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TiiunrrAY, januauy a, lois HAGE4 THE SPItlNGFIELD NEWS I. ALL BRITONS TO "DO THEIR BIT" Government Begins Final "Comb . Out" for Men to Swell . , Military Ranks. WORK FOR MAIMED WOMEN MUST DO SHARE Those .Unable, to, Fight Arc .Called-for Other Necessary Service Econ omy of Effort, Expense and Material Demanded. London. With 5.000,000 men In unl form, nntl with other millions, both men and women, engaged In occupa tions hardly less directly concerned with the war's prosecution, England Is organizing one more "comb out" to find men for military service, nnd both men nnd women for- other essential employments. The appeal for men to don uniforms And for workers Is ac companied by n renewed Insistence upon the utmost economy of every ef fort, cxpensfe and material. Economy is the watchword of the new national service campaign under the direction of Sir Auckland Gcddes, minister of national service. "Woman's clothes are the grave of nn enormous amount Of human ener gy," ho said. "New bats alone absorb the work of millions of fingers, ami whatever effect they may have "that effect certainly does not Include help ing to beat the enemy. "If we ore to make the great ef fort that we should make. If we really are going to make the greatest effort In our history, our imagination must be quickened to understand the effect of our smallest actions. Everywhere, itrprnctlcally every home, we are wast Ing something. I am sorry to say that we have great organizations which ex ist to-encournge waste." Only Necessities of War. Sir Auckland insists, the govern ment is beginning to insist, the people are' beginning to understand, that cofr sumption to a great extent has got to stop. The producing capacity of the country has got to be saved to turn out the absolute necessaries of life and of war. The case Is being laid before the British people now In the very sim plest terms. Not only Is everybody urged to eat the least possible amount of food necessary to maintain good physical condition but everybody It told that he must wear his clothes longer, must be satisfied with patched boots, must cut down his expenditures .for every kind of luxury, for amuse ment. But that is only the beginning. The hands that would have been occupied In making the new dress that my lady Is not going to buy and that therefore will not be made; the fingers that would have employed themselves pre paring the confection of a hat that is going to be forsworn; the skill and handicraft that would have found oc cupation producing suits of clothes that are not going to be bought 01 worn ; all these must find employment of another kind-; employment at pro ducing the things necessary, nnd ab solutely necessary, to national life and national war. Domestic Service a Problem. Particular attention Is being given to the problems of domestic service, which represent immense wastes ol human energy. Nowadays a woman is likely to lose her social standing It she advertises for n servant, especial-' j ly If she mentions In the advertise ment, as many English housewives do that her establishment is based on the "butler and three maids model, or thr butler, houseman and four maid model, or something of that sort. Foi her advertisement Is likely to become i the basis of derisive comment by folk -who wonder why the butler is not In uniform .and some of the maids at least In a munitions factory. While the authorities who are hunt ing for man power and woman powei insist that altogether too much of II Is wasted In domestic service, house holders declare that it is becoming practically impossible to get service nt all. Moreover, It Is likely to con tlnue so for'a' long period, because women, young' un,d '. old, who have tasted the satisfaction of that more Independent existence that Is vouch safed to other workers are utmost without exception determined that thej will never go back Into domestic serv Ice. Here Is the formula .for the- mobili zation of national man power and na tional financial resources: Discharge .your servants and see that they get unlisted in national service. Save the money that you would have paid them 1n wages nnd buy war bonds. The government will pay that money tc your former servants as wages for making munitions. The rest of the money that you save by reason of cir cumscribing your domestic establish ments will be deftly taken away from ' you by the government through Its In fltrumentalltles df taxation' and used to maintain the armies In France and In almost all the other emurtcrs of the world. Another energy thai Is being tapped Is the great class of women who have never Imuglned tliut it 'was part of tfielr life to engage In gainful occupation. There are fewer df them jn England by a goouViouny hundreds' or tnousunas tnnn juere" were neiore the wur. Bui there are still many of them, and the effort Is to enlist them for useful service. . , Plan for Reeducation of Dis abled American Soldiers. To Be Helped to Rehabilitate Them selves as Useful Citizens of the Republic Washington. Now thnt our troops have begun to actually take part lu the great war, n great problem will soon have to bo faced. It will soon have to bo faced. It will have to do with the re-education of disabled sol diers. It will not be enough for the government to place those who are permanently, disabled In soldiers' homes and- allow them to .complete their existence In mnterlnl comfort, but Uiose who nrc partially disabled so as to make them unable to return to the occupations and trades which they left to serve their country will have to be re-cducntcd In some employ ment which will enable them to reha bilitate themselves as useful citizens of the republic. Although the plans hnvo not pro gressed enoligh to mnke a formal t announcement of their scope, It Is known that" the war department, j the surgeon general's office. Is working on the theory that the re-cducntlon must commence In the hospital while' the patient Is convalescent. The government will probably fol low closely tlie plans of tlte Canadian government, which Is to contluue Its military control o;er the badly wounded until a competent board con sisting of officers, doctors and lay men pronounce the re-education com plete and the soldier ready for new endeavors. Accorillng to accepted theories, the re-employment of the faculties begins In the hospital heel with games and puzzles which excite the Interest nnd take the mind off misfortunes. The badly maimed often lose courage nnd hope, nnd have often after previous wars Insisted upon being supported oy the government in soldiers' homes without effort on their own behalf. Woman Horse Nurse. In London Messrs. MncN'iuimrn, who employ about forty woman drivers, have put their horso hospital entirely In charge of women. Mrs. I'ary, the superintendent, says they have thirty to forty patients n day, She and three assistants do nil cleaning, grooming, feeding und administering of medi cines prescribed by tho veterinary sur geon. Tho animals, she says, are grateful nnd companionable, ami she has lit) doubt thnt women will want to keep on with this work after tho War. "We do not baby the horses," ihe says. "Somehow we reform tho worst cases of temper, and the women enn do anything they like with even fmrtlous, nervous nnd suffering horses, Tho effect on tho nerves of the horse, nnd consequently on their value, Is noticeable." Why Not Wear a SlgnT Pat. being em his holidays, was ono day strolling through the streets of New York, when he snw the figure of n man standing before n shop. There was a card plnneil to the man's coat on which was written, "Iteducinl to $3." Tut somewhat carelessly approached tho llgure and exclaimed: "Begorrn, sir. you're safe enough ; I'm reduced to 30 cents." - ; man SCHOOL NOTES I ! By WANNA McKINNEV School bogan yostordny morning without) mombor ot tho faculty, Mr. Mooro missing. Wo nro all wondering who will fill his plnco. - Mtss LlndBoy has boon cntortalu Ing her English classes with sotno ot Taft'a and Roosovolt's spoeches. They nro on tho phonograph. Elslo Weddto haB discontinued nor school work and accepted a position with tho First National Bank. Sho was a mombor of tho Junior class. Wo nro quite olatod with our vic tory ,ovor Mapleton And wo nro planning to treat nil our opponontH the same way this year. Wo can't wrlto letters In school any mora unions wo art) willing for Mr. Kirk to road thorn, Ho Is going to oonflscnto any thnt ho finds. Miss Lindsays E7 class In going to wrlto short stories next woek. They nro to bo savant! chnptom long. CAREFUL CONSCIENTIOUS DENTISTRY DR. J. E. 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School of Musi, 228 Fifth Avenue, New York City. , NEW SERVICE: Wo tiro authorized untlor tho Fodnral Rtinorvo Law to act na nn Executor, Atlminlatrnror, Qunrdlnn or Trustee. , This is a now sorvlco our olllcora will bo glftu to discuss with you, FIRST NATIONAL BANKrEUCENE, 0RF60N. n nm H 1 1 1 ! 1 I t W W W i CONQUEST AND KULTUR From all this It appears that the Mon,roe doctrine cannot be justified. . . . So it remnins only whnt we Europeans hnve described as an Inspiration. And so It remains only what we Eu ropeans almost universally con sider It, an impertinence. With n nol.y cry they try to make an Impression on the world nnd succeed, especially with the stu pid. The Inviolability of the American soil Is .Invoked with out there being at hand the slightest means of warding off the attack of a espectuble Eu ropean power. Johannes Vol lert, Ailldeut&che Blatter, Jan. 17, 1903. "M"H" I H'H-WM 1 1 i t I Seek Help of Children. Washington. I'iuns for enlisting the services of the children of the country in the campaign to save coal are being cut by the conservation di vision of the federal fuel udmlnlstrn Uon. Boy scouts and school children generally are In a position to aid In the coa conservation campaign, by making use of waste products which can be utilized us fuel. Big Saving In Sugar. Washington. An annual saving of 10,000,000 pounds of "sugar and 12,-1 1 000,000 pounds of shortening ts the; estimate made by the cracker innnu .... , t. ....... ........ i A i facturers of the country as a result of the new rules mude for them by the United Stutes food administration. NOW SKILLED MECHANICS 1 "sl Thepl?otfigiinphshowsoneof the girl machinists nt work In the plant of the Genera) Electric company at Philadel phia. Knowing that many of their men would volunteer for service nnd others be taken for the new National army, the company added a number of women to their muchlnc-shnp stuff. They have made good and as rapidly as men leave women step lno their places, keeping things going whh results Just as good, If not better, thun those obtained dur ing male operation of the. works. Worn-! en nppear ut workbenches and drills, I at cutters and heavy presses. There! (ls nothing tljut they haven't tried their 'hands rut. 3"he fact thut women have ' ' -I.. . . . . . i. ' ramie gooa in ine uig snops oi ine rail roads has h?jl many gther large cor ponttli)iis"lln permanently eullst the fair ojirs ti tlmlr Bervlce. f Jv I The Springfield News MAKES CLUBBING ARRANGEMENT. WITH THE OREGON FARMER t ' Offers Unusual Opportunity To Its Readers , MONG our large circle of readers there are a grtfat many who are interested directly or indirectly in fruit growing, dairying and other branches of farming. 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