South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-28

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that is enough"
/ When the war broke out there
was "A rush on the part OF the wom-
en- for the hospitals 10 be nurses
The average woman's idea OF a Red
Cross nurse was 10 sit by his bed
side, rub his forehead and sing him
to sleep. When it came down to
actual Red Cross service, most Of
them never even saw a soldier, their
service being confined to the lower
regions of the hospitals and felief
stations But the women OF Eng
land and France and America, moth
/ ing daunted, stuck 20 the job and
I today there are over 10000 trained
women on the waiting list and more
/ viii be needed. / think ] do not say
/ too much when I say that the Red
Cross Of today is 100 per cent per
feet Their work in this wal has
been superb
-Four great things have been
| learned by the women of Europe in
this war. They are cool cooperation
| concentration, conservation Of ev-
erything. and a new appreciation Of
our men which means, a new stand
ard OF friendship and companions
ship and a new standard of living
ideals.
when the Germans turned their
gases on our men. there was no ter
rible Outcry. no riotous confusion.
A simple little notice was placed in
the daily papers. telling how the
] 90 D,
materials could be secured and
within three days. three million gas
masks had been placed at the dis p
posal of the government.
Concentrate Energies.
I'VE have learned 20 concentrate
in all our energies. We have con-
centrated in the hospital field work
and in the civilian relief work at
home. We have concentrated on the
future which is in its own sense a
greater thing than the concentration
on the past and the present for 10
is the foundation on which we are
building for the coming generations.
America must learn TO concentrate
on everything. America should be-
gin TO concentrate on its welcomes
for the returning convalescent SOL
diers. Their return greetings should
be a thousand times stronger than
the good will with which you sent
them TO help us. Concentration
should begin Immediately for the
esta blishment Of canteen services at
the stations for the refreshment of
the sick and wounded soldiers as the
relief trains carry them from town
TO town. In England nowadays.
when a relief train filled with
wounded soldiers stops at the little
villages to refresh the patients. all
business is for the time. suspended.
and everyone rushes of TO the llttle
flower shops to buy nosegays for the
ones who were lucky enough 70 be
/ wounded You know. IL is an honor
10 be wounded and so, l would
make another appeal TO the people
Of the states 10 support the prisoner
of-war fund for there is great need
for funds for that This is the one
and only decent thing that the Ger
mans have done in this war. they
have allowed the food to pass their
lines which we have sent TO our
men there and the only reason that
they did il is because they would
not feed them themselves Help
every fund and everything that is
asked OF you for a minutes or y
penny's delay may prolong the war.
Conserving the Children.
We have learned the conserva-
ton of food and energy and money.
But greater than any of these. per-
haps. we have learned the value of
conservation of children. During
the first year OF the war il was
found that more children had been
lost i'm the slums through neglect
than had been killed in the air raids
by the Germans. Then came the
esta blishment of children's dispen-
saries where the Riddles could be
taken care OF while their mothers
were at work in the factories and
in the fields. Milk depots were es-
tablished and children's aid COM
missions were formed and the NOR
tally Of children has been greatly
decreased since this has been taken
up.
THE work OF the Y. W. c. a and
the welfare workers has been a
wonderful one. Through the man
agement of the Y. W. c. A. the
housing question for women .muni-
tions workers has been taken care
or They have established canteens
and relief stations at the base hos
pitfalls and in many instances have
gone into the danger zone with re
lief
Lauds Gerard.
The greatest man from this
country who was ever ia Europe is
Ambassador Gerard and after his
return TO the states, almost all hope
for fair dealing was lost for his
was indeed a marvellous, heroic and
wonderful service-what he did 10
make things easier for our men who
were German prisoners.
Women Of America. keep on knit
ting Knit socks and sweaters and
scarves and mittens but knit more
socks than anything else for the