The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-24


it was during the last World war.
We must profit by our former ex-
perience and realize that prices
which 60 up must eventually come
down, and the coming down process
is very difficult one.
SOUTH AMERICAN VISITORS
At luncheon one day Miss Mary
Winslow brought two very delight
full guests, Senorita Graciela Man
dujano of Chile and Sonora Ana
Rosa de Martinez Guerrero from
the Argentine. Senorita Mandu-
jano, whom I have had the pleasure
Of meeting before, has travelled in
many parts of the United States
since her arrival here last spring,
so she must now feel quite at home
in our country. She has just spent
some time in Maine and announced
to me that she had become a Re-
publican.
Sonora de Martinez Guerrero
brought me an interesting scroll
signed by many of the women of
Buenos Aires who have joined to-
gether to aid the women in other
countries who are fighting Naziism.
They call their organization "Junta
de la Victoria" Sonora de Mar
tinez- Guerrero, who is a very
charming young woman, has lately
been interested in building a hos
pital. have long known that the
control and the management of the
hospitals in the Argentine are in
the hands of the women. I have
often wondered if the contact with
problems in the hospital would not
some day create situation where
the women would wish to prevent
certain things instead of waiting to
alleviate them when they reach the
hospital stage.
Much to my interest, Sonora de
Martinez Guerrero said that she had
decided that the only way to do this
was through more active interest
on the part of women in the govern
ment, and that she was beginning
to talk to other women along these
lines. This is interesting, not only
from the point Of view of what it
might mean internally, but of what
it would mean in better understand
ing and cooperation between the
women of the Americas.
ARMY LIFE REACTIONS ~ atgs
At luncheon on the train one day
found myself at table with two
young army boys and we were
joined shortly by young marine
who had just finished his Paris
Island training and was being sent
from Quantico, Va, to a new post.
The army boys came from Virginia
and New Jersey respectively, and
had spent some months in camp in
the state of Washington, and were
now on their way to a New Jersey
camp. All three were fine boys and
I enjoyed talking to them. The
thing which remember most in
retrospect, however, as we talked
about their lives and need for their
present sacrifice, is that they unani-
mously agreed that they did not
have enough information OF enough
opportunity to- talk about the larger
aspects of world affairs as they re-
lated to their own individual serv-
ices.
One of the boys finally said, 'fWe1l
the trouble is, when you get into the
army, the training is often the
same, day in and day out, and you
begin to think that the whole of life
centers in what you get to eat, and
when you get your pay" wonder
if perhaps one aspect of our officers
training is not being neglected.
Should we include a course in the
art of encouraging conversation
among your associates? Should we
remember that in both the German
and Russian armies there is re-
lationship between the officers and
their men which is not entirely of
fetal in character?
/ have been sent little brochure
from the Consumers Book Co-opera-
tive, which they ca1l Readers OBJ
server. 1t is helpful little pub
location because it lists books in
various fields, and has an article at
the beginning, telling one about the
trend of interest in reading materi-
al, and commenting on books in
many fields. was interested to
find that popular vote which they
have taken shows great interest
in religious books, and secondly in
books that can be classed as educa-
tion for democracy Nss