢ §" asserted the ingster His mother atte od to take him it Jack clung t captain until atter departed with his men This troop was the Vanguard of that known ay ¥ Union Army which was to wipéout ia Ur ’ wture « the bushwhackers and restore order f i a the te of Missourt, They hed the hon nad / i ved in Laclede that morning upon m 1 Pershingrss fathers i train of flat cars, Hearing the shots 1 fag up The thunder of hoof: ' 1 be raiders they had investigates i; t ism 4a halt 1 { rescued the Pershings, 'Thig inci { ‘ Pi PERSHING'S FATHER. AN METHODIST CHURCH WHERE t was the only one nts’ don’t : FUTURE GENERAL WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL AS A BOY t 9 town of Laclede t mean no nee, ‘ to experience during the Civil troul butt flag ha Jack Pershing w ” onia 4 ' War Pasa vi saw t-all don't d » a ; *y The memory of those days, when t t and take it down them pares ene , i think wtened to disrupt t itry, ean Well," was the awed 1 ue 7. \ Hersh ! ng of to-day, Perhaps, howeve might h 1 of at 1 k bt a 1 i i ‘ ‘ ome battlefield, when the fate of but you those s that if they Teas ttle gun yRmereton Being the b part ot world in in the balance, the In. come they had better bring their cof- ton, MRbE aheat. Hie tote ploy, ne aiders acy nearly an hou t pression of that first cheer for the lag portintl4, ee terres AWAY and him and his brother and pister and the doors! and shuttered windows of “Just at this time the long, plercing [if life may become @ pubconsch sus a stowed them in one of the dark the house, All night long the sicg hintl 1 inibal and ‘#Plration, called bis two adpiatants. He ¢ ong ieguywhistlo of a train on the Hannibal an ‘ nought closets for safekeeping, was maintained, The other inhab-" St, Joseph road awoke the echoes. (To Be Comtinued.) i “At ii | France. and | s Klub Kolumn She writ left for Camp Dix w: te. men. He had tried to enlist several times but was not accepted, “He fought at Chai 7 July 16th, Later we eived @ let- ter from him telling us that he had eon severely gassed. Also that two Boche bullets almost hit him but they went throwgh his blouse and just skimmed his side. He was put in the base hospital and suffered at Vichy Alllers, France. When hé re- covers he will be sent back to the battle lines again and will help to put the Hohengollerns out of exist- Cousin Elsie Pearce of Brooklyn has @ brother who enlisted in the Signal Corps. Cousin Anna Reinecke of New York City has a brother in France, Private Goorge Reinecke. Cousin Doris Watkins of Brooklyn has a brother, Bernard Watkins, in the service. Cousin Sylvia Reuben of the Bronx has a brother, Kenneth L. Reuben, who is in the 57th Infantry at Hous- ton, Texas, Litue usin Arthur Lynch of Bloomfleld, N. J., has a big brother in the Navy. Cousin Anthony Rubano of New | York City also has a big brother in France, Cousin Max Greenspan of Brooklyn writes with pride of bis brother in nee, Cousin George Simon of the Bronx has @ brother, Willlam Simon, who is at Spartanburg with the Pioneer Infantry. usin Willard York City writes Altman of New “My brother Harold enlisted In the Arm» nine months ago a train at this time of the morn- | and is with U. 8 Hospital No. 1 tak- | Ing care of the wounded.” AUGUST CONTEST AWARD WIN- NER, Would Like to Be When | Grow Up, and Why. What I | | Ik I want to be something big when .) grow up, so I have decided to be ar artist. I want to be famous. ‘That 1s why. Hy EILEEN BLACKBURN, aged twelve years, Yonkers. in. pean anannannnnnnnnnee Poster Contest. SUBJECT: “THE FOURTH LiB- ERTY LOAN,” Ten prizes of $1 each will be awarded Kiddie Klub membere— ages from six to fifteen inclusive— who make the best pos on the Fourth Liberty Loan. 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