The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-24
|SLAPSAT SLACkERS|
BY ALICE klllIAN.

mo, haven't done any knitting yet,
but I'm 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? / shall begin with
knitting socks l don't see why peo-
pie waste time ON scarfs and sweaters
when socks are so much needed.
Il shall make socks with gay colored
tops. Bright colors aid the morale, Tn
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. / think I'll
make little speech at our Bed Cross
auxiliary on Swelling the Sock Supply
"You see, that's one Of my ways of
helping. I'm a voluntary speaker at
the Red Cross auxiliaries. was talk
ing to surgical dressings group yes
terday ON Folding for France know
that inspired the workers with new
zeal, for when had finished talking
one of the women said to me, why
You have made us all feel that we need
every worker we can get had to ex-
plain that other duties called.
mo, haven't done much In surgical
dressings yet. I find 1t makes me nerv-
GUS. Many people really like to fold
/ gauze. 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. 1 think I shall
have to do more speaking, although
| just now 1t will be hard for me to give
| up any more time, because / 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
q 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 your
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 I shall further
them all can by speaking. think
shall call my little talk Seeding for
Safety Don't you like that? It will
be frightful If we don't have food for
our allies just because people are
asleep.
'Then there's the preserving Of vege-
tables and fruits.
mo, don't do it myself, for can't
stand the heat Of stove In summer.
but last year had my maid do great
deal of canning. As it happened, most
of the things she put up spoiled. She
is not clever at following written d.
rections, and was not able to be In
the kitchen much myself. However, I
feel that we made our start and this
season she will profit by last years
experience.
II suppose you're buying war savings
stamps? I'm intensely interested in
their sale. It would be fearful thing
If the men, women and children Of this
country did not respond to the call of
the government for funds to push the
war. People should buy to the limit.
"No, I haven't bought to the 81 600
limit myself yet, as I have q great
many expenses connected with my war
work. One Is asked to give in so many
directions, and then, Of course, going
; about speaking as do requires cor
rect clothes, and In bad weather my
, taxi fares are really quite an item.
81 do wish you would come to hear
me speak on stamping Out Sedition'
and Bonds Are Bombs I'm quite sure
that If you could hear either speech
2 you would feel that you must lend ev.
5 cry dollar you can possibly spare to
Uncle Sam. A woman said to me the
other day that after hearing me urge
e economy she quite understood why sc
/ very few people were buying spring
+ suits this season. She looked right al
my new broadcloth, which is plain but
very handsome. I think she. realized
that I had been patriotic in my selec
ton of suit, for it is true economy
to buy good material.
Sometimes am perfectly aghast al
the numbers of slackers there are who
9 do nothing to help win the war.
: should think people would be ASHAMED
not to do their part In this tremendous
struggle. Indeed, am SO much exer
cised about the apathy Of nonworker:
/ know, who neither knit, sew. conserve
food nor save for the nation. that Tn
getting up little speech called "Slap'
for Slackers.' I do hope you will come
to hear it"