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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."
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; man SCHOOL NOTES
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! 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.
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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
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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
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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 '
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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
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