The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-23
ackYour Soldier
Boy With Grit,
Not With Sobs.
BY
AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR.
Of the vi0iiAntes.

In An cid Morse tale. the dragon
which almost overcomes the here
Creams n II finally expires defeated.
NE was too strong-thsre were we
men behind him" It has been said
that the morale Of an army depends
upon the spirit Of the nations women,
more than upon any other single fac
tor. That Is good sense. The woman
ut home can be a dead weight on the
man In the field, or she can d0nble
his strength and courage by making
him feel that she II n truly in tina
service As he Ia Unfortunately, tia
woman at home does not always real
txe thtA A lad I know writes from
camp: Can't you drop hint - sister
to cut out the sob stu67 I dfAAt 20
into ths thing fw 4 p616I know
what Tn up a0fnse N right Ehe
needRr rub fl In"
Oos tnagfnes WHIST sfster's LETTERS
Hzst hye beea- C@p~s that pic
tus with what eEts Slows you Of q
different Kind q sEsaHI eugts vvTu
for wuzd ffun IT, mkdile of 4 fx1endTy
hxtr: -CAKtstnGs Rve I'D vurd
h0m Dad that my yUH1eeGk hgUehar
had been oAt1a1y reported hulea In
action We hnd Telegram ThGn1D-
giving Day that he WINS reported E1a1-
ing, but, OF course, We hoped 10 far
we have NO desafls, though Dad has
cabled to several
Went oiadiy@Prsparsd 60 Die.
NY brother had been In the service
since 1915: he went absolutely gladly
and quite prepared to die IL needs be
he had just gotten cut of the hospital
after an attack Of trench fever and
In a letter / have from him. written
the day he was killed, he said he was
feeling pretty At excspt that his arms
course, ache when think he may
have gone back toe soon. he wouldn't
mention any little discemforts.
1--WE are wonderfully busy. I par
celed 800 sweaters. 2T0 pairs seeks. 70
scarfs and 70 pairs wristlets last
week-so far we have sent ]. 800 sweat
ers, LOCO pairs socks and ever 800 Of
the other articles just from this valley |;
we are very proud. Our knitters can
use 300 pounds Of wool a week with
ease. IL we could only pay for 1t.
81 wish you might have dropped In
Monday evening to see Is ladies, heads
of the Mormon Girls League. and Is
ladies, heads Of the Mormon relief
workers, all here planning Red Gross
work. 1t viii be a good thing for cur
church ~ have them know US better
and fear us less. They are such
splendid lot Of women"
So many could have 4 spirit Hike
this, II they would. So much Of the
sob STUFF" In due simply to thought
lessness and to lack Of habitval self
control. I wish that every woman In
this country might have . day on duty
at The door Of the hostess house at an
embarkatfon camp. q day given NJ to
seeing how other women bear the or
deal OF goodbye. and how their atti-
tude reacts upon their men. After
my nrst such day felt never could
whimper again. One meets all phases
Of weakness and strength-the hero
ism IL net sensational but OF q quiet,
natter-of-fact kind that grips the
heart.
He Has Never Seen Me Cry.
To one woman with a baby IN
her arms I had TO break the news
that she had made her long journey
too late-her man was gone. She
this may seem incredible. but II is
true-she was sorry for me. Another
pretty, plump little dimpled thing
who did not look n II she were made
Of heroic material, told me that she
wAs leaving that afternoon rs she did
not want to wait to see her husband
20. "Yeu see," she explained, he
hasn't seen me cry once since the war
began. and don't want him to. Tn
glad and proud for him to e and do
his little bit, and he Knows It, too. But
II he should see mo cry he couldn't
help remembering that sometimes"
A friend Of mine, q young teacher,
was married only q sheFt time ago
Now her husband, physically disquali-
fed for the army, has gene over Al q
Y. NJ. @. A. secretary, and she haa
gone back to her teaching to support
herself while he il gone. She does not
call 1t sacrifice. either. She. toe. is
glad and proud
II ue unoerstanuin8 OK Wnot 0ur
spirit means to our men IL once fully
burned into the consciousness Of
American women. II we, like our sis
tiers OF France and Of England. fall in
behind our fighting force to back up
their efforts with every power We have
In body and mind and heart, the war
for liberty and democracy IL won
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