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MIHIDD A I, I JC 1 Kiff ^^^^^^m^Wf^^m irns evening on the broad Hempstead Plain. Long- Island, where the Rainbow division WM spending Its last night before embark taf lor Franca. It nan bean raining bard In the afternoon* cold, .steady antumn downpourand there was nothing to suggest tha rainbow In the outward aspect otthis camp. Unas and Unas of sodden canvas housed 17,000 man, gathered from 27 different states. Tha ground was dotted with pooli.and auagmlres. Undar tha wat oanvas It waa damp and cold, with a penetrating chllL Lit by flickering candlea, tha tents wara far from cheer gal ahaltar for a man'a laat night In fcls natlra land. But there wara seveit big tents where electric lights, numbers and friendliness mada tha night pleasant. la each of these a soldier was strum ming on a piano others were reading books and magazines-/hundreds were wpdtlng letters home. Behind the rtjaed counter at one end three or four yijung men were busy paeslng out nltepaper and* envelopes, selling sjamps and weighing parcels, which ta* men were sending home. One of tat soldiers said to me as I stood in tfce tent used chiefly by men, from laws: !'We cams all the way here fepm Des Moines,- and we were mighty lonely. Then we found tula Y. M. C. A. on the Job, and it's been a home and more than a home to us. It gate ua what we wanted when we needed it jUQst. We'll nerer forget It The boys' best mend la the T. M. C. A." Flgt, Clean-Cut, Upatandlna Fellows. How dose those benches were pack ed with mou. bending over the long tables -absorbed to their writing! &Hb & S ^J^ WWW "those great groups of soldiers make! Fine, clean-cut, upstanding fellows, "some of thorn mere boys, one thinks Immediately or the sacrifice they hare made for the rest of us and how pre cious they are to some one back home. Somewhere,, in far off farm or village* or city 6treet, there are parents or ijrothcrs or wives they possess for one glimpse sunburned faces as you and I see them on their last night before going across. And It was with a throb of the heart that I watched them, bent over their letter paper. In one after another of those seven big tents. 'These were the tents of the Y. M. C. A. On that last night In America the association was serving the soldiers In the best of all waysgiving them an opportunity to write home. On previous nights they had enjoyed box ing bouts, movies, concerts, dramatics and a score of healthy entertainments as Well as religious meetings. But on this last night home ties were strong est And perhaps that Is the keynote of the splendid work the Y M. C. A Is doing among our men In uniform keeping then) in touch with home. Magic Words. "With the Color** la these times there are some let ters that mean more to us tnen any We have ever read before. They are written on sheets of paper stamped with the Stars and Stripes and the red triangle of the Y. M. C. A., and they bear the magic words, "With the Colors." There are many more the A It million such letters In the malls now .walls you read this. Perhaps one at 0* Letters Inthe Maiis Today BffaffngMffficWwds "Wittr theGotors" feyrrote of 1he Splendid Work the Y.W.C.A. Does Anonj Oiw Mm In UnifOPm to Kfitptn^Thtra is Touch With the Folks at Home. STAMPED WITH STARS AM STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE Multifarious Ways in Which th* Association Appeals to Your Boy Your Neighbor's Boy, or Some Boy You Know and Love- Creates a Helpful Environment in 0an toninent on Way Overseas, In Front Line Trench and BeyondFirst to Aid as He Comes Tottering BackGive Your Share of the $35 000,000 Bequired to Accomplish This 'Last Evidence That Somebody. Cares.'' leaat la on its way to yon. Each one of our 16 cantonmanta, where the new national army la being trained, la using-mora than a million sheets of thla paper arery month. In the. draft army alone that means 1S.000.000 nla* ments of lore erery month reaching oat from the great encampment wnere tha man are being trained into tha greatest amy/ into nation haa aver dreamed and binding them to tha hearte at home. Multiply that by thinking of all the other places where Uncle Sam haa men with the flagIn nary yards, on the high seas, In arse nals and officers' training camps and "Orer There" In France. In all these places men are writings-home. Those unassuming little sheets of notepaper gladden millions of hearts a day. They transfer more lore from one Music, Games, Good fi4W and Correspondence"facilities In V.'M. C. A. & Building. who would give all me gllmpi of those part of the world to another than sta tistics nan express. Statistics are pretty poor anyway when it comes to reckoning In- terms of love and human tenderness. Let's put it thia way: That the Y.Jtf. C. A. is the biggest ex press company the world has ever seen, and the parcels it is handling are tte lores and devotions of human beings. World's Best Loved Trademark. This war ias made us think hard and fast Your buy or your neigh bor^ boy or soma boy you know, and iova has-been-called t do his share ia the big job of-policing the wond for democracy and human Uoerty. Is it any comfort to you to know that wher ever big duty may call him jaur boy will nave a friend that will wy aim in body, mind and soul? Are you f r5 *V"f W iWf wW "l|j!J** books and magazines at hfcrdiapoeai, organize classes {6 teach him what ever he wants 'learn, give him a pocket testament and Invite him to join religious meetings of the faltb that he was brought up in? Did you realize that the association provides athletic equipment for his favorite games, teaches him games if he knows none and holds concerts, lectures, movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter tainrae/ftC- and every ki some amusement to keep ed? Are you glad to know that thla friend will go with him overseas, help to shield him from a score of difficult and dangerous temptations and follow him right up to the front line trench and beyond it? Tiie last contact the soldier has with this life he loves so well Is a cup or tea given him by the Y. M. C. A. free Just before he goes "over the top" to a hand to hand strug gle with the enemy. And as he comes tottering back from No Man's Land, wounded, but strong enough and plucky enough to keep on his feel, even before his wounds are dressed the Y. M. C. A. is waiting for nlm with tea and sweet chocolate, the great com forts of the man In the trenches. Do you wonder that the Red Triangle is called "the best loved trademark in the world?" One soldier in France has called it "the last evidence that any. body cares." If every thinking cltisen could see with his or her own eyes something of the actual work being done for our men by the association there would be no question of the Y. M. C. A. having to appeal to the public for money Rather than let this essential work falter for an Instant rich men would sell their motorcars, poor men amid in of whole nlm iniefesl- SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER njimi' mpmp^Hmnii _jgo rovetpd pobsei$lon or even ne. ceasttiavi* JT ha ~rork. must $ on be cans* th*re Is no one tb*n,g that con tributes much to the aplrit and ef Aciency of the troops. The Y. M. C. A. is working night.jsad day to help taatsoTenunent win .thta~ waav And essfij psanj tha* la grraa to aid the work 1s a n*ae asitottnc* to the. health, b*pein*sa and strength of your key. and Bain's. fhiapsnetvsf KMeldosoopIo Work. ik all the big citisa 1n Franca where or men pass through large num bers, the Y. M. C. A. is operating hostels, where they can .est beds-, and meals at a minimum cost In London the American Y. M,s C. A. nns erected large, building for our soldiers and a clubhouse for American officers. There are Y. M. C. A dugouts right behind the front line- trfenches, where the soldiers can get hot drinks, crack ers and other comforts at all hours. Over 2,000 men who had been reject ed on account of physical ^disability have been able to get Into the British army by reason of the: physical work of the British Y. M. G^ A. :\M A fleet of motor cars leaves the big T. M. C. A. headquarters in London at midnight every night to pick Up sol diers who are wandering about the streets without any Wholesome lodging in which to spend the night These ears are operated by Englishwomen of position and refinement, who report that they never meet any discourtesy at the hands of the soldiers. The im portance of this service can be esti mated by the fact that at least 60,000 soldiers are on leave in London every week. Over half of these sleep In Y. M. C. A. beds every night. Entertainment on Vast Scale. The Y. M. C. A. has erected a big auditorium, seating 3,000, in each of the big draft camps, and huge Chautau qua tents, seating 2,600 ^in the other encampments. The association ie run jilng a 22 week entertainment circuit among the camps and is paying 16 companies of entertainers, who are traveling to 30 camps performing be fore the men. In each of the draft camps the Y. M. C. A. has ten secretaries engaged in educational work. The association Is seeing to it that every man who cannot speak English Is vaught to do so. In many of tne camps the asso ciation has a singing director, who Is teaching the men to sing the popular and martial airs that do so much to keep up their spirits. Of 64 Y. M. G. A. men at Camp Dix only three are being paid full sal aries. In all the camps the majority of the Y. M. C. A. men have left lucra tive positions to do thia work simply because its appeal Is Vreaistible to any red blooded man. Harry Lauder,' the famous Scotch singer and come dian, now on his farewell concert tour la ..the United States, Is giving all his sppre time to the service of the asso ciation and is singing to the soldiers atfill the camps he can Teach. In one of tne draft camps the Mi C.tA. is supervising athletics on 120 playing- fields, providing, full athletic equipment. The winners of the: inter regimental .games will play the cham pions of the other camps. One of the greatest services render ed by the association la the making *M*t%i& A Red Triangle Dugout In the Trenches. out of money orders by which the men can send their pay home to their fam ilies. In some of the big camps the Y. M. C. A. is providing banking facil ities for the men as welL Do Your Bit With a Tenner. This month (November) the Y. M. C. A. must raise $35,000,000 to carry on Its work among our soldiers and their allies until next July. Of this $35,000,000 about $24,000,000 will be spent on the work with our own troops or about $10 for every man in Uncle Sam's uniform. If everybody who has received letters from soldiers and sail ors were to contribute $10 the task would be easy. Are your boy's health and happiness and clean soul worth $10 to you? Your town mayor, your pastor, your school superintendent will know who Is the treasurer of the campaign com mittee in your county or town. Other wise send a check or money order to Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer, 124 Bast Twenty-eighth street. New York city. Only sacrificial giving by millions of givers will make possible the contin uance of this vast work for Americas soldiers and for those of our allies. mmmm mmmmmm BUSINESS W PROFESSIONAL DR. J. W. DIEDEICH DENTIST Office O'Leary-Bowser Bldg. Office Phone 376-W Res. Phone 376-R TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER Safe and Piano Moving Res. Phone 58 818 America Office Phone 12 DR. EINER JOHNSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block' Phone 660 DR. E. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Security Bank Block TUSETH SCHOOL OF MUSIC Teachers of VIOLIN, PIANO AND BAND' INSTRUMENTS Phone/j383-W 116 3rd St. DR. J.-T. TU0MY DENTIST North of Markharn Hotel Gibbons Block Tel. 230 DR. L. A. WARD PHYSICtfrN AND "SURGEON Troppman Block Bemidji, Minn.. DR. G. M. PALMER DENTIST Office Phone 124 Residence 346 Miles Block, Bemidji IDA VIRGINIA BROWN Instructor In PIANO VOICE DRAMATIC .ART Phone 633 1017 Minn Ave. Bemidji J. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON Office and Hospital 3 doors west of Troppman Store Phone No. 209 DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block Phone 396 Res.vPhone 397 THORWALD LUNDE CHIROPRACTOR Aoute and Chronic1 Diseases han- ided with great success First National Bank Building Bemidji, Minn. Phone 406-W Hours 10-12 a. m. ~2-5 7-8 p. m. DRS. GLLMORE & McCANN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OfficeMiles Block A. V. OARLOCK, M. D. SPECIALIST EYE EAR NOSE THROAT Glasses Fitted DEAN LAND CO. Land, Loans, Insurance and Cfty Property Troppman* Block Bemidji GENERAL MERCHANDISE Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Flour, Feed, etc. The careful buyers buy here. W. G. SCHROEDER Bemidji Phone 65 N. L. HAKKERUP PHOTOGRAPHER Photos Day and Night DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST -Office in Winter Block MUNSINGWEAR 202 THI RD ST. suits continue to grow in po- pularity with discriminating people everywhere, because they^fit and cov- er the form perfectly, they stand the laundry test without losing their shape, fit or comfort, and they wear so welL Beautiful Garments at $30, $32,50, $35, $40, $42.50 Some special values in coats ai.. Former price $20,00 to $27,50 O'Leary-Bowser Ai/ THUE8DAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1917 Showing a large lineof ladies dress shoes at from $7.50 To $13.50 The shoe shown here is a 9 inch kid shoe, welt sole/ as good a shoe as is possible to make, in stock and wide, same shoe shown in wing tip in stock A and wide. Price $9.00 ~m UNION r-v iir iwk sy *^^%$ ""#i y is.* -s :,$ 3 ^Sy. /&Y1"" -Jl Phone 87 Bemidji, Jfe WLr Defective