Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-16
MRS. MCAN BRINGS
INSPIRING MESSAGE
TO AMERICANS

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teresting California woman, who has
had a years experience in various
forms Of war service, In England and
France, at the city hall auditorium
last night, told of the part that Amer
lean women must play in the winning
Of the war.
when our American women real
lie that this is an individual a and
not a. governmental war, and thai
they, as we'll as the men at the front,
have the responsibility Of the final
end of the war" Mrs. McCan said.
Continuing, she said: sour man
power was called at. the crucial point
In the big struggle. and these men
look to their women at home for
courage and sustenance. This man
power. must be sustained, and every
woman must be made to realize that
she. as we'll as the man at the front,
is enlisted, and that she has just as
important a part to play in fighting
the big fight. When We are asked to
conserve and to give to the Liberty
Loan, and other patriotic activities,
and to work for the Red Cross, we
are not doing those things for the
government. We are doing them for
ouE boys 20 aon in nr.c the se @1renshs1'
ana give, dIu WOAh, III 10 So1iA5 W
mean Encouragement and perhaps
death to some Of our boys. We
must not only give. until it hurts, but
we must keep on giving until it Is
the greatest joy in the world. to be
able to give"
Mrs. McCan went to England in
July Of last year. to investigate the
work Of women. She cannot say
enough Of the wonderful work that is
being done by the women Of England.
Never In h history Of the world, &C
been such wonderful reconstruction
work as is being done by the British
people. Mrs. McCan reached London
on September first, which was the
night Of the first moonlight air raid,
and she was there during 100 air
raids.
These raids had no other ain thar
to terrify the civilian population. h
said, and in one of these raids a
children's school was demolished and
Is little children were killed.
While there she enlisted for serv-
ice in the Liberty Hut of the Y. M.
C. "A. on the Strand. there gaining
knowledge of the methods Of canteen
work in England.
Mrs. McCan volunteered to work
with the Voluntary Aid detachment
at st. Dunstan's hospital for blinded
soldiers and sailors, which was found
ed by Sir Arthur Pearson. who lost
his sight the year before the war be-
blind are taught to work and to play,
and to adjust their lives to the
changed condition, women who are
especially prepared for this work act
as individual instructors.
1.-THE English woman has long ago
realized her duty during the war. and
all of them, particularly those Of the
leisure classes, go and enlist as pri-
vate soldiers, to do whatever they are
told to do. and whatever seems the
most needed. Mrs. McCan said.
These brave English women, with
many of whom I worked, shoulder to
shoulder. show their sorrow by ser
vice, and not by mourning. Your
American women must join the army
of stay 4at-home workers. WHOSE work
is Of the most vita{simportaece and
they must now prepare to care for
the blinded and crippled men who
American women must prepare to
make these men self-supporting. self
sustaining and self-respecting. These
men must not be sent to institutions.
or allowed to feel that their period
of useful living is over. Women of
England have given up all luxuries.
They have no motor cars, no social
life, and there is nothing too great
for them to do for the men of the
allies-not only the soldiers Of Eng
land, but the soldiers of America and
of. the other countries Of the allies.
Their self-sacrificing service might
well be a pattern for us to follow in
u wal work"
Mrs. McCan's talk was illustrated
with excellent s~tereopticon views Mrs.
Thomas Allen Box Of Bismarck, wife
of the secretary of the North Dakota
Council Of Defense, is accompanying
Mrs. McCan on her tour of North Da-
kota- They were associated in club
work in California, and Mrs. Box,
who has two sons serving in the
army, is active in patriotic work.
Mrs. McCan is president of h
Southern California Press club, and is
widely known in her own state. and
elsewhere through the country for her
activities in women's work She Is a
woman of much personal charm, and
Is an excellent speaker. She has
been sent out by the committee on
information of the Council Of De-
Tense, and is taking her patriotic
message to many states of the Union.
Mrs. T. S. Corrigan has returned to
Lake Bemidji after spending a few
lays here. She was accompanied to
7emidji by Mrs. Donald K. Woods,
rho Is a guest at the Wolff cottage.