Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-10
By EDWARD q. CLARK.

paper Union.
Paris.-It Is to be wondered if the
world knows OF the work of the wom-
en- of France. In this great City OF
Paris every woman physically caps-
BILE, lie at work for her country It
may be true that the thought Of the
nations on the women Of Paris has
been that they are given to frtvolity.
In a large sense this thought never
was true. Today 1t has no shred OK
truth in It, for the women Of Paris
from the humble quarters to the ave-
nues of the st. Germain district are
working for the cause Of the country
which they hold to be holy,
The st. Germain section Of Paris,
spoken of usually as the Faubourg st,
Germain, is the residence district OF
the men and ~ women OF what some
times is called the old regime. Here
dwell the titled people Of Paris, the
counts and countesses and even the
princes and the princesses who, under
the old system of government, held
not only titles intact but the honors
which went with them. The women
of the Faubourg st. German today are
working side by side with the shop
Eirls, the milliners and the dressmak-
ers in an effort to do what they can
for their country.
All lie Different Now.
Always in Paris the housewife
busies herself with domestic affairs for
some hours each day. This was as
true OF the titled woman as 1t was
of the wife of the Seine boatman, but
beyond looking after her domestic af-
fairs the woman OF place and fashion
In Paris did little other work. At
night the opera or the ball claimed her
attention. 1t was the life to which
she was born.
Now all is different. There was an
awakening of the fashionable women
of Paris at the outbreak Of the present
war. They found that conditions had
changed since the last war with the
Germans in 1870. Then the sisters Of
charity did most of the nursing work.
1t was their work to look after the
poor and the needy There are not
as many sis+crs of charity in Paris
today as t were years ago, and
those who T., eft are able to do only
a small part of the duties which to-
day confront the women of the city.
The women of fashion and title in
Paris last August went out rather tim
Idly to work in the hospitals. They
were not trained nurses, but they
could do something. T.4ey found an
real manual labor. They got new
outlook on life. Today some of them
confess that they hold their past lives
wasted. When this war Is over the
women of Paris will continue to work
for the good OF mankind. They have
An- pe~-#ision- and they have
learned the JOY that there is In doing
for others.
Find Other Fields for Endeavor.
After the first work In the hospitals
the women of Paris learned that there
were other fields better fitted for their
from all parts of the earth to take
their places at the bedsides Of the
wounded. What else can We dor"
This was the question that the wom'
On c former leisure put to themselves.
They realized suddenly that all the
able-bodied men Of the city had gone
to the front and that they had left
wives and children behind them who
needed help and guidance, and in
many cases, work.
The women OF the Faubourg st. Ger
main went into the byways of Paris
and ministered to their more lowly Sis
ters. Many shops In Paris have closed
because of the war, thus throwing
many women and girls out OF work.
The women of Paris blessed with
wealth, used 1t to start workshops of
their own where the unemployed could
earn money by making things neces-
sary for the soldiers at the front, and
for the hospitals at the rear The
fashionable women of Paris have
learned many things OF which they
were In complete ignorance. They
know now what social endeavor
means, and they understand the spirit
which prompted American women to
establish social settlements and to at.
tempt to help those who seemed pow
erless to help themselves.
When this war is over social set.
tlement work in Paris will be upon a
firm foundation, the stones OF 1t be-
ing laid by women who 13 months
ago hardly knew what social endeavor
meant, except in a society sense.
There Is only one woman's club In the
whole city Of Paris, and that is lit
tie more than what might be called
q "Tea club" An American woman
who Is the president Of a woman's
club IN the city of Washington came
10 Paris recently. The French women
of high estsate asked her to tell them !
aaif Z about woman's club life in Amer
lea, the so-called social uplift, and the
general plan of American women to do !
good In the communities in which they /
dwell
The women Of Paris were told what |
they wanted to know. They showed /
deep interest in the effort OF American !
women to make life easy, to do some
thing for the mothers, and to make
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