Evening times-Republican., 1917-05-19
GIRLS. WHAT WILL fGU 00l

Girls, when the boys go to war as
they are going and must 60 what are
you going to do? What service are you
to perform as patriotic responsible
and learn first aid but those Of you
who shall follow the army as nurses
are by comparison negligible TO the great
mass Of you who for various reasons
and thru all kinds OF causes can not
and shall not serve. Now what are you
going to do?
Listen girls: The first division of SOL
diers were ordered yesterday to get
ready to go to France 1t will be a good
while before they go and are actually
! engaged and longer much longer be-
fore big army and the casualties
that fill its hospitals demand a follow
\ ing army of nurses. There will be more,
many more volunteers for this work
! lected for strength and knowledge
and adaptabillty. The vast majority Of
| wounded soldiers Comparatively few
of you Will ever see field or base
hospital. What them Do nothing for
| the soldiers?
Wait girls: There's plenty for you to
do. The boys who are going to war
must be fed. The people who stay at
home must live. The allied armies must
be given food That last is most i'm
portant for we'll fed and well equipped
allied armies mean that we shall save
thousands and thousands OF American
| soldiers because the allies can do their
share Of the fighting. 1t isn't as spec
tacular TO work at home but it is pat
riotic. Production on the farms is as
important as nurses for it means sup
port of the soldiers and the nurses
and the country. There are thousands
Of women needed for farm help. It's
hard work and it's patriotic and nee
| esary work. Why not be patriotic thus?
Now thousands OF girls have friends
and relatives on farms who need help
They are safe places for girls to work.
safer than factories and places where
employment is mixed. Why not offer
patriotic service. Take orders? or
course you must take orders. II you
were a. Red Cross nurse you'd take or
ders issued sharply and you'd obey
without hesitation or question or you'd
immed lately sorry for yourself That's
what every enlisted man is doing, taxi
ing orders without batting an eye. Why
are you better than your brother? Serv-
ice is service and must have head.
Work? Surely you will have to work
That's what the boys are doing who
are getting up to a sunrise bugle and
keeping busy all day. Why shouldn't
you?
OF course you can go on trip some
Wnere anu nave SOOQ tlfQe curing
vacation. ANY fellow could run away
from the conscription. All the boys who
were here yesterday and are scattered
from Newport 10 Honolulu and s:S-
Texas to the lakes could have ducked;
| but they didn't And il fellow sneak
ed out the conscription somehow when
ne ought to have gone. what Kind of q
time would that one have with the girls
at home?
| Take time to think 1t over. This year
the Gamers say that the supply of tin
cans is forty per cent short. Thai
means that the glass cans must come
down from the shelves and UP from th'
cellar and be filled this year by ti'
hands at home instead Of depending OF
the packing houses The army will TAX
a very large percentage Of the packer
output. Your help Is needed, at home
wherever food is to be preserved. Ar
{. you going to work at your job?
= When you come right down to bras