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The slogan of the J is \\ !te a Letter Home iand every “Y” unit in America and in Europe is built with long writing desks and these are kept.P^ntit uily supplied with pape envelopes. The morning sunshine that is pouring in the window upon the rejected in the letterjrom the soldie.n 'boy whose environments are plainly indicated by the triangle on the letter head. ~ LIBRARIAN BLISS RECEIVES PLANS Expects to Have Camp Library Ready for Soldiers by Christ mas. Will Have 12,000 Books Camp Librarian R. P. Bliss, who has been here for sometime making the nec essary preliminary arrangements, re ceived the plans for the library building last week and it is thought that by- Christmas Day", at the latest, the new building will be ready for service. Mr. Bliss is assistant secretary of the »• Amsvlvania Free Library Commission and is in charge of the work at Camp Hancock. A trained assistant is expect ed ds soon as his services are necessary. The building will be situated on the south side of the Wrightsboro road, op posite the road leading to the 56th In fantry Brigade. Tht buildirtg will have its main en trance in the center of the building ana will be more elaborate in some respects so far as the exterior goes. W ith a ftont of 93 feet along the Wrightsboro “THE LETTER TO MOTHER” road, the building will extend back for 10 feet and will accommodate no less than 12,000 books, with reading accorh niodations for 300 men. To keep the building comfortable in the cblder weather, there will be two large stoves and the,building will be lined with roofing felt, covered inside with finished woodwork. The librarian and assistant will have sleeping rooms at one end oi the building, with shower bath and other facilities for comfort. With a view to using the structure when the war is ended, the building will be erected on the sectional plan, so that it may be removed easily dnd sent to some nearby town which may wish to start a public library. This plan of con struction is being followed in all the camps and is highly practical. In addition to the attest fiction and standard works, the library will have a complete reference library and maga zines and periodicals for the reading tables. There will be an abundance of books on military topics, all the govern ment publications being on file. Mr. Bliss will have the work rushed to completion as speedily as possible and is hopeful that by Christmas Day everything will be' in readiness to cater to the literary tastes of the 28,000 Pennsylvanians at Camp Hancock. At the present time,-the stor.-. age building of the Red*Cross, near Whe less station, is being used for keepinig the supplies as. they arrive. TRENCH AND CAMP (Cut This Picture Out And Frame It) RED CROSS GIVES NEARLY $2,000,000 Supplying Footballs for Ameri can Soldiers in France Through Harvard Graduates. Ocean carriers, plying between Amer ican and European ports, transported in a period of little over three months ap proximately 33,000 tons of war relief ma terial, shipped by the American Red Cross through its national clearing house. More hospital supplies, surgical dressings and foodstuffs are be- sent than at any otner time since America’s entrance in the war. The widening scope of Red Cross work in Europe and the fact that cold weather is bringing with it pressing needs were responsible for the increased shipments The Red Cross is supplying not only w.i" hospitals but also infirmaries. re cuperal ir.g stations, canteens, dispensa ries. tonus for nurses and. the many other things which it established in France to help save American 1 ves and Dec. 5, 1917. the lives of allied soldiers and civilian sufferers as well. A statement covering shipments from October Ist until the latest reported ar rival of a Red Cross cargo abroad, con tains a list of commodities valued at sl.- 736,21 C. The valuation of Red Cross ship ments is based for the most part upon the cost to the Red Cross Which is buy ing at a figure just above the cost or manufacture. In one of the shipments was a con signment of 559 soccer footballs and 250 rugby footballs for American soldiers in Franc.-. They were purchased with funds raised by Hui yard graduates. VAUDEVILLE FOR RED CROSS CHRISTMAS BOXES A vaudeville arranged by' the Ragtime I'ing of Camp Hancock for the benefit of l le Christmas boxes for the soldiers will be given at the Partridge Inn Thursday cveniag. December 13th, at 9 o’clock. Tickets,? J1 each, may' be obtained from 1 -,e committee which »s composed of Mrs. Joseph MrKnight Speer, Savannah road; Mrs. William C. Denny, -Hermitage Inn; Mrs. Battey, Mrs. Brvan Cumming. Mrs. llamur. Mrs. MulheHn. Mrs, Eve. Mrs. Brenner; a.ls'> - Par’ridge Inn and at ftM ' Cross' i ■ , ta-Camp ‘ Hancock, . . . . ... S.