The evening world. Newspaper, June 17, 1918, Page 10

— - came “oe ee re SES. Ss Cee MONDAY, JUNE 17, The Service Flag Woman Has Own Duty to Perform For Man Sent to France Mrs. Kathleen Norris, Authoress, Who Has Fourteen Stars in Her Own Service Fla Gives Message to Other Women of America Who Fly Same Emblem of Honor and Tells What They Can Do. MRS, KATHLEEN NORRIS. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. - Copyright, 1 by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Bvening World). We are 110,000,000 citizens; we should be 110,000,000 soldiers. “T's word for the woman who. files the service flag is SERVIC. Every woman should cooperate with every other woman to make the village, the small town, the city neighborhood in which ehe lives 100 per cent. patriotically efficient gone to war should fs not a tragedy, Unconquered” end American life—has ber of the Woman’ And the woman with a man who has realize that, whatever happens, hers ‘The really tragic figure just now Is the woman whose man doesn’t fight That is the mewsage of Kathleen Norris to the women with service flags. Kathleen Norris—she is the author of “Mother,” you remember, and of “Martie the many other widely read novels of the right to put fourteen stars on ber own red flag with the white field. In the current num- 's Home Companion she writes of what devoted “service flag women” are giving their country just now, and of the serene, beautiful future thetr gifts will bring to pass. An American girl of that peaceful future desgribes the part of the American woman of to-day, as Tirs. Norris sees it. ‘No President ever took the oath of office more solemnly than my mother dedicated, herself to the business of helping to win the war, She was just a quiet woman, living in a country town, without any money, to speak of, or any particular Influence; but she never stopped working. I remember her letters to my father to begin witb. He told me, after it was all over, that never once did ber letters falter, or sound dis- couraged or sad. Hope and cheer and confidence, he never had anything else from ber. “Then in little ways she never failed, If she couldn't always buy big bonds she bought thrift stamps, and everywhere she went I would hear ber talking of them, quietly suggest- | ing that the back driver, or the eleva~ tor boy, or whoever it might be, buy | some, too! She worked with the Red Cross of course, and she knitted al- ways, and if she met some one who was not knitting she would offer to teach her. “And with the maids—we had to let them go, of course; but she saw that every one was fitted in some way for Government work before she left us. ‘And of course with food, from the very beginning, she held herself sol emnly obligated to do what she could, White flour and meat became memo- ries to me. I know that my mother wore old hats und made her own gowns, but I never heard her refuse anybody, whether it was Belgian ba pies or Canadian Red Cross or Polish mothers or Y. M. C. A. ‘Yes, I can hetp a little she would say very gently. “My husband was in the war five days after we declared it and is now 4 Captain ai Caiip Dix,” Mrs Norris told me. “Altogether, there are four teen members of my family in (he service, all of them expecting to en gage the Kaiser in tiortal combat and bayonet him in the cardiac region The brother who always has been around the house when I wanted him went off on a destroyer the other day, and-I am trying to get used to the feeling that I have been dismem bered, Just at first, you know, you say to yourself, ‘How can 1 keep on living with my head—or my heart~ gone?” “But this morning I told my li boy,” Mrs, Norris added, the clear light of bravery in her Irish blue eyes, “Prank, when you grow up I hope you'll love something well enough so that you will be willing to give your life for it, if need be.’ ” I asked Mrs, Norris who, as her readers know, has a keenly sympa thetic understanding of the mental! processes of the everyday American ‘woman, to express that woman's point of view in the matter of letting her man go to fight for America. “Phe American wife or mother of 4 soldier,” the wife of Capt. Charles G Norris declared, with shining eyes, “must gay to herself, ‘He can only die once. And it js far better that he sbould be willing to die now for a comnruting and paying taxes and do- Ing little things’ “Think of all those men up in Sing Sing! They have mothers who love them. When those mothers look at us, whose men fight for their country, they say, ‘Oh, you are the lucky women!’ The most tragic figure in America to-day, * seems to me, is the mother whose son is out of the war. What is he going to say when, & few years from now, his chikiren ask him, ‘Daddie, when America was fighting where were you?’ “And what keeps me up person- ally,” Mrs. Norris added on a so note, “is the belief in reunion after death. I can understand how the aol- dier's woman who has not that faith must be enduring the unrelieved bit- terness of grief. But I think most: of the men come from the little, plain, simple homes where the plain aad simple faiths stilt are cherished.” I spoke to the author of “Mother” of what “mother” can do, right here in America, to help win the war. “I believe that women can do more for their country here than they can do abroad," she sald earnestly. “It {a all right for the trained nuraes and social workers to go to France, But if each one of the rest of us will look about in her own community she wiil find work more important than aay thing she could accomplish by putting on a khaki uniform and a becoming cup and bounding across the ocean. “I know @ captain's Ittle wife who, before the war, probably never wrote ® letter to anyone, not @ personal friend. She bas asked every man in her husband's company if he has not 4 wife or mother to whom he would like to have her write. Every tow days she sends off about 200 letters to relatives of these men, “A group of women in a Long Ys ‘and village bave taken to them selves the job of looking out for the families of the enlisted men in that village, and providing money, advic end work where it is needed. Other women are interesting themselves in cases where the draft made obvious mistakes, boards hay. I know of one man with five small children who was sent away by such a mistake, he nor his wife could speak much English and the matter was correctad only when & woman interested in the family put tho proper data before the authorities, Then in Port Washing. {oh we are entertaining several hun- dred soldiers from Camp Mills every Sunday; that's another woman's job for women near the camps. Of course every one knows how much women n do in war gardening, food con- rvation und for the Red Cross, “Women are taking hold splendid. ly." concluded «Mrs. Norris, “y ou Know, one of the arguments against suffrage used to be that because a woman couldn't fight she musn’t vote. I ‘believe tho “front line tranches would hold no terrors for a woman who can stand all day and every day on the platform of a Seventh Avenue Jcar! And of course every woman who takes such a job as that ts sat- ting free a man for fighting. Really, women are proving that there Slorious ideal, that he should lay his yeutn om toe altar, than aie artor forty long, stuffy, stodgy years of silat nothing they cannot do, And Met Theaw them sete, ‘woul, into war work, for the country —_ \ \\ AQUA AKG i i ; , \ NI (S ae How to 0 Noither | Avoid Never alt under Ya the Gelling ecakod from rainereticr oak. HIRE are certain minor misce! T laneous hazards which are likely to be present in every house. Some of them can be per- manently guarded against to some extent, while only continuous care will suffice to combat others, Atten- tion is called to a number of these in the following paragraphs and sug gestions are made for lessening the ik und of accident, Injuries’ resulting from falls are sontinually occurr ome due to recklesmmess, others the lack of vroper facilities. Valls down stairs may result from the lack of a balus ter or handrall, lack of a gute at the head of the stairs, in the case of babies, sharp tur or narrow treads, articles left standing on the easy materials on the steps, or eps, of proper illumination, Dark cellar stairs, unlighted, and with insuffi. | t headroom, are particularly pro- ductive of falis and bumped heads Particularly object ble are small rugs at the top or bottom of stairs, | since in such places persons step with | considerable horizontal thrust | Polished floors, vith bare or cov ered with sma e€ rugs, reap thelr harvest « Danger from loose rugs can ybviated by fasten | ing them to the fic | ‘The high heels 90 common on women’s | shoes frequently cause when used for rough aany persons have been killed by falling in| bathtubs, which may become quite | slippery when covered with soap, A tub set away from the wall affords a| hand hold on cach side, Where the| tub is bullt in thore side next the wall a firm grab rail to help one get tn aud out of the with minimum risk Standing on chairs, especially rock ers, on frail boxes, crates or barrels, tied ankles wear needs us all” 4 sible for many falls jis dangerous to stand on snovld be on the | Accidents in the Home THE OUNCES OF “PREVENTION” THAT ARE WORTH THE POUNDS OF “CURE.” Common Causes of Falls, Cuts, Bruises, Burns and Other Injuries be entire selecting @ mount and secing that It Is steady and secure, ‘The arm of a chair 19 an especially dangerous place on which to stand, An upturned barrel makes @ precarious stool, as frequently there is nothing to hold the head from forced inward. Projecting nails On the inside may inflict bad scratches being | Or worse, Many stepladders are provided with & folding shelf for holding a bucket of water or other working materials, It this shelf, which has not been designed to hold the weight of a person, and the ladder may be out of balance with such a dis- tribution of wei Care should be taken to see that the spreaders aro in proper position before mounting the ladder. A great many c ts and bruises are unnecessarily experienced in the home through the or improper use glect of tools or other objects with sharp oF ragged edges, Children are especially prone to use tools improp- erly when ot instructed in proper and safe methods, Knives and other edged tools should have the cutting stroke made in such a direction that a slip will not cause the blade to cut operator, Espe- clally when the point is being force] through an object is this precaution ecessary. Openine a ean tae typloal carely or operation which should never be care- | and’ on ineecury stepladders is respon-!jessly performed. ‘The heads of ham- This applies p Such falls can} ly avoided by proper care in | curely |mers and axes may fly off if not se-| fastened. Monkey wrenches | with Jaws which have been sprung] make trouble when a hard pull causey them to let go. Trash in the form of broken glass| and crockery, of old tins with ragged | edges, is a frequent cause of bad cuts ind scratches, Such articles should be handled carefully and should be placed at once in appropriate recep- tacles for disposal. Where such trast is permitted to accumulate on vacant lots, children should never be allowed to run barefoot, as serious cases of blood potsoning have resulted from cuts produced in this w In licking envelopes and other gummed articles for the purpose of sealing them, @ practice condemned by sanitarlans, the sharp edge of thy paper has sometimes cut the tongue. A wiping motion should be avoided and the tongue merely pressou veuinst the gum in several places, The flooding of a floor by upsetting 1 vessel of water, a tub or wash bow! running over, or from a roof leak, frequently resus in soaking the plaster of the celling below. Such plaster 18 very likely to fall, and the Joor below it should be shunned unti) he Plaster dries again. All machines which involve gearing hould have the gears inciosed #o that fingers and clothes are absolutely pre vented from getting caught in ther to washing machines, wringers, tee cream freezers, bread mixers and many other forms of household appliance. Sewing ma- chines should have a guard to prevent the fingers from getting under the needle, Electric fans should be pro- vided with a guard, and the fingers kept away from the blades while run- alng. A lawn mower may easily gut off the fingers if turned while being cleaned. Young children should not have access to such machines, as they do not realize thelr dangerous possi- bilities, Pins, tacks, coins and similar art!- cles which are small enough to be swallowed should never be placed in the mouth, Such articles may cause much trouble if swallowed, and blood poisoning sometimes results from cuts or scratches inside the mouth, The careless handling of hot water may result in painful and even dan- gerous scalds. The lid of a tea- kettle should not be lifted when the kettle is held by the handle, as the sudden heat of the steam evolved may burn the hand or cause the grip to be released and the kettle dropped Boiling pots of water near the edge of the stove may be knocked over or | be pulled over by children and pro- luce serious scalds. If is dangerous to earry a child and a kettle of boiling hot water upstairs at the same time, as tripping may bring the two in contact, From the circular of the Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Comm DULY AND TRULY PREPARED. This reporter frankly admits that when the wind blew and the rain rained and hail hailed last night his conscience throbbed considerably, and he arose from his pillow and put on his trousers, A man always feels more commortubie af le les vu lie trousers when the end of the world seems near,—Atchison Globe ( \ ‘ \y AY AN\ A MONDAY, Plastering War Taxes ‘ On the Other Fellow the Popular Thing To-Day Whatever the Other Man Does Is Non-Essential and He Ought to Be Made to Pay a Battle Fine and Thus Help Win the War That Will Make You and Democracy Safe—Every- « , thing the Other Fellow Does,Which You Don’t Do, * Is Non-Essential, and the Government Ought to Collect, and the List Isa Long One. By Arthur (“Bugs”) Baer. * Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening Worf). Hoes: prot, who is aiming a war assessment on wives and A G i“ JUNE 17, 1918 other non-essentials, and who thinks there should be a skirm- ish fine plastered on frost bites in the summer time, sure stirred up a fine hornets’ bungalow. Seems that everybody thinks that ; everybody else should be fined. Received 400 letters. ‘Three hundred and ninety-six arrived postage due. All sizes, shapes and complexions Of suggestions were tossed out showing how Uncle Sam could collegs battle fines iby slapping a ballyhoo tax on luxuries ~ The stylish citizen who flutters around in a flivver thinks thats riot tax should be sewed on the shoulder blades of the durable of | who flatwheels around with nothing between the macadam but BE half-soled ‘boots, ‘The bird who gyrates around with nothing but ankle » y motive power thinks that the fish who tour gasolinishly should be elected to inherit the war taxes. bs The lob who fishes for flounders thinks that cuckoo clocks should | be punishable with a battle tax. The sapp who wears a high hat while { taking a shower bath chirps that anybody who tosses chinaware @b his wife's relatives ought to kick into the Government. Each genb imagines that the other guy should grab off the expense of knocking the Kaiser loose from his future. nz It is a tough plece of judicial spaghetti to unravel, as all the voom cations mentioned are typical American industries ‘ ot However, there doesn't seem to be much doubt flapping around that the following non-essential accomplishments and paraphernalft ( should be smeared with a double-barreled skirmish fine pias Bass drum solos. n Manufacturing lorgnettes for stevedores. Rouge for toenails of Egyptian dancers 4 Milk baths for pet Pomeranians. Driving two flivvers tandem. Wearing a gold collar button in the back of your neck where no body can see it. Raising moths for the export trade. ied Drinking 3 per cent. almost-beer under an apple tree while writing poetry about Cleopatra's blond ears. ‘Trying to teach a Spanish parrot to cuss in Eskimo. Getting up in the morning after a terrible batter and endeavorifig to crowd both your feet into one shoe, a Economizing by wearing last year’s straw hat in a taxicab. Putting sugar on sawdust and calling it breakfast Flea circuses. Wearing pink ribbons in your whiskers, Wearing any whiskers at all. + Listening in on telephones. a Poking fingers in clgar cutters and electric fans. : Trying to buy a Palm Beach suit with knees that won't get baggy. Reading this junk. Wate | Pick a Young Man for Promotion “It Is the Young Man Who Has the Courage to! Undertake a Task Beyond His Strength Who Merits Promotion.” By E. M. Herr. ‘ President Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company 66 (VHARACTER” fs a broad term, (G including many essential qualities, and it is the foun- ation of every man's success, One of the most important ingredi- ents in a man's character is “stick-to- itiveness.” For if he has the golden faculty of keeping at a task, it means he will not give up until he has ac- complished his desired end. The man | who has the courage to: fight on in spite of failure and disappointment. Is bound to conquer any obstacle in his path. An employer has not much use for a young man who becomes discour aged and who has not the grit to keep up the fight. It is the young man who has the courage to undertake @ task beyond nis strength who promotion, A young man may possess very st ling qualities, but if he lacks courage he is not as valuable an asset in business as another chap who, al- though lacking in many other ways, | has self-confidence, Often self-confidence has been the means of bringing success to a man} in whom others had but little confi- | times in preference trusted employee who sure that I can.” A striking in to a tried ana says, “I am hot nee of how a yor man won out by shee velfcconfidenok happened in our orgunization tot long ago, when one of ; one of our employee | unfortunately was gullty of a bite. der which warranted : ‘anted nothin than his dismissal iy The young man wa ma as one of our Bes! employees, and I told him I regret 2 having to part with hin , No explanation coul fault. Yet he ha Say: "T realize \d extenuatehis the t my unpardonable and that Lom ene to blame for It. But, onywuy, T wih you would give me anothor chapee T have profited by ce error mo know I can make good," : This young man asked to leave if he remaine, Nad already been ie Also he knew that d he would be surround- ed by other employees who were prej udiced against hun because his mis. | take had involved them He was asked if } a if he was not - ing against too many oads age “I know I can do it,” dence. he ‘On the other hand, sometimes the | His courage and seif eonidenen an very man in whom an employer ets unusual that we gave him another the greatest amount of confidence may | Chance, for which we have been oa fail because he needed faith and|srateful, He is now one of our most courage and confidence in himself, valuable men and we woula be loath | The young man who says "I can,”|to spare him, in the face of all obstacles, is the one} The young man why gays who will win in the battle of life, 1/13 the one who always desery, should pick him for promotion at all| given a chance, Our First Clash With Austri “E can" 08 ta be HE first serious difficulty be-) passport, und claimed the T tween the United States and|of the United States Austria arose sixty-five years) Louis, then in the ha Capt. Ingra Koszta be freed until a | Louis had been clear Protection warship st) rbor of Smyrna, » demanded that ed, but he was mot decks of the Bt. cleat ‘ed for action, WHY THE ENGAGEMENT Was BROKEN, onstance Van Quentin *hag = becoming a! broken another ¢ ago as a result of the Koszta inc’ dent, which strained relations be- tween the two countries almost to the breaking point. Martin Koszta, u Hungarian patriot, after taking part in the uprisings of 1848@and’ subse quent years, came to America and de- clared his intention of Miss C engagement, “sh citizen, In 1853, while on a visit to| passed the barber shop yestenday Smyrna, he was seized and impris-| Where her fiance was waiting i oned on board an Austrian war ves-| 4 very uni mite tie elie dap Mae Y unattractive object wil wel He Aad with hig an American collar on.—Kansas City Star, $