The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
HORRORS OF WAR
GAN Be ENJOYED.
How Tried Society Woman Of Eng
land Shocked the Four Hundred
With Her Enter
tainment.
WAS THE SIMPLE LIFE
5rltain's Women Of the Future Must
Have an Occupation or Pro-
fession to Support
Them.
!, lBy Wilbur s. Forrest. United Press
4 Staff Correspondent

GBy Wilbur s. Forrest. United Press
Staff Correspondent
LONDON. Sept. 7. (by mail
Classed under the title of the "hor-
rors of war; was the society version
(of a war" dinner given here by
titled society woman-now a munition
worker
1t is said that society was mildly
shocked.
It happened at the titled ones fash
ionable Mayfair mansion. Her guests
we're duchess, the wife of cabinet
minister, Red Cross nurse and a
woman OF the working classes, intro
duced as "Mable, my mate in the
shop" Mabel and her hostess wore
print dresses with red handkerchiefs
swathed about their heads--their
working uniform.
The party sat down at table, I'M
Iinened. but covered with white oil
cloth, and the hostess explained:
.'Mable put me up to this. You Just
sponge 1t over and 1t doesn't need to
go to the Laundry
The dinner was roast, vegetables,
cheese and q simple dessert. A maid
servant carried in the dishes and then
disappeared. The hostess carved. and
the guests helped themselves and
each other to the vegetables.
The hostess and Mable talked
shop" throughout the repast and
theirs was all the conversation.
The duchess departing. ventured
question: - -------' 4
HAS the butler enlisted?'
No" replied the hostess. "Oh, dear
no. sent him to the theatre to get
him out OF the way"
The dinner celebrated the titled
hostess, and Mabels first month Of
work at productive industry.
A remarkable coincidence Of war
has developed here.
Two brothers, John and Henry An
Mandate, each owned q cocoa planta-
ton in the South Pacific. one at So
moa and the other in Fiji. They had
not seen one another for years. Unbe-
known to the other each recently de-
cided to come back to England to
join the army.
Henry left his Fiji plantation and
travelled to England via Australia and
the Suez canal, John left Samoa for
Canada and then across the Atlantic
from Montreal Henry arrived one
day In advance Of John. He registered
at a West End hotel The following
day John arrived at the same hotel
and discovered his brother in the
lounge.
They went to recruiting Office to-
gether
British authorities on surgery are
today repeating with interest, an az
count Of the first surgical operation
in history performed under Zeppelin
fire.
It occurred at a small fishing and
bathing resort on the British east
coast. A we'll known surgeon was
performing delicate tracheotomy In
cision on the throat of child when
suddenly the lights of the operating
room were switched off. Inquiry
elected that Zeppelins were overhead.
Oil lamps were quickly procured by
the surgeons assistants and while
bombs fell and people were being
killed in the immediate neighborhood.
the surgeon worked calmly ON until
the operation was finished.
Delay in tracheotomy operations
are most always fatal.
Britain's women OF the future had
better have an occupation or profess
sion. Husbands are going to be scarce.
This warning has been sent to
British girls by Mrs. W. l.. Courtney.
well known sociologist, who warned
the majority Of them that an idle
and luxurious age is past.
II think the shortage Of men will be
terrible after the war. said Mrs.
Courtney. THE girls now in the
school room will have very bad
time. They ought to be trained to do
something. Women in the future. also. |
will be needed in work, because OF the !
shortage of available young men. 1t
is extremely important to recognize
now that few girls of seventeen or
eighteen will be able to find hus- |
bands after the wcr, SO they ought to
fit themselves to become useful to the
community"
Mrs. Courtney believes that women
will in the future be especially val'i-
able IN municipal and government
work. Poultry keeping, horticulture
and farming should be splendid femin-
inc occupations, she stated, addins
her belief that the British girl prob
lem will be serious for years to come.
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