The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-16
SLAPSAT SLACkERS
BY ALICE kilLlAN.

~No, haven't done any knitting yet,
but Pm going to soon- You see, I've
been so dreadfully busy with other pa
triotic service. One can't do everything
at once can one? l shall begin with |
knitting socks. l Cont see why peo-
pie waste time on scarfs and sweaters
when socks are SO much needed.
II shall make socks with gay colored
tops. Bright colors aid the morale, I'm
sure. 1t would be terrible thing to
have our soldiers barefoot just because
the women aren't alive to the necessity
of knitting enough stocks. l think I'll
make little speech at our Red Cross
auxiliary on Swelling the Sock Supply.
you see, that's one OF my ways OF
helping. I'm voluntary speaker at
the Red Cross auxillaries. l was talk
ing to a surgical dressings group yes
terday on Folding for France know
that l inspired the workers with new
zeal, for when l had finished talking
one Of the women said to me, why
don't you stay and help us yourselff
You have made us all feel that we need
every worker we can get l had to ex-
plain that other duties called.
mo, haven't done much In surgical
dressings yet. find 1t makes me nerv-
Gus. Many people really like to fold
gauze. l think they should be unremit-
ting In their work. How terrible 1t
would be If any Of our brave boys
should suffer Just because women at
home don't realize the need for count
less pads, sponges and congresses.
Something should be done to spur them
on to greater efforts. l think l shall
have to do more speaking, although
just now 1t will be hard for me to give
up any more time, because l am TAX
Ing golf lessons.
81 don't know why you should look
surprised, might almost say shocked,
at the mere mention of golf. We all
know that the health of the nation Is a
large part of its wealth. / consider 1t
a patriotic duty to get plenty of fresh
air and exercise.
Gardening? Well, Of course, one
does get fresh air and exercise spad-
Ing and hoeing, but don't think they
have the same effect on the physique
that outdoor sports have. Do you?
have observed that farmers and mar
ket gardeners don't have the same
bright compilations and free carriage
that golf and tennis players acquire
However, / believe thoroughly in pa
triotic gardens, and l shall furthe
them all l can by speaking. / think
shall call my little talk Seeding TO
Safety Don't you like that7 1t will
be frightful If we don't have food 70
our allies just because people ar
asleep.
"Then there's the preserving of vegt
tables and fruits.
mo, don't do it myself, for I can
+ stand the heat Of stove in summe
but last year had my maid do gre'
deal Of canning. AS it happened, mo-
: of the things she put up spoiled. 81
is not clever at following written
rections, and l was not able to be
the KITCHEN much myself. However.
/ feel that we made our start and tn
= season she will profit by last year
! experience.
y 81 suppose you're buying war SAVING
stamps? I'm intensely interested
a their sale. 1t would be fearful THU
J. If the men, women and children of tn
X country did not respond to the call
c the government for funds to push Il
t war. People should buy to the limit.
e mo, / haven't bought to the 81 ,0'
limit myself yet, as / have gre
h many expenses connected with my w
v work. One is asked to give In so maj
~ T.,
), about speaking as l do requires CO
T. rect clothes, and in bad weather n
e taxi fares are really quite an item.
# 81 do wish you would come to he
me speak on Stamping Out Seditio
e and Bonds Are Bombs I'm quite su
that if you could hear either spec
a you would feel that you must lend e
n cry dollar you can possibly spare
q Uncle Sam. A woman said to me t
other day that after hearing me ur
economy she quite understood why
very few people were buying spri
e. suits this season. She looked right
OF my new broadcloth, which is plain b
% very handsome. j think she realiz
III that I had been patriotic In my sell
,e ton of a suit, for it is true econor
to buy good material.
I" Sometimes l am perfectly aghast
the numbers of slackers there are W
81 do nothing to help win the war.
ty should think people would be asham
~ not to do their part in this tremendo
struggle. Indeed. I am so much ex
s- cised about the apathy Of nonwork'
know, who neither knit, sew, conser
food nor save for the nation, that
getting up little speech called asia