Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18


Now" said Colonel Bigelow, we are in
It with both hands and with both feet,
and what are we going to do?" He de-
scribed briefly the great sacrifices which
are being made by the women of France
and England. With stories of conditions
In these countries. and the heroism of the
wives and mothers in particular, he moved
to tears the same people who, a moment
before. had been laughing at his Jokes.
Then the speaker came to the food con-
servation end. "Mr. Hoover wants you
to help him the same as the women of
foreign countries have helped" he said
to the women In the audience. Then he
widened the scope and declared that every
one could take part in this movement With
forty million men in arms, ceasing to be
producers and becoming consumers, 1t is
necessary that we in this country should
do all in our power to save waste and con-
serve all the food possible for these men
and the dependents whom they have left
at home. Mr.. Hoover is asking, he said.
that when we put bread on the table, we
do not cut it, except as we need it. and
that II we have any extra slices Of bread
we save every bit and make it over into
buildings and the like. It is also necessary
that we save the meat and the fat, of
which there is a great shortage. Two
meatless and wheatless days each week
are asked for. while on other days meat
should not be eaten more than once and
then sparingly.
Colonel Bigelow's closing words were to
the soldier boys present He exhorted
them to see that not "a single spark" OF
the great flame with which the world is
now blazing be left to burn after their
return from Europe, and closed with a
vision or the future, painting IN glowing
coiors the time when the boys Will come
BACK victorious ana tnere snail De no more
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his hearers as mo other anneal has aroused
the people of Burlington in years past
Mr.. Adam first outlined what we are
fighting for from the British standpoint.
, He described it briefly as the fact that
the German people have become inno-
! culated with the serum of militarism
and militarism means autocracy, which
spells the domination Of a few and the
doctrine Of Ito the conqueror belong the
spoils of war;" meaning the women and
children Of the conquered as we'll as all
else that is worth while on earth. 1t is.
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women and their women and children. as
we'll as their personal liberty that the
British are fighting.
The speaker condemned the Germans
and their system from the time of Fred
erick the Great, describing the German
school system and declaring that the re-
suit of this system was to make brutes
of these who were subjected to it. He
declared that all the great German musi-
| clans have been Jews. that the Germans
are not a cultured neonle. that thew have
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saio inc speaker. ihis ls an enterprise III
wnich we are nghting for GOD Almighty
| against the devil from hell. He pictured
graphicaiiy the WONDERFUL nghting and
terrible hardships OF the Belgians. paying
a splendid tribute to them and still finer
tribute to the French. THE spirit of
France" he said, sis knit close and the
heart of France is virgin gold. Among
the nations of the earth to-day. France
stands as the hero nation"-"Verdun will
est monument to human courage that the
, World has ever known"
Mr.. Adam appealed to the bond
which unites England and America
ana also that Which mites America
and France He warned the American
neonIe that aIthouyh thew are now In
The war tbev have three Years tr
make IN FOR and that thew can onIy
do a. nv suprema sacr,Aces. that w.
can onlv win this war NV DESERVING
the heIn Of God n win NOT INV The
waving of Tags and hoa sting abou,
our great resources
Tens of thousands of English women
said the sneaker. are now In khaki
driving ammunition and SUNNY war.
ons at the front, going within rang,
of the shells of the enemy and man,
Of them are being killed every dav
Not only this. but one.sixth of the en-.
tire population of the British Isles. In.
Guiding four and one half million men
have gone to war and are enrolled nm.
der the flag. Women are now maxine
so per cent. of the munitions made /,
the British Is,es Tbis state ~ d, No;