Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-02
Mobilize the Kitchen" Slogan Of
Crown Princess, Is Now
Their. WatchWord. ti \.
WAR BRINGS ITS SACRIFICES
Women, Guided BY an Efficient Gov.
eminent, Are Doing Mems Work y
II 5s and Doing II Most satisfacto- II 52 \
IL; n rily-Trades Unions Have
No Quarrel. < s t.5ts

h Berlin mobilize the kitchen" the
q slogan Of the Crown Princess Cecilie
\ Of Germany, has become the watch
word OF the women of the fatherland
4 laying upon 3patriotism's altar the as
/ pirations which have moved thousands
among them, in days of peace, to seek
distinction in the professions, moved
4 thousands fof others to seek relief
from household drudgery In the facto
#Eies and stores. I. $:s.St 4 Az X
\. Mobilize the Kitchen" has become
policy Of state in the government
prompting 1t to establish free classes
h during the past ten months for in
Il struction in cooking, nursing and sew
4 ang, prompting It also to restrict the
women to domesticity or its allied yo
d cations by other plans which close to
4 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
4 extended war might produce weakness
& IN their greatest fortress of strength
their national unity. It has produced
Instead smoothly running existence
along boldly marked, simple lines.
The kaiserin's famous message to
]; her countrywomen, 'Kueche, Kinder
Kirche" (kitchen, children. church)
4 had long become old-fashioned and
swell-nigh unheeded when the galvaniz
Ing shock OF war struck the nation
dealing its hardest blow upon the
women. The fashionable, the frivo
95lous and intellectually egoistic, the
rich and the poor, the good and the
4 bad, became as in the twinkling OF ar
3eye-iust women. The governments
policy in those early days was evi
4 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 profes:
) sors, others with long records in Of
flee, thought that their day p had
sdaWned. 5,5 3i443 q 81 MI:
The crown princess, with that ex.
! traordinary foresight which in a crisis
Involving the welfare Of human beings
is pre-eminently the woman's gift,
( shot out the word of command: Mob
B ilize the kitchen . 8. ;s. Il "
Women Doing Women's Work. Il
The women who in the early days OF
4 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
sversities, edit the newspapers. man
age the stores hey are today, many
Of them, attending lectures by pro
I fessors Of chemistry which teach them
the food values Of every article OF
diet and how they can economic in
their household bills; they are learn
ing the rudiments Of nursing. The in
other days questionable "Haus-
frau" has become the pride Of the
government and the envy of her sis
{ tiers, formerly superciliously condo
scending. 5.@ $i Il
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 her 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
tons are given In the homes.
The sacrificed of war eliminate the
"kaffeeklatsch," that substitute for
afternoon tea, SO dear to the heart of
German womankind when gathered
together. AT the musicales and enter