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■Menmuch. A. Javtu rmiYOUR DOLLAR NEEDED.What do you suppose your boy or your friend who is in the army will be doing as you read this? What will he do the rest of the day? What will he do this evening?Though they will put in considerable time drilling, soldiers will have time to do much reading in camp, and it is easy to realize how important it will be that they have worth-while reading for their leisure hours. Reading is an effective foe of discontent; it inspires to bravery and to integrity and to manliness. Many a man has been saved from cowardice by reading the story of a man-who was afraid and yet brave when the test came. Many a man has been kept straight and has retained happiness and self-respect against odds, merely through reading the moral struggles of other men who alsowere tested. .An appreciation of this importance of reading and reading fromA rlt; WShe'AiWlllliperiod)* Ptw-mid ihtioo r«Fin1*1ButMFunl#on title w_ armyis necessary, and to raise this a definite money-raising campaign has been planned for every town. The government estimates that towns and communities should give 5 per cent of their population, which means that Joplin should raise not less than $2,000, and an attempt will be made here this weekto raise this sum.It ought to be qsy. That many people ought to volunteer in a few hours to give one dollar each to establish these helpful and saving libraries for the soldiers. It is as definite and important a way of helping win the war as any that hasbeen presented.E. W V lr«lnl*Th«The •I *i • Jilt;ShotmlngtoIf /Fin..piacn lLACKING IN WAR ENTHUSIASM.“Of all the cities I have been in, Joplin appears the least patriotic.”This acrid criticism was handed out by a traveling man who chanced to be in Joplin when the first contingent of the national army from this locality was being mustered into service. He remarked upon the fact that in other cities almost every business house was decorated with flags and the streets were thick with cheering enthusiasts when the boys from their section were started on the first step of their journeytoward the front.Joplin is not the least patriotic of cities. Emphatically no. But it is true we are not as quick nor as generous in our outward manifestation of interest in this war as are some other communities. So far as actual work is concerned, we are doing our part. We did not fall short in the Red Cross campaign, nor in the liberty bond subscriptions, nor in other opportunities of practical demonstrations of interest, but we are not much of a city to follow the band and cheer.Yet this sort of enthusiasm is helpful and necessary if we are to keep the proper viewpoint of the situation. Nations without enthusiasm lose in war, and communities without en-Mrs. the gi Mrs. C today.Som# you ctGu: Joke who ment he nfon 1)calletmanywas“TheC. I the oiusedAS\ Nlt;W« A nththusiasm are loads instead of motive power on the road to victory.daveHayOne of the simnlest ways in which Joplin could make up|»houfor delinquency in this respect would be to take up the HomeMetlyouGuard movement with enthusiasm. More of our responsible men should join the Home Guard companies that have been I you'organized and help make the movement a greater success here I ,h^ than in any other city in Missouri. A good start has been made.i *u ’« but enthusiasm is inclined to wane. It should be kept alive.In some way or another Joplin ought to put itself on the map in no uncertain way in the matter of enthusiastic support of limn nur government in this war. |T?T1
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Joplin Sunday Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sun, Sep 23, 1917
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