The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-03
For the Conservation Plan.

servationist, and John Il. Burnham'
president of the American Game Pro
tectlve association.
The contention Of these men is that
the colonels well-known interest in ma
ture throughout his life both ms one of
the keenest and most observant OF
American field naturalists, and as n
hunt0r Of big game, iustities in full
measure a memorial Of the Kind pro
posed
The project calls for the establish
mcnt at Washington of an institution
to he known as the Roosevelt foun-
datlon for the conservation Of wild
life" II is proposed that the founda-
ton be governed by a board Of trus-
tees under whom there shall be d.
I rector to control its activities. In a
general way the activities will include:
Investigations necessary to supply
accurate information concerning wild
! life: TO secure data concerning valu-
able species threatened with eXtermi-
nation and 10 make the foundation n
central bureau from which cOnserva-
tionlsts can obtain the necessary facts
to work effectively.
Educational work would be under
taken to keep the public informed Of
the Importance and value of the birds
and mammals. This part of the work,
of course, would De undertaken largely
through publication and by encourag-
/ ing the activities Of organizations and
individuals.
Red Cross Service Stripes.
cover there" if a man was In the
/ front line of the hardest fighting, but
was in France for less than six
months, they gave him a blue service
stripe, while the man who was at Bor-
/ deaux, or some other place miles re-
moved from the fighting, was given
gold stripe If he was In France for
six months. Somehow this does not
/ seem right.
In the United States today the Red
Cross officials are decorating the wom-
en- who worked for the cause for a
fixed number of hours. Conditions of
health and opportunity being equal, 1t
seems perfectly right that there should
/ be Il difference made between the
women who worked for a short time
and those who worked for a long time,
| but also it seems possible that hard
ship and an injustice is worked If
woman who did all that there was in
/ her to do and broke down under the
strain, "invallded out of the service"
rs it were, should not be given the
same hon0rs that go to sturdy one
/ who passed through the ordeal
Red Cross work has not stopped and
It never will stop, FOX the Red Cross
Is an organization which must go on
in peace and I'm war Many Of the
wartime activities have ceased, espe-
clally knitting and the surgical dress
! ing activities. Garments and some
kinds of dressings stil are needed and
so hundreds of Washington women
still ply their needles, their scissors
and their sewing machines.
Washington Society ReViVing.
The capital always has loved to
plunge into the swift current Of the
social stream. The desire to jump
/ in several times day was just as
strong on the eve of this war as 1t
had been at any time since Dolly Mad
lson kept open house AS soon as the
stroke Of war sounded from the war
department tower the social stream
stopped running, except on the occa-
I..t. In nf
we're opened. Even when ball was
given for the benefit Of stricken sol
dcrs or civilians there was not the
same heart in the thing nor the same
spirit in the festivities that were man
fest before the day when our men
went to sea or into the field.
Washington was in a way a social
desert for three years, for the dam
ming of the upper waters Of the social
strcnm began just about Il year after
the European countries few nj ono
,nuother's throats. Today Washington
Is trying TO be Jolly again and hostess
cs are trying TO gather enough peo-
pie together on numerous occasions
10 make the jollillcation Il. 1arent.
Having the Experience Of Paris.
Washington Is experiencing, In n
somewhat minor degree II Is true, Just
what happened in Paris when the Hun
let rayagc loose on Belgium and on
the northern frontiers Of France.
Paris is Paris, but II became some
thing very much different from the
ordinarily accepted Paris when war
doomed black The Partisan women
OF high degree turned TO, 10 knit, to
sew. to work among the lowly, TO scrub
floors and even TO undertake the hard
p ships Of the field under at that time
2 rather poorly regulated nursing sys
TEN.
b War has lcvelcd social ranks IN
Washington as II did In Paris. How
long they viii remain leycled no one
knows, but II is probably a goodlJ
b and Cody thing that certain events
have happened. The women Of this
} town are broader minded, more kind
~ IN their Judgments md harder work
Ing than ever they were before in thell
lives. II IS difficult for them todny
to turn away from the work of three
; years 10 give themselves over 70 th,
play Of other years They probably
3 win find work for their hands 20 dc
even when the peace pnct finally y
signed and the world settles back into
something Ike a sembancc Of the for
mer prophecies.