Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-26

%3S$gNSaIR particular field in war activities. 1t
@N&A&aAa&S now sees before 1t q broadening of Its
activities aud u scope Of real helpful
xzess ffssE VIII go even beyond what it found to do
rgvaiie the country was wagiDg conflict.
EA LIZ tEc spirit Of service learned better than ever
FaesTE3a An time Of national stress that is the watch
rusScTi Coz stAhG nationwide organization of women.
Kfs gZaygose, a. set forth In the constitution and
TsE-GN%S4 is TO sEUwfde organized trained groups of
~EGraen in every community TO meet existing needs
-=QEcxa- social and economic lines
'E49A earnest women who make up the motor
@1Evis3tsl of the TeaGue might have thought that the
esd W the var woufd cartaiI the scope of their
z2ctirftfes- Nothing Of the sort. The work of trans
gST4iE1. tlae sicE and wounded and the conyalescent
s~s5id4aas, sailors and marines will be continued as
EEang as the need for this work exists. The motor
s~sfilf@4ssa has demonstrated the vital necessity of
~Gfnfi4ying its work as an organized, trained serv-
Zee liz peace times to meet emergencies. There is
@Sl inGeh WOnS to he dG@e in the way of social
"~SUciEaes1 and iseaftA and Industrial helpfulness that
nNhe motor corps, instead of diminishing, sees before
s1E growth and expansion
Especial attention Is Being given by the motor
f~IvEsxnn 10 the opportunities found in service for
: SIpc nEHJeted. One of the concrete examples of this
s4Es 70 Ee sem in the work being accomplished by
E"9Se women of the city oS Jamaica, who formed a
motor corps in that city These women motorists
EaYe already been Of great service to the city in
Transporting crippled children to the hospital for
treatment. Not aN OF these children are per-
yraneD1ty crippled. hut many of them have lost the
use 1f an arm OK q leg after having suffered from
7nfantife paralysis Sometimes there is only one
EffJtng plTenG. wh0 IS away from home all day, so
+ E1erefks no xne In the f1rnfIy to take the suffering
( IEat3e A1aes to the hospital for treatment. The
~Terssrs In the motor eDEps bring the children from
7tiJeir thanes for Treatment and then take them
lazaCk H2ain as so0E as they are 6t to be moved.
q Helping fbE Helpless ~
p Awa~ 7~- --ws~v@
One or the nGGst pathetic cases of this sort Is
anat ct Eftte Gertrude. only three and a half years
'-Ef age She Was taken To the hospital and q plas-
Ger essTf was put Gu There are six children In her
e,crr7lsE md der father Is unable to work owing to
g severe, attack Of L1zHenza- The oldest child in
dAs fsuizFly suffers fEeRa eDiieptic fits. Another
child had broken hex sE1a last November and 1t
%as9z Saer7ar been set. The driver Of the ambulance
4 aosz Sals child aIso TO the hospital so that her
: sraTEssd arm could be rebr0kea by the doctor and
: urCperSy set So much suffering in one family
aUrzs relieved and q great deal of future tragedy
yaESS inverted by the heIpfuIness of the motor corps.
~ SOne little boy. whose poor little legs were abso-
fhEasSY useless, came near 60 being the cause of an
aDCrS9ezf ON Que of the Journeys to the hospital.
MGzsSkusz gAfs head cut Of fine front OF the ambulance
me yerEed the arm on Che driver and said: "See
pt1S4 guy that passed riding that bicycle! Gee, I'm
Sysng t1 be like him seon- and how i will ride when
IHF nGLkiJeS MnEk again"
"a 1rrye-ypHrl0M ItaIian sEIri had been very shy
ron her trips to the hosEstaI and at first had re.
s4ssE4es Asciog taken h@ She driver. Finally after
itsE 6taTrth strsD she sauggied up against the lieu
efszzaTfr u1 the h0DletEard "trip and said something
which the officer eBu1d not understand. One Of
sthe older girls explained
-she says that hsx mother is dead and her
-Gssher doesn't wanf hr and you can keep her If
EUN WsHf TO- II
O2ly three years old and yet that baby realized
GiIn4 there wasn't Q soul In the world who wanted
L-ESsr-
.TIese children. whose xaxRs ure duplicated times
-eSKRsuCf number throughout the country, are in a
sdaF4x need OF friendly service. The parents have
tine a~Epatesf struggle ha m0st cases TO provide a
aEufnr Mar them, aEd wfsen any of the children are
RaeEuRcsE ehey ara nn1 Ez1m6ed.
MEbc1x rnses are not EaEBsQgsnt, and although the
y,xxyrH 0T drivfng a CIR eli dsy from house to house
In eAe Dcoxest partg ar eae ditg, over broken and
1zSyH a rnasIs, 10 nerve szEEElzr the raembers Of the
uosser esrps have n1vsw sAszgft OF stopping. The
-~VtsS 1xsd OF centinujaE sh1sr work is measured by
seze 4arnunf or gBod d1ee nnnEreds Of children.
Ths eaitt or tia ezE15rezn accustomed to walk
aznf run about - much shaken when they are