The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-18

restaurants and cabaretS. Men and
| women were drinking. dancing and APP
plauding singers and musicians. over
in France men were dying-With no
applause. In London women were
weeping over casualty lists. If you'd
asked one of those Broadway rcstau- I
rant girls to knit she'd have turned
MP her nose. | couldn't help feeling
that il WAS n shame to invite mon to
go out and fight and die for parasites.
but more American women than
men are awake to the war he added
in enthusiastic amends for his criti-
cisms, THE women are splendid. /
They want to work. and they want 70 /
use their brains. They can do a lot /
Fifty per cent Of this war is going to I
be won by women. There's the Red |
Cross work, and buying Liberty bonds. |
| and stimulating recruiting, and tax
| ing care Of food supplies. It's the
spirit Of the women that counts with
| the men. It's in the hands of each
| patriotic or slackers.
| we must have universal military
| service in this country. We must be
| able to put ten million fighting men in
! the field in six months. We must hayc
| an army, a navy and a darncd good
| man at the tor. That's the only way
Wen ever be sure of peace.
and ! believe in the American
| mother" Sergeant Empey exclaimed
with unashamed feryor i've got the
best mother in the world. and the best
sister. My mother Is a patriot! When
! was in the hospital in England,
and they thought | was dying, she
wrote mo If You must die, remember
that | shall always be very proud of
| YOU I'm going back as u CORE
| spondcnt~-the only way they'll take
! m"--and I'm going to write my next
| book about the American soldier, but
| ltll bc for the American mother
! How do YOU feel about the war as
| a whole" ] asked its most ruthlcssly
| Clcar-cycd chronicler is there any
| thing good 10 say Of it ~
| 'Th" war has been the salvation of
| humanity hc answered earnestly. It's
! Il horror ana Vet I've seen it make men
OF men. II is bringing together the
| English speaking peoples. 1t is spread
| ing democracy: in the trenches the
| only thing that counts about d man
| Is what he is. lie finds Il wonderful
| couradcship, and he loses his Crouch
| I've been asked why | put so much
comedy in over the Top The COM
| cdy is there in trench lifc--thats
| why"
| And the tragedy" ! reminded him
| What were the worst things YOU had
| to "ndurc"''
! ''Th" worst was hurNing Il mite"
! lac said simply. The next hardest
/ thing WAS lying in safety in a rest
trench ana watching my friends being
ShclIcd ON The line
War is not a pink tea Sergeant
| Enpcy has summed UP. but in a
| worthwhile cause lik" ours, mud,
rats, coolies, shells wounds or death
| Itself arc far outwcighcd by the deep
! sens" Of satisfaction felt by the man
| who docs his bit. There is one thing
nay experience taught me that might
| h"lr III" boys who have to go. II is
| DISQUALIFICATION is far worse than
| realization. In civil life a man stands
| in aw" of the man above him. wonders
| how he could ever fill his Job. When
! the tim" comes he rises to the occa-
sion, IS up and at it, and is surprised
| to find how much moro easily than
! 1t anticipated he fills his responsible
| ties. 1t is really so out there He has
nerve for the hardships, the interest Of
the work grips him; he finds relief in
| tn" fun and comradcship of the
| trenches and wins that best sort of
| happiness that comes with duty done"