The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-06-17
mobilize the Kitchen" Slogan Of
Crown Princess, Is Now
Their Watchword.
WAR BRINGS ITS SACRIFICES
Women, Guided by an Efficient Gov.
eminent, Are Doing Mems Work
and Doing II Most satisfacto-
rily-Trades Unions Have
No Quarrel.

slogan Of the Crown Princess Cecilie
Of Germany, has become the watch
word of the women of the fatherland,
laying upon patriotism's altar the as
pirations which have moved thousands
among them, in days Of peace, to seek
distinction in the professions, moved
thousands of others to seek relief
from household drudgery in the facto-
ries and stores.
Mobilize the Kitchen" has become
q policy of state in the government,
prompting it to establish free classes
during the past ten months for in
struction in cooking, nursing and sew
ing, prompting it also to restrict the
women to domesticity or it's allied vo-
cations by other plans which close to
them the work usually done by men,
Mobilize the kitchen" has straight
ened out many of the kinks in the life
Of the German people which during an
extended war might produce weakness
in their greatest fortress Of strength
their national unity. 1t has produced
instead a smoothly running existence
along boldly marked, simple lines.
The kaiserin's famous message to
her countryWomen, "Kueche, Kinder,
Kirche'' (kitchen, children, church,,
had long become old-fashioned and
well-nigh unheeded when the galvaniz-
ing shock of war struck the nation,
dealing its hardest blow upon the
women The fashionable, the frivo-
lous and intellectually egoistic, the
rich and the poor, the good and the
bad, became as in the twinkling of an
eye-just women. The governments
policy in those early days was evl-
IDENTIFY to draft the feminine contin-
gent into the work of men, soldiers
being then the only consideration.
Women with university degrees who
knew as much as the college profess
sors, others with long records in Of
fee, thought that their day had
dawned.
The crown princess, with that ex'
traordinary foresight which in crisis
involving the welfare of human beings
is prominently the woman:s gift,
shot out the word of command: Mob
tlize the kitchen
Women Doing Women's Work.
The women who in the early days of
last summer were thronging the
streets of Berlin, getting ready to
run the street cars, manage the tele-
graph offices, fill the chairs in the uni
versities, edit the newspapers, man
age the stores-they are today, many
of them, attending lectures by pro
fessors of chemistry which teach them
the food values of every article OF
diet and how they can economize in
their household bills; they are learn
ing the rudiments Of nursing. The in
other days Questionable Klaus
frau has become the pride Of the
government and the envy Of her sis
tiers, formerly superciliously condo
scending.
The authorities are in constant con-
sultation with the Hausfrau, asking
for her advice and assistance in run
ming free kitchens for the poor, open
ing refreshment booths at the stations
along which trains pass to convey the
soldiers to and fro, inviting hey to d.
rect sewing classes which mend the
army uniforms, or to get together lit
tie clubs among her friends to care
for needy musicians and artists. The
meetings take place in the large hall
donated by the reichstag for these
clubs, but the musicales and exhibit
tions are given in the homes. .Nf
The sacrifices of war eliminate the
"kaffeeklatsch," that substitute for
German womankind when gathered
together. At the musicales and enter
tainments refreshments are served
only to the performers. From an hour
after lunch until an hour be-
fore dinner the ladies sit and sew
or knit, having paid the small sum
for entrance to the club which covers
the fee of the musician who sings or
plays for them. m
In the evening these same women
will be found with their families gath
cred around them, all hands engaged
in packing the "Liebesgaben" (tokens
of friendship, which are sent to tha
6OlQ1erS at me ITOul. oIlldl PdChdSoo
the government transmits free OF
charge, those weighing pound for
two cents. The soldiers get them reg
ularly on Saturday night, these "Lieb-
esgaben" It is as if Christmas came
every week, with the German passion
for giving presents scorning the small
confines of personal acquaintance.
Trainloads of "Liebesgaben" pass ev-
cry few days through the country to
the seat of war. No man is over
looked. If he has no relatives or
friends, their place is taken by kindly
strangers, the women who have yield
ed to the primitive rules of life and
who stand guard in the homes Of the
fatherland while the men fight upon
the battlefield.
Trades Unions Have No Quarrel.
The trades unions Of Germany do
not have to adopt the angry resolu'