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The Washington times., 1917-07-15
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow's Article on a Girl
B y Mrs.

am Eoing TO analyEe, in part
at least. the human document"
which a young woman sent to me.
and which was recently published
In this column.
II was the story Of q young girl
whose mother died, leaving to her
the entire charge OF the household
and the care OF five brothers, only
one OF whom was older than her
self. After five years. in which
the heroine of the story-and her
oine" she was in more than the
conventional and literary sense
tried to follow in the mothers
footsteps. she asks herself II she
has not wasted her life in unAppre-
ciated sacrifice.
Perhaps the girl who sent me
this real-life story may not like
some OF the things that ] am going
TO say: but I believe from the way
she writes that she has enough Of
the spirit of good sportsmAnship to
consider another persons point OF
view.
In the first place, think she is
very remarkable. Her story shows
her to be q clever. quick-witted.
resourceful person. She Is evil
IDENTIFY q good manager. and must
have considerable executive abil-
ity. The fact of the matter Is that
she is the victim OF the traditional
and almost universally accepted
view of what constitutes womAn's
work.
The girl herself accepted II as
unhesitatingly and unquestioningly
as every one about her. She re-
bellod at IL, but she did not dream
OF resisting II. Her own questions
show the rebellion, and also ths
passive acceptance OF conditions.
To have attempted TO alter the sit
uAtion would have seemed to her
like beating at windmills.
The Boys Were Never Expected TO
DO Any Work In House.
THE girl!" she queries. What
about her?' and then answered the
question herself "oh. there was
always enough work for her. She
was q girl"
She had been trained in the idea
that all the duties OF the house
hold devolved upon the women Of
IT. The boys were not expected TO
take any part in them.
Consider the matter q moment
So far as education and q future
business position were concerned,
this girl stood in exactly the same
relation to them as her brothers.
She took exactly the same course
at school, and for the same number
OF years. When her education was
completed she got a position as
stenographer with . business house
as q matter Of course. In ad-
dition, che undertook unAided the
entire work of the home for a
family Of six. including the Cook
ing. washing, cleaning, and sew
ing. not to mention the thousand
and one other details; and this was
regarded by relatives and friends
as an unacceptable duty-not pleas
ant, perhaps, but inevitable.
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GENERAL PERSHING.
As He Is Today.

There doubt whatever that each of these two men
would go far his physical strength and his WIND
would take him.
Which would YOU rather have for your leader? Which
would you American father mother prefer to have as the
COR ander of your if he were over there?
Of this quite The face of General Pershng
as you it here has made good effect the French and
the English that have him He has keen cold eve
powerful chin. He is lean, in perfect condition
As between the two men, should not publicly decide
for either For when wants fight for his country
with the desperate earnesness that anmates Mr. Roosevelt
there is nothing but admiration for him.
We believe however that the Germans if they had their
choice would say Send four Roosevels and keep one
Pershing home, and we'n be much obliged to you"
The Washington times., 1917-07-15

But the brothers OF whom this
girl writes had no such tasks to
perform. They went to school and
played; that was all that was re-
quired OF them. The girl-Yent to
school and worked. Saturdays,
Sundays, holidays. Is II strange
that she wondered and compared
and rebelled in bitterness OF spirit?
She felt the injustice OF such an
absurd system, but how could she
change Il? The possibility OF cut
ting the Gordian knot never oc-
CURED to her. Still one wishes
that she had tried the experiment
OF Calling her brothers together
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Incredible! But
no one apparent
ly paused to
question IL. She
was a girl. and
these were a
woman's obliga-
tions. her host
ages to fortune
for being a
woman.
These ideas are
held by the vast
majority OF peo-
pie. That they
are or should be
obsolete does not
AFFECT the mass
mind. They are
relics of the day
when the boys
assisted men in
doing the heavy
outdoor " or X,
such as chopping
" o cd, looking
after the live
stock, clearing
the forest, plow-
ing and planting,
while the girls
and women spun
and sewed and
carded wool and
cooked and At
tended TO all the
indoor tasks. 1t
was a perfectly
fair division of
The Washington times., 1917-07-15
LAST WORD TO BUYERS

To shoppers and all buyers in Washington,
The Sunday Times says THE LAST WORD.
The last thing read on Sunday evening, the
first thing remembered Monday morning by the
careful housewife, the thoughtful buyer is WASH
INGTON SUNDAY TIMES ADVERTISE
MENTS.
Merchants and other advertisers find the
LAST chance and the BEST chance to impress the
public buying mind on Sunday, in The Sunday
Evening Times-the home paper.
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Taking His Picture
By THEODORE TEMPLE.

This doesn't pretend to be a grip
ping news story. There Is in II nc
theme OF politics, big appropriations
international events, or German In
trigue. The narrative here is just that
of q mother, and . young man IN
khaki, and a photograph studio-ot
the little things that 90 TO make ur
the tragedies and the heart throbs OF
q great world war.
The singular stands for the plural,
too, for while this Is about one moth
er. and one boy. and one studio 1t ap-
piles to tens Of thousands and II this
war goes on it will apply to millions.
What is true In Warrington IL true IN
other cities, and In the hamlets where
everybody knows everybody else and
the going away Of a soldier means al
most as much TO the man across the
street as to the family he leaves be-
hind.
Handsome Young Fellow.
She came into an F street studio
this mother who Is the heroine Of
our Sunday evening tribute. She held
to the arm OF q boy OF twenty-one or
so, q handsome young fellow with the
tan of the training camp lending It's
darkeninK touch to blushing cheeks
They approached the young lady at
the desk difndently. II seemed. On the
walls there hung the large framed
photographs OF great men-the Presi-
dent and former Presidents, ambassa-
dors, generals, admirals, statesmen
and national celebrities.
The boy looked shyly about him, at
the pictures on the walls and then at
the young lady OF the shop.
1t was the mother who spoke as
the girl came forward.
81 want" she said. trying to be
matter-of-fact, "to have you make a
picture OF my son. You see-he's
going away"
Forgot About His Picture.
He hasn't had his picture taken
since he was a little fellow. just so
high" the mother continued. 1--WE
Just forgot ABOUT II sOmehOW-until
now. I want 1t with his uniform on.
TN take well, don't you think: And
I'd like to have one OF the pictures
made with me, my boy and myself to-
gether. you know. so that he can
have one over there and I'll have
several over here. VIII that cost
extraf"
The girl Of the studio quoted a
price. Probably II was reasonable as
prices go for photographs nowadays.
But this mother was unused to the
cost Of high grade negatives and
finished photographs.
81 don't know" she said. ''that we
ought to spend that much. Yet I
want the best there Is. You see he's
going to war and-he might not
come back. Ny father went to war in
81 and he never came back. We
didn't have anything In those days
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By TAD

but the tintype. that Is, in the town
where lived Yes, guess wen
have them taken-the best that you
can make"
They went baek-the two Of them
to the big room where the camera
stood and the light came through Q
glass sky piece and q big screen
caught the reflection and aided the
lens Here they were posed, no doubt,
for soon they went out the DOORWAY
OF the studio and upon the street and
the mother smiled happily and the
fire OF patriotism CLEANED again in
the soldiers eyes.
That's about all there Is to this
story. 1t was just an incident of the
nations preparation for war. and yet
about 1t there Is the potentiality Of
the ultimate sacrifice. Not all of the
boys and men who fight somewhere
In France" will come back home. A
photograph soon will be q link In the
chain OF love that stretches from
thousands Of American homes to the
trenches of Europe.
Visions VIII Come.
Mothers and sisters, wives and
daughters, sweethearts and friends
before long will say their prayers in
front of a picture. To them will come
visions, now glorious then tragic. OF
foreign battlefields where shells burst
under star-lit heavens and the duie-
tude OF nature yields to the hiss Of
shrapneI
What Is happening day by day In
the photograph studios Of Washington
Is happening elsewhere in this land
where millions Of men are subject to
the call OF honor.
Soon after the moving picture came
into its own there was a father OF a
little three-year-old boy who arranged
with a movie man to come out one
day and Aim the lad at play. In after
years. he thought. It would be .
novel thing to show his grown SON
how be looked as a romping child.
And then this father lad a second
thought.
What II He should Die.
u NhN bOg ne
asked himself. would ever want to
see him in a moving picture-to see
him move. laugh. play. and yet not
speak: to see him start toward me,
and then fade as the film ran outg"
So finally he decided that were the
boy to die there would always be
present the temptation to see the
reel-and still the dread OF seeing IL.
The motion-picture camera man never
took that picture.
And in a different sense-becauss
are less animate than
moving pictures-it requires courage
and a faith in a watchful Providenes
when a mother leads her son into a
Washington studio nowadays and ex-
plains with a little catch in tns
throat:
Il want his picture takea-he's GO
ing away, you see"
The Washington times., 1917-07-15

Cooperation between the
United States and the entente
allies has not yet been so far
planned as that any decision has
been reached upon the subject of
sending an expeditionary force;
but should any such force be sent,
! should feel obliged to urge that
it be placed under the command of
the ablest and most experienced
professional military man in our
country, and that it be differed
by and composed of men selected
because of their previous military
training and, as far as possible,
actual military experience. My
judgment reaches this conclusion
The Washington times., 1917-07-15

and they would have felt a pride
and a satisfaction In keeping 1t up.
The girl appears to have suffer
fered principally because her ef-
forts were unappreciAted. But how
could she expect the boys" to
have any clearer idea OF the situa-
tion than she had herself? II was
a matter OF course to them that
she should be the sole home
maker. with all the drudgery that
that word implies. She should
have made them understand, with
out any pickering about II. that
home-making was just as much
their business as hers. She speaks
The Washington times., 1917-07-15

after the moth
er's death and
saying to them:
Now, here we
are, left alone.
We've got to
stick together
and make a real
home for our
selves: but II
isn't fair that
the entire work
Of the house
hold should rest
on my shoulders.
We m ust all
help. Every one
s h all do his
share, and We
will each OF US
6 et an all
around education
In h ON e-mak-
ing"
She would have
gained, l be-
lieve, immeasur-
ably. The boys"
would have felt
an added sense
OF responsibility
and a new inter
est in making
their home an
attractive and
pleasant place;
for IL would be
In a sense a
thing OF their
The Washington times., 1917-07-15

60 and was not
allowed to go.
Each Of these
men is shown
to you AS HE
IS TODAY.
If you were
going to help
d e f e at Ger
. many, which Of
these two men,
j u d ging by
fbair Fano.
would you rath-
er follow on
foot, across
rough ground,
against barbed
wire, bayonets,
shrapnel, poi
sonous 6 a s +,
ETC.?
W hich do
you think k
would go far
ther on foot
and get you
m ost quickly
within bayonet
fighting dis
tance Of the
enemy?
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argument. The
Secretary prob
ably thinks the
contrary.
Mr.. Roose-
velt says in sub
stance, ST want
to go over and
fight the EN-
peror and Ger
many right
away, and take
a lot Of people
with me.
To this Mr..
Baker replied
in substance,
"f we send
any young men
to Europe, it is
U VI u v W W
give them the
st expert
enced a n d
able st up-to-
date military
leader, and you
are not that
man"
The Washington times., 1917-07-15

for the reason that any such ex-
pedition will be made up of young
Americans who will be sent to ex-
pose their lives in the bloodiest
war yet fought in the world, and
under conditions of warfare in
volving applications of science to
the art, of such . character that
the very highest degree of skill
and training and the largest ex-
perienee are needed for their guild
anee and protection. / could not
reconcile my mind to a recommen-
dation which deprived our soldiers
of the most experienced leadership
available, in Difference to any mere
sentimental consideration"
The Washington times., 1917-07-15

Study these faces please and then answer the oues
tion above?
Theodore Roosevelt has published his letters to Secre
tary of War Baker, and the Secrearys letters to him.
Mr. Roosevelt presumably thinks he had the better OF the
The Washington times., 1917-07-15

We print in this column the face of General Pershing
who has gone France to lead young Americans against
Germans and the face of Theodore Roosevelt who wanted
The Washington times., 1917-07-15
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
As He Is Today.

Here is exact extract from Secretary Bakers letter.
which Mr.. Roosevelt himself makes public:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15

art when they were boys. at which
time they were in the habit Of knit
ting their own socks. In the en-
thusiasm of each one doing his bit "
many such have revived their knit
ting skill. and those who have passed
upon their work say that It COM
pares most favorably with that fash
toned by feminine fingers.
Fargo boasts more masculine knit
tiers than one would suppose. Among
the most regular applicants for Red
Cross yarn at the local headquarters
is the father OF DR.. c. N. and M. r.
Callander, who is busy making muir
7ers. One of Fargo's most prominent
young physicians is reported as be-
ing as adept with the knitting need
les as with his surgeons instruments.
and a travelling salesman making
Headquarters here attracted consid-
cradle attention not long ago by
calmly and industriously knitting
while waiting in an automobile in
front OF the postoflce for the friend
in whose car he was passenger.
A certain we'll known Fargo BUSH
ness man whose wife has for some
time been enlisted in the army of
lnitters. so persistently picked up
her knitting whenever she laid IL
down. that she got him yarn and
needles OF his own. for every season.
ed knitter knows that too many
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15

I The American Red Cross will in
Hlga immediate future purchase So
h57.200 worth Of materials to be
made into surgical dressings. hos
kpital garments and knitted articles
by the women OF America. This large
purchase is being made through ma
ti0nal headquarters to obtain goods
at wholesale prices, and the materials
win be offered to Red Cross chapters
throughout the country in small
Quantities, at price only enough in
excess OF the actual cost to pay for
the handling. Every chapter thus OBJ
tains the benefit Of the wholesale
prices. The proceeds will be credited
10 the supply resale fund of the
American Red Cross.
The Woman's bureau Of the Red
Cross and representatives Of the
European staff viii pass upon the
standard OF the materials. The ap
preparation covers the purchase Of
,000 900 yards of flannel, 100000
yards OF unbleached muslin, $50, 900
Yards Of Tarcovat blanketing, and
1.165,100 pounds Of knitting yarn.
The flannel will be made into pa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15
Run1ors Are Not Regulations
In Making Red Cross Supplies

ton once issued to her is not sub
ject to change, rumOrS to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
'In the matter OF accepting work
brought in by volunteer workers, IL
is suggested that 1t be accepted with
out comment or criticism. Garments
or knitted goods that do not measure
up to the letter of the regulations are
acceptable and have real place IN
Red Cross work. The refugees In
northern France and Belgium make
very good use of articles that are i'm
possible for military relief supplies
and such articles are just as much q
real factor in Red Cross work as the
perfect articles. Care, therefore,
should be taken not to discourage
workers by unnecessary criticism or
their efforts.
"We are all working for the same
cause: we may not always agree with
our fellow workers ideas, or the Or
ders that come down to US from
above but, there must be source OF
authority in q semi-military organic
alton like the Red Cross. So let US
ali agree to accept rules and orders
as they come to us and abide by them
and obey them in true Red Cross
Yours very truly,
81. II. Hardy.
Chairman"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15

Fargo firemen, IL they take kindly
to the idea, will soon have the OPP
portunity to turn out a large guam
tity Of knitted socks for the Eoldiers
and sailors, says Mrs. Alex Stern,
chairman Of the knitting committee
OF the Fargo Red Cross branch. Mrs.
Stern has made a personal purchase
OF a knitting machine, which Is ex-
pected to arrive here within a week
and viii gladly give the f1remen the
use Of it in return for their cooper
alton. The knitting machines are OF
a very delicate construction and IN
order to give satisfaction should be
run by an operator or operators VINO
know their mechanism thoroughly
as experience has taught that they
do very acceptable work, but get out
Of order easily. The socks made on
such a machine are not quite as SOFT
as those which are hand knitted, but
are of a quality most acceptable by
the Red Cross supervisors. Knowing
that the Fargo firemen have done
some very beautiful weaving work
in times past, and that firemen In
other cities have taken up knitting
for the soldiers with much en-
thusiasm, the Fargo knitting com
mittee Is strongly hoping that the
knitting machine idea win meet with
their favor.
In Minneapolis, hands that long
since have become adept at handling
yards OF rubber hose are now busy
with khaki wool. as the men gather
for their daily lesson at one OF the
engine houses. Their calls for help
are promptly answered by willing
Red Cross workers, and the great
difficulty SO far discovered by them
in pursuing this new occupation, is
that no way has yet been discovered
50 that the knitter can smoke while
knitting. Each fireman is reported as
having his favorite place and way OF
knitting, and firemen's pockets are
most convenient for holding the large
balls Of yarn.
Going back TO the feasibility OF the
knitting machine, il Il Of interest
that one has been used here for
some time with much success. It is
the property OF it's operator, Mrs. II
J. Welser, with whom the knitting
COMMITTEES at the Fargo headQuar-
tera have been cooperating By hand
knitting feet onto sock legs knitted
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15

cooks spoil the broth" when it comes
to knitting as well as cooking. Still
another Fargo man, having once too
often Joked his wife about her freq
uent telephone conversations regard
ing Red Cross work, was properly
punished" by being taught to knit
himself.
Several pairs OF the beautiful knit
ted socks which have arrived at Cass
county Red Cross headquarters from
Chafcee, N. D., have been the work
Of men, It is automatically reported.
Thus It goes, and after al. IL that
is one of the bits" most needed,
why should men out OF military serv-
ice not knit, as well as women invade
fields OF industry hitherto closed to
them?
Boys In IL Toe.
Not TO be outdone by feminine
Iznitters Of school age. q good many
OF the Fargo boys are learning the
art, and are becoming apt pupils.
Among the number who have already
mastered this art are Frank Calkins,
10 years old, who is doing a muller
at present: Charles ". Wilson, Jr.,
6 years old, who is also working on
a muffIer; and Master John Hardy,
who is making a pair OF wristlets. It
is likely that other boys, who 'sknow
how" we are told, win soon be add
ing their efforts in behalf of the Red
Cross relief work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15
Counties Take Up Mrs. Young's
Idea Of Red Cross Institutes

AS the result OF the two Red Cross
institutes held in Fargo, the last OF
which closed Friday afternoon at the
Masonic temple, various counties In
North Dakota are taking UP thai
idea. Barnes county will hold such
an institute next Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, at Valley City, and
Stutsman county plans one for the
near future, Mrs. N. @. Young, field
worker, viii go TO Valley City for
that institute on Tuesday, and viii
likely attend the Stutsman county
gathering one day.
BY this system of Red Cross in
Rtitutes, which is Mrs. Young's own
suggestion, she has reached twelve
OF the sixteen counties Of her dis
trict in the course Of only three or
four weeks, whereas If she had fol-
Vowed the plan OF trying to take the
institute work to each Of the coun-
tiles in which she is working, ii would
have taken at least three months.
The institutes have each been Of four
days duration, and as the attend
lance of those preparing themselves
as instructors in other communities
land counties has been so represen-
ltatlve, II will be unnecessary to hold
lanother institute here. at least for
lgome time.
| A great deal Of work is involved in
IEetting ready for a Red Cross insti-
ltute, and Mrs. Young has had the
loyal support Of several helpers. One
of these was Mrs. i. r. Buxton, as
lsistant field secretary, who demon
lstrated hospital linens and other
such work. Mrs. Harry Curran VIII
bur made and donated very complete
paper models Of comfort kits and
I@housewives", also several of the
lEmall colored charts on display this
week at the institute room. Mrs. A.
lHallenberg did most of the splendid
chart work, and cut the majority Of
1.-THE patterns given out to those at
tending the school Of instruction,
these including the new 1ayette pat
terms. Also assisting with tho pat
tern making was Mrs. J. G. Ness,
iand others who helped in making this
laecond institute a success were Mrs.
II'rederick Gronvold, Mrs. Howard,
lMrs. Hegge and Mrs. George Pardoe.
i Eight Counties Represented.
Eight counties and 10 towns were
Represented at the second institute,
Icomparing especially well with the
attendance at the first one, when the
weather was much more favorable
for reaching Fargo from a distance,
than during this last week. The
lrecord at the first institute was nine
counties and 20 towns, attendants
Numbering 43. OF the 40 women TAX
I1ng advantage of tho institute this
Fweex, several did not come until
sFriday, which was devoted TO a gem
erai resume Of the work, ending with
In very helpful QUESTIONABLE. Some
OF the women who came late remain
led In Fargo today, to make samples
TO take home with them.
/ Al number Of trained Fargo work.
iera both attended and helped at the
institute. The women registered at
1.-THE latter this week were:
Barnes County.
! Mrs. Henry z. Nelson, chapter