The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-24
KEEP ON KNITTING
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tee of the Navy league, and which
convinces the women who are knit
ting for the sailors that their labor is
not wasted.
stop knitting?" said Mrs Herbert
L. Satterlee, chairman of the Com
forts committee, last night. Certain
ly not. We are going to keep right
on, and we are working harder than
ever, now that winter is so close at
hand"
To offset the secretary's statement
women all over the city are indig-
nantly producing letters from CRATE
ful soldiers and sailors in which they
described the discomforts of life in
the open and the joys of the sweater.
Daniels Takes Another View.
Washington, Nov 24.-"The vigor
with which some women have urged
other women to knit is like some of
the orators in the liberty loan cam
paign, Secretary Daniels said ''They
would tell their audiences that if each
individual did not buy a $50 bond by
. o'clock the next morning the credit
of the government would fall"
Won't a lot of these sweaters be
necessary to keep such men as those
on the destroyers in the North sea
/ warm" he was asked.
Necessary? No." he replied You
! have no idea how warmly those men
are clad by the department. Why, if
sweaters were necessary to keep those
men warm / would not hesitate to go
right to congress for an appropriation
to provide them. And there would be
no trouble getting the money. 1 think
/ shall have to dress up one of the
sailors in the department here in the
North sea costume of our men. The
only thing that stops me is the fear
he might be smothered."
do you think the huge amount OF
yarn and energy being converted into
sweaters is useless he was asked.
! ''Oh, no; not at all. If We're a col
| lege president would say the effect
/ was psychological It is really very
/ good for the women who do the knit
! ting. They get a comfort out of do
/ ing something which is a service for
/ the boys who will do the fighting
| And it is a comfort to the boys. Most
/ of them, I am sure. like the sweaters
1t provides them an additional change
! The sweater is a comfortable gar
| ment. 1t is true that some of them
| according to accounts, have FASTENED
/ to sell their sweaters, and others may
/ have unravelled them to get the yarr
| for other purposes, but for the most
/ part 1 think the men are pleased with
/ them. Sometimes these garments are
very comfortable when a man has got
wet in the spray"
Horace Hall Wires Them.
In connection with the statement
4 made in the State Journal yesterday
that the secretary of war had made q
| statement that the soldiers were suf-
ficiently supplied with clothing anC
knitting was not necessary, Horace L
| Hall, chairman of the Topeka RED
Cross, wired Geo. w Simmons, chair
! man of the Red Cross. st. Louis, Mo.
Editorial in a local evening paper says
that secretary of war has issued a state
ment that there is plenty of warm cloth.
ing for the army and that the knitting o.
sweaters, socks, etc, by women is unnec
| essary. What about it? What is the
statement"
Mr.. Hall received the following reply
from Mr.. Simmons:
Account regarding sweaters articles il
your paper almost unbelievable. We ar,
receiving acquisitions daily from army of
ffcers direct calling for knitted articles by
thousands. Tell your good people t
continue their work and send in article,
by express as soon as they are ready t,
supply service to 1880 Olive street south
WESTERN division"