Catoctin clarion., 1919-08-28
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Peaca'Le7"ue i....iHs I''oce to
ITEM Than It Can t.~ln
to Men.
Or. SHAvvS ST...RIEG PLEA.

(By the Late Dr.. Arna Howard S,aw.,
Seven million one in'ndrnd lhouSinG
men VIII" had laid down Their lives IL,
the great war. Tl.nl; of Il. Seve
million, one hundred thousand yonn'.
men had died on he field of la;llc!
What does that mean TO The w0mcr
OF the world? 1t means that seven
million one hundred thousand womc',
walked day by day with their face
toward IN open grave that they migh,
give life to Il son. Ii means liza
seven million one hundred tholsanc
little children lay in the arms OF 2
mother whose love had made then;
face even the terrors of death tla.
they might heccne the mothers o.
men.
II means That year after year the
women had put un their lives MO In
livtSnf their sons until they had raal
ed thcm to he men. For Wha(? |
the hope that these sons of heirs coll
give to the world ihr things for wIc,
women dream, the lh.n:s for whicI
women hope and pray and lnn. ri SO
were the things that the women haG
In their hearts when they gave brit!
to their sons.
But who can estimate the value o.
seven million one hundred thorsan
dead SONS of the women of the. world
Who can estimate the price which I'll,
women have paid for this war; villa.
ii has cost them, not only in the deaf!
Of their sons, because that is plus
OF our war to which we look.
The Courage Of Women.
We hear OUR orators tel! us OF tn,
courage Of our men. How they wen
across the sea. Very few of them re
member to tell us Of the courage of
our women, who also went across the
sea /; of the women who died nursing
the sick and wounded: the women
who died in the hospitals, where the
terrible bombs came and drove them
almost to madness. They tell us
nothing of the forty thousand Engl.sl
women who went to work back Of tn,
trenches in France.
They tell us nothing Of the thou
sands upon thousands upon thousands
of women who not only toiled and
worked and shaved In order that the
war might be successful. but we do
not hear OF the thousands of women
not alone In Armenia, not alone in
Montenegro, not alone in Serbia, bul
in Flanders, in Belgium. in Ruman.a,
in RusSia-the thousands of women
who lie in graves today, murdered
so horribly murdered that men dare
moi speak of it.
And yet we women are asked what
we know about the League of Ma
tiOns asked what we can understand
about League of Nations. Oh men !
the horrible deaths; the horrible lives
Of thousands upon thousands Of wO
men today in all these nations, who
must live. and who must look in the
faces of children unwelcomed unde
sired--of little children--and know
that these are the result of war;
And then ask women why they
should he interested in league of
eace?
Women Suffer Most From War.
lf there is any h,dy OF cltl"enS IN
he world who ought to be interested
in IA league to ultimately bring to the
world peace il is the mothers of men.
and the women who suffered as only
women can suffe. in the war and in
devastated countries.
And we call upon them, we women
of the world call upon the men VIII"
lave been fighting all these battles OF
Ihe years, tie men who have led
armies. and led armies close to theil
deaths.
We are now calling upon the men
of the world 10 in some way or an
other find a pa Sa' e out of the sea OF
death. We are a&. ng them to form
a league Which viii bring lopc to the
women "f he fuiil" If women are
10 bear SOILS only that they may die,
women l!aH not have hope
md aspirations for their children,
woIHrn may not dream the dreams
iIat have in them the hope of the
i.hest civilizations, the H. CHEST moral
and spiritual life of .he ptoiie-if wO.
nen may not have these in their
hearts as the mothers of men, then
women will cease tn desire 10 he tie
iIa:Eprs of men. And why should
4.,5 uoli Why Should ti.ey not?