Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22
INSPIRING
ADDRESSES
People Of Wauseon and Vicinity Hear
Epoch Making Addresses at Red
Cross and Teachers Meetings Fri
day and Saturday - Mrs. Morris,
Mr.. Crossman, and Mr.. Bassell
Bring Messages of Practical Value.

Fulton county citizens had a rare
offered them last Friday
and Saturday, when the Red Cross
Chapter on Friday and Boards of Ed
ucation and teachers on Saturday held
all-day meetings.
The Red Cross meeting proved to
be a veritable rally of Red Cross
of the county. New inter
est was awakened at the forenoon
session in the Red Cross work AMONG
the Juniors and the allied activities
for boys and girls in the various clubs
were presented.
The afternoon session was devoted
impression upon the audience which
filled the court room, until there was
standing room only and not very much
of that.
Mrs. Robert Morris of Toledo was
the first speaker. Her theme was
Woman and the War" Her lecture
was masterpiece, and for more than
an hour and half she held her au-
dience to close attention. In man
ner that disclosed careful study and
an intimate acquaintance with her
subject, she drew wonderful word
picture of Joan dare, her times, the
country in which she lived, and the
conditions which obtained in the
France of that century In a won
derfully clear and concise manner,
she outlined the marvellous career of
the peasant maid who led the armies
of France, from chaos to the organi-
zation that finally achieved the cor
onation of Charles, the Dauphin of
France, as the King of France, in the
Cathedral of Rheims which she had
previously described as standing to-
day in it's ruined desolation as a mon
ument to the bestial barbarism and
wanton destructiveness of the vaunt-
ed German Kultur.
From the heroic part played by
Joan dare in the ancient struggle
of France to maintain its life as
nation, Mrs. Morris drew by analogy
the place which women of the United
States are called to fill in this pres
ent war.
Mrs. Morris program for women in
the present crisis was thorough and
complete she left no possible work
that women might and can do .un-
touched she was searching and scath-
ing in her denunciation of those wo-
men who are too lazy, or who are un-
willing to change their manner of
life in order to do the work that wo-
men must do to win this war for hu-
manity. A work that involves wo-
mans head, heart, hands, and as well,
woman's best weapon-her tongue.
We believe we are safe in saying
that no body of women ever lis
-
and withal practical address than did
the women who listened to Mrs. Nor
ris last Friday afternoon.
Women of Wauseon and of Fulton
county have been working with their
heads, hearts, hands, and voices, but
there are some who have not yet
awakened to the magnitude Of the
task which the nation has undertaken,
or the vital necessity for the work
which they can do if they will.
Mrs. Morris message was indeed a
timely one, and there is no doubt but
that the women who heard her and
the men as well will devote them
selves more earnestly than ever to
the work which the present crisis calls
upon them to perform and the sacri-
! fees that it calls upon them to make
Mrs. Morris was followed by
Mr.. Charles S. Crosman, who came
direct from Washington as the rep
resentative of Herbert C. Hoover, the
head of the National Food Admins
tration. Mr.. Crosman brought home
to his audience the absolute and
vital necessity of conserving every
last ounce of food and of bringing the
production of food supplies up to the
highest possible point. Not only must
we feed ourselves and the vast army
of men in training and in service; this
nation must feed France and her ar.
mics, and help to feed England and
Italy with their armies.
Mr.. Crosman's talk was direct anc
positive and showed conclusively that
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