Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-18

them changed bit; what WAS good
enough for hiB father and era ID
father was good enough for him: the
mud In tho roads was. .or his part,
sacred To the IN .mory OF his. arces-
tors. This county heavily defeated
the amendment. IL has also an cx-
tremeiy low proportion Of women
reEistrants. But the people do not
like TO live there; they ara moving
out. IT is one OF the. minority OF
counties In Virginia which has de-
creased In population since the lust
census, decreased s per cent ia the
last ten ycars.
I'm another county In the State
they have recently installed n nurse.
The Red Cross in Washington. writ
ing about this nurse. said they had
IN mind splendid women who could
he obtained, woman who had not
only had several years OF valuable
experience. but who. In addition to
her knowledge as nurse. couil drive
any make OF car. That county had 10
reply that II had scarcely road
over which car could be driven.
They were unable to take Advantage
OF this opportunity. because Of their
poor roads they were unable 20 avail
themselves OF the benefits which
modern science proffered for the re-
lief OF Illness and the salvation of
life I'm their territory. Fortunately.
they are improving their roads. and
lhave seen at least one OF their rep
rcsentativc citizens here ut this good
roads meeting.
II have said that the intc.cs. OF
good men and good women liz the
same. and their work similar.
In proportion OF those things
" a III To-
OF Virginia q better State II In true.
however, that women have been per
hnps more sensible In that axiom
which IL recognized in our lntter-dar
economists. that the greatest wealth
in all the world IL the wealth NJ
human life. The producers OF human
lie. the natural cmservers OF this
most precious wealth. women have.
through the centuries. developed
Keen scnsit!vcncss to social welfare
and to the protection OF life. And
this not merely In respect to physical
lifc--that, first and fundamentally
hut also In respect to the ronscrva-
tism and development OF those spirit
unl forces which make for gccater
human happiness. for social p:rfcc-
tion. This is the basis OF the In
tcrest Of women In all public move
ments.
No Transportntion-No Food.
During the past months have
been In Richmond: ] have been in the
great Southwest: | have been on tho
Eastern shore; have been Ia tho
Valley Of Virginia. and everywhere.
on huge billboards. in the newspa-
pcrs. I have seen Two Hundred ami
Fifty Million Children Starving in
Armenia II is sign that strikes
g.r h., ~ oil H., 80.
What does II mean? Not lack OF
food. but lack OF transportation fe-
cilitics. lack OF railroad mileage.
lack OF labor force. lack Of good
roads. During the war was IN the
Middle West at the time OF the wheat
harvest. Uncle Sam was sayinE -
;ka farmers: Produce. produce I
saw there fields on which wheat and
hay were lying tina; could not be got
ten to the market, fields on which
the wheat and hay were being burned
IN bonfircs for lack OF facility to
transport 1t.
"Women's interest In good roads:
more than all else. the interest OF
women in tho conservatism OF hui
man life. More than all else In tho
prevention Of wars. What lis tho
cause Of wars. what Is the cause OF
'''hS lHcy ARISE btcH use
people do not understand each other
well enough. because they have not
sufficient communication. IT follows
that the Improvement Of means Of
communication IS a potent factor in
the development of greater under
standing between the peoples Of tho
earth. a more potent factor in the
progression of tn world towards uni
versal peace.
From the starving millions of Flu
ropcan and American children, from
the growth of the feeling Of broth
crhood and good Will in the world, IL
may seem far cry to the upbuill-
ing OF highways in Virginia, bat this
is part Of the whole. n step in the
producing OF greater happiness.
greater life-conScrvatism in tho
world. And IL there should be one
single county in Virginia that holds
back. one single county that Calls OF
its share. then would that county be
like tho failure of one instrument in
the harmony Of great orchestra,
like the dropping of 81 single stitch
in the whole of q great tapestry. yet
the dropping Of that single stitch
would mean, at least. the disintc-
grafton Of the whole"
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