Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-13
Patriotic Program
at Civic Meeting

A patriotic program proved OF much
interest yesterday to ths members OF
the civic department OF the Rock Is
land Wnman's club at the regular aes-
sion held 81 the parIors of the Masonic
temple Rev David a. Johnson, pas
tor Of Central oyterz4u church.
and DR. r. 81 LeaFitt q the GuLVers-
ity Of Chicago addressed the meeting,
the former on the subject OF patriot
ism as applied to women Of the land,
and the latter on the subject of the
conservation and protection OF tae
children Of the land
Mrs C t. Sharpe presiding "a short
business session was held preceding
the program, when j. was decided ~
devote every Friday afternoon except
the time Of regular meeting OF the de-
partmeut 10 work for tGe Red Cross.
the member agreeing 10 spend part
81 each Friday a. the rooms Mrs G.
o Woodruff and Miss Dorothy nc
Cahe were appointed a committee 10
receive the members and provide them
with work at the rooms
Rev Mr. Johnson. u opening his
address said that if j- tBe duty or
obligation or every American 10 be ira
perfect sympathy and accord with the
policies Of the nation flo the present
war, and if there is n1t th.s perfect
accord there can Ue uo real patriot
Ism There Still IS Ha said. ceiling
among some people that the war Is
NOT necessary II is unpopular ETtu
q certain class. bat these ne said. are
either Dro-GeruaHs or IEuoEauuses.
not founded ia The facts that have Jed
up 20 the war. He sa1a four reasons
why the declaration of the war war
justified on the part af the United
States government. the FIRST that
there may be banfsbed all possibili-
ties of the repetition eli the atrocities
that have been pracg5ced during this
conflict So DO away with the per
verified view and peraicious practices
Of the sacred rights Of diplomacy. the
principles at stake are the same as
those that artuater the Revolutionary
war and that the German had well
founded and worked ont designs on
his country Each of these reasons.
Rev aIr Johnson explained at some
length bringing into Bis discourse fi-
Illustrations that he was able &c prove
as authentic fEe suggested various
ways in which the women OF the CoUu-
try can assist line government with
The same patriotism as hat shown hr
the man vino shoulders a gun and
goes to the trenches Is fight and emu
merated She Red Cross WORK, food
conservation, buying and selling of
Liberty bonds etc. calls JUST ss em-
phatic for The saving af the country
as the cali 10 arms He defined
Stacker as he who refuses t0 do what
his government ask him TO do when
the country needs nina
Superintendent OF schools r. c..
Fisher introduced Dr. Lcavitt, who
then spoke briefly ou the causerva-
tiou Of children. The burden gr his
plea was for the supervision ef chill
dren after they leave school and are
still within the school age. Ee said
that child idleness is "a greater prob
lem than child labor and advocated
the protection Of children VINO have
been drawn away from school be-
cause of the need OF manual help. He.
said he had not fully made up his
mind, as 10 the wisdom of. but was
inclined 10 think that boys between
the ages OF rs and 20 should be draft
ed for manual labor for id seemed
no more than right that they should
be obliged TO make some sacrifice just
as the man between 2l and 81 must
make q sacrifice in leaving his work
to fight fer the country He. how
ever, advocated night schools for those
who must work during the day ia orr
der that their education may 30 on.
Mrs. Daniel Hayes with Mrs. J. r..
Tuclds at the piano sang q lovely
number, Morning GIories" This viii
be Mrs. Hayes last appearance before I
the department for some time as she
is leaving soon to make her home iu /
Chicago
During a social hour the board
served tea and cakes.
Aid Society Sets Bazaar Date.
At a meeting of the Ladies' Aid so-f
clety Of the EdgeWOOd Baptist church /