Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
The Worlds War
as Woman Sees It
By ELLEN ADAIR


y ENGLAND every one is saying that
the world will be infinitely better than
II ever was before after the war.
The war will sweep away all the old
Soams' the snobbishness, the prido of
CASTE the false standards. tho bvnocri-
s'cs' they say. Living conditions vii,
d" 80 much better than thev cycr pcrc
oefgrc-in fact. out OF all tbis troub1,
apu tribulation newer ana rohlcr
world Will be born"
ono wonders
nc talk goes On. And vet cannot
sometimes noticing that tho carlv
,,.,,,,,'IN,S ,i'uS."S'h ana gratitude for the
Is not nearly 50 keen these days
s5a -. ,'p carry stages Of the war Nor
t"oueh every ono Is looking forward 10
sort OF Elysium on earth nftor ,ho
War--havo any definite plans been made
'"r o'aIng with the thousands and thou.
samdS OF manned and broken men who
viii return. ''''i' WIN
10 pray Tor peace alone will not ac-
'oupllSh miracles. What arc ,vo doing
we at home. to prepare for that ,lnar
cieaner juster orld-artcr-tbc-war" of
"nlCh we hear so much talk?
ncFeS certain kind Of person yhc.
II ai"aNS worrying etcrnaIly over sho
ce,lg'on g'..V OF the lighting man at the front.
Sucl "orryingS are ridiculous.
Religion at the Front
nave met thousands Of goldicrs who
/ nave looked death In the racc---ycs for
EearS-Whu have lived through thar
| daily ordeal Of suffering and njser, and
death which constitutes ordinary rnuiiua
I at IN" front, aud these soldiers realia,
mat rel.gion. real religion. means fellow.
N'hp. playing the game" courage and
sGlt-sacritco aud uusclfshncss, and every
/ on" or those brave fellows whom | mot
nave possessed these qualities Il thou
sdndfOld
50 cease troubling over the soldiers
rcllgion' H." cannot spend three days
,n the hrlnE Inc without developing the
/ highest type OF religion that man ever
+ possessed
He may not 10 o bit Interested in
''to"dS' IN Hihlo stories and religious
ceremonial. but every mans religion is
all risht when he is within range Of the
enemy guns
He knows his religion and he has
. lived it, says a very deep thinker. and
no matter how far outside the arms OF
/ tho church he may I've, he belongs t.
/ Christ, and the living force OF christ wiz
always he with hin, rn tpattcr IL n,
/ swears like a trooper"
/ have a very great r.eroct r,,. tbc
/ padres" in thig war NOT bac,us, ,r th.
services and nravers ,bav boId a, th[
! front. but for thoit. ,er,, rooI h,.a,.or,
and unsel0shucs. and rariou,shir and rn,
their heroic devotion 10 the soldiers
. 7 was talking to n "padrc"--a British
ciergyman--ln Paris whore he hac
Su".''e" I'" Gays u" 't ,hd t' SOME
".,'''HS "'" WIS ".'l'"II'"'F rt'N'h't
I =" We u"'''Su pd'I OF ,u' HilnE llh,'
l'','E'"" ne S"'"' Why neS'u'
+ '"'H' "''" u! u'''', rough 'n"uEn th'H
,n'H' appear TO o'' reel llNc n heatn'n
h''.eNt me- iH' ""lul"r on inc oattleielf
~ tnr ul'S' 'NPr "i 'nrISt'ah ihat exists
WISH lnc propI' az nome would under
s,an' 'nal ana tI'i'|e mat lhc only uS'
oI VS. "''i''aIE C94PIa'hS iS - nelp th'
,,'u, 20 .."N' ','' nyuc '"9''I II"
v,ho orc ,., to ,,ro,r,, ."
Clcrgymrn Heroes
I knov thrro padrcs who drIibcra.cl
Ia,d down their lives to save soldiers.
r,rov a pra,t many. mar, vino bov
rlyl,d their lives a hundred times on TN
LuttlofieId for tb,tI mon This alouo i
real Christianity.
4 delightful littla hool; has becu ,yrit
fen nv onc of these chaulaius working a
the front-a book of unusual Mai
speaking, too. II gives inspiring picture
Of what the Church must do after tn
% ir,,,I and b,.ol,er world u.hicI, Il,