Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-03-01
TALKS ON women WAR WORK
MRS. T. G.. WINTER ADDRESSES
LARGE AUDIENCE AT
HIGH SCHOOL

Mrs Thomas G. Winter of Minneap
oils, member of the women 8 auxiliary
Of the state safety commission and
prominent in women's club work
addressed a large gathering at
the high school auditorium Monday
evening on "Women' War Work. -
Her talk was interesting and she offer
ed many suggestions as to how the
women can help win the war. Mrs.
Winter was introduced by Mrs. J. l..
Blanchard, "America'' was sung by
the audience at the opening Of the
meeting and *tThe star-spangled
Banner" at the close Of the meeting.
Mrs. Winter ikened America IS ell
trance into this war unto great
Minnesota thunderstorm, describing
how it was brought on by German s
disregard Of all principles of inter
national law and Of liberty. Mrs
Winter stated that she was IN Vienna
at the time that Austrian and Ger
man royalty was coming into that city
and how she noticed then what an i'm
portant person Kaiser Wilhelm con-
sidered himself. The other m5ll in the
royal party gracefully tipped their
hats to the large throng that was
gathered to greet them but nc; SO WITH
Kaiser Wilhelm, who he'll his head
high and seemed not to notice the
people.
The speaker stated thac the first
thing taught the cs:ila n in GcrnlaEy
is that Germany Is their fatiicrian!
and that it is surrounde Dy enemies.
There never has been a war which
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this one, Mrs. Winter said. She
women in this country must help with.
The women in the war ridden count
ries are without clothing and food
and many of them are suffering with
diseases and it is up to the women Of
this country to care for them, each of
whom require individual attention. In
| England, she said, the women are all
helping to win the war and are doing
| all kinds of work, much Of which was
| previously done by men. In this coun-
try there are three things that the wo-
| men are asked to do, she said, and
| those are, first to help secure a
| solid front of patriotism, second
to give money and third to give
| food. Mrs. Winter stated that the
foreign women in this country must be
| Americanized as they are the heart. of
the home and that is the place to get
| the best results. The giving Of money,
she said, is largely buying what we
! need and not buying what we do not
not need a4d which therefore is really
! not a great sacrifice. Soon when the
stream Of wounded men begins to come
back to this country, we shall realize
the seriousness of this war and we will
find that we have not done our share.
In concluding Mrs. Winter told of
! the plan of the government to fit each
| man who returns from the front maim-
l>ed or crippled, for some work that he
| will be able to do. She said that the
death rate at the front is not great
and we may expect most Of our young
| men to return home well at the end of
the war. A plan is also being worked
| out for the conservation Of the young
| children in this country, the speaker
said, and she mentioned Mrs. G. A.
Weyerhaeuser as one who will be con-
nected with that work in this district.
She said that this is one of the i'm
| portant things to be done during this
! war.
Monday afternoon Mrs. Winter ad-
dressed a small gathering of women at
the public library on "War Poems.''
She named scores Of poems of the best
kind which have been composed since
the war began, describing their con-
tents and she also read. several poems.
| Among the poems that have been writ
ten, she said, are several that are bas-
ed on the belief that a great deal of
good is to result from this world war,
and she named <sThe Retinue" by
Katherine Lee Bates as one Of these.
j. II. Brunei Of Pike Creek, who has
been at st. Gabriel's hospital for
treatment, has been discharged.