The Mankato free press., 1917-11-02
Women Save Foods; While
Grain Goes Into Booze
TALKS TO LOCAL WOMEN
She .HurIs Broadsides at Old
John BarIeycorn; Work
For Fair Sex
From Fridays Daily.


acterization given by Miss Rozetta
Hendricks, state president of the w
c. T. IT,, to the policy which asks
housewives to save the crumbs OF
bread and allows countless bushels of
grain to be transformed into liquor.
Miss Hendricks addressed a largely
attended meeting of the Mankato
and North Mankato Christian Tenn
perance union at the Andrews Ii
brary yesterday afternoon, and the
principal theme of her discourse con-
cerned the patriotism of the union,
and how the women of the organiZa-
tion could become if possible more
helpful to the government in this
great crisis than they have already
been, as unions everywhere are
responding willingly to every duty
asked of them.
Mrs. Charles E. Elliott, president
of the Mankato union, presided, and
led the short song service and de-
votionals, after which she introduced
quent and timely talk.
Miss Hendricks briefly reviewed the
war and dwelt upon the part which
women are called upon to take, and
the many problems which came to
them. She told of the organization
of the Womans' Auxiliary to the
National Council of Defense, and
the great work before that body.
Women's organizations should not
give up their identity and the work
in which they are engaged, but. all
organizations should cooperate in
doing the work made necessary by
the war. Miss Dendricks spoke of
the Red Cross work which came to
the unions, and drew attention to
the fact that the Women's Temper
ance Union had done practically the
same work in times of peace, al
though not on as large a scale. They
had furnished the soldiers with COM
fort kits and other necessities for
many years, and now that the time
of greater service had come, they
We're rising nobly to the occasion.
Ladies Were Knitting.
Miss Hendricks looked around over
her audience and observed that many
of the women were industriously
knitting as they listened. 'Now
comes the time when a greater serv-
ice is needed" she said. 1--WE must
all cooperate to furnish what is
needed Most of all the work the
knitting appeals to me. Of course
we must make articles to send to the
base hospitals, but the knitted arti-
cles are going to help make the boys
comfortable, to protect their health
before they go to hospitals, and the
knitted articles can be made without
thinking that they are going to a
soldier made sick by war or wounded.
They go to help keep some boy we'll
and strong, and perhaps prevent an
illness which would make it neces-
sary for him to be taken to a hospital.
Bring your knitting. Before you
go to your union meetings supply
yourselves with yarn and knit as
you listen to the programs. We
should all do our best, and in that
way we can be helping although we
listen to addresses.
Conservation Of Food.
zone of the problems that has come to
the, women is that OF conservation OF
food. Our motto For God, Home, and Ma
tive Land'-is patriotio-we are a patriotic
organization, and yet we sometimes have
a little feeling when we are asked to
conserve every slice of bread. The thought
SurgeS within us, Why ask the women to
do all this saving and allow the waste
that is going on? " She then told of the
weakening effect of liquor; and the move
ments made to abolish it during the pres
ent war. She remarked the great waste
of food stuffs which go into the manu-
facture of liquor, and the dallying of the
senate and house of representations when
asked to pass law prohibiting the use
of grains in this way and how they
fvao1 lxy tod hanr Ind will hQf
passing the resolution.
I'VE are, l hope, patriotic enough to
overlook all this, and do what we can to
save the Bread said Miss Hendricks,
''for a food shortage faces us. If we
furnish the allies with the so per cent
needed it will naturally cut us short
She then showed that what we are asked
to do in the matter of conservation will
affect each family but very little, unless
it is the wealthy people. Miss Hendricks
also spoke of the moral standards during
war, and urged that everyone make an
effort to aid in keeping the lives of the
soldiers and younger people free from
temptations.
Protect Women in Industries
Protect the women in our industries. -
urged Miss Hendricks. When they do
the same work, do better work. work the
same hours, they should be given the
same wages, and yet there is always dis
examinations, and because they are wom-
en- they are expected to work for less
pay. We must see to 1t that the women in
Industries are treated fairly" She also
urged the Americanization of foreign
women as soon as they come to America,
and advised the American women to be
neighborly to such strangers.
1.-Two hundred more comfort bags have
been asked by the colonel to be sent to
the soldiers at Deming,'' stated Miss
Hendricks. and asked that the women
complete the bags as soon as possible
She told how the men had been supplied
ODD hoo lNf~ IL
and of other useful things the state union
had done, and were doing At present
they are supplying sixteen picture ma
chimes for the sixteen different camps in
the United States this winter
Miss Hendricks dwelt at length upon
the temperance work of the Union and
told of the bill providing for national pro-
hibition for six years which had now
passed the senate and will soon come be-
fore the house of representatives.
1--WE must literally lombard our rep
resentatives, and get them to pass this
law without a time limit said Miss
Hendricks. She also urged the work for
the state constitutional amendment. She
mentioned the work in which the union is
engaged of raising a fund for French
orphans. and of the white ribbon ambu-
lance which has been sent into service.
Calls For Hearty Response.
1--WE feel that all calls which the gov
ernment makes of us will meet the same
hearty response she stated. EVERY wom-
an is patriotic and wants to do her part. .
Mrs. ]. w. Andrews gave little talk