The state herald., 1918-08-09
friends range in age from forty -
dxty. Not one has q son left"

hxty. Not one has q son left"
THANK you for your kind letter."
wrote an English girl to a woman who
had just sent letter condollng with
her on the death of the last of three
brothers. ave find the country a lit
tie dreary now and we are returning
to town the last Of the month. We
snail be at home Sunday evenings. Be
sure to come to us often. We want
to see oil our friends and hear what
they have been doing in the last three
months. Mother and father look for
ward with special pleasure to meeting
you all again. Please bring any sol.
dier friends; we will try to make II
gay for them"
"What news do you get from Fred.
erick," friend of mine asked of the
mother Of Frederick. beautiful mid.
dle-aged English woman who was
making great success Of a dance
given for some convalescent Tommies.
"Oh, you haven't heard, have you," the
mother of Frederick answered. He
wns killed two months ago" And she
turned to answer with her ready SYM
pathetic smile the inquiries of a group
OF Tommies gathered Gbout her.
Fight Same as Men.
But that Is not all. In a manner Of
speaking, the women Of Europe are
fighting the war Just us the men are.
They have not. except In the case of
the famous Battalion Of Death, died
In battle; and yet a half to three
quarters Of million women have been
killed rs the direct result Of war &C
dvities. More women have been kill
ed in this war than men on both the
Northern and Southern sides in our
Civil war. That nearly three-Quarters
of a million includes the women mas
sacred BY the Turks In Armenia. BY
the Austrians in Serbia, by the Ger
mans In Belgium and northern France;
1t includes army nurses and women
munition makers: 1t includes civilian
women killed by shells In the war
zone or near 1t, women killed by Zep-
pelin and airplane raids and by sub
marines.
What can the women Of America
do to equal all this service and all
this sufferingf
For three years. the French and
English, and for two years, the Ital-
ians, have stood between u and the
death Of our democracy. What can
we do to make up for that long. hesi-
tating neutral inaction Of oursi The
men Of our nation have responded gal
lanty. We have real army In France
now. AZ Lloyd George said In parlia-
ment 70 listening empire. 'The Amer
leans are In" We are In and of
course We are In to stay. in for q
century II need be. until the safety of
the world democracy is assured. The
men Of America are doing their part
doing It with suffering and death.
What can the women dol
What Women Can Do.
II is the geographical misfortune Of
rs women Of America that we cannot
possibly give the personal service that
the women OF Europe have given.
They are near and we are far. They.
SO to speak, are In the front trenches
and We have not entered the war zone.
Only . very few Of rs. In proportion
to our numbers. can work In the hos
pitals or cantssns there. OLly . few
more In proportion b our numbers can
do Red Cross work or 7. N. @ A.
work here. There are. however. two
things we can DO all the time and
with all the strength that 10 In u
One 10 10 conserve food. The other
10 to buy Liberty bonds. We can help
ths government by buying bonds Yet
again We have an advantage; II 10 our
peculiar misfertuns that most Of ~
can help the government emily By hslp-
lag ourselves. For the purchase Of
Liberty bonds At the generous rate ef
Interest which the government grants
U not self-deniai but In line with SELF
acknowledgement Of course. but stili
sslf.interest.
Women Of America, wake upi Pour
all your savings iato Uncle Sans lap.
Then save more. and pour them into
his lap. Keep On saving and pouring.
pouring and saving. until the world
10 free. You have givsa generously
Of the dnsws Of war IN those mag
nincsnt boys you have sent to France.
Give ~ generously In the money which
viii Keep them we'll and happy there.
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