Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-22
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thought a German. sympathizer: The
American wives mothers and sweet
hearts are helping US. We shall surely
win this war
When asked how he knew SO much his
answer was that every time a woman in
America wrote to a soldier in France
and bewailed Of his absence, or told
what hard time she thought she was
having or said anything to make the
soldier lowspirited, she took a lot OF vi
tality out of the man and lessened his
fighting ability.
An American officer said that he
could look into the faces of the men as
they entered the training camps and tell
who had mothers, sisters, wife or sweet
heart true to the best in him The boy
who had 90 pull the arms of his mother
away from his neck, or had heard the
"foolishness Of President wilson de-
nounced might make good in spite of his
great obstacle. hut he stood no chance
Of brilliant success unless some higher
power interviewed.
The women of the south were the in
spiration of our men i'm the sixties. Are
We degencrating? Can it be said That
we are less loyal than the women Of
other sections? Are the "loaves and
fishes" so much to US that We can eat
our fill of things that our allies need
and waste the food we might live on so
as TO give up wheat and sugar and
meat?
Our men are in the war and it's up 20
us 10 say whether they decide the queS-
ton for or against us.
Smile when your boy goes away and
smile in your letters to him. Thou
sands of young people who have gone
out into the world to make good, who
went before this war was dreamed Of,
save in the German army, have tailed
because the letters from home pulled
them down instead of pushing them up.
AS many of you know. | was one of
the pioneer business women. / was Of
fered a place in Atlanta, a thing l had
never dreamed Of and my mother said
"Of course, we want you here, put you
love to write and it's a compliment to
YOU" NV brother said, SISTER, you can
try it and If you find things unpleasant
you know YOU can come home.
Their love upheld me, and in my heart
7 knew that no matter how much they
| loved me, there was a certain pride that
demanded me to make gOod-and their
faith in my ability to do my best helped
me over many a hard place
SO i; is with the soldiers. BE Ike
the Spartan women-they sent their
| loved ones into battle with the inJunc-
ton to come back bearing their shields
as conquerors or be brought back on
them.
The minds of the German women are
bent on victory-thc kaiser knows that
and he knows that the army OF spies
| he has over here can do as much for
him by discouragins the women as his
soldiers in the trenches. One of our
men wrote back that the boys over there
can win only 40 per cent of the war
the other 60 per cent is up to the folks
at home
It nerves the man TO higher things
! to know that at home some one is pray
ing for him, working for the army and
will uphold him in his every effort TO
| conquer the ruthless creatures that are
doing their best to rule the world.
Iudendorff, the man who handles the
human side of the German army, says
that the American woman lacks both
| the wisdom and the will to stand back
| Of our soldiers. Does he know you!
Has he heard reports from your sort?
| When you rail at the things that WIN
ming the war demand, you put a SING
| in their hands and you may be sure II
| will be Used The woman who says the
| Red Cross is a mOney-maker for few
the man who says this is rich man $
war and a poor mans fight, has very
little sense and no patriotism. would
that woman accuse any of the women
OF her town of selling things made Tor
charity and pocketing the money? Isn't
the Red Cross composed of the cream
of any and all sections?
Can you find a company of soldiers
composed entirely of poor men? 1t takes
a trained mind to handle large affairs,
and when company of, farmers organ
ize do they select a man who cannot
sign his name, or one that is known to
be educated to handle it's affairs? Would
you expect this government to show less
| common sense?
Could these slackers among our wom-
en- read the letters written back to
! Germany their faces would burn We
are scorned by the kaiser, by Won Hin
! denburg and Ludendorff. | do thank
| God for the material that is in the
! makeup of the average soldier that has
! gone. Some of them are men in spite
| of the wailing and reproaches they have
| TO read and listen to. In a recent Ger
| man paper there was a letter written
from this country, and here is one part
! of it:
'sThe Communication of America is now
| assured The American people will be
conquered by the victorious German
! spirit" Is that absurd? 1t would be
! if it were not for the millions Of women
who are helping to Germanize our
country. They have welcomed home
those renegades who have mutilated
! themselves to keep out of the war,
| they have sworn to lies to keep their
men out of the draft, they have poison
| ed the minds of their sons and sweet
| hearts and are as much responsible for
! the soldiers who desert as any paid
| agent of Germany. Thousands of boys
are at the front worried, sick of heart
! and. doing his best to be brave, while
| his women folks are pumping the poi
son into his mind as fast as they can.
| AS one over there said. What differ
| ence does it make to Germany whether
| the German bullet or the American
mother wounds the American soldier?
! He is wounded just the same, isn't hep
This may seem like hard words l
! regret the necessity for their use.
! Search your own heart. If you've been
a stumbling block to your own or an
! others boy, get on your knees and ask
/ God to forgive you and ask Him to
~ II Is