The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-16


the soldiers as near the firing line as
possible-even to the point where the
coHee-pots have been punctured by the
bursting shells. a few American women
have been sent over to France by the
association to help in these canteens.
Their work is always hard-one of them
mas written of carrying on" for thirty
SIX hours at time. The quarters in
which they work are often far from
comfortable. Such a trying task as
breaking the news OF his mbthers
death to sodier-boy is turned over to
them without question. In the follow
ing story Miss W. E. Hubert. after a
chat with one Of these women canteen-
workers, tells what she considers won.
ans share of wartime
Good health, a social sense, and spir-
itual insight" the canteen worker said.
looking at me with blue eyes that were
the epitome of the three There Won
have the qualifications of your canteen
woman She must not be too young
TO possess discretion, nor too Old to have
lost the sparkle Of spontaniety and she
must be enough Of n mother at hear,
to grasp the individual needs of the
individual lad, to stimulate his ideals
to give him the sympathy and comrade.
ship that will send him back to his
home the same boy that he was when
he left it,
To Send Him Back
"To send him back" after the guns
are silenced, and the torn villages in
northern France are quiet once more,
when uniforms have disappeared, ana
the solemn council of nations has been
recorded-that is one part Of the out.
look Of women in war work today.
Women have their share in war
time. Did the mother of the six stair
step little tow-heads we saw among the
refugees at the Care du Nord the other
day have an easier job than her hus.
band in the trenches? Or tn tortured
old woman in an asylum for the aged al
Amiens, blinded by gas-bombs that were
dropped by the enemy throughout the
city? When the music and the decora.
tlon have marched from the hometown
when the newspapers begin publshine
the rolls Of honor when prices rise ana
work is scarce to find and hard to do,
when the three-year-od reaches his
teens and his right to a good education
her share Of wartime Is the never.
ending drag Of hardships lighter 10 bear
than month. a year. even five years.
in the front lines?
And yet men say, You women don't
know what war really means, because
you are protected from its horrorsr
Woman Rode Mule BaClS.
$50 some Of US are entering into can
teen work with the determination to ex.
perience as far as possible the mud, the
cold, the bombs, the thousand and one
other emergencies and heartacnes thar
make up the life Of our men over here.
When we have shared with them what.
ever shall arrive, we shall be better able
to help them plant the future.
That is why the American women
are here. They have a direct and spe-
cial mission. They are to help keep our
men clean and true as they were six
months ago, to send them back to their
homes in America purified by fire and
suffering.
sympathy, courtesy, comforts-these
are the usual conditions at home. All
the more when our men are running
hazards Of all kinds and facing Geatn m
t'AA 80 must ltl lblt lOIIuSt SIlOulQ We
strive to give them these comforts when
they most need them. The spirit Of the
women canteen workers in undertaking
all this is indomitable.
Miss Reed, one of the " workers at
- was driven out of her hut by rislns
water Her director was at the mex,
camp four miles away; the rain was
pouring down. Out she started, caught
up with mule team, and learned TO
drive mule for the rest of the dis.
tance. The director happened to be out,
so she had luncheon with another can.
teen worker there, and decided the only
thing to do was to go into Paris to get
proper equipment for herself while the
nut was under reconstruction. Back she
Journeyed, this time meeting a soldier
on motorcycle which carried a side.
car, left her instructions at the camp.
and took the next train to Paris. =
day or so later she went back, equipped
with wardrobe that contained rubber
boots breeches, a short skirt, fleece
lined shoes, and a fur-lined jacket ana
cap.
Three Things Necessary.
yell, if this rain keeps on much
wen, if this rain keeps on much
longer, shall hand in my resignation,
she heard one of the secretaries AT her
camp say.
Well, If this rain keeps on much
longer she retorted, the last thing
I'll do will be to hand in my resigna.
ton! The boys will need US all the
most
Good health. a social sense and
spiritual insght'-they are all three
necessary TO the woman who would do
her share in wartime"
ENCOURAGE MEN AT FRONT.
Keep up your heart; encourage the
men at the front; take care of your
own health and that of your children;
see to it that your children keep UP
their school attendance and fit them.
selves TO become a credit 10 the COM
munity; do not be discouraged because
war Is terrible and times are hardin
short, be brave"
This is the message of the Home Serv.
ice of American Red Cross branches
which have been established In every
important community center of the
country. 1t is the message which the
trained welfare workers, graduates OF
an intensive course of six weeks given
by the Red Cross Home Service, are
spreading broadcast in their calls upon
the families Of men in the service Of
the flag.
Institutes for the instruction of thess