The Washington herald., 1915-07-11
AIDING women
war sufferers
England Trying to Care for
Wives and Unmarried
Wives" of Soldiers.
CRANKS ANNOY OFFICIALS
Offer Countless Plans and Suggestions
for Bringing Hostilities to
an End.

srinds on in its slow way in the effort
to gain recruits enough to complete its
armies is facing another and a much
vision for the women who have been
left to me gentle mercies of the state
~ result of the war. Wives Of SOL
diers-married wives and unmarried
| wives''-and soldiers children have TO be
| taken care Of. The effort of all organizer
| Cnarity now Is directed to this end and
| to the end that the unmarried woman be
Afforded as nearly as possible. the sarle
| opportunity that is given their more
fortunate sisters.
While it Is a fact that the war baby
| publicity which has spread all over the
world was not justified by the fact
| the truth remains that many girls and
| women have been left at home to fight
| a social battle while their men are at
| the fr'nt
THE Archbishop of Canterbury is TAX
| ing an active interest in these women.
| In meeting where 500 delegates from
| all parts OF the kingdom were called
upon to confer upon this problem he
| stated:
There is a binding obligation on every
| one of us to attend to the welfare of the
unma ried as we'll as the married wives
| of our soldiers Because the fathers have
| s, ne away. or because the mothers have
! failed to sanction their union through
| the church is no reason why the child
should not have help and attention in his
appearing"
This, of course. expresses the attitude
| Of the Anglican church towar the war
! baby" and 1t is popular one.
| Countess Ferrers has paved the way
| for the recognition of the rights of ''un-
| married wives" by the organized chart
ia Bile associations of London and is lead
ing in the work OF providing for the
| coming Of these children whose fathers
will, in many instances. never return
from the battlefelds of France and the
| L ardanelles.
Trying to Provide Work.
In the main the efforts OF such women
| as the Countess Ferrers are directed to-
ward providing work for the mothers
| and prospective mothers which will en-
| able them to provide for themselves
rather than depend entirely upon charity.
| This movement has twofold purpose.
In the first place. it is accepted as a
| fact that home training is better than
| institutional upbringing. And. In the
| second place. 1t is hoped thus to hold
| the mother to purpose which Will re-
suit in her being a credit to the country.
Since the war has started most of the
| regulations regarding the liquor traffic
have been forced onto the statute books
by the conduct of women rather than Of
! men, 1t seems to be the first thought
| of the woman in trouble to get to the
| nearest pub and there try to stife
| the fire Of circumstances in ale or
| bitter.
! No rules have been laid down for the
treatment of these cases, it being, ac-
| cordinC to the Archbishop of Canter-
| hpr for eli 70 the right thing Dy
| Judging each applicant for aid on her
| own merits.
! The National Political League Land
| Council Is preparing to f1nd work Tor
many Of these women. as well as tor
| other widows of the war. and to TINS
end an exhibition will be held late in
June at the home of Lady Cowdray.
who is intensely interested. Others who
are fostering this movement are Lady
| Denman, Countess Brassey the Mar
1 chioness of Londonderry, Lady Isabel
| Margesson. and the Right Hon. Henry
| Chaplin. NJ. +.
! Opportunity for women to replace men
| in all the industries will be sought oy
| this council and arrangements VIII DC
| made for their tuition in the lines they
! choose to follow.
| Cranks at War ONCE.
| Downing street and the war office
have a daily battle with the army OF
cranks that is at present besleglng
London with countless plans to END the
war. 1t is not unusual for man to
rush up to an attendant at one or the
other of these places and demand
breathlessly an interview with Lord
Kitchener or the Prime Minister. HIS
| business always is to end the war
| One of these interesting individuals
had a plan whereby he was to make
the twenty-siX German states fall out
and proceed to tear each other to
pieces while England and France
marched unmolested to Berlin. An
other had prepared a substance which.
| IL it were used to paint the hull OF a
warship, would defect any OF the
enemy's shells or torpedoes.
The submarine activity of Germany
brought to light a genius who claimed
the power to explode any section Oh
| the sea in which submarines were oper-
ating. His invention went begging.
however. when 1t was discovered that
| the explosion would be as fatal to the
person using it as to the enemy. The
| inventor of a smoke ball which would
enable ANY ship to hide from SUP
marine" or which would conceal the
largest city from a threatening Zeppe-
lin" never got beyond the war oHice
anteroom with the model which he pro
posed to eNplOQe as d sohPie Oil"
cools his heels there in company with
the man who has perfected-on paper
"a wind tanning continuance which
will hurI their own poisonous gases
back to the Germans II placed in the
trenches.
Act of the Censor.
When the American at home or here
| in London boasts that his mail always
comea through without any interference
| from the censor and gTbly contends
1 that the majority of mail matter pass
| ing out Of Great Britain Is not read ne
knows not whereof he speaks. The fact
| that he produces sealed envelopes to show
that he is right Is simply a tribute TO
the art with which the censors here
work.
Ordinarily il Is easy to open letter by
eaminR it. II this Is impossible there
\ are many other methods in use. Some
| Of them have been known for decades.
| but the exigencies of war have moth
cred new methods here which are kept
secret, but which enable England to
know what Is being written without any
suspicion on the part Of the average
correspondent.
with the war the farthing has come
back into its own as a coin Of daily cir
culation. High prices have caused q
more minute consideration of value and
q shaving of profits by many of the mer-
chants. with the result that the quarter
penny (half cent. is made to do active
service.
With milk at eight pence ha penny a