Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-06-19

I'M n QdICSS ny NiufC iSS OdoiSS'
1t is no mere gallantry of sex,
but an acknowledgement Of fact to
say that in this war emergency as
in all the crises of our history and
of the race, there is nothing finer III
spirit or effect than the service
which the women Of the United
States are rendering. In her very
nature woman is an instrument OF
sacrifice. BY circumstance and
habit, and perhaps also by nature,
she is accustomed to self-etface-
ment. As a rule, her chief thought
is the thing to be accomplished; her
lest thought is her own welfare. The
greatest factor of success III war Is
sacrifice-not the sacrifice of burnt
Offering, but the sacrifice of com
fort, of well-being, and, if need be,
of self.
Woman's Part Not Spectacular
Hence it is that woman entered
the war already trained i'll the psy-
chology of war as il governs or in
huences personal conduct. 1t is not
her privilege to engage III the adj
ventures Of war, to perform the
thrilling feats Oh land and sea and
in the air which make war appeal
to the mind of the animal man as a
great enterprise, and which i'll some
degree compensate him for his suf-
ferings and sacrifices. There is a
vast difference between serving
even in the trenches and serving be-
hind the lines, between fighting
man to man and fighting disease in
the hospitals or hunger in the kitch-
ems, and the difference to the manly
man or the courageous woman lines,
not as the cowardly and the low
minded imagine, in favor of the
sheltered service, but in favor Of the
battling service, where force match
es force and mind clashes with
mind, and the grim business takes
on the nature of rivalry if not OF
sport. | can imagine every brave
woman in the United States in
these times wishing she were man,
and | can excuse the wish because
every hour | am wishing that |
were younger. Yet | know there is
service for the elders and for the
physically less fit, and that it is un-
manly to repine.
A Vital Service for the Rupublic
So | bring you the assurance that
your service is none the less vital
and that you are doing a part
which, if not the greater part, is
assuredly not the lesser part of this
big task we have undertaken to save
our Republic, to save freedom IL
the world, and even to save the
German race from the utter bestial
ity to which it is committed by its
barbaric rulers.
I am asked to say something
about what women may do in pro
ducing food to sustain our people
our armies, and the armies and peo
pies of those who are fighting with
us. This is the big job back of the
lines. We have now 100000 mer
under arms; millions more are en-
gagged, directly or indirectly, II
work related to war, and while TIT
farm has lost only a small percent
age Of it's man power IN the draft
it has lost considerable share o
it's labor by the demands of IN
dustries and by the lure of cities
and yet it is called upon to increas
it's harvests, and the harvest mus
be increased or there will be priva
ton here and may be hunger owe
there, where hunger spells ruin t
civilization.
The Need on the Farms
To come directly to the point,
state the case bluntly without flu
Their analysis, there is need for I'll
mobilization of additional labor
supply the farmers with their neec
for the particular days or weeks {
seasonal strain in cultivation an
harvest. Responding to the \;
ton s appeals, the farmers last We;
increased their paintings beyon
those of any preceding year, an
this year are further ncreasn
their paintings. They are plantil
more than they will perhaps be alb
to cultivate without incrementS
labor now and then, and certain
more than they will be able to h&
: vest without increments when t
fields are ready for the harvest. r
ports come to the Department
Agriculture that in many regio
the farmers are working until bla
dark; they are foregoing the