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V VMary - " c- c crt rt rte e Mary 1uu has 1uu"mued "mued mued kniued "muedmore kniuedmore " more than one hundred 1 elmcts elmets The small girls girls"mt "mt mt knit " , , too They are "mttmg mttmg knitting " rhose those all allSC1llce allservice SC/1llce SC 1llce service / garments rhar that reputedly are most popu populor popuIar lor Iar lorIn In any cold coldweather weather camp By KATHLEEN NORRIST NORRISHE NORRIS NORRIS'HT 'HT HT ' HE American Amencan woman isgoing is THE T | going gomg to come of age mthe inthe in m inL -L L - the next few years She SheIS She1s Sheis IS 1s going gomg to put aside the grab grabbmg grabbang grabbmg bmg bang boastmg boasting playing playmg un unthinkmg unthinking unthinking thinkmg thinking ways of a child h1ld and anddevelop anddevelop anddevelop develop her own conscIous consciousness consciousness ness and her own soulShe soulShe soul soulShe She is going gomg to waste less lessfood lessfood lessfood food , buy fewer things thmgs that thatshe thatshe thatshe she doesn't doesnt ' want , stop throw throwmg throwmg throwmg mg aside perfectly good gar gar- garments garments garments - ments for newer garments garmentsstop , stop flocking flockmg to poor shows tha that thatshe thatshe t tshe she doesn t care much about seemg seeing seemganyway seeinganyway seeinganyway seeinganywayShe anyway anywayShe She is going gomg to leam learn the value of ofthe ofthe ofthe the things thmgs she has always taken for forgranted forgranted forgranted granted things thmgs she has felt that ev everyone everyone everyone eryone has and she must have as a amatter amatter matter of course Money la v going gomg to tolook tolook tolook look quite different to her m in the thenext thenext next few years and such common commonplaces commonplaces places as a good dinner dmner a safe safehome safehome home firelight firel1ght and books and friend friendly friendly friendly ly faces suddenly are going gomg to ap appear appear appear pear to be the miracles muacles they are areAll areAll areAll All One low row lowAnd rowAnd ] , T < ow owAnd And since imm lIDm gra gration tlon has stopped stoppedshort stoppedshort stoppedshort short and may not begin begm again agam tor for tora fora tora a decade we re gradually going to tounify tounify tounity unify ourselves into mto a strong na nahonally natonally nationally honally tonally leveled people Not Insh Irish InshAmerIcan IrishAmerican IrishAmerican AmerIcan any more not Italian ItalianAmerIcan ItalianAmerican ItalianAmerican AmerIcan not belonging belongmg any more moreto moreto moreto to the varied vaned lands that gave our ourforefathers ourforefathers ourforefathers forefathers birth but all one now nowdevoted nowdevoted nowdevoted devoted solely to our own country countryand countryand countryand and the immortal lIDIDortal principles prmcples ] that thathave thathave have made her what she ISWe isWe is isWe We will not buy ] it t cheaply the theworld theworld theworld world peace that must come out of ofall ofall all this thJs thus There will WJ11 be no na nat t on 1I1 in 1I1the inthe inthe the world that will WJ11 not be bled white whitebefore whitebefore whitebefore before it arrives But when it does doesarrive doesarrive doesarrive arrive It if it finds us understandmg understanding understandmgourselves understandingourselves understandingourselves ourselves and our neighbor and our oursocial oursocial oursocial social obligations ob1Jgatlons better it will not nothave nothave nothave have been in m VdIDTh1s veinThis vain VdID vein vainThis This Th1s is the story of Mary Cates CatesI I know there are many women hke like hkeher likeher likeher her but she happens to be the ex example example example ample that has come to my personal personalknowledge personalknowledge personalknowledge knowledge and I want the women womenwho womenwho womenwho who would love to do somethmg something somethmgbut somethingbut somethingbut but don t know how to get at it to tohear tohear tohear hear about herMary herMary her herMary Mary is 34 the wife of a man manwhose manwhose manwhose whose income mcome is $2 2 $ 400 a year She Shehas Shehas Shehas has daughters 8 and 10 years old oldand oldand oldand and a stepson v . who ho has just volWl volun volWltee volunteered volunteered tee teered red tor for service in 1I1 the mar nesTo fleaTo nes flea nesTo To begin beglD With Mary saves two dol dol1ars dollars dotlars 1ars lars a week and tal es as t vo more moreout moreout moreout out of the paycheck pay check each morth to tobuy tobuy tobuy buy putsthese government stamps She putsthese puts these in m her daughters names She Shemade Shemade Shemade made a house to house canvass of her er entire enUre neighborhoodra nelghborhood.a nelghborhooda neighborhood-ra neighborhood ra neighborhood . , - ra rather ratherhumble ratherhumble ratherbumble humble one-to one to one - - to pick up games and andpacks andpacks andpacks packs of cards for the boys club in inthe inthe inthe the nearest camp She bad had printed printedat printedat at her own expense a list of o1 things thingsoften thingsoften thingsoften often thrown away in m the household householdthat householdthat householdthat that would be acceptable gifts for forsold forsold torsold sold ers era At Christmas time she had hadSIX hadsix hadsix SIX soldiers to dinner dmner and a small smallpresent smallpresent smallpresent present for each was on her treeMary treeMary tree treeMary shehas Mary knits helmets steadily steadlly she has knitted more than a hundred hundredaltogether hundredaltogether hi.rbut hirbut hLrbut hrbut altogether The yarn is g \ ' . icn .en en en hLr hr * . but she does the knlttmgChlldrcn knittingChildren knitting knlttmg knittingChildren HelpThe HeipThe Children Chlldrcn Help Heip The small girls taut knit too they are kn arekn ttmg tting those all service garments garmentsthat that reputedly are most popular of ofall ofall ofall all in any cold weather"bamp weatherbamp weather 'camp camp ' " tamp These Theseare Theseare Theseare are knittingabout knlttmgabout first simply oblongs of knlttmg knitting about 24 by 22 inches They are aresewed aresewed aresewed sewed into tubes to be pulled up upinto upmto mto into the armpits to protect the en tire entire body from cold or to be drawn drawnover drawnover drawnover over the head to keep throat chest chestand chestand chestand and shoulders v w . warm warmAn arm armAn armAn An old and faithful Red Cross Crossworker Crossworker Crossworker worker Mary keeps up this oblige obllga . DOmC DOIl\G DOIl G DOING \ THEIR SHARE SHAREMary SHAREMary SHAREMary Mary Gates Cates might be some someone someone someone one you knoiv know She might be beone beone beone one o of f your friends or neighbars neigh neighbors neighhors bors hors She Size might in fact be beOU beyou beyou you ) OU yourself She is a typical typicalAmerzcan typicalAmerican typicalAmerican Amerzcan American mother , poorer thansome than thansome thansome some some . , richer rzcher than many With Wth WithI Wththree Withthree , I three children clllldren to take care of ofneither o ofneither f fneither neither she nor her husband husbandhas husbandhas husbandhas has mochmoney muchmoney much moch money to spendon spend on onentertainment onentertainment onentertainment entertainment or luxuries But Butthey Butthey Butthey they manage to buy defense defensestampsnot defensestampsnot defensestamps stamps-not stamps not - not Just lust } ust once m In a atthzle achile atihile tthzle chile when they thinkof think ofIt of itbut It Itbut itbut but everyweek every week Mary knitsand l.mts lmts knits l.mtsand knitsand . and her little girls are also alsolearnzng alsolearning alsolearning learnzng learning tomt to knit -mt mt " - Her stepson stepsonwants stepsonwants stepsonivants wants to join jom the Marines MarinesSimple MarinesSimple MarinesSimple Simple avera average ge everyday everydayAmerzcans everydayAmericans everydayAmericans Amerzcans Americans they do their shareto shareto share | to help helpour our country win thevictory the theVictOry thevictory VictOry VictOrywhich which whichma whichmay ma may mayat ) at long longlast longlast longlast last mean a permanent peace . . t on and she does no\ no noforget no not \ forget prayer prayerEvery prayerEvery prayerEvery Every morning mornmg before seven she shewalks shewalks shewalks walks to church for 20 minutes mmutes of an anearnest anearnest anearnest earnest service and when she walks walkshome walkshome walkshome home to start breakfast her face is isalwa3 ] isalways S Salwa alwa alwa3 ) s brightBut bright bnght brightBut . But perhaps the finest thing thmg about aboutMary aboutMary aboutMary Mary Cates is her mental , , moral moraland moraland moraland and spiritual splntual attitude attltude Her only onlybrother onlybrother onlybrother brother is out on the great north northAtlantic northAtlantic northAtlantic Atlantic on a destroyer Mary knowsin knows1D knows 1D in her heart what the news from fromDon fromDon fromDon Don may be at any moment But Butshe Butshe Butshe she faces whatever may come w th thcomplete thcomplete thcomplete complete tort fort tudeShe tudeShe tude tudeShe She will do what she can in m the theyears theyears theyears years ahead every day and every everyhour everyhour everyhour hour she will pray and work and andplan andplan andplan plan over each new duty each eachchange eachchange eachchange change as it arrives arnves and no one onewill onewill onewill will ever hear her complaining complammg of ofthe ofthe ofthe the world that is at war or vamly vainly vamlyWlshmg vainlywishing vainlywishing Wlshmg wishing that things thmgs could go back backto backto backto to what they wereTh1ngs wereThings were wereThings Things Th1ngs won t go back bacl < They II U IInever Unever Unever never quite go back But perhaps perhapswe we 11 ll all be simpler slIDpler and kinder kmder less lessexactmg lessexacting lessexacting exactmg exacting less rapacious when th s stragedy stragedy stragedy tragedy ] is s over Perhaps the sacrl sacra sacrlfices sacrafices sacrifices fices hosp tahties talities and generosities generositiesof of war ! will W11 be extended to days ot of otpeace ofpeace ofpeace peace and nobody Vjill vyill will have ten tenhmeq tentunes tentimes hmeq tunes too much of the necess hecess necess t es of of11fe oflife oflife 11fe life and nobody will have only one onetenth onetenth onetenth tenth enough enoughLift Lift Your Hearts HeartsSo HeartsSo eart So lift hft your hearts and get mto into mtothe intothe intothe the s de of this f fght ght that does not notmvolve notinvolve notinvolve mvolve involve hate or revenge or uglinessof uglmessof uglmess ugliness of any Kind kmd but lust Just loving lovmg and andservmg andserving andserving servmg serving The s tuat on is not of our ourchoosmg ourchoosing ourchoosing choosmg choosing the dec sons s ons have been beenmade beenmade beenmade made for us and m in that very fact factthere factthere factthere there lies l1es a certain certam sorrowful sa satis tiS faction factlon a certa n convict on that no nomatter nomatter nomatter matter how d fficult ificult our path may maybe be at least it has been made plamMany plainMany plain plam plainMany Many years ago I found some somelmes somelines somelines lmes lines of an old hymn I ve ye thought thoughtof thoughtof of them often orten in the last few weeks weeksHere weeksHere weeksHere I imperfectlyI Here they are perhaps imperfectly imperfectlyquoted imperfectlyquoted imperfectlyquoted quoted but the s spirit } ; ll'it llit > ' is fs thereWhen there thereWhen When you come to the Red Seaplace Seaplace Sea Seaplace place in m your life lifeWhen lifeWhen lifeWhen When there s noth ng else you cando cando can candoThere do doThere doThere doThere There is no way back there is noway noway no way roundThere roundThere round roundThere throughThen There is no other way but through Then trust in the Lord with a faithsupreme faith faithsupremeTill supreme supremeTill supremeTill supremeTill Till the dark and the night mght aregone aregone are aregoneHe gone goneHe goneHe goneHe He will st at 11 the waves He w II 11 IIcalm 11calm 1 ] calm the storm stormWhen stormWhen stormWhen When He says to your soul Goon Goon Go GoThere on onThere There is no other way for us now but nowbut THROUGH And we will wJU get getI getthrough through _ _ _ |
