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Not all cities passed such laws requiring masks in 1918, but there were still efforts to get people to wear masks. One effort action attempted to get people to wear masks by stating that the effort was patriotic since it helped prevent the spread of the virus to US soldiers, who . The United States troops were severely impacted by the pandemic both in the US and in Europe while serving. This seems to have effort worked as because it appealed to people's patriotism and feeling of supporting gave them a tangible way to support the war effort. There were still some dissenters and even an Anti-Mask League was formed in San Francisco. Other cities, such as Seattle, did try appealing to people's fashion sense as a way to get people to wear masks. One newspaper, <i>Seattle Daily Times</i>, even created a headlines titled: "Influenza Veils Set New Fashion: Seattle Women Wearing Fine Mesh With Chiffon Border to Ward Off Malady."

There were still some dissenters, and even an Anti-Mask League was formed in San Francisco. Other cities, such as Seattle, did try appealing to people's fashion sense as a way to get people to wear masks. One newspaper, <i>Seattle Daily Times</i>, even created headlines titled: "Influenza Veils Set New Fashion: Seattle Women Wearing Fine Mesh With Chiffon Border to Ward Off Malady."  The idea of calling them veils, rather than masks, was intended to get people to feel they were more of a fashion item, perhaps similar to how some masks today are relatively decorative (Figure 1). Perhaps also the newspaper took liberty with interpreting them as a new fashionable trend. Some ways suggested by newspapers, however, made masks useless, despite any positive intentions these newspapers had (Figure 2). Finally, embarrassing people was another tactic used, with also tried by the authorities. In some places having the , local newspaper print printed the names of people who were caught not wearing a maskmasks.<ref>For more direct and indirect methods used to get people to wear masks, see: Bristow, Nancy K. <i>American Pandemic the Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic</i>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.</ref>