The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-20

well, you'd expects them to noun
er! This village has never been be-
hind in patriotism"
mo, it never has" said the Ola
Lady You'd expect the women
here.abouts to be patriotic, Of course
but what surprises me is the way
they are-I don't know just how to
say what | mean-but sending out
shoots that you wouldn't look for"
Mary smiled. 81 guess it's the
times we live in," said she.
81 know, | know" the Old Lady
agreed" But I'm thinking, and won
dering! All those women, now-they
are patriotic, they want to do the best
they can for their country and to
stand back of their men-folks and
help win the war; but | can't help
wondering whether they are all going
the right way about it. I'm not talk
ing about the work they're doing for
the Red Cross and all that, you know,
Mary. Times like these, that sort
of work is a bounden duty to each
and all of us. But-well, there was
Elizabeth Ames, today-said she was
going to give up her school and do
yeoman work and wear a uniform.
Said her younger sister that was
graduating this year could take her
school next year, unless she, too, got
a war job. Mamie Preston said she
wanted to do the same thing, or real
war work of some sort. | asked her
whether she hadn't a job now, wheth-
er Lawyer Weeks didn't need her
any more, and she laughed and said
he certainly did, because all his
young men had been drafted, but,
said she, she wanted a wider sphere.
Elizabeth laughed, and said of course
She did, that all women wanted wild
er spheres now, wanted to feel them
selves part of things, wanted to be in
the fight. Sounded real good the
way she said it; but | couldn't help
Again her daughter-in-
lay smiled. "And if you thought, you
also spoke she leased.
We'll, yes, | did," the Old Lady
| couldn't help it, | told
EN- they made me think of once when
was little Teller, and his pa
had driven him to town behind new
pair of grays he'd lately bought. We
knew the grays were skittish, but |
was good deal surprised when on
y an hour or SO after they'd left
hose grays came pounding and tear
ng down the road and into the yard
salloping as fast as they could run
was standing up, swaying,
)ut hanging on to the reins for dear
lie. He was too little to stop those
lorses, but he had guided them, and
hey got back to the stable with
lothing worse than few bolts loos-
'ned up. That night at supper John
lsked William how come he didn't
Jump, or get too frightened to guide
hose horses, and William said. q
lunno, pa! | guess | didn't know 7
vas guiding EN-. | just hung on TO
he reins!' And as | told those girls
here's lots worse things you can do
or your country than just to hang on
0 the reins!"
what did they say to that?"
So"io0, IL started discus
lon l don't knows it will do much
'ood; but every little ripple widens
ut considerable, you know. | guess
ONE OF 'em saw my point, anyway
nat IN a time like this, when things
re topsy-turvy enough already, it's
ften the best way and the most helm.
I'll way just to do your own lob the
cry best you can, first; of course
Vhen that's done to put in tho roSt
Il your spare time at whatever else
at hand. Change makes for
NANCE women are finding them
elves mighty important, these davs
ways they never dreamed of only
lew years ago. Everybody wants
. Try a new way new job, thinking
IS bound to be bigger-part of tho
'iuef sphere they talk about. Every
ody seems to be wanting to got into
omepody else's uniform, that's
mat! And if they haven't Uniform
their own they want to get ono
o to speak! Seems like wa,ro -
anger of forgetting that a lot of
GOD work has been done in calico
'rappers, before now!"
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