The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-12
WILL TEACH MEN PATRIOTISM
Minnesota. Women Take Prominent
Part in Gathering at St. Paul -'
Tuesday and Wednesday

The women of Minnesota are ex-
pected to teach the men practical pa
.triotism at the meetings scheduled in
MS the State Capitol Tuesday and
+@ Wednesday, July 10 and II. The
men will probably learn their lesson
in the usual bungling fashion although
they are accustomed to be controlled
by the women from the cradle to the
grave. Female control of man begins
with the mother, followed by that of
the sweetheart, which in turn gives
way to the control of the wife wha
nluo must abdicate for the subtle con-
troll of the daughter. Thus men are
accustomed to petticoat government.
With the masculine mind thus prepar-
ed the women do not expect a haro
job. One of the things President Will
son reminds the women can do in this
hour of the nations trial is to supply
their men with enthusiasm and be to
them an inspiration.
The two days convention will be. a
meeting of the women's auxiliary to
the State Safety Commission. Among
the topics Of an excellently arranged
program are such subjects as Patriotic
Education, Red Cross, Home Relief,
Women in Industry, and Child Con-
servation. r .-s 49,.
The great object expected to be ac-
complished is to perfect the organiza-
ton of the women of the state so ex-
tensively as to make its influence felt
in practically every home. The con-
templated organization has been al
ready most .excellently worked out in
theory. The Woman Power of the state.
Is expected to be modified in such a
way that the particular problems
which must be solved during the great
national crisis will each in turn Sbel
met in an effective manner and with
out the waste of human effort. The
coordination. ofswon1ensss ~orxs to pre-
vent the waste Of effort .is'Htal topro-
a1ce the miximum 'poWerf6f Mime
sofa for war PURPOSES. .,.. =, ~ .. -.
The personnel Of the Wpmen'ssauxil-
iaxyaheaded by MRS. .Rc6. sWinter, .di-
recor, consists of san Executive Com,
zastee composed Of man sof the most
representative women Of Minnesota,
Eachsof the ten congressional districts
IN the state has. district .or9aniza..
tion,; every county has 2, county chair.
man, who is in turn assisted by local
committees among whom the ifiieces-l
sary work is appoftadned.a.tIt Isl ex-,
pested that each, county, shall haye,l
certain liberty to work outfits prob
lens in the way best fitted TO local
conditions. No attempt win BE made |
TO override any local organization or !
any hindrance placed in the: way Of !
work already :hegun but it is%expect-
ed that all will appreciate the need Of
working together. |
Among the first things that every e |
housekeeper in the state is asked To-
10 is to sign the Hoover pledge, to-
stand by the governments ideas in
food conservation. BY this united ac-
TN on the part Of, millions Of homes,
the United States will be able to keep |
he magnafcient army and the army Of |,
me NAhdn'SiA hn&1efhs women ex-
oect to put themselyesniA eommunica-,
Ion with the county chairman Of the
safety Commission in such way that
me two organizations working for the
'ame ends may coordinate their eff
'orts.