South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-17


Westminster Presbyterian church. Of
which she IS the teacher. AT g
o'clock dinner Tuesday evening. The
house was decorated with American
Flags and the flags OF our allies
The time. following the dinner. was
occupied with reports, contests and
games
The CLEO club had its regular
meeting Tuesday evening at the
offices OF the Conservative Life In
surance Co. where the members of
the club are employed. a picnic
lunch was served, the men employees
of the company being the guests.
An Orpheum theater party con-
ciuded the evening.
:.
a change of the name "Mizpah
class 20 the wide Awake Girls
class" was made at a meeting Of
the members of the class Tuesday
evening at the home Of Miss TheO-
dore Christman, sos y. Cushing St
The time was spent knitting blocks
for a Belgian baby blanket. Miss
Florence Troeger and Miss Helen
Kroner were guests of the even
ing.
THE stars that you women wear
on your breasts may some day 90
cut, but the stars in Old Glory never
shall" said Lieut.. Crozier Of the
9Oth Winnipeg rifle corps. the prin-
cipal speaker at the Reciprocity day
luncheon Of the South Bend Wom-
ans club The luncheon was given
In the Rotary room of the Oliver
/ hotel Tuesday noon.
IF it were not for the women,
this war could never be won. When
this war is over, if we do not give
women universal vote we are not
worthy Of the name man. con-
tinued tho speaker. The women Of
Canada, England and France are
working constantly and in my mind
the woman who does the best she
can in the work that is to be done
is as much a soldier as any man who
ever wore a uniform.
What is Canada doing in the
war and how is she taking it? In
/ Canada today there are $4,000
broken pieces of humanity called
returned soldiers for Canada has
sent over 500 900 men, most of
whom are now in France. Young
Men and women have grown old in
these past four years. burdened
I Down with the weight Of war. WOm-
F en- hs sent forth their sons and
their husbands uncomplainingly;
I Rave received the news Of their
death but do they rebel? Not one.
with the exception OF Quebec. which
is undoubtedly under the influence
OF German propaganda"
Lieut.. Crozier, who has been re-
turned TO this country but 10 days,
enlisted the day that the Lusitania
was sunk His sweetheart was lost
en- that ship. He spoke with great
feeling. many Of the instances which
he recited bringing tears TO the eyes
of his audience.
Lieut.. CroZier stated emphatical-
~ that there is no such thing as a
I German a man is an
American or he is a German, in
I that case and only too frequently,
when the matter is brought 10 a
/ head, the subject proves to be a Ger
man. lie spoke of Canada as our
I first cousin and expressed Canada S
/ great relief at the United States en-
I trance into the war.
/ The women Of Canada have in
[ terest in but one thing" Lieu
/ Crozier said, and that is the re-
/ turn Of their loved ones. They do
I NOT osro f,,. 4 racc and arnt1sar1 q =,
I these days Their only thought IS
I of service"
The officer also gave a demon
/ stration of the many uses Of the
/ triangular bandages which are
/ made by the surgical dressings de-
partment and exhibited a picture
I of a spiked club which is used by
I the Germans 10 kill the wounded
\ who lie upon the battlefield. He
also displayed a medal distributed
/ by the Germans in commemoration
| OF the sinking Of the Busitania and
/ this he presented to Mrs J c.
/ Harper. president of the club
Lieut. Crozier begged the women
/ 10 give the boys a fighting chance
\ for life by helping to supply them
with the money for clothes. food
/ bandages and the many other ne
/ cessities upon which their lives de-
pend
Lieut.. Crozier was sent here
from Chicago. returning TO that
7 city Immediately following his talk
/ Miss Harriet Vittum OF Chicago
who was 10 have been the speaker