Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-20
Women's Work in
Winning the War

The women's committee council of
national defense has given out the fol-
lowing article regarding women's
work in winning the war:
The women Of the country are be
ginning to realize that the war cen
sus OF the woman power of the conn-
try is the greatest thing that has hap
nened since the war began. LOYAL
women are classed together and the
alien enemies place themselves apart
by their own choice. simply by re-
fusing to register. When woman
shows no interest in the request made
by our government, that every woman
of is years and upward register her
name and show her loyalty by explain
ing her occupation. then if after it has
all been carefully explained, TINS
woman still refuses to register her
name for the war census, she may
safely be put down as disloyal and IN
I deserving of the protection she re-
ceives in this country.
One Of the greatest trials which our
government is enduring, is the fact
that spies and alien enemies are every
where undermining the efforts made
by the patriotic men and women who
are devoting their time and strength
for their country aud its welfare. The
German propaganda spread broadcast
against the registration Of women is
no. cling discounted by the loyal and
tirtIess workers who explain Just
what the government is asking. The
absurdity that if woman registered
she would have to go to France, or
her husband or a son would be called
to the front sooner, or men would
come and take all her canned fruit and
vegetables, was no absurdity but d
threat when told to these women,
They now understand that all the gov
eminent asks is voluntary and willing
service. A census Of the women viii
? show the number of those slackers or
- so-called ladies' of leisure happily now
/ so few in number There should be no
, oilers when this country is fighting for
its life If a woman who works every
I day and all day. and has no extra time
{ TO give for her cOuntry's welfare. not
2 even one hour a week for knitting or
sewing for the soldiers, she merely
q must tell rlat she is doing and her
Q record will be better than that OF any
2 woman who is spending her spare
/ time at movies or other entertain
, ments The truth is just this. Every
4 woman has simply got to work and
! work all The time, until this war is
. won! There is no room for idlers
n now
q The registration was slow at first
+. but after the work of enemies was
! overcome by the truth. the women sim
- ply swarmed to get on the list of ioya'
: patriotic American citizens. Rock Is
! land and Moline will register about
: the same number and it will be nearly
u 80 per cent perfect If a woman talks
u against her country and shows in ev-
2 cry way that her sympathies are with
g our enemies. what should be done witt
$ her? 1t seems mild TO take her name
n and mark it as suspicious" There
should be a committee of men to TAXI
T. these cases over and handle them ser
y iouslv. Our men are giving their live.
y for US at the front and we have NJ
= right to tolerate sedition at home.
= The milk problem is as much a par
S Of woman's work as anything We cal
a do. Young children who have hat
T. milk are now being deprived of it OF
is account of the high price. Some PEG
If pie say by way of excuse. that tn,
t. men have high wages and can affor,
the advanced price of milk Perhap
e they could, if milk was the only thin
.e that had advanced But even with tn
20 high wages, families are having NOR
II trouble in making both ends meet thai
ever before. They try to substitute
something else for their children in
stead OF milk and the health of tn
children will suffer Milk is more es
sential than bread for a young child
=. Is It not our duty as good citizens t
see that the helpless ones are not de
Is prived Of the strength which the prop
" er amount of milk will give? We knoy
&c that the man who owns the COW get
. a small price for milk Please. every
?, body help solve this problem for tn
~ sake of the young children They vii
10 be the next generation of men an
ID Women and We must not allow thei
~ strength to be Slapped in infancy.
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