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I. 623;; “'4’...“ . PAGE SIX “SPEED UP YOUR OUT- PUT 0F SINEWS OF WAR” "lam Hny" .\uth0r of “The First 0m- Ilundrod Thousand" (‘alls \ttvntion To the Duties of \uwriean (‘itizens I‘hw (‘olebrntod "Inn Hay", who Wrutv‘ the book called “The First Hundred Thousand", in a speech made before a Chicago audience L151 week, called attention to these out- standing duties of American citiâ€" zens: First, “to speed up your output Fl“ HT ENEMY PESSI.“ IS)! of the sinews of war”; second. "to fight the pessimism which comes from enemy propaganda." ere is an epitome of all the adv vico to Red Cross workers that has yr‘t appeared in this column or in nthor puhiicationa which serve as a medium (or the same kind of sug- gmtions. It is a supurb hugiing of every appeal that has been made to home-hound son: and daughters of Columbia. to hear their share of the burden in the war for democratic idvais. burden in the war for democratic ideals. The author of this timely advice knows well, as do others on today's watch-towers, that the war cannot be won without the fullest measure of cooperation from YOI' and ME. from the man on the street, from the mother bending above her cradle. from the child at school; even the feeb- le grandmother and grandfather. must carry as: much as they can or the common load. The full magnitude of America's self-assumed task ‘in all its awful- ness is too great for the average comprehension. To support, Atlas‘ like, the whole world. during an in- definite period of international war, is a feat that must stagger the imagination of God Himself. This is no sacrilege. but a dazzing, blind- ing fact. Small wonder our finite minds hand and buckle. at times under the nrm SEASON . “Around the Militant Pacific" is the comprehensive title of the com- ing series of Burton Holmes Travel ozues. For over seven months. Mr. Holmes has sailed the waters of the Pacific in search of absolutely new worlds to conquerd with his rapid fire cnmern, that he might make this season memorable because of its distinct litl\'t‘lt_\'*4n€" and hitherto unexplored and unexploited fields. in his personal endeavor to bring the interesting places of the world to his audience“. No one can quite realize the significance of the word "Nlilitnnt" without stopping to con- ‘sider that .\[r. liolmes' voyaging for thousnnds of miles. was done on ships. Which showed no lights at night. which sailed secret and zig- zag courses, which dodged suspicion} looking strange crafts and which were watched over every moment by units of the British and Japanese Small wonder our finite minds bend and buckle at times under the \'i~‘i0n n! heaped-up misery which M- tnnris apparently into the infinite! ln- :tinctivoly. we turn from the horrid fhnnzhl 0f war and its consequences in our potty pleasures‘ our lnuglm‘r and our self-absorption 0! yesterday. "Rut this will never do" says con- :cionce. aroused by the prodding of some flaming hit of oratory. some billing snntenoe that fairly burns tlm we will open to the public an Automobile Display Room at No. Avenue, formerly occupied by Purdy 8C Sons’ Hardware Stone. ‘ Vite the public to call and inspect our line. We will take great pleasure in showing to the public Announcing the WM 0130 . paper upon which it is written. To arms! then. with our brothers in tho ileld". Opportunity awaits each- one of us. no matter how diminished our 3tr--m:th_ opportunity to servo un- iivr the banner whose emblem in the rum: 0! rod on a field of white. Tu furnish the material comforts Unwind by tho Allimi fnrrns in trench unli h05pitul.tnsuppnrt tho mnrnln oi the “imiv of those armies, is what thn Itvd Cross has set out to not-um: pli<h Ami each one (i! tho nutinns hy whusp min America must tight. has. like her. Pntrugtgfi the fulfilling of that mission to this organization. Pnndnr wvll tho foregomg sentence, Hm import of which Is that war re‘ ii-f .nvlvnmr: must he “""ll'llir"(-tl‘d' In order to be efficacious. Shun the new, smaller groups of enthusluu. whose output. at best must traverse Red (‘rnss channels. in ordnr to reach the man for whom It is Intended. ‘ muniontlon broad and good right SAM Remember this: the Red (“man hm! hm Mind alloys Its routos of mm- muniontlon with thv battle from an broad and open. protected by this good right arm of YOUR I‘NCIE nnvips ”is coming series compriios "Auk iraiin," "New Zeaiand and Tumsn- in," "The South Sea islands. Fiji. Tungn. Samoa and Hawaii in 1917”; "Japan in 1917" and "Aluka Today." For years Mr. Holmes has wanted in we northern Japan. but has never had the opportunity until this sunk mar: as n rowuh. he will prnsmnt to Bertha Dawning Mngnus. Chicago Chapter. American Red C rnss. / which hgve recently been added to our line. Saturday, I February 16th I‘HE HIGHLAND -rlcultural. Botanical, Mltlnlxht-Sun. Alaska, the Alukn where the dog- slod has yn-Mod tn the Pullman car. tho glorlm n! snow capped mountnlnn ls cnntrnstvd with giant “Huber- Trlvs and mshwrrlvs and apples - whore tho romance 0! the olden days ‘stlll renulm but where l'ncle Run gold out n! the grnund hy rah-Inn whom, potatoes- Ind lurnlps, as well as mlnlnx. “'lth these 67? brand new fiubfi‘cll, Burton Holmu Illl volohrnn- tho twenty-fifth nnnlrersnry of Ms trawlnxuos. lls hulldlfix and running rallwnn for. the first time and where they lake: ‘ his patrons a Japan nmvr before tnllclwd on by him, .1 annn 0! her whiskt-n-d almrlgiuvsv whom customn. (‘nslumvi and surroundingt vnry mar tvrinHy from any Japan about “MCI! hv has Dru-\iuusl) (uld. vTh0 Alaska 0! Twin: is rut Huh tho Althku of thv Culden Yo-stordu)‘. hm u! the Au Tho- Bul‘hmiH rwuunhlr earl) (‘hrhlmm m an» "NW! at h-n-t Tho)’ 11m «ppnrvnlly qualifying (ur manyrdnm' Amie-non Mrs. Anderson Marsh Minn (‘nrlslun Oscar Mr. l-‘mu Robert Mr. Gordon Mrn‘ Gordon Mn. Gordon Mn. Grovvr Edwin Osmond Mrs Hutchlnmn J. A Mr. Kuhn Sol Mr. Prltchnrd Joseph Mn Smith Annn Mm \'nn Stronderen D. Min-FINN! Fo-h. u. I’l-fl \ IH’ [RTINI'ID LETTERS We use but the finest of papers and our En- graving is superlative. isplay Room at No. 47 S. St. Johns " Hardware Stone. We cordially in- Call at Pratt’s 3’ 5' $6.3m; We give UNITED PROFIT SHARING COUPONS Sula Agent for UNITED CIGARS line of 39 S. St. John: Avenue *3: A‘