Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-10
Life'S Problems
Are Discussed
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW

we are told IN the greatest of all
poems, that Ito everything there is a
season. and a time to every purpose
under the sun-a time to Kill and a
tlmc TO neal; time to break down
and time to build up"
we have lived through the terrible
killing and breaking down period,
and can now rejoice in this time for
healing and buildig up. But we can
not merely sit down and rejoice; we
nave got to get busy. Our first duty
is to supply jobs for the returning
soldiers; and in the effort to do this
Fart.
a government department created
for the purpose of securing work for
the discharged boys has started out
on the policy of persuading people
generally to spruce up"
Now. here's an essentially feminine
opportunity, and one which woman
thoroughly understands. From be-
gininE OF time she has wasted much
of her energy in inducing man to
spruce up.
I In a womanless world there would
be neither tailors nor haberdashers,
merely few blanketweavers in cold
climates.
of following her souls inclination and
doing a patriotic duty at the same
time.
OF course the house needs painting.
1t hasn't had fresh coat since the
war began. Also, the cellar needs
to be cemented, and there's a lot Of
carpenter work and repairing to be
oone. Every room needs repapering,
and the woodwork is a sight. Don't
waste your ingenuity and use up all
the gray matter in your brain trying
to make the cd place look habitable.
1t needs to be gone over from top
| to bottom.
Go and tell the neighbors what you
/ a nj tNNfr
! lation among them, so that they will
| go and do likewise. Swamp the con-
4 tractors with orders.
When he hears of your intentions,
your husband will probably draw
! down the corners of his mouth and
say: I'VE won't do anything of the
! kind until things are in more set
tied condition" falling to see that this
] is the way to get them in more set
| tied condition.
| Do it now. Nagging or coaXinS.
whichever method he responds to
| lest.
Remind him that everyone comedies
the country Is on the verge OF such
prosperity Is has never been known,
| and that the psychological effects of
| having everything bright and new
and spick and span about him Will
probably increase his own sense OF
prosperity and thereby his earnig ca
| pacity.
1t was your patriotic duty to buy
| government bonds. and you did it.
Now it is your patriotic duty to spend
/ your money
Poor things. they 60 through life be-
! ing scolded and repressed and moral
| lied oven for their spendthrift ten
denotes Now they can look down on
/ the thrifty and waste little in order
| TO maintain their country's honor.
Gnl1iarg returning TO tnaiT
own beautiful. rich. splendid, gener-
! Gus country at the rate OF one nun
dred thousand a month, and every
iiobless eN-soldier is a blot in our ma
ti9nal scutcheon, reflection upon our
pride and patriotism.
| IL is oEly year ago that these men
who to-day rank among the pest
, fighters in the world were an uh-
known quantity. If they nad laiien; eii
| this country could never have helo
IN its head again. We should nave
| been bowed in the dust with humilla-
tion. ,. ,,.i.h
| glory. they crowned America with
new and fresh laurels. And now ar
the present time is our big chancc
| 10 show our eternal gratitude:
| II Is maudlin to sit and sigh because
there are thousands OF soldlers OUT
! of work. And shedding a few sent:-
mental tears, or shaking your head
and grooming over conditions isn't go
| ing to help.
The thing to do is get busy. We
can't race around and beg TINS per
son or that to give jobs to the dis
charged men. but we can help to Gre
! ate such a demand for labor that
/ every man will find a place.
! Therefore, spend your money like
water Go into debt II necessary
YOU can pay il later. But show that
the Same spirit that animated our
boys when they turned back the Ger
man tide last July lives in us to-day;
and if IL takes your last dollar,
spend.
Spruce up; Spend your money as
they spent their blood-for the honor
of America.