New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-22
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
AT THE Y. ". c. A.
Organization to Be Launched
With Banquet Wednesday

! at Patriotic War Banquet to be-
held Wednesday, under the supervi-
sion of the Junior War Work council
of the Y. w. G. A. the introduction
and adoption of the Patriotic league
will take place. The banquet will be
of a patriotic nature and the menu
to be served will be classed as 'War
| Menu The object of the Patriotic
! league will be explained and told to
the members at the meeting. Leagues
| similar to the above have been or
! ganized throughout the country and
in accordance with this the local as
ISOLATION is making arrangements to
| launch their stroke on Wednesday,
| October "a. Every member who
| registers as a member of the league
| will be supplied with a button bear
ing the inscription "Patriotic League
which will distinguish them as men,
bers. The objects, purpose, and work
done by other organizations through
out the country is told in part as
follows:
The Pledge of Members.
'I pledge to express my patriotism
in this time of war when the whole
country is bound together by one
great aim and every man and woman
is called upon to assume some share
in the task confronting us. The homes
must be kept, the babies taken care
of and cloth made and food cooked.
Not only do our own share but the
share OF the men that have been
called to the front. In every real
sense the burden and the outcome OF
this war are in the hands Of women.
We must square our shoulders and
not be swept off our feet by the ne
cessity for temporary adjustments.
Our friends and our communities
may need us more one year from now
than they do at present. So let us
build up our health in order that
with strong bodies, calm minds and
confident, prayerful spirits we may
measure up to the privileges and re-
sponsibilities of American girls and
! women at this time.
There are some of us whose daily
| work is so taxing that there is no
| time for special service. In this case
| the membership league does not re-
| quire it, but render whatever special
service you can at this time when
| the country and community are in
| such great need. AS our men are
| called into military training women
| will be needed in the factories, In
| the shops and on the farms to carry
| on the work the men have left. Wom-
en- that have never worked before will
be called on. Therefore, time and ef-
fort must be taken for preparation
for this and should be taken lightly.
There are many ways in which
special service may be reDdered. One
hundred and forty-three women's So
cieties in the United States have Of
fered their resources to help the
country at this time. 1t is certain
that through one of these every wom-
an may be able to contribute some
thing definite.
Some of the Patriotic league
groups have incorporated the follow
ing patriotic activities in their pro-
gram: Forming of canning clubs, sup
plying comfort kits for soldiers, maxi
ing garments for children in Belgium
! and France, adopting a French or
phan and giving from 50 to for his
| keep, securing literature and other
/ comforts for the men, sewing for the
Red Cross. classes in First Aid and
Home Nursing, caring for the fami-
lies of the men that have been called
or are at the front, particularly
helping in the day nurseries,) knit
ting for the U. S. Navy league and
making surgical dressings and many
other activities of this kind A waste
box may be kept for the Red Cross
in which money which otherwise
would go for luxuries would be used
to the following effect:
THE price of summer frock will
! buy a bed in a hospital.
Fifty cents will buy an anaesthe-
tic for an operation at the front.
Three dollars will buy anti-toxin
sufficient to save a mans life.
Twenty dollars will keep eight
prisoners Of war for one month.
For the sake Of the men who rep
resent the manhood of the nation at
arms; for the sake of our influence
on younger girls and girls who may
never have been taught these things,
we must show at all times under all
conditions the kind of womanliness
that helps everyone to live up to his
or her best Every girl that is helped
to live up to the level of her best is
of untold value to the future of our
| country. This is woman's day and
woman's hour. and we have the
chance to mould the future as we
| will"