Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-05
SOLDIER SAFER
THAN ARE BABIES
Mrs. hate Wood Ray Delivers
Strong Patriotic Address 10
Women OF County.
TrtI.S OF NEED OF PROGRAM
Ladies' Committee of Local Defense
Unit Hears Plea for child
Conservation.

1T Il II times safer TO be a sol
der in France than a baby in III
nois.
This startling assertion was
made IL a very able address before
4ae women's committee of the Rock
island county branch Of the IN
nojs council Of national defense a.
me Young Mems Christian associa-
tion Yesterday afternoon.
Mrs Kate Wood Ray Of Gary I.
Ind. organization adviser tor the
Illinois council was the speaker
III We are to lose our men al the
-ronr We must save our babies at
rome A specific effort Tor the
preservation OF child life viii De
mart az the war program OF women
Of this country, she said
lin speaking Of the local units Oh
rbe women's committee OF the state
council OF defense, Mrs. Ray went
ON to say:
The purpose Of the local units
~ rhe womans committee or the
council OF defense is to establish
c.nters 10 which men may send out
orders and through which replies
ran be executed. 1t is an emery
e3ev measure unifying war service
Tor women. Patriotism today IS no
Fneraphvsical abstraction 1t must
be concretised One OF the con
crete expressions OF patriotism is
the purchase Of Liberty bonds and
tile saving OF wheat. sugar and lat.
In closing her address, Mrs. Ray
said.
Not tears but smiles. not grief
hut high resolves and lofty pur-
pose. these are the equipment OF
women OF America to win the war
The meeting of the Rock Island
county unit yesterday was perhaps
tile best attended Of sessions thus
far held by the organization ant
brought out conclusiyely that the
women OF the county have come tC
4 the realization OF the seriousness
Of the war ana the necessity Of :
thorough system of women's Worr
at home to help bring about al
early peace through victory.
Practically all OF the TOWNSHIP
chairmen We're present and the LID
ertv loan campaign. as result o
the meeting yesterday, promises u
receive substantial repor
through the county as a conse
uuence OF the active part the WON
ems unit viii take in furthering th'
sale OF bonds.
Hear Report.
Mrs. John McEniry of Moline
chairman of the Rock Island county
unit presided at the meeting anc
Miss MolIie McEniry gave TepOr'
on the war work conference helC
last winter in Chicago Miss Nc
Entry not only touched UgOn the
Liberty loan campaign but urgeC
that child conservation be made {
part Of the work Of the unit fol
the coming year. She went so fal
as to say that women of the nation
in their enthusiasm 10 aid in theil
war program are liable to unin
tentionalIy overlook giving propel
attention 10 their children. Sh,
said that the child life conservation
program should receive the heart.
support Of all It is planned by tn
Rock Island county unit to take u
this work through a committe
which will be appointed later.
Mrs Blanche West Of Bushnell
chairman Of the women's Libert
loan campaign committee for III
Fourteenth congressional distric
told the the work which had bee
accomplished in the Liberty loa
drive and spoke Of the organize
ton for the campaign which open
tomorrow. She said that Rock Is
land county has a splendid organ
cation
Arrangements for the coming
Sergeant Ruth Farnam. an Amel
lean woman decorated three time