Woman's enterprise., 1921-10-14
"GIfIS ON TIE ALTAR"
A Wartime Story.
BY Leadocia Robertson Harris.

e BY Leadocia Robertson Harris.
= Mother as I was returning hom
: from the factory last night, saw gu
4 soldier boys marching down to the sta
e ton to take the train en- route to som
= cantonment," said Helena Won Ache
0 as she seated herself at the breakfas
table, and continuing she remarked
ut inspired patriotic feeling tha
thrilled me, and made me wish that
could go along and help in this Worlt
War in some way, so many girls ar
t going overseas
"You can help them right here b,
staying at home. There is plenty O.
work and plenty Of glory for all of US
in fact stay-at home workers are &
part of all wars,' replied her mother
81 have heard my mother say that dur.
! ing the Confederate War, the womer
provided provisions and clothing TO,
the men fighting at the front, and
helped to win victories, and shared
their defeat, suffering hardships al
most uncomfortable. The men were re.
sponsible for the war, but the women
who had no voice in the matter were
the worst victims"
81 could never learn to knit, for to
be continually repeating the words
knit two, pearl two would certainly
CRATE on my nerves. l would like to
make surgical bandages for the Red
Cross if I had the leisure to spare"
said Helena. hurriedly leaving for the
factory, while her mother proceeded
to perform her household duties.
| Mrs. Won Achen, woman of sixty,
quite active, and whose features still
showed traces of refinement and
beauty Of better days spent in her
youth, was contented to live in a COT
tage in the suburbs Of large city,
with an only daughter, her sole sup
port who was stenographer in the
office Of large cotton mill factory.
Though poor in worldly sense, Mrs.
Won Acher was rich in enthusiasm by
giving her best efforts to help win the
World War, and found time from ex-
acting household duties to devote to
knitting for the soldiers, having COM
pleted a sweater she wished to deliver
it to the Red Cross Circle that day
and obtain more yarn for the making
Of another. The men had been called
to the Colors, and if it were Mans
War, it was a Woman's War as we'll.
useless each without the other," 50
thought the women of Eureka Heights
who had organized War Relief Cir
Gle, following the entrance of the Unit
ed States into the World War, and
for many months they had been do
ing their "bit" to help win the war,
for the Spirit of the Red Cross had
taken hold Of the thoughts of the Am
erican people, and by their activities
had proven the sublime patriotism of !,
a great country.
When about to depart for her des-
tination, after making hasty toilet,
Mrs. Van Achen paused to shut
window, that waited in the cool breezy
weather of an early autumn, serving
as reminder that it was about time
to buy that new winter suit, which she
contemplated for some time. and af~
Ter the meeting adjourned she would
down in the shopping district
If the city and make the purchase; so
putting thirty dollars in her purse,
which had been accumulated for that
specific purpose, from the savings
rom the housekeeping funds, she
started out to walk the distance of
several blocks to the Red Cross Head
quarters, when turning a corner she
aw hearse stop at the home Of
'trs. Kellar, and an escort of soldiers
lad in khaki, lift a coffin covered
With an American flag, and proceed to {
he house, following by few neigh {
ors who had congregated there by a {
asty summons that Lieutenant Kellar 7
ad died suddenly of pneumonia at one t
f the contonments. Stunned by the q
light of this tragic ending of once a
Apply home, she Joined the procession,
nth the hope that she could have the Il
ad privilege of speaking some words i
f comfort to the grief stricken wid- '
W, but on entering the house, soon
called that sympathetic words were e
OF necessary when woman believed t
l her country, and felt the sustaining II
elp Of God in her great bereavement. '
1ith supreme fortitude Mrs. Kellar q
altered her children around the n
,ffin of husband and father, and re-