TWO million men are in France and two
million girls are making munitions here
at home. For every fighter there is a*
woman worker. We are giving our daughters
as well as our sons.
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England’s women have formed this second
line ^>f defense. So have the women of France.
Now American girls have taken their places at
machines as new to them as trench-fighting was
_ to their husbands and sweethearts and brothers. -
And this creation of an industrial army has
brought about new con
ditions where the work
of these United War
Work organizations fills
a vital need.
Think of the thou
sands of girls who are
cheerfully giving up their
homes to live in crowded
centres. Think of their
loneliness, their fatigue,
their lack of wholesome
diversion and recreation
if it were not for the pro
vision that is made by
these organizations.
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Think of the danger m social situations
created by this sudden lifting of restraint. Think
how ideals could become blurred and standards
lost in the v/hirl a changed conditions. Think
of the girls who are risking their lives every hour
cf every day as they work with high explosives.
But this army of women has not been forgot
ten. By e -xergency housing, by clubs, by bureaus
for foreign-born women, and by hotels and social
centres the new proble being met.
Just as the nurse c: x ione operator who
Why you should give twice as much as
you ever* gave before!
The need for a sum 70% greater than any gift ever ashed for since '
the world began. The Government has fixed this sum at $170,500,000.
By giving to these seven organizations all at once, the cost and effort S
of*six additional campaigns is saved.
Unless Americans do give twice as much as ever before, our soldiers ij
and sailors may not enjoy during 1919 their: |
3600 Recreation Buildings 2500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books i
1000 Miles of Movie Film 85 Hostess Houses
100 Leading Stage Stars 15,000 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 comiorts 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 and soul!
You have loaned your money to supply their physical needs.
Now give to maintain the Morale that is winning the war!
goes to Jr ranee raids mat
home surroundings have
been provided for her in
twelve hotels apd sixteen
social centres over there,
so the munition worker
here at home finds that
she has been remembered.
She is risking her life
and her country is doing
all it can to show its grati- -
tude, When you think of
our steady supply of shells
streaming overseas, think
of the women who are
sending them. Is anything
too much to do for them?
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This Space Donated Toward Winning ihe War by
St. Louis Cotton Compress Company