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T was in a hut at one of the training schools
in France. He was a non-commissioned
officer 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
ksncLa girl like his sisters, for weeks.
And there she stood behind the canteen
countei in 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 ovei a magazine. Again he returned—this
time for a cake of soap and some tooth-paste.
For a moment the
rush at the canteen was
over, He loiteredat the
counter and looked at
the girl. She smiled. So
did he. Then he blurted
out what he had been
trying to say for 20
minutes:
“Gee! but it’s nice to
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 itsel£ They are
serving the canteens,
running restaurants, handing out hot chocolate
or coffee, pies and doughnuts,
They are giving the huts a look cf home—
putting bright curtains at the windows* posters
cn the walls, making flower-gardens at the
door a They are mending for the.soldiers.
But, most 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!
Without the organizations whose uniforms
they wear, these girls could accomplish noth ng,
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Why you should give twice as much
as you ever gave before!
The need is for a sum 70% greater tiian any gift ever asked for since the
world began. The Government has fitted this sum at $170,500,000
j^y giving to these seven organizations ah at once, the tost 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 1919 their
3600 Recreation Buildings 2500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books !
1000 Miles of Movie Film - 85 Hostess Houses (
100 Leading Stage Stars 15,000 Big- brother ' secretaries”
j 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, a school, a club and an athletic field-—
and a knowledge that the folks back home are with him, heart arid soul!
i You have loaned your money to supply their physical needs.
Now give to maintain the Morale that is winning the war!
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they could not even
travel as individuals.
But with the backing
of these established, rec
ognized and regulated
bodies, they can work
wonders.
When you think of
wTar as a brutalizing
force, think of Ameri
can womanhood work
ing with the soldiers in
this war—then give, to
support the organiza
tions which make this
possible.
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This Space Donated Toward Winning the War by ^
Plunkett-jarrel Grocer Company
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