The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-08-23
WHAT WOMEN can
D0TO WIN THE WAR.
Conserve Food and Buy Liberty
Bcnds--T~o Ways They
Can Help.
Ssyr Al Ysur ssvsnss Into Uncle
Same lap--kssp On saving ard
ps3vina Ussu the Wssid
10 Free.
sy IkEx hAykEs IRWIN.

~ ihEx hAykEs IRWIN.
What can the women ef America
Do TO hslp VITA this war, Two things
are certain: ons that they can do IA
great dea! and another that. unless
the war lasts ten years loagsF. they
esH never do w much as this rSxach.
English and Italian souiea have dans.
they eau never suffer NJ much al the
French, EDgiish and Italian women
have suffered,
To tls, returning TO America after
two yesrs la the war countries. the III
touched gayesy Of the American people
eane as terrific shock had left q
vpria az black aud silent as night 4
world Ia which bad sesn no daneing.
. world ia which had heard no sp0n.
tnneous 'aaghtsf or--eTcspt 10 the case
OF military bands~nn music, Al nrst
the atmosphere of America was ai1os,
undesirable, wss obseKsei with the
desire 20 get back to the allied coan-
tries, 10 suffer With them. rather then
enjoy the comparative comfor, Of d
comparatively unaroased Amsrtcs,
Tho luxury everywhere appalled, me.
Those hundreds " motors gliding
through our streets Tor instance /
Private motors have tong ago d,sap.
peared from allied Europe. The beau
tifal fabrics, the fura and laess, the
gorgeous sport clothes nhd the dazzling
evening dresses which still distinguish
ths women al America
Bar on evening Clothes
Ths nsst time was Invited 20 a
dinaer party on my return. ! wore .
long slssved high necked gray aud
black gown and found myself wren
among birds OF paradise. No woman
Of Grance would thtAk Of wearing ss~
ming clothes. iadssd, both men and
women are prohibited by law frpm ap.
psar'ns In evening clothes At this thea.
ter. GA tho few social occasions Ia
which they take part. French women
ara dressed 10 black gowns with 4 III.
tie lace at tho peck and sleeves Eng
lish womsn still wear evening caotheA
When their men return on thesS rare
leave from the front. they cover their
aehina hearts ~tth ~ much gaysty a.
possible In order to send them back 10
the Nth and tho v~rmin and the rats
and the damp and the cold anil the
wounds aud the constant sight Of death
psyehoiogtealty refreshed. Hut NEST OF
the evening dresses that the English
women are row wearing date back 10
the beginning OF the war Asi s,rnns
eSt OF all. perhaps, for = country az
war, those lustFcns streets with their
, rn~,s &C slertrir liah,s and their. vivid
flashing. changing irtdesccnt electric
risnH In Paris you plunge into u
deep twilight When yea leave yaur res
taurHnt, aud In London you grore your
way home through dangerous Sly.
Htan gloom Then the careless spend.
Ing In American hotels and rrs,au.
rants In Paris those places close at
half past nine. And food Food con.
ditions have never heen So had 10
France ss In the other allied roun.
tries, for France has always fed her
self aud is, moreover. tho worlds best
cook Bot In Italy and England. meat
II rare luxury ~ be obtained Gully
once In great while. butter and
sugar are |oug forgotten drvanss
See Their Aemes Destroyed,
And then In The case Of France and
20 SOME degree ~ Italy, the allied
we'nsn have seen vast stretches ~.
csr,fnlEy taved tdr ancient forrest and
enormous sections ei softly beautiful
farming country turned into metalrii
dee dumps they have seen dusrus Il
tmall titjeS ana hundreds oe title Nj
t,s,s tfdus(or,ae1 ga ash heaps they
have sera SAL much Old sacred beauty
tn the iurm Il chur,hcs, cathr,ivals
and htStugjc monuments rvduceA 10
bills Of tuhhle ,ha, the whole world
must seem desert ~ then, They
have even had ~ caaUrv ne extra
aIunt OF an exhibition In hsrlsn u
the Art treasures looted trgn northern
FRANCE.
The allied women have nurSsI the
Wounded. the tnhsrculsr, the under
nosrished. they have taught a,w
trades 10 the crippled and Mind and
tanss VI no are snyaiied FOR HE They
have taken care ~ thousands and
thousands ~ refugees FROM Eelx!uaa.
sesthssn France and Siberia They
h&,e as1 ~ provide for the hrtns,ns
W II thousands ~ orphan chlltren
THIS has net ccsnc uIs,n thenl gradual
b bat All tae ,ilae nud In Increasing
proportions
Hat, after all. thess things are as
notal.x to tbs death OF shs ac~er Sa
shtsr a's,e youth Eastani aud Erwnce
AID Italy haNs lost ~ much IN saAn
power that ~ mtr,Ncr II cur gwgse<a.
tea icass fer hagglness ssatn tursnx
hts own lifetime They hag,c only
fer ece thlhS 20 insure the srx~sAm