Marble Hill press., 1918-08-15

friends range In age nom scrvy 4
sltiy, Not one has q .on left
Thank you for your Kind letter.
Nrcls sn English giFl TO a soman ~hs
had jus, s-nt letter condoling witA
hst ca the death of a.. last of thrss
brothers. We nnd th. cnuh,fy a M
tie dr.ary now and ". are returning
10 town the last ~ ibr month W.
shalt be az hom. Sunday evenings, Ne
sure TO come 10 ~ often. ". want
t. se" all our friends aud hear what
they have h-rn duine IN the last DIRE
months. Mother and father iook ior
NHri with special pleasure Co m-v,ins
you all again. Pleas" hiring any sol
uirF friends: Nc all try 10 make u
gay fof th.m.-
What news de- you set FROM fr~t
sfick,' friend % mine asked of the
mother ~ frrderick. q beautiful mid
die aged Enslish woman Nho wA.
making great sur~ss Il = dancv
given for some cunvalsscrnt rummi-S
"uh, y"u haven't beard, have you" the
uuihsF II frricrirk answered lie
was kllied two months asc- And ~.
turned to answer Niih her ready gym,
Pathetic smilr the inquIFir. u a group
II Tummics gathered about her.
Fight Same 80 Men.
Hut that d. not all. Ia = manner ~
stsaklng the women - rurol- A..
nghting the war just ~ the men ar.
They have net. except Ia the case ot
the famous Battalion 81 D~ath. died
In battle: aud YET hair 20 three
quarters ~ a million wumrp have been
Killed As the direct result of war nc.
tifitles. More women haN. bcru MI,
~ In this VAR than men on both tho
Northern and southern sides In our
Ciyil var That nearly three quarters
~ million Includes the women mas
sacred by the Turks In Armenia. by
The Aus,rians Ia Serbia. by N. Ter.
mans In Belgium and northern franc.:
4 includes army nurses and women
mun.iinn makers: 10 includes civilian
women killed by shells In the var
Zone or near IL. women killed by Zep
p,lln aud airplane raids aud by sub
marines.
what can the women - America
do 10 equal all this service aud all
this suffering
for three years. the frrnch and
English. and for two years. the i,al>
ians. have stood between us and the
death " our democracy. What can
Ne do to make ~ for that long hesi.
taiins neutral innciion ~ oursl The
men OF our nation have responded gal.
laniiy. We have real army IN France
nov. A. Lloyd George said IN rarlia.
ment 10 listening empire. The Amer
leans are IN We are In and os
course we are in 10 stay. in for
century N need be-. until the safety ~
the world democracy is assured The
men Of Amcrica are doing their part
doing Il with suffering aud death
What can the women dos
what Women Can Do.
IL Is the geographical misfortune ~
Us women Of America that We cannot
possibly give the personal service thh,
the wsfnen OF Europe have given.
They are near and We ure far. They.
80 TO speak. are IN N. front trenches
and We have not entered the war Ionc
only a very few Of u, In proporfion
90 our numbers. can work in the hos
pitfalls or can,c.ns there. only a few
more In proportion 20 our numbers eau
du Red Gross work or \ VI. {. A.
work here. There are. however. two
things We cnn do an the time and
with all the strength that II In Us
one II 20 conserve food. The other
Is 10 buy Liberty bonds. We can help
the government by buying bonds. Yet
again We have an advantage: II Is our
peculiar misfortune that most of Us
can help the government only by help
Ing ourselves. For the purchase of
Liberty bonds at the generous rate ~
interest which the government grants
Is not self denial hut In line with self
Observation-Disclosures Of course. but still
sslfinteresi
Women of America. wake mp Pour
nil your savings into Uncle Sans lap. f.
Then save more. and pour them into
his lap. Keep on saving and pouring. I
pouring md saving. until the world +,
Is free You have given generously
Of the sinews ot war In those mag. /.
nifccnt boys you have sent to France. |
Give as generously In the money which I
will keep them well and happy there.