Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-08

cstlmat0dN that 1t takss three and
one-h6f tons Of shipping per an
mum 20 maintain each soldier i'm
France. 20 you see We have un-
dertakvn a big task, Only by every
one ut us Co-operatlnE with the gov
crnment 10 the limit OF our ability
can We accomplish the desired re
suits There Ia nothing dlscourag-
Ing In the shipbulldinR outlook. but
n iH going 10 take longer to get re-
suits than We anticipated.
severe Food Shortage la England.
The soldiers are we'll fed. There
IN nothing they can want for In that
respect. This Ia especially true OF
the American soldiers The real
food shortage IL in England. '
have seen women, with children in
their arms. lined up Tor blocks early
iu the morning. waiting for the
butcher shops TO open. Usually the
supply ran out before all got their
Nllotments While Tn England /
could get no butter, no milk no
sugar, no sweets OF any kind the
only things they have plenty OF are
eggs and potatoes, and eggs are 10
cents each. You are given ration
cards that contain four coupons for
each week. Each coupon entities
you TO two ounces OF raw meat ur
three-tourths OF an ounce Of cooked
meat Many families save week q
coupotA untll Saturday and get a
small sunday roast with it--that is
all the meat they have In week
Whether you buy your meat at a
butcher shop or eat al restaurant
you must have the coupons Even
tnncd meats or sardines can bc
procured only in this manner
America is keeping England
from starvation Formerly England
Kept France and Italy from starva
uon. Egrland In doing her best ~.
day Every inch OF ground ls under
cultivation the government makes
II compulsory They have the girls
land army composed mainly OF city
girls, who never did manual labor In
their lives before tho war These
girls wear uniforms and receive the
pay OF a about 90 cents a
day, and they do the work OF men In
tilllng tho soil"
What Women Arc Doing.
Girls and women are all working
the men have all gone TO the
iront ! have seen thousands of
girl munition workers In one fac
tory, turning out munitions for the
allies, for England and France are
capable OF supplying ordnance and
ammunition TO all OF the allied
FORCES, including America. Women
arc handling baggage on the rail
roads, running the street cars and
BUSES, doing the clerical work and
thousands OF other Jobs that women
mover did before the war
Then there is tho women's nruy
auxiliary corps In France, which
does tho cooking. drives tho auto
mobiles and so on, many OF them
WORKING under shell fire, but each
one releasing II man for fighting
auty In the front lines There are
'he nurses. too" including hundreds
or American girls. and ambulance
drivers, whore American college
girls are also represented. The
women are doing all OF these Jobs
ana doing them efficiently.
Sulc Give way 10 War.
Styles and parties and automo-
bile rides do not concern the Wont
cn on England and France any more
NOR style II either a military uni
iorm or n mourning dress. and when
YOU see hundreds OF women pasa. la,
and each one in mourninr vour
thoughts intuitiyely 60 back TO Amer-
leu. with her paint and powder and
trills and fineries.
AT night all lights are out--eyen
In London and Paris. and il you go
apout YOU must carry a pock,t
ilaShlight to find your wny-- Tor
th"re must he no signs TO guide tho
death
About the Air Raids.
Five air raids In London and one
II InriS. went thru, and they were
tnuch more horrible to me than any
thing / experienced on the Actunl
front Usually there tx twenty min.
GteH warning OF an impending raid
and everyone must take shelter The
police have dcaiFnated certain heavy
concrete buildings and all the un-
derground railway stations as Of
fetal shelters Even soldiers on
leave from the front are hurried
into those places. for there Ia dan
ger. not only from tho German
uouihs hat from the falling shrapnel
Of the antl-aircraft guns
"rpr many nights following an
mir rAid you will zee tho poorer
classes OF women. with their chill
dren, huddled In tho underground
stations. fenr and terror and hate
written over their cuunrpnances,
prepared 10 spend the night there
for fear the Roche will repeat his
Performance and take the lives OF
their loved ones while they sleep.
40 ablebodicd man dare go into one
OF these shelters during raid tho
w omen would claw his eyes out be
cause he IL not 1T the front doing
his bit Tho women know the9 arc
doing the work of the men M home
nud that there f. no excuse for a
man under b5 remaining there. So
this particular brand Of German
frightfulness is having tho opposite
effect from what IL intended 1T is
breeding IN the women and children
4 hate OF all things German that will
last rs long "a they 1.-Two and IL is
inspiring the fathers ana brothers
and sons of these defcnseless peopIo
who are on tho frCnt to more deter
mined action than ever before. TO
the end that the German hordcs may
%" annihllatod, wiped from the face
oi the earth N necessary 10 secure
an honorable ana lasting peace for
humanity
About ThDt Long Range Gun.
- have been asked II believe the
Germans have a long range gun thot
is sending shells 70 miles into Paris
certainly ! believe a. There is moth
ing remarkable about H. America or