Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-04

With her. She showed US q picture ~
ns. three little children. BeauuAul
chiiaren! she showed us a doll Wnlch
sha VAS dressing, In her d mo.
ments. for one Of them VINO Wae 40.
have q birthday soon. ohe ~ .i.k
pecially joyous Q q 49, ~. aoii..
handbag she was knitIns then con.
,.rninr = war. We la never seen
: more startling change IN a ~.
ance A glaze dropped over
sparkle of her eyes. and they se tarrs.
nmn,hiv staring at ON far-on teII.
HE thing; her face paled my &C.,
her lips became blue, n ner VIZ III
a voice ordinarily full OF s s,
a.uappr.one in which ali French tragedy
she smoke rapidly and scarcely
.ho,e a whisper.. oh he misery, tue
enGiess misery, the depthless misery
If this dreadful war. which mao
caused millions Of hearts to urn -
the ashes Of mourning through al i'te
to come! .ood
Cod that one might smile with the
face. for others, though the heart was
With that came the smile again.
for that was her duty in life, to smile
for others. .x,
France, yet she adds the gift Of halt
ne One 'e' woman we know. whose only
business. tour years ago. was 70 oe
a beautiful rose in the garden OF lux.
MY, now devotes her entire time n
her entire NEAR to RUNNING SHOPS
without profit. where sewing girls are
employed.
And her purposes are two-toid;
first. to provide q living for these girls
and their families, and second. 10
keep alive, in France, the arts OF ON
|~broidery, lace-making and fine sew
ing.
has given her q new beauty.
our little friend Jeanette's share Is,
Living in the country with her mother
she's a roly,poly little lady we have
known for some years, Q designer IN
a millinery shop; and we always con-
sidered her a snappily gowned young
lperson.
When we saw her this time she was
cut in the mode. but there was some
thing wrong with the snap. How
: Jeanette did laugh as she confessed
: that she had been made over every
season since the war began, until now
she couldn't find a place to put a fresh
seam; so the war must end quickly!
Business? There isn't much in their
little shops: only now and then.
Other times, and hen her money
is all gone. h goes out into the coun-
try and lives with her mother. which
is a great joke indeed, ecaus n
never liked the country.
OF course, jeanette could get work
Q in other shops, or in the stenographtc
place. or even in the factories where
so many of them have gone; but n
5 doesn't feel that she has the right to
take away the money from girls who
: have no mothers in the country.
I Living is cheap out there; a COW, a
e few chickens. and a garden, do the
; trick: and every woman who can
manage it lives in the country, SO that
those who can't manage it may have
the places in the city; and nearly
every body like Jeanette makes over
dresses, for France!
e She's a very timid little thing, is
y Jeanette: can't sleep without a light.
e She showed us a knife, of which she
is afraid; it gives her a shudder to
q touch it!
It's a murderous looking weapon.
s bright and shining and new, just new.
e A young German soldier am over
the top at her brother-in-law, with
: that knife between his teeth; but he
It never got to use it.
O It would halt your breath for a
n startled instant to see this young
woman make that statement.
She tells it very simply indeed, all
: she says is that the Boche never had
an opportunity to use it; but the grim
e laugh which accompanies that ex-
tremely simple statement is a revela-
ton in diabolic satisfaction.
O You see, Jeanette has lost her only
r brother and two cousins in he a
They are usually very quiet, these
French women. and do not wea their
emotions on their sleeves, but when
: she says that il Paris were menaced
: she would go out on the front line
y with that knife. and ccoun for at
least one Boche, you do not need to
r look at her attractive face to know
S that she means it. All you need is the
appalling monotony Of her voice!
o Sometimes it takes more courage to
n smile han to suffer.
Think Of it! A vast army OF be-
reaved women. millions Of them,
every one from the highest to the
: lowest doing something with all her
e strength to help win the war, bearing
v their burdens Of grief with a courage
so sublime h a they can still smile! (.
h Small wonder that all who are priv
ileged to now her should glorify the
u courage and the sweetness OF the
marvellous woman,of France.
Because Of her. France held back
the Germans until England arrived;
d because Of her. France will hold back
the French share of the line until
: America arrives: because Of her, the
beautiful tri-color will again fly E
every foot of soil which is rightfully
French! n 1
If Germany were to succeed in the
u~nbelievably arrogant dream which
is now known to the world: If she
were to sweep like a devastating
blight through France. and conquer
England. and desolate the. seas with
her submarines. and land a mighty in
vading force on American soil: If she
were to flaunt her despotic emblem
above the cities and villages Of the
ATLANTIC coast states and Destroy Or