New Britain herald., 1917-11-17

In binding of, would adVlse not too short or close fitting a garment: for it may be the party Is bowlegged or chicken breasted. Men can't com plain-they are getting "1O ribs on each shoulder and many on their socks.
 And as we knitters knit. do we realize the great responsibility of this Ford age? By the way. What Is your speed limit? Anything but the naralysis of indifference.' The women consider Ford one of the greatest benefa ctors-a Christopher Colum- bus discovering new countries for us. Has he not taken us out of desolate n1aces-away from farm and drudg- ery-out of the monotony and every day life into Gods great moving pie lures the scenery of this beautiful world.
 The knitters have stopped our bridge pinochle and solitaire and now have time and disposition to .atk over tha causes of the war, the attltude or Germany. the barbarian pracuced on Erance and Belgium. We would en- courage all the local organizations nossible. It's golden opportunity for women to get acquainted with +heir own sex-for fiber sweaters to sit side by side with silk ones-for you must put on the same mum OCT o! stitches to knit for our soldiers! Hotels are full of people spending monev for fine accommodations. ine summer resorts have had many peo- nle that have made money Oy pro- auction" This is not "glVlns -lI IS getting!
 Now. what Is real service? IS IL not sacrifice? Have you never noticeo II
 
 the part? But women wear shoes too s,nai1 heels too high, non-sitable cor sets rat-able hair, furs in summer, short and low gowns, and yet are sensible, able and competent-can write on dress reform and 1ndepen- dent thinking and acting and, while wearing an immense broad-brimmed hat, can enlarge on broadening wom- en's viewpoint, while we may be cut ting off their perspective and all hopes of the beyond!
 Nevertheless, we are the salt of the earth, We have Lots wife to thank. She looked back and became pillar of salt; and we. looking back, we see we are the salt Of the earth. There fore, we must conserve as we'll as preserve, and everyone knows We can. But, may we clubwomen knitters cease to do the cannibal act, devour- ing the lives of many authors? Think of a dozen celebrated men and wom- en meeting with such a fate in one short winters afternoon! Five min utes each for Fra Angelica, Savono- rola, Gladstone, DisraeN, Dr. Montes- sor1. Why, 1t would take longer than to digest Bryan and Roosevelt. Truly, Life Is but a span and the one who iplr ho m
 We have among us knitters the church worker, not necessarily spir- itual. We have dropped the church heather and the ladies' aid squabbles. So many churches have. been built on no-potato salad, chickens and oysters and layer cakes; but the didactic clubwoman knitter has her facts and statistics.
 Women. you are wanted by the na- tion You have a chance to prove your undaunted mettle, your gener- osity, your magnanimity. Men need women's help to hold on to civiliza- tion. We can meet on a middle ground. Our patriotism will include the honest of all nations. With the cry of war, our constructive patri- otism must rush to the rescue of the lives of those bearing the heaviest burden of the War-the women and children.
 Let us all co-operats to make con- ditions better. Over a million men are gone out of industry. Girls and women are filling their places. Knit ters: This is not a war of countries only: it Is an upheaval in conditions mental, physical and moral! How is life to be adjusted?
 A suggestion comes from Pelatiah Webster In 1783 he wrote this:
 Ut is a, pity We should lose the honor and blessings which have cost us so dear, for want of wisdom and f1rmness in measures which are es- sential to our preservation. It is now at our option either to fall back into our original atoms or form such an Union as shall command the re- spect of the world and give honor and security to our people,
 May recall the lines from 'Mr. Rritling Sees It Thru
 "Let us pledge ourselves to service. Let us set ourselves with all our minds and all our hearts to the per- fecting and working out of the meth ods of Democracy and the ending for ever of the kings and emperors, and nriestcrafts, the bands of adventurers, the traders and owners and fore stallers, who have betrayed mankind into the Morass of Hate and blood in which we founder still.''
 E. T. W.