The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-15

he had seen tho wonderful accom-
pliHhmout OF the women uf England
aud France, aud gradually, uH the
Iced came. OF America, hiA views has
changed
On that last letter ln which De BOO
courarcd and praised ne fur he Wut
work 90 which mother and ! were de-
voting al our time. be- raid
There viii De grtat work Tor
womon as we'll aF men to do mos
only while thiu terrible wur luatH. but
when it h. over. Thr entire world
will need reconstruction. There can
be no idlcrs in the yeniH 60 come amy
more than there ran be- idietn nov
Like many men have Thought Of
women na ontitied tn the easy uhiusH
Of life. the soft places. But what :
have fuen over here has made mo
change my mind n only they hni
tho training here they are getting II
they would DO capable Of standing
shoulder 20 shoulder with thc men
What women lack IH what men
have possessed since the world be-
rau-u mind trained 20 grasp business
affairs. liut that will an come In timc
20 those women who with "a single
mindsdnsss rive their entire Thought
10 making up this lack and who do
not intrudc sex into D. question ~
Then followed talk uf family mat
tors, but nothing Of interest 10 M
story.
But the foregoing paragraph IN
fathers letter had rsnd su many
times that / could repeat IL word Tor
word n had taken 90 great hold mp
ON me hecnuHe of the type OF man
father was
Mother and 10th worked harder
Than ever after th" receipt M that
letter desperately hard after fathers
death.
Wo never had known what II was
10 go without. Father had heon sup.
posodiy wealthy. but The wpr had iu
measure ruined his business and
niHprcc ffom tho country Ht TINS ctitle
cal period. a. we'll as his more than
generous donations 10 the Red Cross
and other war needs. had further de-.
plotrd his fortune. Not mat We hhd
nothing loft We had "a small income
assured ua but a was very small
compared 10 what wo had fot many
yours enjoyed. and ncceHsitnted 20
Swing up our home and moving 70
an apartment
During the months which followed
I devoted AN my time 90 doing waf
work. ! learned much that was after.
ward 10 prove Of help 10 me I formed
committees, ! filled executive posi-
tons. I gave society and social Hf-
fairs up entirely. I devoted my every
waking hour "a work learned To
conserve my strength nud my time
uA well ms my words. Tho latter re-
hard thing for o. woman 90 DO.
learned 10 keep appointments prump'.
l. to be at my allotted place nt the
Hnmc hour every morning % not Doe
In % hurry 20 leave " az night
/ remembered duilN that father hn I
said women lacked N mind trained
90 business affairs" IN every way
that ! could I SCI myself to $50 train
my mind that after the war was over
would have u certain grasp That
would fnnhlo mo to geo ON. hnd
made up my mind 20 hc % business
womnn when the war should end !
had two rcnsouR for this. one that
never again would ! Doc content with
the butterfly llfo OF 20 noriott girl iho
other 70 wish 90 give mother nli the
comforts ana incidentally. many 81
the iuxuries Ia which We had been AL
our livsH accustomed and which We
would have TO do without did ] not
in some way add 10 our income.
~ planned aH worked, and
worked tho harder FOR my planning
And when the signing Of the arms.
tlce Released me from my war work
a. once put Tho plans into cNecu'
! ton.
Gro be c%ontlnued)