The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-09-10
BY EDWARD o. CLARK.

RtaY Correspondent Of tho Western News
paper Union
Paris 1t Is To be wondered II the
world knows Of the work OF the wom'
en- of France. In this great City OF
Paris every woman physically capa'
BILE, Is at work for her country. IL
may be- true that the thought OF the
nations on the women OF Paris has
been that they are given TO frivollty.
In a large sense this thought never
was true. To-day II has no shred OF
truth In II, for the women OF PariS
from the humble quarters to the ave-
nues OF the 81. Germaln district are
working for the cause OF the country
which they hold to be holy.
Tho st German section OF Paris.
spoken OF usually az the Faubonrg st.
GERMAN, Ii the residence district OF
tho men and the women Of what some
times Is called the old regime Here
dwell the titled people OF Paris, the
counts aud countesses and even the
princes and tho Processes Who under
the cid 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
girls, the millincrs and the dressmak-
ers In an effort to do what they can
for their country,
All 10 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 ms II was
OF tho wife OF the Seine boatman. but
beyond locking after her domestic. af'
fairs the woman OF place and fashion
In Parts did little other work. AT
night the opera or the ball claimed her
attention. IL was the life to which
she was born,
Now all IL different There was an
awakening of the fashionable women
OF Parts at the outbreak OF the present
war They found that conditions had
cha ed since the last war with the
Germans in 1870 Then the sisters Of
charity did most Of the nursing work.
Il was their work 10 look after the
poor and the needy There are not
as many sisters OF charity in Paris
today as there were years ago. and
those who are left are able 10 do only
small part CT the duties which to
day cuniront the women OF the city.
The women Of fashion and title In
Paris last August went out rather tim
Idly 10 work In the hospitals. They
were not trained nurses, but they
could DO something. They found an
interest In what In many cases was
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 viii continue to work
for the good Of mankind
Find Other Fields for Erdeavor.
After tho first work In the hospitals
tae women OF Paris learned that there
we're ether fields better fitted for their
sudoavor. The trained nurses came
from all parts OF the earth to take
their places Mt the hedsides Of the
wounded What else can We do."
This WAS the question that the won,
e, OF former leisure put to themselves
They realized suddenly that all the
shle-bcdied men OF the city had gone
to the front and that they bad left
wives and children behind them who
needet help aud guidance, and In
many cases, work.
The women VI the Faubourg 81. Ger.
main went into the hywsys Of Paris
and ministsred TO their more Lowry sic.
ters, Many shops In Parts have closed
because OF the war, thus throwing
many women and girls out OF work.
The women az Paris blessed with
wealth. used Il to start workshops OF
tAsir oxn where the unemployed could