The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-06-17

ously in the munition factories to sup
ply the armies with war materials. The
men cannot fight and manufacture
arms at the same time, so we find
about twice as many women engaged
in this industry as there are men,
therefore the progress of the war de-
ponds largely upon the ability of the
women to make war material. In our
own borderland under the protection
of the Stars and Stripes, in the land of
free and home of the brave we find
our women struggling and trudging to
and fro from day to day toiling in the
munition factories in order that our
brothers across the deep sea might
carry out this great struggle in the
cause of humanity. The army has to
be clothed and fed, and who is carry
ing out the bulk of this tasks The
women are putting forth very siren
uous efforts in the fields, handling the
pillow, sowing the grain and reaping the
harvest. If I were an artist I would
paint for the world today, picture of
a woman, in the dead cold of the
winter, when the snow is heaped high
over head, when the zero atmosphere
goes searching through the body, with
the barren trees covered with snow
and long winding road bedded with
snow and ice, seated on a two wheel
cart driving oxens or some other ami
NAL, carrying food and raiment to the
soldiers in the fighting territory and
other, women helping the wounded, who
have fallen by the wayside.
In Europe, quarters are provided for
the crippled and disabled soldiers; they
are furnished with various modes Of
entertainment. In order to relieve
their minds of their misfortune, they
are taught different handicrafts, in
fact everything is done to cheer them
and make them feel happy, all of this
ereditable work is carried on by the
women. If were an artist I would
paint another picture, a sadder one,
one 1 know would touch the very
depths of all human sympathy, pic
ture of wounded soldiers being cared
for by the nurses, can you imagine
men lying on the ground, some bleeding
furiously, some with limbs severed
from their body, others in deep agony
and still others who have passed from
this world into the greater world be-
yond. Here and there streams of blood
running freely' The sight of such
scene is more dreadful than 1 am able
to describe. 1t takes courage and
strong patriotism to hold up under such
unpleasant conditions. Yet not one
case do we know that woman faltered.
Does this not speak well of the womeni
They at least have something to feel
proud of.
wish to call attention to the noble
and patriotic stand that was taken by
Miss Maria Cavell, the feminine mar
tyr. Knowing that death awaited her
actions, but she hesitated not, for her
love for her country and her country
men was greater than her love for her.
self. She gave her life for her country.
Is there anything more pathetici more
Could anyone be a
worthier citizen.
She startled the world. She has
added immensely to the prestige of the
women. This war in spite Of its
horrors means great deal to all man
kind. To the women, it means higher
social and political plane, an awaken
ing or realization of their worth. IL
means that man will have a higher re-
'peet for woman. It means that wom-
an will have greater rights, a grea'
freedom which has for so many ages
past been denied them.
By B. Browning.