Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-03
WOMEN
HOLD MEETING

"Caholic Women's Work in the
] War" was the subject under discus
S on at the meeting of the Catholic
Womans club held on Wednesday aft
ernoon. Mrs. S. G. Frazer read very
interesting paper on this subject. She
said in part:
"The Catholic women gave their as
sistance most enthusiastically to the
council of defense, to the Liberty loan,
to the food conservation commission
and particularly to the Red Cross.
For what could be more comforting to
the Catholic boy when coming out of
the ether than to see the little red
cross bending over him, and in his
hospital shirt pocket to find Cath
Ollie prayer placed there by Catholic
mother, wife or sister? The Polish
Catholic women of Chicago are we'll
organized and have done splendid war
work She made brief mention of
Miss Mary Synon and Miss Agnes
Replier, two Catholic women of liter
airy fame, who donated both their time
and money in helping win the war.
Among the Catholic organizations
doing war work that she mentioned
were: The Ladies' Catholic Benevo-
lent association, the Ladits' Auxiliary
of the A. 0. H, the Woman's Catholic
Order of Foresters, the Daughters of
Isabella and the League Of Catholic
Women, a New York organization
This league co-opera;es with other
Catholic organizations and supplies
hospital garments and all articles nee
essary for war work The Internation-
al Federation Of Catholic Alumnae, an
organization comprising the gradu
ates of all Catholic academies were
mentioned, and colleges in the United
States and Canada. This federation
represents over fifty thousand edu-
Gated women and co-operates with the
WCmen's Council Of Nat onal Defense.
The National War Council, and the
Knights of Columbus were also sp0k
en- Of There are still other Catholic
women whose deeds, though perhaps
less widely known, have brought moro
cheer and comfort to our boys than
can ever be imagined, and Their are the
nursing sisters of France. While sell
dom or never mention is made in the
newspapers of those wonderful WOm-
en-, we have from time to time caught
illuminating glimpseS OF them. When
the first use of gas found the allies
comparatively unprepared, the sisters,
aided materially in making the first
gas masks to combat this horror. In
posts Of danger the Catholic sister is
always to be found, for she does not
fear to stand in the presence of death,
and was at home amid the depriva
tons and hardships at the front.
When the influenza epidemic was at
its height at Camp Zachary Taylor,
KY. the sisters offered their services.
Secretary Daniels was consulted in
reference to accepting this help, and
he said by all means accept their serv-
ices, and these splendid women took
charge of Camp Zachary Taylor and
remained at their post until the cpl
demic was entirely over. But the COM
plete story Of what the Catholic wom
en- did in the war will not, and cannot
be written until long after the last
echoes of the war have died. Some of
it will never be known unless within
the grateful hearts Of those benefited.
But the Catholic women seem to care
little who gets the credit or the praise,
but stepped quietly into whatever or
CARNATIONS were already formed and
added their very best efforts towards
that one big purpose Of helping win
the war.
The musical program for the after
noon was exceptionally fine. The
Misses Audrey Mead and Arlie Hub
bard played few very choice piano
solos and quartet composed of John
Kelly, John Romelfanger, Walter Fo-
ley and Richard Burchen sang 'The
Bugle Horn" and b. request when
You and 1 Were Young, Maggie"
Their voices are exceptionally sweet
and the pains taking training they
have received was very much in evil
dence.