Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-03
WHAT OF THE WOMENp

with appeals for cigarets and thing
for the boys Mt the front. how abou'
the mothers and wives who have beer
left behind? There is something cs-
sentially patriotic and worthy In n
absorption for cigar fund for the
boys somewhere in France" or IN
some cantpnment because the contrl-
pers, but how about the women al
home? Abe we looking after them
Do we expect the wife or the mother
who has given her husband or her son
TO the services of the country TO stand
around like a mendicant asking for
.he means to sustain life?
The women fight all the battles for
mankind. They suffer the evils Of all
the sins Of the men. II was a woman
who was last at the cross and firs.
at the sepuchre. Always and ever in
cur inverted system Of civilization il
is the woman who suffers That she
| suffers In silence is but the greater
tribute to her herolsm and TO her i'm e
leccable Hnd immutable devotion to
all the children Of men. Long and
! long ago a poet sang. The greatest
| battle thgt ever was fought was
! fought by the mothers OF men," and
when IT WIS written.
The first and most defenselcss suf.
ferers OF every war are the women.
They are styled In the catalogues OF
man as the weaker vessel, but when
the storms and the evil DAYS come
they stand as great lighthouses point
ing the way to better things. AS
Henry Watterson once said Dear
God. the infinite patience OF the
women, the infinite spirit OF sacrifice
of the women, the infinite heroism Of
the womenl"
The war is being brought right
close to home Our hoys are some
where In France or they are some
where else. But whatever happens
they are upholding the Flag and they
are proving true to all the traditions
CT the republic.
Helping the wives and mothers
should not be regarded as matter
of charity. II should not be regarde
as a donation, II should not be re-
garded as mere cursory contribu-
ton TO help the wives and the mothers
of the boys who have gone away. Talk
about cantonment environment COM
mittces is all well enough In its way
Talk about the comfort with tobacco
Is all well enough in it's way. Talk
about the comfort and convenience of
the men az the front is all well enough
in its way.
But how about the women at HON
whose hearts are bleeding, whose
souls are in this war?
The women have no vote. at least
in oklahoma. They had no voice in
this war. But et-yet-yet-the
are suffering in silence more than the
panss caused by the German bullets
I'm France.
There Is an old and a popular song
of twenty years ago, Don't Forget the
Little Barefoot for he's the Heather
Nearer Home" So in the midst OF n
patriotic demonstration Of loyalty let,
not forget the heathen nearer home,
LET'S not forget The wife and the moth
er who have given their all for the
service of their country, who sit by
empty firesides with aching hearts.
The wives ana the mothers Of the
soldiers, whatever their necessity. arc
too proud to appeal for help. They
are not going TO bc listed as the ob
jocts ot public charity. They are far
too noble and far too self sacrificing
for that. They always were. They al
ways Will be. They will starve before
they will parade the evidence of their
lasting and immortal sacrifice in the
eyes of the public. They have done
80 In every war. And womankind Mas |
not changed. womankind will
not change. The mother of the |
Gracchi is as typical today as 1t was in !
the days before the Christian religion !
came to bless the world.
III Nht llllSl VI NHlllES, III the 1nluSt |
of the somewhat psychological cam
paign for the boys at the front. re-
member the women at home The
republic at last rests on the wives
and the mothers for its sustaining
force. The women are going to fight
this war. The women have fought
every war that ever happened. At
the last the women, God bless each
and every one Of them Of every de-
gree and character wherever found,
will win the war. why not take a
minute off and consider them?
The wives and the mothers the
wives and the mothers. think about
them. They are carrying all of the
Ioad. And they will carry the load to
the end. Do something for them.
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