SOLDIERS DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 13, 18 April 1916, Page 7

SOLDIERS DAY.

[To Th# Editob Stuatfobd Post. 1 ,ju', —Ji> nus come to my auo.»cu biiau iv »•} too iiite-aiimi ui u large au...k/ii i/i'our Inwp.-mieil Lo vls.t tac ij.n"Cl a rates oa jjiiator iVionda.,. »*o are, US .>Oll KIU,.. , aOIUUIg a JMn-aaa Ul kJliilUUUl to pl'OVlue luilUS 101 Ola uuuuaed soldiers. j Uoso crave ia-a navo maue sacrifices to ngut lor ua, aad m some cases tue suy.cuie sacvihce. Are our townsmen going to he so ungrateful as to uecmie to oacr.uce one day’s pleasure, one ua/s noise racing, lor tuose who are lighting to. our very existence, i say, and say auvisedly, that any person who goes to the races on itaster Monday and neglects Ids duty here at Stratford is the worst of all shirkers: he is not worth lighting for. There are men and women who arc giving their time, energy and money to make this function a success, and it is the ooundcn dmy of every individual in this town u, support this carnival both by their attendance >and financial support. I trust the cars and trains will he empty -so far as Stratford is concerned, for the races on Easter Monday. I write strongly, because I feel strongly. I am, etc. BE MEN. Stratford, 17-4,-16. (Without at all considering the | broad question of racing in war-time, is it not rather far-fetched to term all the men who choose to attend races on Monday next as '“the worst of shirkers?” Would it not be quite possible for a man to give very substantial support to the ‘‘Soldiers Day” movement (as we trust every one who is going away will do) and yet spend blaster out of Stratford? The great majority of our townspeople will doubtless stay at home this year, to welcome tin l big influx of visitors and personally join the crowd which will gather on tile Show Ground, hut this is entirely a matter for the individual to decide, and wo do not think anonymous and unbridled condemnation of those who may not see things as our correspondent does, will help the splendid can so he desires to champion. -—Ed, “Stratford Post,”)