The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-06
WOMEN STAND
TESTS OF WAR
Mrs. w. F. Cheever Tells
Kenosha D. A. R. How
Women Helped in
Two Great Wars.
MARTHA WASHINGTON STORY
Paper by Mrs Harriet Saunders Gives
Interesting Account of the Life of
Mother of Our Counuy-Contrasts
Revolution With Present War.

sit has been said that one of the
best tests of woman is the wav she
meets the problems of wartime y This
was the question raised by Mrs. w. r.
Cheever in a very interesting paper on
"Food and Clothing During the Revo-
luton and the Last War;" read Mon
day evening at the regular meeting of
the Kenosha chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution at the
home of Mrs. Harry Baldwin on
Chicago street.
Mrs. TCheever then proceeded by ex-
amples TO show that the American
women of 10 and their great grand
daughters of 1T had stood the test and
had shown their bravery and devotion
by helping in solving the great prob
lens of feeding and clothing the ma
tion at war, The spinning bees of the
Revolutionary days were compared
to the Red Cross sewing parties of
today, both of which helped to pro-
vide warm clothing for the defenders
of liberty.
Revolutionary days saw the birth of
the Daughters of Liberty, according to
the paper, which was an organization
of women who pledged themselves to
forget their pride and love of fnery
and to buy nothing Of English shop
keepers or importers but to wear only
home-spun. The paper described in
very interesting way the costumes
which prevailed in Americas first war
for freedom, when the luxury of the
weather. class of the colonials was
gladly sacrificed for the good of the
young republic.
An especially patriotic example was
given in the case of one New England
mother and daughter who scared
black and white sheep, carded the
feeces into gray wool, spun, wove and
cut and made the cloth into a suit Of
clothes in one day and one night in or
der that the son and brother might wear
them away to join the regimentals.
In dealing with the modern phase of
the question, Mrs. Cheever brought out
that American women of today were as
ready to "save and serve" as the earli-
er Americans had been in that first
great crisis. She pointed out that in
carrying out the provisions of the Food
Administration and in saving for
clothing women of to-day had been
ready for any sacrifice. The paper is
the second in series of papers to be
read before the Kenosha D. A. R. on
the conditions in the Revolutionary
War and the last war.
Another interesting feature of the
Monday afternoon program was paper
by Mrs. Harriet Saunders on "Martha
Washington and read by Mrs. George
F. Adams. The paper was written in
1905 by Mrs. Saunders and at the re-
quest of her many friends was read
at this meeting.
With peculiar interest Mrs. Saunders
recounted the incidents in the life of
the "Mother of Our Country" which
showed her patriotism and courage in
the trying years of the Revolution. Tt
described in On inimitable way the
society of Mt. Vernon and of Philadel-
phia, where Martha Washington as the
first lady of the land had paved the
way for society based on democ-
racy. The particularly happy home
life of the Washingtons was also
brought out in the paper.
The meeting on Monday afternoon
was attended by large number of the
Kenosha Daughters of the American
Revolution and they were unanimous
in declaring it one of the most inter
esting and profitable meetings in re-
cent years.