Newspapers / The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, … / Nov. 8, 1917, edition 1 / Page 7
Part of The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE MOUNTAINEEE-COUEIER, WAYNESVILLE, N. C. :.-27ffri,M'-S.'-Tf'..; Million Loiters In ttio Mails Today . ' i DoaHiig Magic 7Drds "Vith the Colors" 'Keynote of the SD.endid Work the Y. M. C. A. Does Amona ........... I W . Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In - v. iougn murine rums m nuuie. STAMPED WTTB STARS AND STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE Multifarious Wayi in Which the Association Appeals to Tour Boy, ' Yonr Neighbor's Boy, or Some Boy Yon Know and Love Creates a Helpful Environment in Cantonment, on way Overseas, In Front Line trench and Beyond First to Aid as He Comes Tottering Baok Give Your Snare of the $35,000,000 Required to Accomplish This '.'Last Evidence That Somebody Cares." I mm was evening on the broad j Hempstead Plain, Long Inland, where the Rainbow division was .pending iU last night before embark' tog lor France. It ahad been raining bard In the afternoon a cold, steady autumn downpour and there was nothing to suggest the rainbow In the outward aspect of the camp. Lines and lines of sodden canvas housed' . : 27,000 men, gathered from 27 different states. ' The ground was dotted with pools and quagmires. Under (he wet I canvas It was damp and cold, with a penetrating cMIL Lit by flickering candles, the tents were tar from eneer ful shelter for a man's last night In bis native land. v : But there were seven big tent where "electric lights, numbers and friendliness made the night pleasant least Is on Its way to you. Each one of our 16 cantonments, where the new national army is being trained, . Is using more than a million sheets of thla paper every month. In the draft army alone that means 16,000,000 fila ments of love every month reaching out from the great encampment where the men are being trained Into the greatest army this nation" has ever dreamed -and binding . tnem to the heart at home. Multiply that by thinking of all the other places where Uncle Sam has men with the nag in navy-yards, on-the high seas, in arse nal and officers' training camps and -Over, There" in France. In all thes places men are writing home. Those unassuming little sheets of notopaper gladden millions of hearts a day. They -transfer more love from one ! j Mualc, Gare, Good Reading and Correspondence Facilities In Y. M. C. - :l : ' r. ' ' : . .'.- .Building- - ..t. - .. In each of these "a soldier was strum ming on tr piano i others were reading . books and magaslnes ; . hundreds wered I writing . letter .home, Bemija in ! raised counter at one end three or tour ' : young men were busy passing out notepaper : and envelopes,' selling - - istamns and weighing parcels, which Q 'the men were, sending home., it), of . the soldiers said to me as i mooo. ib 'the tent used' chiefly by men .from llowa: "We came an y way here ! front Des Moines, and we were mighty I lonely. Then we found tola T. M.C iA, on the Job, and It's Jeen home and more than a home to usa It gave Ins what we wanted when we needed It moat. We'll never forget it The boys' best friend la thl Y. M. a A." Pine, Clean-Cut, Upstanding Fellow. " Bow close' those benches were tack ed with men. bending1 over ,the long tables absorbed in their... writing! 'wbat- en . appeal.' to the aympathles i those great- groups of gutter, make! -FtaV clean-cnt npsUBdlng fellows. some of them, mere boys, one. think Immediately of the aaarlflce they hare. 'made for .the rest of us and how pre- raam thev are to some one back home. ! t8oinewher,tt far oft farm or village " ' i or .city street, .'there are parents ptl ; brother or wives who would give- all ' they possess for na JgHmpse ef those" surfburned -: feees a you and, I see 1them on, their Ust night before going 'croaj. And It was with a throb of . 'the tesrt that I watched them, Bent lover their letter paper,-in one after. ; another of those seven big testa. These were the tenia oi tne x. w. v. 1JL On that teat night in America the : association was barfing lh soldiers In the beat of all wy-glviag them , kn opportunity ' to' write home. On previous nights 'they had enjoyed box ing boats, movie, concerts, dramatics .and a score of healthy entertainment well as Tellgloniymeellnga.' But on thU last nit ht borne tie were strong at and per Haps that-to the keynote of th spler.did work (he T. U. C. A. 1 doing among our mea In uniform kaepirrtb .ra In tonch .with bona -. ,-Mrjle -Words, "With the Cetera, 1 'these rime there are aom Ut eri that r.ean more to a Uvea any we bare o er read before. Tiy are part of the world to another than sta tistics can express. Statistics are pretty poor anyway when it comes to reckoning In terms of love and human tenderness. - Let's put It this way: That the T. IC C A. Is the biggest ex press company the world has ever seen, and the parcels it Is -handling are the loves and. devotions of human beings. World's Best Loyed Trademark. -. Thi war bail made us think hard and last Yonr boy: or yonr neigh bor's boy or some boy you know and lOve has been called to do his share In the big Job of policing the world for democracy and human liberty. Is It any comfort to you to know that wher ever his duty may call him your boy will oaveVfrlend that will serve him tn . body, mind . and , soul? - Are you glad to know that this friend will place books and magaslnes at his disposal, organize classes 'p teach him what ever -he wants to learn, give him a pocket testament -and invite him to Join religious meetings of the faith that he was brought up InT. Did you realise that the association provides athletlo equipment -for' his favorite games, teaches him games If he knows none and holds concerts, lectures, movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter tainments and every kind -of whole some amusement to keep him lnterea edf Are yon glad to know that this friend will go with him overseas, help to shield him from a score of difficult and dangerous temptations and follow him right np to the front Una trench and beyond Itf The last contact the soldier ha with this life he love so well Is a cup of tea given him by the Y. M. C A. tree Jast before he goes "over the top" Uva hand to hand atrug- gle with the enemy. And aa he comes tottering back from No Man's-Lanw; wounded, bat strong enough and plucky enoiigh to keep on his feet even before bis wounds are dressed the Y. M. C. A. is waiting for aim wit tea and sweet chocolate, the great com fort -of the man In the trench A. Ii you wonder that the Red Triangle ri called "the best loved trademark la tha worldT" On soldier In Prance baa' called It "the test evidence that any- J body cares." I if every, thinking citltea could see forego coveted possessions or even ne I ceni!tle3. The work must go on, be cause there Is no one thing' that con tributes so much to the spirit and" ef ficiency of the troops. The Y. M. C A. Is working night and day to help the government win this war. And every penny that is given to" aid the work is a direct assistance, to the health, happiness and strength of your boy and mine. - Snapshots of Kaleldoscople Work. In all" the big cities In France where our men pass through in large num ber,: the T. M. C. A. is operating hostels, where they can get beds and meals at a minimum cost In London the American Yi M. C. A. nas erected ajarge building for our soldiers and 0 clubhouse for American officers. There are Y. M. C. A. dugouts right behind the front line trenches, 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. C. A. -.' A fleet of motor cars leaves the big Y. M. C. A. headquarters in Ldndon 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 cars are operated by Englishwomen of position and refinement, who report that they never meet any discourtesy at the bands of the soldiers: The im portance of this service can be esti mated by the fact that at least 60,000 eoldlers are on leave in London every week; Over half of these sleep In Y M. O. A, beds every night -.. Entertainment on Vast Seal. 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 2,500 In the other encampments. The association Is run ning a 22 week entertainment circuit among the camps and is paying';!! companies of entertainers, who are traveling to SO 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 1m seeing to it that every man who cannot speak English is caught 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. C. A. men at Camp Dlx only three are being paid full sal aries. In all the camps the majority of the Y. HI. C. A. men have left lucra tive positions to do this work simply because Its appeal Is Irresistible to any red blooded man. Harry . Lauder, the famous Scotch singer and .come- jlian,.now on his farewell. concert tour 4n the United States, is giving .all nis spare time to the service of the esse- clajtlon and Is singing to the soldiers at all the camps he can reach. In one of the draft camps the Y. M. C. A. Is supervising athletic on 120 playing fields, providing full athletlo equipment" The winners of the inter regimental games will play the cham pions of the other oampe. One of the greatest services render ed by the association is the making -s v i 14 9 f : t GREAT SHOE BARGAIN; JeVennnnannwanannnCnBL Our buyer happened on a Real Good purchase recently when he bought nearly a Thousand Dollars worth of Sample Shoes from, the Manufacturer at Specially Low Prices which enables us to sell them at around old prices for New Shoes. Samples are always The Very Best Leathers and The Late Styles These are for Men, Women and Children We Still have Great Bargains in Goods bought before the rise in prices. Don't Fail to See us-IT WILL PAY YOU. LEE & BROWN BO. ;.. A Bed Triangle Dugout in the Trenches. with bis or her awn ere aomethlnt w.-lt!a oi ebeet of paper 'jmpd !cf th actsaT work being done for bar with the: J r.Afl$ Str'.ft Ue'antn by the asaociatloa there would be rd trisn-r or the' f hM.' X, and fed oneatlon of th Y. it. O. A. having tJy'oear-'Ki'ntigio wVr';:-,lth "tie ,ih appeal to the pebllc for-moaey.J it c i--.mere fir:ftK)K tbn yiathrr Inanjltt this efaert'tl vcti -"1 !-- iro p - r nufr ror an inirpi nrn n. i v til tie if B4orear. poor odA 1 out of . money orders by which the men can send their pay home to their fam ilies. In some of the big oamps the Y. M. C. A.is providing banking facil-4 ities for the men as well. Do Your Bit With a Tenner. . , .This month (November) the Y. 1L C A. must raise 135,000,000 to carry on its work among our soldiers and their allie until next July, Of thlft S35.db0.000 about $24,000,000 win be spent on the ipork with our own troops or about -$10 for every man In Uncle Sam's uniform. If everybody who baa received letters from soldiers and sail ors were to contribute $10 the task would be easy.; Are your boy's-fceaith and. happiness and clean soul worth 110 to youT ; Your town mayor, your pastor, your school eoperlntendent' will know who Is the treasurer of the campaign com- .ntfee-i yonr county cr town. "Other- wt send a xbeck' or money oriier to OeVeland, H. Dodge. trea.nrtr, 124 East Twenty-eighth atreefNew York VRy. " ..-" , " . .': t . . . trt tnalT powible the cootln- U-ac.f UyKt work for American oldiera and for those at oar alll. Service We have always made it a part of our business to give the very best possibleservice to customers - Lately we have been swamped with Saturday business. For lwstance: Last Saturday after noon, one of Waynesville s most beautiful and pleasant ladies came in and waited and -vyaited and finally said: "I never can can get waited on in ilas stc r: Saturday, afternoons. But, of course, we ladies in town ought to come in. some other day bscauss country peopls. chop on Saturdays.' v ' "' , - ...V '. , . ; '. . . - ... ..;r , , :v( And so. Ladies of Waynesville, please come in . and bring tbe children some week day when, we "'"; can fit you and tbe children more satisfactorily as it requires a great deal of time to fit - shoes properly, especially for cbildren. Our working men and country people can't come in conveniently through the week so in justice to them and to you and to ourselves, please come in some-other day. .t McCracken Clothing Co. Advertise ir too WaalaCeek Waat a Clark Waal a Partear ' Waat a SihratUa Waat a Swrul CiH Waal to 6eU a Kaa ' Waal to Sell a Carriage , . WaaitaSallTewaFrepertjr , Waat to ScQ Yeer Greearie Waat t Sell Teer Hardwsr Waat'CaatooMr for AaythirJ Advertia Weakly la This Paper. Advertising Is tbe Way to SacccM Advertising Brings Castei Advartisin- tTcr ' i AivcrUal Is--ss Saccasa AdvertUlag Shown Caafgy -Advertising Shears Placa. V 1 AdverOsiag la "Bia" .. V . vAdrrtis er Seat . : .Advertise Le. Advertise Well . ' - APVCKTIAU , . ;. .'f " At Oace In Thls lapcr Tin souTiiEnrrrtTiiLvcciirAUY An Ambition and a Recora XH E needi of the South are identical with the needs ON aMUa W ua kn. , ' TW niila. of rbm SmtlKts tUwtr Conpnr " Why of IMOM tbu It kon .f cooorrx. brtvora tbefiblie mm to mc pfrfcar Mr mni Ifank 7 larkenuMP mm mt ffulrabU whicfc iantrt ttm TonAdMce cf fufiliamnui nadn M I'M UVV.tT ol iipwimjiI Wc H raiklr a abaia Ik. net4 f oritsilio. ol brrrM maiti I atdifcic. Ialn t icmirl lor law" mm nkriaiia- ota (n torrt M uuc hU i . -I lmic nal . The Southern Serve the South." r 1 ! : - - -a. I
The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 8, 1917, edition 1
7
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75