New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-09
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SHY. Not One hal I son left"
THANK you for your kind letter,
wrote an English girl to a woman VIII
had Just seat q letter cohdollng witt
her on the death of the last Of thre,
brothers. 1--WE ind the country a III
tie dreary now and we are returning
to town the last Of the month. w,
shall be at home Sunday evenings. b,
sure to come to us often. We wan
to see all our friends and hear whar
they have been doing In the last thre,
months. Mother and father look for
ward with special pleasure to meetin,
you all again. Please bring any sol
der friends; we will try to make II
gay for them"
what news do you get from Fred
erick," a friend Of mine asked of the
mother Of Frederick. a beautiful mid.
dle-aged English woman who wa
making a great success Of a dance
given for some convalescent Tommies,
"Oh. you haven't heard, have you," the
mother of Frederick answered. HE
was killed two months ago." And she
turned to answer with her ready sym.
pathetic smile the inquiries of a group
Of Tommies gathered about her.
Flight Same as Men.
But that Is not all. In a manner of
speaking, the women Of Europe are
fighting the wal just as 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 q million women have been
killed as the direct result of war ac-
tivities. 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
munttion makers; It includes civilian
m 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 suffering?
For three years. the French and
English, and for two years, the Ital-
lans. have stood between US and the
death Of our democracy. What can
we do to make up for that long. hest
tating neutral inaction Of ours? The
of our nation have responded gal
lantly. We have a real army in France
now. AS Lloyd George said in parlia-
ment to a listening empire. 1.-THE Amer
leans are In" We are in and OF
course we are in to stay, In for a
century II need be. until the safety Of
the world democracy is assured. The
men of America are doing their part
doing 1t with suffering and death.
What can the women dor
What Women Can Do.
1t Is the geographical misfortune Of
us 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,
to speak. are In the front trenches
and we have not entered the war one
Only a very few of us, In proportion
to u numbers. a work In the hos
pitals or c~anteens there. Only q few
In proportion to our numbers can
do Red Cross work or Y. NJ. G. A.
here. There are, however, two
things we can do all the time and
With all the strength that Is In us.
One is to conserve food. The other
8 to buy Liberty bonds. We can help
he government by buying bonds. Yet
lgain we have an advantage; 1t is our
misfortune that most Of us
AN help the government only by help
ng ourselves. For the purchase Of
Liberty bonds at the generous rate Of
interest which the government grants
s not self-denlal but In line with self
nterest-legitimate of course. but still
elf-interest.
Women Of America. wake up! Pour
your savings into Uncle Sans lap.
Then save more. and pour them into
lis lap. Keep on saving and pouring.
and saving, until the world
3 free. You have given generously
( the sinews of war In those mag
ifcent boys you have sent to France.
live as generously in the money which
Gill keep them we'll and happy there.