The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-17
Both Inside the City and In the Sur.
rounding Territory They
Find Plenty of En-
enlargement.
CONDUCT FUND DRIVE
Meetings viii be Held Sunday for the
CoIored People and Next Week
Many Gatherings Are
Scheduled.

! The work or the woman WAT COuu-
Gil, both inside the city and outside,
is meeting with marked success.
| Tomorrow afternoon there will be
mass meeting for colored people In
j, the Bethel church, corner Seventh
| and Morgan, at which the Des MONIES
delegates will speak.
On Monday two meetings will be
held In Fairfield, at which Miss
| Hornish, chairman for the southern
half of the first district, and Mrs. T..
r. Board will speak.
| Monday Miss Eleanor Brown and
Mrs. o. w. Weyer will speak at Mil
ton.
Monday at Cantril Mrs. John p.
Hornish, Mrs. H. c. Brown and Mrs.
Henry w. Huiskamp will speak.
Delegations will be sent on We'd
nesday to Melrose, Keosauqua and
Pennington and later in the week a
meeting will be held at Primrose.
The mass meeting at FIT. Madison
Thursday evening was held at the
Baptist church, and was addressed
by Miss Hornish. district chairman,
and by the Des Moines delegates. A
male Quartette of FIT. Madison, furn-
ished music, Following the meeting
the Keokuk women were entertained
at an informal reception at the home
Of Mrs. Hanchett, who was assisted
| by Mrs. VIM. Atlee and Mrs. N. q.
| Rob erts.
| The work in the city under the lead
ership of Mrs. Rich, is being carried
| to groups of women in factories, and
! in societies. This work is being
done by Mrs. Rich. Mrs. James Thorn
as and Mrs. J. j. Ayres.
| Last night Mrs. Rich and Mrs.
I, Thomas met the nurses of Graham
hospital and this afternoon Mrs.
Rich and Mrs George d. Rand will
speak to the nurses at st. Joseph s
/ hospital.
| The pledge cards which have been
distributed through the city, are To
be collected next Wednesday and on
| Thursday afternoon Miss Rich, chair
man, Mrs. J. j. Chapman, secretary
and Miss Elsie Buck, treasurer. will
be at the Y. w. G. A. from l to 4
report to them during these hours.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye in a re-
cent editorial explains very clearly
the why of the work of the woman s
war council and says: Occasionally
the objection is heard by people not
well informed as to the conditions
that call for Y. w. c.. A. war
work: What is the need Of fund
! for women at the environments and
| on the battlefields; why can't the
| Y. M. C. A.. do all that is necessary"
1t would be sufficient reply to refer
to the fact that the call for women
workers comes from the government
and the military authorities. They
know a great deal more about it than
people in their homes can possibly
know. Their judgment is entitled to
respect and public confidence. 1t may
be well to say in brief that many
thousands Of young women are en-
ployed in this war; some with the
army in the field and others at can
comments as Red Cross nurses, ste
nographers, etc. These workers must
be housed and cared for. Many thous-
ands are employed in munition plants;
they are away from their homes and
the guardianship of the home life:
They need to be properly housed and
safeguarded Then there Is the i'm
portant work at cantonments-sare-
guarded homes where soldiers can
meet their mothers, sisters, wives.
sweeteharts and other visitors, where
a bit Of social life and recreation can
be had to modify the tedium. the
hardships and home longings of the
boys who have rallied to the national
defense.
There are many other ways in
which this movement is beneficent
and will help to win the war. Let
directors stop moment and con-
slider the proposition that If the help
of the women were not needed, Uncle
Sam would not ask for 1t. He knows
what he is about Let us trust him
and continue to be patriots in our
giving and sacrifices.