/Black buttons 

 /Thimble 



White buttons 



Black thread 

 White thread 

 Meedles 

 Pins 



Comfort for Our Soldier 

 of Many Ingenious Minds. 

 Kits Containing Almost 

 Buttons and Brushes, Soap, 



No one can take mother's place 

 in sewing on buttons, but with 

 this little sewing kit on hand, it 

 is as easy to sew on a button as to 

 depend on a thong of dried grass. 

 Pins are also provided in the kit 



Cur soldier boys are sensitive 

 about their personal appearance 

 and pride themselves on their 

 neatness after the rough work is 

 done. Promotion, too, is often in- 

 fluenced by such things, it is said 



The business of sewing up a tear is al- 

 most as strenuous as the military drill 

 for which this soldier is grooming himself 



It is part of a typical American soldier's 

 hygiene to keep his nails cropped and 

 cleaned, however rough his work may be 



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