The Lake County times. [volume], November 11, 1918, Page Page Eight, Image 8

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N American is capturing a Hun not because he
is any heavier or stronger or older or bigger, but
just because he has the fighting spirit which hi?
enemy is losing.
That's morale.
'Wherefore those Germans? Let's get at 'em!"
Veiled an American before Chateau-Thierry. He was go
ing under fire for the first time. He was wild to get there!
"We are constantly on the alert and sire afraid the
'Americans are going to attack," wrote a German to his
wife. He was captured before he could mail the letter,
"The men are so embittered," wrote another Hun,1
"that they have no interest in anything, and they only
want the war to end, no matter how. We are only slaves
of the Government." Now he is a prisoner, too.
Every despatch from France brings new proof of
American fighting spirit-
stories of individual valoiv
Morale makes Americans
lad to fight for freedom. The
Jack of it makes Germans
hate to fight for Prussia.
Our soldier knows he is a
free-born fighter. He is no
slave of any Government.
He is part of a nation waging
war. He wants to fight. He
needn't be driven into battle.
He yells: Let's go!"4
That's morale! Let's let
them keep it! Let's keep
them keen and fit and confi
dent! General Pershing finds
that 900 men who have a
hut to spend their evenings in
are more effective than 1000
men without it? Napoleoncalled morale three times as
important as other factors in war.'
The strain comes witlTthe first swiftchange from civil
to military life, when these organizations give your man a
place to meet his family, books to read and study, the
hospitality of American homes, when whole cities are re
adjusted to the new conditions created by having a can
tonment nearby. jS
It comes later, toorwhen a man" has been off in some
lonely camp for weeks, when the war itself seems miles
away, when letters are irregular and home seems some
where in another world, when a man has lived out in a
gun-pit or a dug-out, has slept in filthy straw, when the
bodies of his friendshV just beyond him, out in No
Man's Land.
Why you should give twice as much as
you ever gave before !
The need is lor a sum 70 greater than any gift ever asked 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 of six additional campaigns is saved.
Unless Americans do give twice as much as ever before, our.
soldiers and sailors may not enjoy during J919 their:
3,600 Recreation Buildings
1,000 Miles oi Movie Film
100 Leading Stage Stirs
2,000 Athletic Directors
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 arc with him,
heart and soul J
You have loaned your money to supply their physical needs.
Now give to maintain the Morale that is winning the war!
That's when" the men and women ot your organiza
tions overseas can show our
fighters that they aren't for
gotten, that home is follow
ing them up to the guns.
Sports, entertainment, edu
cation, religion, warmth and
cheer and friendship these
are the forces that are work
ing to keep morale up to a
victory 'pitchy
On you, this week, depends
this question of morale.
These are the seven recog
nized activities through which
the Government enables you
to staid behind your fight
ers. Their value depends on
just how much you, as an
individual, will give to help
them hasten victory. Give as
you never gave before ! Give
for morale!.
2.50O Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books
85 Hostess Houses
15,000 Big-brother "Secretaries"
Millions of dollars of home comforts
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