The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-10
.B0YS OVER THERE" PROUD Of
WOMEN WHO WORK FOR FLAG
They Will Return Mentally and Physically Improved and
Will Demand Higher Standard From Wives,
Mothers and Sisters
who have died he WAS mine only unit

who have died h" WAS Ihlnc OIL! ''''
you needed him more
Their tram loft thr station 'h'H" ~
mir. and until it was lar down '''
line these great fathers ana H"'n"'H
continued TO wave and cheer Ihcn
they "lasrcd hands and silently "ent
homo.
Ar,,r forr voars Of war II made mo
ashamed OF every wavering moment l
have allowed myself since We ent"rco
this conflict
This is 4 ,inc when tho women oi
Ancrl..;l must take stock Of themselves
when they must consider Whcther VI
not thry have grown up To inc sl"lu''
Of tic Vctacn overseas; whether 'hes
can keep step with the men VINO nav
,onc over to fight beside the fr"hc"
English. ItlEian and italian soldiers
Far thc SC women of the world war "'I
very great in mind aud spirit. 1noSe
young Amcricans nrc growing last
They will never he the same again.
Need Health Drive.
Wc sing nbout keeping the nome mr."
burning Till the boys come nome.
But we have got To face one Dig lact:
When the boys come home they Will
have become men, and men OF n totaiS
different type than any to when We
have been accustomed. They VIII Dc
bigger. broader. finer. in body ana m'hu.
They will be better educated. Thcy Will
expect moro of their women.
In tho first place our mon. when thcy
con,c home will be such perfect physical
spccimcnts that they will he astdHlshcu
N sec women who arc fiat chcstcd. or
r,, salIow skinned or hcary-eyHd.
They won't have much patience win
indigestion and headaches. That KIND
Of thing goes with Stacking over there
There ought 10 be n great hig. earnest
health movement among women IN TINS
country during the rest of the war.
We sec signs Of il in the farmcrcttcS'
tho campers tho women police.
! The men in Franco are learning new
things every day. They have Travelled.
They have had n chance t" compare
their country with others. their COM
ratrioLs with other people.
Build For Ages.
VIC have been called nation nf
hoastrrs. W" hnaStcd Of our achieve
mcnts hccnus" most ri us never had a
chance 10 500 anything of tho achieve
mcnts of other nations. These men
| have
They know now that French cities arc
often far more beautiful than American
cities. If they lack skyscrapcrs they
! have ancient castles and chatrauN.
| What the French build they build beau
! tifuIly and for tho ages.
4 young engineer over there told me
I how when the Americans began 10
I double track the French railways and
| To build the miles IN miles Of swift ch"S
necessary to handle trHin-loads Of sup
plies for the armies. the French were
! shocked at tho shoddy work done.
! You know how it is with us" he
! said. Whom We arc doing n hurry job
in laying rails "" drive spikes III every
other tic. The French drive them twice
! in every tic and thry rivct them after
they are driven through. W. do that
now. over here. Tho French wont
stand for anything else. They say they
won't risk railroad accidents for thrir
| troops"
| Boosting Not Heard.
| You never hear any hhastinE from
| Americans in France. Our men are
! Irarninc humility. They know that W.
do sum" things we'll. hut they know tina,
we have much TO learn. from the older
, civiliZnti ions. and they are nui /" learn.
! Our men Hr" getting wonderful
| education not only through their arm!
! rNrcrIcn"" and their faculties nf nl'::rr
rnrtmrnt Of lectures and entertainment
! At FIRST TN" idea was simply tu entertain
! he men in their leisure hours. to fur
nish music and moving pictures and
vaudeville. I:ut IN" In"n lhcmselvc.
, soon called for better things. and the
! Y. NJ. {. ~ is preparing 10 give what
! amounts almost To university extension
| courses in tho camps.
Z This spring Ansun Phelps Stokes. sec
rotary Of YAH University. went tc
France, and was made head of the com
|, mittre on education in the Y. VI. G. \
IN The field. Mr.. Stokes made Il thor,
"ugh canvass OF the situation. visiting
= many camps. consulting with army
authorities and with the mon them selves
He visited the camps and cantecnS al
the English Y. II. G. \. in order to com
4 pare their work with "vrS.
i Eager to Learn
The program of education WAS MOI
complete when | left. but | saw Il ten
tativr plan which by this time mus
have brcnc worked into something trul!
admirable. The men uf our army ar,
going tu b" given a real practical cdu
cation. Those behind tho lines who
wish to continue 4 college nr t,chnca
course. dropped when tho draft law wen
into effect. VIII be- able To do 81. ThoS,
whose carly r,lncatirn vas neglected viii
have clanc" 10 SO back to Ylencntar!
school.
Men who do not care to take up MI!
serious studies will hear lectures. il
they choose. in which they will learn (
great deal about French and English his
tory. In the very region. perhaps thu
very town. whore great events Of hist6r!
took place. they will hear the story told
The past will become real. il viii
help our men to understand the pres
cnt.
know that our soldiers arc thirst!
for this kind uf an education. ! wa
asked by tho Y. NJ. {. \. to lecture il
some nf th"h camps IN what | saw O
= the Russian revolution. II was Will
great reluctance that ! agreed Ia tr,