The spectator., 1918-08-06
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 wrote an English girl to woman who | had just sent letter condoling with her on the death of the last of three brothers. We find the country a lit- | tie dreary now and we are returning l to town the last of the month. We | shall be at home Sunday evenings. Be | sure to come to us often. We want | to see all our friends and hear what | they have been doing in the last three | months. Mother and father look for ward with special pleasure to meeting l you all again. Please bring any sol gay for them
 What news do you get from Fred erick" a friend of mine asked of the mother of Frederick, a beautiful mid dle-aged English woman who was making great success of a dance given for some convaleSCent Tommies. "Oh, you haven't heard, have you" the mother of Frederick answered. He was killed two months ago" And she turned to answer with her ready sym pathetic smile the inquiries of a group of Tommies gathered about her.
 Fight Same as Men.
 But that is not all. In a manner of speaking the women of Europe are fighting the war just as the men are. They have not, except in the case of the famous Battalion of Death, died in battle; and yet half to three ( hnx hnn killed as the direct result of war ac tivities. More women have been kill ed. in this war than men on both the Northern and Southern sides in our Civil war. That nearly three-QuartcrS of million includes the women mas sacred by the Turks in Armenia, by the AustrianS in Serbia, by the Ger mans in Belgium and northern France; ]; it includes army nurses and women muDition makers; it includes civilian women Killed by shells in the war zone or near il. women killed by Iep- pelin and airplane raids and by sub marines.
 What can the women of America do to equal all this service and all this suffering?
 For three years, the French and English, and for two years, the ltal-
 ans, have stood between Us and the death of our democracy. What can We do to make up for that long hesi- tatinc neutral inaction of ours: The men of our nation have responded gal lantly. We have real army i'll France now. As Lloyd George said in pnrlia ment to listening empire, "'Fhe Amer jeans are in" We are in and of course We are in to stay, in for Il century if need be, until the safety of the world democracy Is assured. The men of America are doing their part doing it with suffering and death What can the women doE
 What Women Can Do. IL Is the geographical misfortune of Us women of America that we cannot possibly give the personal service that the women of Europe have given They are near and we are far. They, so to speak, are in the front trenches and we have not entered the war zone Only very few of us, in proportion to our numbers, can work in the hos pitals or canteenS there. Only few mOre in proportion to our numbers can do Red Cross work or |. NJ. C. A. work here There are, however, two things We can do all the time and with all the strength that is in us. One is to conserve food. The other Is to buy Liberty bonds. We can help tke government by buying bonds. Yet again We have an advantage 1t is our peculiar misfortune that most of us can help the government only by help ing ourselves. For the purchase of Liberty bonds nt the generous rate of interest which the government grants Is not self denial but in line with self interest-legitimate of course. but still self-interest.
 Women of America wake up, Pour all your savings into Uncle sans lap. | Then save more, and pour them into ! his lap. Keep on saving and pouring, 1 pouring and saving, until the world l is free. You have given generously l of the Sinews of war in those mag l nitieenI hoys you have sent to France. | Give as generously In the money which l will keep them well and happy there.