The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-23
friends range in ags from forty to

friends range In age from forty to
sixty. Not one has q son left"
THANK you for your kind letter.
wrote an English girl to a woman who
had just sent q letter condoling with
her on the death of the last Of three
brothers. 1--WE find the country a lit
tie dreary now and we are returning
TO town the last Of the month. We
shall be at home Sunday evenings Be
sure to come to Us often. We want
TO see all our friends and hear what
they have been doing In the last three
months. Mother and father look for
ward with special pleasure to meeting
you all again. Please bring any SOL
der friends; we will try to make 1t
gay for them"
"What news do you get from Fred
erick," a friend OF mine asked Of the
mother Of Frederick. beautiful mid
dle-aged English woman who was
making O great success Of dance
given for some convalescent Tommies.
"Oh, you haven't heard, have you the
mother Of Frederick answered He
was killed two months ago." And she
turned to answer with her ready SYM
pathetic smile the inquiries Of group
Of Tommies gathered about her.
Fight Same as Men.
But that Is not all. In a manner OF
speak, *, the women of Europe are
fighting the war just as the men are.
They have not, except In the case or
the famous Battalion Of Death. died
In battle; and yet half to three
quarters of million women have been
killed as the direct result Of war &C.
| tivities. More women have been kill
| ed In this war than men on both the
| Northern and Southern sides In our
Civil war. That nearly three-quarters
| of million includes the women mas
sacred by the Turks IN Armenia, by
the Austrians in Serbia, by the Ger
mans In Belgium and northern France
it includes army nurses and women
munitIon makers; 1t includes civilian
women killed by shells in the war
zone or near ii, women killed by Yep,
pelin and airplane raids and by sub
marines.
What can the women OF America
do to equal all this service and al
this suffering?
For three years, the French anC
English, and for two years, the Ital
ians, have stood between us and the
death Of our democracy. What car
we do to make up for that long, hest
tating neutral inaction Of ours? The
men of our nation have responded gal
lantly. We have real army In France
now. As Lloyd George said in parlia
ment to listening empire, 1.-THE Amer
leans are In" We are in and o
course we are In to stay, In for
century If need be, until the safety o
the world democracy Is assured. Tn
men Of America are doing their part
doing 1t with suffering and death
What can the women dot
What Women Can DO.
II Is the geographical misfortune o
us women Of America that We canno
possibly give the personal service tina
the women of Europe have giver
They are near and We are far. The!
so to speak, are In the front trenche
and we have not entered the war zone
Only q very few OF us, In proportio
, to our numbers, can work 10 the no:
pitfalls or canteens there. Only fey
more In proportion to our numbers ca
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work here. There are, however, tw
. things we can do all the time an
with all the strength that Is In u
.. One Is to conserve food. The othe
is to buy Liberty bonds. We can hel
the government by buying bonds. II
again we have an advantage; 1t is OF
peculiar misfortune that most Of Z
can help the government only by hell
ing ourselves. For the purchase {
Liberty bonds at the generous rate
interest which the government gram
, is not selfdenial but In line with sci
Acknowledgements of course, but ST
. self-interest.
II. Women OF America, wuke up! POI
all your savings into Uncle Sans la
= Then save more. and pour them In
, his lap. Keep on saving and pourin
pouring and saving, until the wor
is free. You have given generous
OF the sinews OF war in those ma
d niGcent boys you have sent to Franc
j Give as generously In the money whi'
f will keep them well and happy ther
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