New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06
By Denis Crane.

ZION Of the importance OF motherhood.
--,.;s .te emphatic opinion of the Duchess of
Nsf,boroush
w. have falling birth-rate," she said, and
-. have suffered terrible losses in the waT.
--.. laws or us the duty to make parenthood
.,..,s.e ty improving social conditions, and
,,,,k the appalling infant mortality. One
...y s., o. every eisht born in this country
80. before Il is year old. and there are thou
..-s. los, before .hey are even born. To save
-. nations children is the duty most inoum-
..-.., the women Of England to-day. That is
.s. true way work.
~One Of our dhculues is that although all
... voluntary work Of this kind, such as
...o,,s for mothers and the like, is being done
o.. ,r,-,.- women are often excluded from
,,.,l government by the party system 1t IS
.-. that tie care Of motherhood became
.,ao-sl responsibility. 1t should, at least be
ale, IN bv the municipal councils. How can
III. So, O. work be adequately appreciated
and carried out by men alone?
II. American Women's War Relief Fund
=, name but one organization OF the kind-of
which Lady Paset is president and the Duchess
-. Marlborough is chairman, has an amazing
,..o-3 O. devotion The brilliant group OF
,y,-., who form its various committees have
,.,yii.i whole feet Of motor ambulances on
,.,ri,. 4, the front; have equipped and stated
.v.5, aid Of the American Red Cross mag
.;,.rt HOSPITAL Of $50 beds. at Paignton, South
D.gon: have collected and distributed immense
,.sna,ss o: comforts Of all kinds for the men;
and AZ. do.1g valuable relief work, on self
A,p PRINCIPLES. among women and girls who
lave suffered by the war. In cash funds alone
,asy have raised and discussed upward Of
$4,000 Tha, is only part Of what America
il Europe" has done. but it is a noble part.
MOTIVES ARE NOBLE.
Tn. Duchess Of Marlborough who gracious
y.als.d with me on some aspects Of woman's
participation in the war does not share the
view tia, the work has been taken up to any
larg. extent as has been alleged, by young
women 10 whom the war is little more than
new sensation" She doubts, indeed, if there
:, such women.
"Of course, in all great human efforts there
AZ, persons actuated by inferior motives ouf
hes. soon drop out Of the running and are
.u, forgotten" she said "Woman's record in
tbs war has been singularly clean and univer-
ally heroic"
The one strict counsel her grace utters IS
IA; nursing should not be taken up by anna
rars without course Of training. Nursing is
's,rious and an arduous profession, requiring
liz. any other special skill and knowledge.
What effect" I asked her grace, is the
Few discovery Of woman's commercial and in
:ss,rial capacity going to have on EnglandS
hmr,2"
Is it new discovery the duchess smil-
agy returned. "Of course, you mean by the
n'n; we women have known it all along
Eppose II has been brought home TO the nation
new and powerful ways. I hope it is
iSnanent discovery. What its effect will be
is difficult to say, but women are bound TO
I've larger share in the national lite than
'soFe They cannot be thrust out OF the en-
foyments and professions into which a great
'''onal emergency has called them, and in
Faeh they have more than proved their COM
Ps.acy But their position will have to be
'Sured on the right economic lines. The
'sas unions are seeing to that, as are also the
''aders Of the womens industrial movements.
Women must not be exploited and underpsid
FORESEES NO STRUGGLE.
mentioned the fact that when the army is
-soanded many women will be found occupy
~s positions formerly held by men, Would 1t
& the duty OF these women TO give way, or
~'s' there ensue competitive struggle be-
wen the sexes2
think the women will give way" said the
'-'ntss. They took up these new response
'"ues out Of patriotism and in the same spirit
~V VII, j! necessary, rel;nquish them. But
~''e will be a great many unmarried women