Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-13
HOW WOMEN GAN HELP
IN WINNING The WAR
General Topic for Discussion at
Meeting of Woman's Division,
State Of Vermont, Council of
National Defense-Reports of
Department Workers

Ing. Inc meeting opened with the invo-
| cation by the president. Mrs. ]. f.
Weeks, of Mddlebury. followed by the
Lords prayer and America" The coun-
Gil was then welcomed by Mrs. william
H. Englcsby, president of the Klifa club,
who said that klifa stood ready to sup
port any work the council might under
| take. Mrs. Sara Hawkes. Huling Of Ben
nington responded for the council, say
| ing that the wonderful lake and noun
| tains In the background and the khaki
clad men in the foreground had been an
| inspiration to the women of the Fed
Grafton and to the council this week
| during their stay in Burlington. She
| concluded with a statement of what Is
expected of the women of America, that
is to furnish the enthusiasm, to smile
when the men go to war, to keep bust
ness normal, and to watch the larder
and mix ingredients which they have
never heard of before together and to
make the men eat the result.
Mrs. Gilbert F. Davis of Windsor, the
secretary. read the minutes of the last
meeting and the report of the executive
meeting at Montpelier. She also pre-
scented the report Of the committee on the
constitution, which. after some discus
| sion, was accepted.
In the report of the years work by
the president. Mrs. ]. e. Weeks. she
defined the aim of the Womans Com
mittee of the Council of National De-
Tense as the attempt to make every
| woman in the United States know just
why the country is at war, as some of
| them have no idea of the German aim
or they would be on fire with patriotism.
I'VE believe" she said. that the women
have a right to know
She outlined the work done by the
council in war relief and explained that
they did not take up registration be-
| cause they were advised II was better
to wait and benefit by the experience of
other States.
She reminded the members that this
is children's year and that they should
do all they could to save children for
they should realize the boys, and girls
of to-day are to be the men and women
Of tomorrow, and should remember that
the best men are being sent away by the
thousands
THE call comes" she said. "for US to
pledge ourselves to go without wheat.
wish 1 could write headquarters that
Everyone from the womans division,
council Of national defense for the State
Of Vermont was willing to sign the
pledge" She read letter from Pres
ident Wilson in which he said: Your
State in extending it's national defense
organ by the creation of community
councils is in my opinion making an ad-
vance Of vital significance. 1t will build
up from the bottom an understanding
and sympathy and unity of purpose and
effort which will no doubt have an i'm
mediate and decisive effect upon our
great undertaking."
She closed by thanking all for their
courtesy and cooperation and said. 81
trust the work for next year will be more
advanced at the next meeting for II
is not to stop even II peace should be
declared. which We all hope and pray
will be SOON"
Three-minute reports were then given
county charmen. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Wilson
said tina. as yet there was nothing to
report Of the committee on registration
For the committee on food production
and home economics Miss Bertha NJ
Terrill gave a full report on the woman's
land army units. which have been estab
lished in Vermont. She said that in 8
: meeting at the university between thu
farm bureaus and others interested II
agriculture the idea had been suggested
and met with doubt and even open dis
approval, but a call came from the Hol
! brook farm at Brattleboro for women Il
work on the farm and unit was or
ganized, which Is doing very good worl
in spite Of the fact that it was giver
the hardest work at the start to try !
endurance and spirit. She said, however
that in Woodstock the unit was work
. ing under more nearly normal conditions
There the girls live at one house fur
, nished by group Of women of Wood
; stock and go out to the farms to work
! Their work has been so successful tina
q, ruth al y,in0
girls Miss Terrill paid a tribute to tn
committee at Woodstock. saying tina
I they had furnished the house for tn
girls, bought an automobile to carr!
them to the farms, paid social cha
peron and done everything else In thei
power to make the venture success
She said the girls should be commended
! for their spirit and reminded the council
that these girls could earn more durinl
the summer at hotels and. as they reall,
needed money In most instances, thi
was a real patriotic sacrifice for them
> She said the units had proved that Amer
lean women can meet an emergency JUS
as we'll as the women In the othe
n countries have done.
, Miss Terrill also briefly outlined tn
p work done on food conservation.
! Mrs. Anna Hawkes. Putnam gave tn
a report for the committee on child wei
a fare, women in industry and the main
tenance Of existing social service agen
. cies Mrs. Putnam spoke for the wome
q in industries saying that the councl
q must see that these women are not over
a worked. She also outlined the plan TO
4 the child welfare campaign. She CAV
statistics to prove why the work shout
A be done and then told what was planned
\ For the Liberty Loan committee tn
a corresponding secretary Mrs. Arthur
n Isham, read the report Of Mrs f.
!. Smith She said that the third Libert
a Loan was carried through with an enthu
q siasm unknown In the frst two. and tha
q was partly because a woman's committe
n was introduced for the third Loan. The
l. had the enthusiasm and they met success
IS wherever they went.
h Miss. Bernce II. Tuttle for the HON
d and foreign relief committee said tha
l. there were going to be many more cal
l. for relief work In the future. Althoug
l. allotments are made from the pay of II
% soldiers for their families and the stat
ID are helping the money gets to them s
., slowly that relief is needed. She also sal
the women who went out doing washin
and cleaning should be helped, Eith'
they should be allowed to bring their chi
L., dren with them or the washings should
70 sent to their homes so their children won
n not be out on the streets
le The different chairmen OF the counts
n gave their reports and all had a good sho
E. ing Some Of them reported trouble ge
,e ting the food pledge cards signed, othe