The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-21
Readjusiment of Home Life to
Meet War Conditions Aids
in Bringing Victory.
KEEP THRIFT WHEEL
Save Pennies on Little Useless Ex-
penditures and Show Children
How, Too, Wherever and
Whenever Possible.
BY MISS BLANCHE BATES.

the final wedge-ighting shoulder to
shoulder with the heroes of Britain,
of France, of Italy, of poor mutilated
Belgium-with our wonderful Ameri-
can mothers and our valiant young
American wives, Over here, sending
their loved boy-men, sc loyalty, so
cheerfully-it's up to us, just the COM
mon-or-garden st~ay-at-homes, to make
good, too! There is no discomfort too,
great to bear, no service that can't be
asked of us, no sacrifice that we will
not make. 1t is our right to be allow
ed our share in this world war.
Must Back Our Boys.
Our boys have zone over there,
bearing in their eager youths faces
and in their stout American fighting
hearts, Americas promise to those
poor war-wearied peoples. 1t is a
promise that you and l and every man,
woman and child in America must
stand back of with all our hearts and
souls, with all our worldly goods.
There is not a human American to-
day who is not fired with a passion of
patriotism, with the keenest desire to
serve-for the chance to prove his
right to look those boys in the face
when they get back. Just the con-
tempt we have for the Stacker, the
profteer of today-just that contempt
will we have for ourselves, of tomOr-
row, if, in our souls we can find the
chance to serve overlooked or one
sacrifice not made. For, remember
that our boys in that one moment of
supreme selflessness-that "going over
the top''-that second of conscious
immolation on the altar of freedom,
victory and peace-that willing sur
render of their blood and body and
brain-for just you and me-for u
peace and safety-in that one moment
has come a spiritual rebirth, a %rejuve-
nation Of soul, that will search u
souls for kindred strength, and be
spiritually intolerant of weakness, of
Hypocrisy, of sloth.
So for all of us comes the searching
of what we may do now-hOw to pre-
pare for that time when our boys
come back. bearing along with their
scars of war, that triumph of war.
freedom for all men and future peace
for all peoples. Even yet, not all of
us can take an active part in direct
war works. But there are two ways
in which all car share and in which
women must lead. AS men have re-
adjusted the worlds of business, of
finance, OF industry to war, so we
women can readjust our little indi-'
vidual domestic lives to war. Even
the hOmely tasks of cooking, washing,
bedmaking, sending the children to
school, directing the family amuse-
ment-even these can be directly re-
lated to the war necessity of keeping
the nations health, balance and spirit
adjusted, all in readiness for the day
when u country may call on US
just you and me- for the supreme
sacrifice.
Keep Thrift Wheel Spinning.
Then, we women must put our Shout
der to the thrift wheel and keep it
spinning merrily. We can save-and
in this our babies can help-save pen-
MES. save useless and some useful ex-
penditures, save service, save food,
save the other fellows time-and al
ways with a cheerful heart, a smiling
front, the courage of devotion. If by
saving at a sacrifice. a dollar for a
Liberty bond, % cents for a Thrift
Stamp, an hour a day for serious
thought on how we, individually, can
adjust our every daily act to war-if,
by these little things, we can do a
patriots part in this war, if we can
have the right to put our names along
side the mothers of the world" then,
in Gods name, not only do them, but
see that every other woman goes and
does likewise. Let every man, every
woman, every child in these great
United States have the chance to
share in the glory of Americas part
in this war-tO w a vital piece Of
that immortal liberty, the T. yht of
ones own soul that America has al
ways fought for and stands for i'm
MORALLY now and forever, world with
ont end