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& FOUR V** '.si^m^M^.k: VCiM 5 3*j Why YouShouldGiveTwiceas Much asYou EverGaveBefore! The need Is for a sum 70# greater "V r-:4?t^^ kHERE ibaa "V ever asked for since the world began. The Govern ment has fixed this sum at $170,500,000. By giving to these seven organizationsallatonce, the cost and effort of sis additional campaigns is saved. Unless Americans do give twice as much as ever before, our soldiers and sailors maynot anjoy daring 1918 their: 3,600 Recreation Buildings 1,000 Miles of Movie Film 100 Leading Stage Stars 2,000 Athletic Directors I 2,500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books 85 Hostess Houses' 15,000 Big-brother^secretaries" X,' MilHona of dollars of home comforts When yon give double,yon make sure that every fighter has the cheer and comforts of these seven organisations every step of the way from home to the front and back again. Ton provlda Mm with a church, a theatre, a cheerful home, a store, a school, a dob and an athletic fieldand a knowledge that the folks back home are with him, heart and sonlt Yon have loaned your money to supply their physical needs. Now give to maintain the Morale that Is win ning the warl MM^a^B^BneB^BMiaMer*lu*'eVBMMSfe^a l*"*" Hw*' 'SU ^WPlf**l*PW'*^^lr iay^.aL. I This Space Donated by THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Y.M.C.A. V.W.C A. NATT CATHOLIC WAR COUNC1L-K. ofC JEWISH WELFARE BOARO WAR CAMP COMMUNITY 8BRVK AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SMITH-ROBINSON LUMBER COMPANY i iai ^^aiBeew. ..i-^aweep^^^^i.iii" is a new kind of fighter in this war. He^we^a'uniform but he doesn't carry a gun. He carries cheer and comfort and a great big heart Never mind whether his uniform shows the emblem of the Y. M. C. A. or |he Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board or the Salvation Armyf He doesn't careand neither does your boy, This new kind of fighter is making anew kind of fight He is fighting against lonesomeness and heart-ache and monotony and worry. He is fighting for that quality which wins warsmorale! Your boy has it This man is fighting to let him keep it Maybe your boy hasn't had a letter for a long time. Or maybe there was something that worried him in the letter that he got this morning. Or maybe he has had a disappointmenthoped for promotion and didn't get it Or maybe he'd give a J^fllion dollars just to seer his folks one minute. It hurts to lock up things like that, deep down inside your heart It helps to pour them out And that is where this man comes in~the Daddy of them all Theyknowthathewillunderstandthathewon'tlaugh orpreach. They know that he is there with the right word and the right pat on the back when it's needed most You Daddies of America, ydu men who want to go and can't,n let's keep this Daddy on the job! .v, A a THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1918 -*f II "tf5 rr- ir \-r i W 4- I- Defective