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Show MASS MEET II ADDRESSED BY PROMINENT ORATORS URGING WOMEN TO DO THEIR PART There is to bo another registration day, July 3, but it Is the women who are to register tills time. In room -1 of tho Utah National bank, ontrance near Twenty-fourth street, from 10 to 12 n. m. and from 130 to 4 p. m. Tho object Is tho organization of young women for service In what will ofll-cially ofll-cially bo known as tho young woman's home guard. This is ono of tho results re-sults of tho tremendously important woman's mass meeting held in the Orphcum theatre last night, Mrs. David Ecclos presided at tho meeting, at which Mayor Abbot R. Ileywood, C. C. Richards, Rev. P. M. Cushnahan and Hon. C. R. Mabey spoko with varying degrees of eloquence. elo-quence. Ttyero were two vocal selections selec-tions by Molvln Peterson. Tho audi-enco audi-enco sang "America" at the opening and "Tho Star-Spangled Manner" at the closing Mrs. J B. Roehne, recently of this city, and a Red Cross worker, introduced intro-duced a resolution which was sent to tho president of tho United States and to the senators and congressmen of Utah regarding food conservation and prohibition: "Resolved, That the women of tho patriotic mass meeting of Ogden. Utah, petition the president senate and con-gross con-gross to use their influence to introduce intro-duce measures for the conservation of foodstuff by prohibiting their uso in tho manufacture of spirituous and malted liquors. Also to safeguard Uie morals of our soldier boys." Tho resolution was unanimously passed and sent as a night letter. There were many prominent pcoplo present, among them Mrs. David Ec-cles, Ec-cles, Mrs. J. M. Canse, Mrs. J. S. Browning, Mrs. E. 0. Wattis, Mrs. S. S Smith, Mrs. G. J. Marriott, Mrs. J. 0.' Falck, Mrs. A. B. Corey, Mrs. John Cullev, Mrs. J. D. Ryan, Miss Helen Maycock, Mrs. Eliza McFarland and numerous others. Although every seat was not filled, as anticipated, there wcro very few rows that did not have some occupants. occu-pants. Mrs. Eccles announced the purpose of the meeting, namely, tho part women wom-en are to take in the war, and tho mayor made a fow preliminary remarks re-marks and comments as to the character char-acter or outline of the work to bo considered. con-sidered. Said Mr. Heywood: "If there was a time when tho wholo world was moving, when the theatre of action was constantly changing, that time is now." The mayor paid a tribute to the willingness will-ingness of the American women to answer tho call when it Is made upon them. "Woman does not declare herself her-self in loud and imperative tones as to what she shall do and the manner in which she shall do them, but with a courage meek but enduring she is ready ever to perform that task which duty presents as most urgent, irrespective irre-spective of her feelings, a willing sacrifice sac-rifice on the altar of greatest need." Then he spoke with especial roferonce to the women of Utah and of Ogden. "When the call is urgent and the need is great, tho people of this nation will witness the response of the women of Utah, the women of Ogden, Weber county, who have already given so freely of their boys, and who will not halt when the hardship devolves directly di-rectly upon them. All we need, is to be aroused to the seriousness and terrible ter-rible gravity of the situations and conditions of war." Perhaps the most practical and directly di-rectly applicable talk that touched the subject of the evening in all Its chief phases was that of C. C. Richards of the Weber county council of defense. Mr. Richards got right down to facts, ways and means, and suggestions as to what and to how the women folk of this community could bo of service to the nation. C. C. Richards' Address C. C. Richards, chairman of the Weber county council of defense, said in part: "In this dreadful world-wide struggle, strug-gle, the American people have undertaken under-taken the tremendous task of making free tho Germans, the Austrians and every people under heaven. And in doing so there is, and will be, service for every one of us men, women and children. The important question I want to put to you is what part are tho women going to play? While the boys are on the firing line or at tho cantonment drilling for war, what will their sisters be doing at home? It is said that for every man on the battlefield battle-field there are five behind him preparing prepar-ing the arms, the ammunition, the food and the supplies for him and caring for him if he is wounded or killed; and I that all such are as necessary as the man in the firing line, for he could not remain there a day without the others behind him to supply his wants and so hold him in the line. You girls and women can do Red Cross work, you can manufacture articles for the soldiers' comfort, you can help care for the gardens, the fruit, and, If need be, go into the fields and help in the great .work of foofi production, so essential to our success, It does not, it cannot, discredit or belittle you to be seen tilling the soil, picking or drying the fruit, but will add, greatly, to your conception of woman's duty in this hour of the nation's peril. "You young women should organize, as the men and boys have organized, In companies with leaders and officers so that you can respond In an orderly and effective manner, and promptly. "There will be much to do and every woman and girl should be determined to do her part. "Every one of us should bo willing to respond to the nation's call. Those of us who are not needed at the front should feel it a great privilege to be able to do our mite at home. If the boys are willing to stand up and be shot, for the country's sake, you, certainly, cer-tainly, ought to bo willing to do anything any-thing you can to meet their sacrifice and help in this great battle for lib-erty. lib-erty. It means liberty for yourself, liberty for your husbands, for your sweethearts and for your children. You cannot, you will not, fail in this hour when the country is calling so loudly to you," Cards Given Out Cards were passed around to sign and be left at the door by those desiring desir-ing to become members in tho woman's wom-an's guards. It was explained that the purpose of the organization was the increased efficiency that comes from organized effort. It would require considerable time and oxpens to telephone tele-phone and look up the Individual residences resi-dences of a hundred women, but it would be a simple matter to speak beforo an assemblage of a hundred women and explain to them in a body what service they can do for their country. Father Cushnahan. The third spcakor of the evening was Father Cushnahan. The reverend father took up the religious, moral nnd spiritual phase of the work that women wom-en can do to serve their country. She can chiofly act as an inspiration to tho men. "Give them backbone," ho said. "The other day I came across a woman in u garden whose shoulders were drooping with trouble, and whose eyes wore wet with tho tears of sorrow, and I said to her, 'My good woman, you seem to be In trouble; what is it?' and she replied, 'My son, my only son, has gone to war, and left me alone.' "And you, crying about the loss of your son9 Why, my good woman, you should glory that you have a son to give, and be happy that ho is the kind of a son that hears the call and answers an-swers It!' 'I nover thought of that,' said she, and her tears vanished and a smilo of happlnoss burst out, like the morning's sunrise, upon her gladdened glad-dened face." Tho priest Bpoke at eloquent length upon the moral training a mother should glvo her daughter, closing with a scathing denunciation of "overdressed "over-dressed and underdrossed women." Declaring that mothers are as much a factor in tho present war as those who havo already crossed tho ocean into Franco, tho Rev. Father Cushnahan Cushna-han called attention to the girls who are spending much of their time in dance halls and questionable resorts. Ho Baid: "Mothers, what were your daughters created for? A life of ease and idleness idle-ness and pleasure? I see them running run-ning out to the camps where the soldiers sol-diers are stationed. Let mo remind you that our soldiers are human beings be-ings and have human passions. When I seo our young girls walking along the street half-dressed, like painted shadows, and a living temptation to tho opposite sex, I ask you mothers what you aro thinking of. "My friend, Mr. Rlphards, has told you to have your daughters pick berries ber-ries and gather the fruit. Yes, but first of ail ask them to wash their faceB. I seo the gray-haired woman on tho street today but tomorrow her head Is covered with wig of flaming red. Docs she think I am a fool to believe that nature grew that flaming head covering in ono night? "Tell your daughters to be bravo but teach them that It is more for a woman to live a life of respect and usefulness than to ape a doll. If you teach your daughters the value of themselves, you will havo no trouble teaching the respect that is due the father and tho mother. If respect Is gone, don't think that the picking of berries and the storing of apples will make this war a succcsb. Beyond all, we must have supremo authority in the home. If you do not demand respect re-spect a"nd obedience in tho homo you cannot expect obedience to tho city, tho state or the nation. First of all, organize your home and your son and daughter will do their 'bit' in this great war." The St. Joseph pastor urged that when boys are sent into the beet fields they return to their homes at night rather than remain In the camps now being provided throughout the state. Hon. C. R. Mabey The last speaker of the evening was that orator, Hon. C. R. Mabey. Ho spoke with a convincing earnestness that aroused everyone. To nave hoard Mr. Mabey was a rare treat from the viewpoint of war propaganda. He spoke with such unmistakable patriotism patriot-ism and such compelling e:oquenco that resistance to his personality and propaganda, for tho time, at least, was impossible. Ho entered into the history and causes of the war and showed Germany's Ger-many's ruthlessness and Indifference to human rights and why she entered the war. "Bocause Germany thought her time had come In the nations of the world, that she should place herself In re-splendant re-splendant glory as a star of first mag-niture mag-niture in tho firmament of the world. And in her vain Teachings she became indifferent to tho cbmmonplaces in honor and decency. She oven flagrantly fla-grantly disregarded her written word a thing that an honorable man would not have done with the spoken word. "This world was at peace three years ago, and some of us cannot realize real-ize that we are now at war. It was a garden but now it Is a blood-drenched blood-drenched shambles; it was a dwelling place fit for the Gods, now it is hell; there was peace, but now the hand of every nation is raised in deadly conflict. con-flict. "Something like a cancer has fastened fast-ened itself upon the world's body, that cancer la militarism, and that militarism militar-ism must go at any price. "We have dreamed a dream of peace. We have looked upon war as legalized murder, and a relic of barbarism bar-barism that never again shall show its serpentine head upon the earth; we prided ourselves on our moral force and intellectual greatness; wo dreamed a dream, and we mistook our vision for the reality. Then overnight the thunder roared and the lightning flashed, and war called out Its terrible array, and the nations of the earth awakened to a morning of war more terrible than the past had ever witnessed. wit-nessed. "We tried to avert taking part In the conflict and horrible conflagration, but we have been drawn into tho whirling world fire and wo shall not cease until that incendiary militarism pays the penalty for this offense. "I believe that God Is going to use the American people as an instrument to kill the viper of militarism, and erect over its habitat the flag of liberty lib-erty and peace and love. "This war is the greatest war of history in the name of liberty. The wars of Washington and Lincoln were for our own emancipation, wher.eas this war is for the emancipation of the world." In speaking of the character of men who constitute our soldiers, he said his heart boiled with rage when some unknowing person makes a disparaging disparag-ing remark about their character. He said he left his mother's sido a pure man and he returned to her after tho war of '98 as undeflled as he left. And he was prepared to say the same for the Utah boys In general who volunteered volun-teered In that war He eulogized the soldier, "For what more can a man do than give his lifo for his country?" |
