Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-12
WOMEN'S WAY TO WIN THE WAR
DEFINED BY ONE WHO HAS SEEN
Work Concentration, on d
Definite Job, Says Miss
Marion Clark Kane, Is
Essential
Striking Picture Of Neces-
sites That Must Be Met
by This Country Pre-
sented by Nurse

M1oRk. concentration oa Il paid def
w mite job was ncld rortn today as
the American woman's own way to win
the war.
The woman who drew this particular
picture is not an idle talker Or dreamer.
She IS Miss Miriam clark Kane. a Phila-
delphia girl lately arrived home from a
hospital just behind the firing line from
,the Lighthouse in Paris. where blinded
soldiers are made 10 see with their
hands
"The best way for women and girls 20
win the war said Miss Kane. who
really belongs to G5la Lincoln drive
Germantown when she isn't giving her.
SELF to France, "is by going to work.
that is, getting job that pays. Noun-
tecr work is tirc and there are thou
sands Of women who can afford to vulun-
t"cr Tor few months, bu' If the war
should stretch out into years they will
have to be rccompcnscd FOR their labora.
as thousands Of equally patriotic women
. ar" doing in England
ut needn't be munitiOu work or ship
hulIdinG. Any work that helps to Keep
III" home machinery running smoothly
II patriotic work The thing to do Is
I" train in some special line Of cndcI Tor
then to jump into the breach"
In her Immaculate pink piugham
dress. Stifily star,h"d white apron and
III" double-fiounced Red cross head
dress with the cleaning red cross on
her forehead, Miss Kane seemed to en-
body all the plcasurabl" aspects of
service. When She spoke about herself
however, some Of the fascination left
I'll" uniform; she brought vivid pictures
Of the rough work. the sleepless nights
and days without rest the mighty corps
Of women nurses and doctors are en-
during just back of "No Mans Land"
for the cause Of world peace
Work Is generally pretty proSaiC.
and nursing at the front is no cNccp-
ton" Misc Kane explained. "lt is hard
work. There Is a lot of ugly and even
manual labor 20 perform aside from
tho other things
"AS an aide in an English hospita'
caring for French wounded in France,
had to do all sorts Of work. our unit
was made up almost entirely Of women
There were Il few men as orderlies who
were either too old for military scrvic,
or discharged from active duty. one
orderly "a Presbyterian minister nor,
than siXty-tivc years old, carried stretch
T. ors willingly and did any mcnial worl
that came his way.
, ut was wonderful to see the way III,
French received our American boys whcl
they first came over. Americas coming
, is like the dawn to those poor people
: and they are expecting great things %
Us. our hospital was abandoned. as th
, camps of the American boys spraug M
:. all around us. You should have Sccl
the way the wounded men watched tn
| work Of the SammccS. Buildings SCENE,
n to spring up overnight TO form the ney
: camp. and the poilus in oar hospital tool
% fresh heart watching them"
@ After the hospital was abandoned Mis-
q Kane went to Paris, where she taugh
English to the blinded men at III,
Lighthouse the institution where Mis-
Wn.fred Hall is doing such rcmarkabl
work.
'"rhe work with the blind is much diff
Is fcrent from the hospital work" she con
= tinucd solcmnly There is not tn
= manual work. hut it is moro trying am
It nerve racking, But to see the work q
regeneration was wonderful For tn
Lighthouse men are regenerated. The
are taught to make use of their othe
IA faculties to make living even withou
their sight. II makes new men out q
y them and they are so grateful to hav
'e something to do, not to be dragS on 50
cicty.
81 said to one of the men. 30 yo
hope to be rich"' lie answered, 40
Then | said 30 you ever hope to hay
friend" But he soemnly answere,
b. no. not now; | only hope to work
And now can | make my little appei
to the women" Miss Kane continue,
conserve on your wheat. | realize tina
every one is doing much in that dire,
ton. but after all France and the wa