The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04
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\ WOMAN'S WAR.

ChlcdSo IOSt, rms Is IN very real
sense womanS war The Chinese ira.
ditions of Attila do not contain accounts
OF such barbaritieS practiced upon wOm-
on and children as those in Belgium
and France. The barbarities practiced
upon men make it equally "A woman
war, 1t is false philosophy that
teaches women To talk of peace when
there can be no peace and to keep on
affirming the proposition that women
can put an end to all wars, when in
that act they narcotize those who
should be heart and soul in the great
rear guard that must stand behind our
boys ON land and sea.
Women make up the morale of that
rear guard, and thus of the front line
which changed the tides of all history.
women played an inspiring part.
Patrick Henry and Mr.. Pendleton.
Washington's colleagues i'm the Nir-
ginia delegation, spent a day and night
at Mount Vernon on their way to at
tend the first continental congress. Mr.
Pendleton afterward wrote to a friend:
II was much pleased with Mrs. Wash
ington and her spirit. She seemed ready
to make any sacrifice, though | knew
she felt very anxious She talked like
I a Spartan mother to her son on going
to battle. 1 hope you will all stand
iirm-I know George will she said
/ When we set off in the morning She
| cheercd us with good words-'God he
with you, gentlemen
ITO a kinswoman who deprecated
what she called Georges folly, Mar.
tina Washington wrote: Yes, | foresee
consequences-dark days and darker
nights; domestic happiness suspended;
social enjoymentS abandoned; property
Of every kind put in jeopardy by war.
perhaps; neighhors and friends at vari.
ance, and eternal separations ON earth
possible. But what are all these evils
| when compared with the fate of which
the port bill may be only threat?
| My mind is made up. George Is right;
he is always right. God has promised
the righteous, and | will trust Him "
In the dark days that came Martha
| Washington was Red Cross nurse
and chaplain all in one. \ young girl
who accompanied her on her errands
of mercy at Valley Forge, many years
after, recalling those days, said II
never in my life knew a woman so busy
from early morning until late at night
providing comforts for the sick sol
diers. Every day, except Sunday. the
wives Of the officers in camp, and some
times other women. were invited to Mr.
Potts to assist her in knitting socks
patching garments and making shirts
for the poor soldiers, when materials
could be procured, Every day she
might be seen with basket in hand
and with a single attendant going
among the huts, seeking the keenest
and most needy sufferers and giving
all the comfort to them in her power
| sometimes went with her for | wa,
a stout girl sixteen years old.
"On one occasion she went to the hui
Of "A dying sergeant whose young VIII,
was with him. His ease seemed par
ticularly to touch the heart of the gOot
lady, and after she had given hin
wholesome food prepared with her owl
hands she knet down by his stray
pallet and prayed earnestly for him anC
his wife with her sweet and solemn
voice. | shall never forget that scene
When John Adams went to the meet
ing of delegates mentioned above th
thoughts of his gifted wife We're will
him, and she wrote:
what course you can or will tax
is wrapped in the bosom of futurity
. Uncertainty and expectation leave tn
mind great scope. Did ever any king
dom or state regain its liberty. Whei
once it was invaded, without blood
shed? | cannot think of it wthou
horror. Yet we are told that all tn
misfortunes Of Sparta were occasione
by the too great solicitude for presen
/ tranSuility, and from an excessive low
Of peace they neglected the means O
making it sure and lasting. They ough
to have reflected says Polybius, that a
there is nothing more desirable or at
vantageous than peace when founde
on justice and honor, so there is moth
ing more shameful and at the sam
time more pernicious when attained b.
bad measures and purchased at the eN
pense of liberty"
Those who We're shocked at the Rus
sian battalion of Death" had forgot
ten our Revolutionary herine, Mol
Pitcher. This is war to make secur
the liberties for which those men AM
women fought and sacrificed, and i
calls for the Wholchearted service AM
Self-Sacritice of those who believe il
! American ideals and free institutions