The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-18
Washington's Bouille
In the Boiling Pot you have all the news
From Smart Set gossip to lawmakers views.
BY ALICE LEE MoQUE.
BY ALICE LEE MOQUE.

regard to race or political
~ the whole nation joins in
@.rtfeIt sympathy today with the
uraetdent IN his loss by the death of
,,ii.r Arson Wilson not only the wife
hs BOSOM but his helpmate, low
ire counselor and true TREND Tor
nr.rty-nine years Of happy married
,is. Mrs. Wilson in all the quarter
- century as the wife of a promi- |
..rt man never sought her own per-
n,nol abandonment, caring nothing
,nr the imolight OF publicity but like
A., Roosevelt, Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs.
Il,dstone and other modest wives of
rToue men preferred to be the pow
.r behind the throne. Lake them n
h.nt All her energies to further her
bryha rd's career and with most n
soJssh devotion used her prestige as
@be first lady in the land not to at
49,, social distinction but to work
dtI;reptIv to succor the unfortunates
couppllcd by poverty TO dwell in the
soualid purlieus of h city.
when the very hour of death drew
near when her daughters knelt be-
siJe her dying bed and her husband
casped her hand in d silent agony
of grief she looked up into his face
and said family Il will go away more
,heerfully. Woodrow, if the Alley bill
IL UdSStu. ANU lhtot WIN 10 iASt
words-word Of thoughtful love for
the poor and ~friendless. And soft as
was that faint whisper from the dying
,ps it was heard in the great Con-
press On the hill and with one voice
the Housing Reform bill of Mr..
Smith. Of Maryland, which he had in
troduced months before was unani-
mously passed. A bill which will for
ever rid the capital of the nation of
the alley pest-holes and squalid
ronkerios in which the city's unfor-
tunates have been forced to dwell.
The Presidents strong desire for
privacy in his personal affairs and
his express request that no publicity
be given his wife'S long and danger
Gus illness caused the news of her Sc
rious condition to come like a blow
10 the people of the country, for Mrs
Wilson's long battle with an inSidious
disease ami her ebbing strength had
not been known save to the loyal
Washington scribeS who respected the
Presidents wish for secrecy and in
spite of every temptation to publish
the news not a line was printed in a
newspaper in the land. BY the Presi-
dents own command the funeral at
the White House was conducted with
the utmost simplicity, n he only
yielded reluctantly to the closing of
The governmental departments for
the customary half day and the adj
lournment of Congress during the fu-
neral services But while Mr.. Will
son Is right in many things, he is
wrong in believing the loss he suf-
fers is a private grief The death
d such IN unselfish, broadminded
woman is a loss to the whole country.
In The invaluable aid she gave the
President she ~befriended and served
the nation" says the Washington
loSt truly. over the guns and
drHms and the diabolic slaughter the
SUI small voice of a dying woman's
prayer Tor peace, even though it may
not be heard by the imbattled war
rors has spoken for the heart and
soul of all America"
Grave Swiss n Hungarian AmazOns
While the fearless women of Ar.
tooIt canton in Switzerland and the
ldh hungarian amazons are ready ant
wager TO fight for their countries
women Of Servia, Egypt, and eveI
auiNey are as diligently preparing t.
%.Nt as Red Cross nurses. Premiel
tNlahl has addressed an appeal to thu
h'roic women of France, in which h
Gays appeal to your hardihoot
ahu 70 that of your children who's
IN OF age alone withhold them from
"S"'lHS Ene. 1 ask you TO mann
IAN 'he life of our fields, to complet'
NV WORK of gathering the harvest,
auu me premiers adds truly mo sol
"er can give greater service to tn
country"
""le. Iona Timko, a native Hun
s"lLah resident Of New York, promi
Wy connected with the splendi
"o,h 81 the y. w. G.. A. of that city
n'"uly declares The women of m
MN T",'y are brave and fearless. The
,or 90, nsht again just as they did in tn
ss"'ut"h of 1910 when they went a
stn"sS ana common soldiers an
So shoulder to shoulder with the
sou and husbands, brothers an
W. NO wonder God is with tn
tho "sdflans. Nine. Timko declare
The s"hqulshed Turk exclaimed 'whe
ihe,r omen and men fight together fo
"e'f country"
r"e Bravest of The Brave.
Ana american women as bray
wor,dd ",less as any women in all til
thin. no not believe God favors an,
les. SO horrible as war. and couni
seekino IN many organizations al
er ,a ing oy every means in their pov
foreo stop the bloody conflict of RI