Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-11
WOMEN
HEAR AUTHORIZES


the organized women OF ttho state Ia
train the unorganized and uneducatcd
women for war service. The Red
Cross department. whose work is
along the lines OF highly specialized
rehet work; the war information bu.
reau. whose duty is 20 keep all the
women in each part OF the state in
formed about what IS going on in re-
lief work in every other part OF the
state; the speakers committee. whass
duty il is 10 take good speakers TO an
parts OF the state and 10 give the
women in the factories and smaller
towns the advantage Of hearing ex-
celleut patriotic and war relief work
addresses.
The finance committee is enc Ci the
important committees OF the Wom-
ans Committee. This department
raise all the funds to carry on the
work OF the department Every let.
ter that is sent ont OF headquarters
10 the different units thruOut he state
costs so OF $50 in postage alone.
Each poster that is printed costs
S259, and the one movie film the com
mittee owns cost $i,5. All the wom-
Ell serving on these department com
mttees donate their services bur
there are about twenty-five Stenog.
rapherS and clerks. whose salaries
must be paid, and the rent for type.
writers must be paid This commit.
tee must raise funds to meet all these
expenses
The child welfare committee is a
very important one. They are trying
TO cut down the infant death rate. For
every British soldier that dies in the
trenches in Europe, twelve English
babies die in England, aud for every
I French soldier that falls in the
trenches, eleven Illinois babies die.
1t is hoped TO greatly decrease the
Heath rate among the babies this COM
ng year. and TO decrease the Juvenile
delnquen2e in Illinois. The juvenile
/ delinquency in Chicago increased SO
Der cent last June in Chicago, over
! he June before.
/ The industries department are to
! zee that the wbmen in the factories
are not overWorked The food pro
duction committee are to see that all
. vacant lots are put into gardens this
/ coming year, and that every one raise
gardens in their back yards. The
| American people must raise their food
/ 'upplies Tor the coming year.
| The last and most important com
nittee is he food conservation com.
/ nittee Food will win the war, and
| IL depends on which nation. America
! II Germany. cOnserves the most food
which nation will win the war. The
Canadian soldiers in the training
amps in England and Canada have
-efused to eat bacon 50 that the sol
Tiers in the trenches can have it
and the housewives in the l'ni,ec
States are serving bacon on theil
ablea Ia their families
Women were urged TO conserve foot
BY Miss Ward She declared every
5it of food that the soldiers needed
hat was eaten by the American peo
le just put OFF the end Of the wal
that much longer, and that by RAISING
sheep. gardens and conserving food
he women in the United States were
helping very effectively 10 win the
l war.
J The one thing that is the most
harmful to helping end the war at the
present time, is the premature talk
d peace The other day mother re-
+ ,eived a letter from her son in France
saying, 1T will De time enough to talk
| )eace when the American troops have
f., 'rosaod the Rhine
] Following Miss Wards address thc
high school girls glee club gave a
selection from Oh Boy which was
enthusiastically en- Dyed.
( T., G. Swift gave a most excellent
garden talk. He urged everyone tc
consider having a garden this ycal
as their patriotic duty, and said the
only way TO get rid of the shortage OF
food was to raise your own TODD
3 everyone was urged to consider what
kind OF food they wanted and needed
I md 10 fiji their ground with this par
ocular Kind OF food The Vegetables
hat were most profitable for amateurs
raise were needed
: Dr.. A. j. Roberts. county food adj
nnistrator, followed Mr.. Swift with
| sort OF food conservation talk. He
strongly urged the women TO use
wheat substitutes instead OF wheat
md read the ruling abolshing Satur
day as porklcss day