The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-10-24
C. N. WAY SAYS PEOPLE
INEUED WITH WAR SPIRIT
Women To BE Seen I'm Many Public
Places Knitting For the
Red Cross

AS the result of visit of several
weeks to San Francisco and other
coast points, c. NJ Way who re-
turned recently says mo one can Wis
/ 1t these cities without having
brought home to him in an unfor-
gettable way the seriousness of the
war situation as viewed by the peo-
pie in every walk of life
War talk and war preparations
greet one everywhere, streets are
thronged with young men in khaki,
officers in numbers are met in gath
arings or hurrying to headquarters,
and theaters. hotels and cafes ere
rowded with these young men who
&c enjoying while they may the
p Ieasures that will not be theirs
again for a length of time that none
dare prophesy.
A notable feature too is that in
every place where the young men as
semble there is a consideration
shown for their comfort and welfare
that speaks eloquently for The depth
of the devotion of those who must
remain at home for the great cause
and toward those who are paying
the price In giving themselves to
their country. Mr.. Way relates that
one of the impressive f. sures of
these preparations and wE.s4 is in
evidence in all places is the eternal
knitting.
In stores where women may be
resting awaiting an appointment, on
street cars and ferry boats, the
needles are ever busy. On one boat
crossing the bay to Oakland he
counted thirty five women knitting
tho gray worsted into comforts for
the boys ct the front, and CT the
knitters 1t could be said that they
offered a faithful representation of
true democracy. Diamond bedecked
fingers were as busily and sympathot
ically at work as were those of the
humblest, and in one group was a
grandmother, daughter and grand
child each of them buslly at work
weaving into shape the articles that
mean so much in the matter of com
fort to the boys away from home
A most cheering sign he said was
the spirit of loyalty shown toward
tho administration and Its war
palms, the general feeling being that
whatever savagery the Germans were
capable of devising would be visited
upon the American unfortunate
enough 10 fall into their hands, and
that no sacrifice on our part would
be too great that would aid toward
crushing out this monster known to
the world as Kaiserism
His account of the speech of form
er Ambassador Gerard before an
audience of thousands brought out
many new sidelights of the ambas-
sador's experience in Germany and
his recitals of the fiendish acts of
these soldiers in the garb of humans
had more the elements of tale of
the internal regions than of a peo-
pie claiming to belong to a civilized
Nation.
Incidentally he said that seldom
did he hear the charge that this is a
poor mans war as the roster of en-
listed men is strengthened with the
nemes Of young men whose families
count their wealth in the millions.
Amongst these are nine sons of the
different members of the cabinet,
two sons of J. p. Morgan and host
of others no less notable who have
taken their place in the different
branches of the service, many of
them having enlisted as privates.
Mr.. Way has proven himself an
observant traveller and he could be
profitably utilized at home in every
place where people gather were he
induced to repeat his Impressions
of the effect of this war upon our
neighbors, as unfortunately the real
seriousness of 1t is not yet universal
ly felt.