Show those who have learned to do nothing are useless to nation until trained by WILLIAM L L CHEN CHENERY MY national neco sity i Is acting as father confessor to ninny many of our institutions and to our cherished beliefs jt it is sifting tho the useful from the ti useless seless to a degree unprecedented tho the intellectual revolution which Is ia in progress was exemplified the tha 1 iother day by a trained woman who was considering woman volunteers for war work after looking over oer the situation with avith painstaking aking caro care in many cities sho she decided that women had to bo be divided into two classes tho the wage wac earners mado made up one aass there wm no iio question about their competence either in war or peace amateur volunteers composed tho alid other oilier of them this observer herself an executive of proved com said 1 i registration of amateur workers corkers is valuable for tho the women themselves because it makes them definite in their offers of set service vice but it is of small email uso use to the nation at present that is probably tho the sober fact tho the woman or tho the roan man who has learned to io do nothing with tho the skill demanded demand edof of those who earn wages is ia useless to the nation until cheor lio lie is ia trai trained nedo if for preparedness teaches that lesson to so thoroughly that it can nover never bo be forgotten one benefit a at least must be credited cred itea to io the iha too goods dsida da of the war ledger |