New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-25
>pMAN WOMEN STAND IN THE STRUGGLE

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instances these "smateur, -
ers are absolutely Incomplete, :.
out satisfactory work Ana n
and u hard to compete with a.
lar workers Shirts which ). 9
could get into without HEN = =. as
without !. heels, are the outpu. q ~. ~
Of these amateurs. Therefor. ,,' 'sa'
ella" OF voluntary helpers n. We
formed to 90 round and shov ~ va
competents how 10 knit and .s~ y =
by sn imperial order, clo,bin,
be cut according to army r,suI..
and garments not couformipg - !, an
are vigorously excluded from !. I'VE
missariat wagons. WI
Regulates Price Of Recd.
Another responsibility which =.
WOmen's National Service Lean. =
taken upon itself ia the Requisite, :,
the price Of food. Like the HOu,.,,,,.,
League Of this country i,s m,nh,.
are keeping a tight lookout a, !.
market prices, listing the sho,, =,
ascertaining the purchase prie., !,
food. and are advising the city s.,.
ellis on matters of dietary. prof.s.,,.
al household economists are vi.i,;,.
women in their homes in order 70 a.
them how TO make nOurishing SisI.,
from cheap materials, classes are ~,
held at which the value Of fOod.tas
arc demonstrated, while exeeIlea, =,
sons on stretching the pfennig IA a.
utmost value are enabling me,h.,
with the thinnest Of purses 70 i.r
make both ends meet.
4 Leyelling Of omankiud
Nearly every German woman. 10 NJ,
ter how poor, belongs 10 a small eI,,
or kSfee kletsch. as many Of then an
called. meeting, say, once a week h
t;mo Of peace TO these ksffee kIal,cs,,
they bring their needle work Or Ia,
reading and talk of the weather, a,
babies and the endless business n
housekeeping. To-day they still NEE
and sew, but they talk only Of he,
men folk and the war. They are phik-
sophical, these German women, sat I,
is but natural they ask Of each o.hr
what it will all lead to and what il vil
all mean to them Thousands Of id.
wealthy women have for the first tine
been brought into direct contact viii
the misery and suffering OF the poorer
classes; they have been taught to thiut
and act. Underneath the class distin,.
tions they are realizing their eonnr
sisterhood with the workers
The war has caused a general lsVsl.
ling 10. The Kaiserin, whO. with he
daughter ard daughters-in-lax, is per-
hans the busiest woman in Germany .
the present time, goes the round Of tn
hospitals nearly every day, meets the
incoming trains with the wounded SOL
iiers and God-speeds the outgoing
men. She also consults with The Won
ems committee on plans for The pre-
vention of unemployment and the can
of the children and wives Of the con
batants.
"You Have Given More thaa |
The Ksiserin's visits have s'sasa
her many revelations. While u0s'
cially visiting at one Of the large ire
neal depots one day she noticed aver
old woman waiting in the crowd :"
her neal ticket. She went up 10 Nl
and asked her how many sons she nag
in battle. "Nine." came the sn''''
"Ah!" said the Ksiserin, "yov nav
given more than | have, for nave w
seven" and she kissed the old WOE
ans cheeks and went away.
The young high school girls are s''
as might be expected most enthusiast
and patriotic. AT the first call 10
mobilization many Of them wen' "
into the fields with their elder brother
and practised shooting, for they -,
eve will form an amazon corps ~
fight side by side with the men, nv
ever. their war-like spirit was dlver'"
into much saner channels, and ID
few days one saw girls from 'lA's,
to eighteen years Of age surroun'' y
by smaller children in the PARIS y.
inc them stories, end generally l0'"''
after them while their mothers w. W,
It work in the factories. Many Of ~ =.
girls are going into the homes o. "
women workers and do their h00''
work for them while thew are 's ~.
and incidentally the little ones '"
are left at home have then l'''
washed by their new elder sister % :.
are generally receiving more ''"
ton than they do in the time Of p''~ y,
Many Of the high school girls 100 = :,
selling flowers in the streets 10 =,
of the Red Cross funds, Taile : !.
dainty fancywOrk at which they de as',
to work and present to their ao~n 49,
relatives has given place to the '''N''
Of masculine garments.
At one big high school in BERN -. =
pupils a short time back tire" ". ~.
their French and English srsn, ,.,
and went on strike, refusing 70 ." :.
any more the language Of their -