Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-07
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Housewives, Take Motherhood Fight
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| All kinds OF news comes from Russia
these days. 1t Is now said that an
equivalent TO jute. AZ article that Is
shipped to this country In immense
quantities, is being made over there
| from plant which the Russians call
"kenafe," which grows abundantly.
| Housewives hereabout who are hav-
| ing so much trouble with the servant
| problem may find IL hint in an adver-
the Help Wanted" column Of the Shelf
| field (I;nEland) Daily Telegraph II
reads. Mistress will give maid les
sons in two foreign languages and
! master vii instruct her in differcntial
calculus and comic sections"
The East End loafers." OF London
that Is the name they were known by
in the times OF peacc--have made good
in the war, according to Bishop
browne. former Bishop Of Bristol who
publicly complimented the mon for
their share in the fighting. Old Con-
federates testify that fifty years ago
no better lighters were found in the
ranks than were the boys who had
before the war acquired regulations as
town and village loafcrs.
IF any one fears CONSUMPTION of
labor In the United STAGES says the
Christian Science Monitor, he SHOULD
tration week. The Dominion has just
taken All inventory OF its manhood and
womanhood. but the only element OF
compulsion was the necessity to
registI. The government obtained
much valuable Information. 1t learned
All about the distribution OF labor in
the country, and how the workers
could be rcdistributed. wherever ncces-
Sary, for the purposes OF efficiency.
But any redistribution Will be effected
h
intention OF utilizing registration in
order to force n change of occupation
upon any one. Here is CONSUMPTION
OF labor with the sting taken out OF 1t.
1Iumorists have recently added to
the list OF the wars alleged horrors
the fact that Londoners can no longer
oathe In sea water in their own
homes. The facts In the case are re-
ported by Popular Mechanics, as fol-
lows: II seems that for years one or
the English railways has maintained a
sea water service. For the small
sum of l. cents it has delivered to any
customer large can OF real ocean
water for bathing purposes. calling
for the can the following day. Now.
however. Londoners who pride them
selves on being the best tubbed peu-
pie in the world" must forego these
sea baths" for the railway has dis
continued It's service account OF
war conditions. Hencctorth fresh
water must suffice for cleansings
The Wall Street Journal. always
much given to figures OF the large kind,
brings forth the following:
II is entirely likely that within an
other twelve months there will be
100000 American soldiers under arms
in Europe. With the civilian followers
OF the army-engineers, construction
corps, administrators, motor drivers,
nurses, doctors, Red Cross and Y NJ
I. A. workers. etc.-ths number is
almost sure to be augmented TO 5000
900. and if the war lasts long enough,
it may reach l0.O0O0O0
How many persons can visualize
10000, 600 American war workers? 1t
the population of the United States.
II means about the population OF New
ork State. More concretely. il means
nearly the entire population that lives
and works within radius OF fifteen
miles from the City Hall of New YORK
Imagine the removal of many more
than all the adults in Greater New
York. Mount Vernon. New Rochelle,
fonkers. Jersey City. Hoboken. New
ark, Bayonnc, Elizabeth, the Oranges
Paterson and Passaic. and all the in
tervening communities. and you have
mental picture of the vacuum
created by the removal OF such a force
from the productive. industrial and ad-
mnistrative employment OF the coun-
try; for those who go TO the war
are able bodied. vigorous workers
whether men or women-lhe best that
America has.
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