Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1918 — WAR HINTS, HELPS, DUTIES [ARTICLE]

WAR HINTS, HELPS, DUTIES

COMPLIED AND CONDENSED FOR THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE BY GEORGE ADE. To lend money on gilt-edge security and get a fair rate of interest is not a sure evidence of patriotism. But, to refuse to lend money to your couptry in the hour of need, when you can get the money and when your country gives you the safe end of the transaction, would be accepted in any court as proof of blind and perverse ingratitude. If you buy a huge stack of Liberty bonds and the neighbors thereafter fail to build a bonfire in front of your house and asemble in large numbers and call on you for a speech and ask you to run for congress, don’t be downcast and feel that your noble endeavors are not appreciated. Your full reward will lie in the fact that you can walk along the street without being pointed out as a discredit to the community. Besides, you will have the bonds. Once more, bear in mind that the big drive for the Fourth Liberty loan is to be short and strenuous. Go to the places where bonds are for sale in the cheerful and willing spirit shown by the men who registered last week. Mark the date—September 28th. Every subscription will drive the army a foot nearer to Berlin. As the boys at the camp say, “Let’s go.” ♦ * • You need not go to the front to do your fighting. When you detect the noxious fumes of pro-German propaganda, put on your gas mask. If you are attacked by a temptation to disregard the food regulations, adjust your bayonet and go at the enemy. If you have to charge up a long hill in order to capture the grand total in the next drive, pay no attention to the machine-gun fire and keep moving in the forward advance. If you find a pacifist hiding in a shell-hole, send him to the hospital for treatment If you see a premature peace offering crawling through the grass, open fire. * * « The U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, has sent out a call for stenographers and typists. They are needed in the government offices. Special plans are being made for the housing of employees. Write to the Commission. « * • The careful housewife is one who studies Fair Price lists. * • « Two pounds of sugar per month per person. That means a daily ration of one ounce per person. Weigh out an ounce and take a good hard look at it. * • • Do not transfer any government securities without first consulting your banker. If he advises you to transfer, go and hunt up another banker. • • • The common and unskilled labor of Indiana should now be on jobs that are helping to win the war.