Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-09-02
pm the Highest to the Lowest
All Are Working for Their
Country.
Il NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE
~ Rave Seen . New Vision AID
have lesr~ed the Joy There is y
Doing for others-Aii Find
werS to % and Are Do
90 II Well.
BY EDWARD .. CLARK.

1I E6W ~ - SSNH
= Correspondent OF the Western News
paper Union
faris.-It IL to be wondered II the
rid knows Of the work Of the wom-
Of France. In this great City Of
lis every woman physically capa-
! is at work for her country. II
y be true that the thought Of the
hons on the women OF Paris has
y that they are given TO frivolity.
a large sense this thought never
true. Today 1t has no shred Of
d in It, for the women of Paris
the humble quarters to the ave
OF the 81. Germain district are
tking for the cause Of the country
rh they hold to be holy.
be St Germzin section OF Paris.
Zen Of usually as the Fxubourg St
main, is the residence district Of
men and the women Of what some
. is called the old regime. Here
N the titled people Of Paris. the
hts and countesses and even the
ices and the Processes who. under
old system Of government. held
only titles intact but the honors
CD went with them The women
he Faubourg ST. German today are
king side by side with the shop
,, the milliners and the dressmak-
in an effort to do what they can
their country.
All 10 Different Now.
lvays in Paris the housewife
les herself with domestic affairs for
e hours each day. This was as
OF the titled woman as 1t was
he wife Of the Seine boatman, but
pnd looking after her domestic af-
the woman Of place and fashion
Paris did little other work. AT
y the opera or the ball claimed her
nnon. 1t was the life to which
was born.
ov all Is different There was an
kening Of the fashionable women
|aris at the outbreak Of the present
They found that conditions had
psed since the last war with the
mans In 1870. Then the sisters OF
atty did most Of the nursing work.
as their work to look after the
and the needy. There are not
many sisters Of charity in Paris
y as there were years ago. and
& VINO are left are able TO do only
nali part OF the duties which to
confront the women OF the city.
ne women OF fashion and title in
: last August went out rather tim
10 work In the hospitals. They
not trained nurses. but they
: DO something. They found an
est In what in many cases was
manual labor. They got q new
pok on life. Today some of them
ess that they hold their past lives
GO When this war ID over the
zen OF Paris viii continue to work
ne good OF mankind
mo Other Fields for Esdeavor.
Ter the first work In the hospitals
omen Of Paris learned that there
other fields better fitted for their
Asor. The trained nurses came
an parts Of the earth to take
PAGES at the bedsides Of the
'oed- What else can We dor
vas the question that the WON
former leisure put to themselves.
ie~iized suddenly that all the
oooied men Of the city had gone
= mont and that they had Ief,
and children behind them who
81 neip and guidance. and In
cases. work.
women of the Faubourg st. Ger.
~snt into the byways Of Paris
mustered to their more lowly sie-
Aany shops in Paris have closed
se OF the war. thus THROWN
sonen and girls out OF work
onen OF Paris blessed with
:. used II to start workshops OF
wv "hefe the unemployed could