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Show . ; -ati Practical Ways to Do Our "Bit" I . ! K' ON every hand one sees the evidence of war the men in khaki, the woraeu and girls iu Red Cross uniforms, newsboys crying their extras in the streets, announcements in the papers of hastened marriages because of the news of tho grooms' sudden call to the colors. These and countless other details go to make up the picture of the nation's great travail. And we women who must remain at home, stirred by the bugle call, cnught in the exaltation ot the times, feel a choking chok-ing sense of obligation, and wonder dumbly dumb-ly what it is that we may do, how wc may serve, we "who only stand and wait." Many of us want to be sent to the front as Red Cross nurses. Uut there are other ways we may and must serve, for that is impractical and impossible to the majority. Here is something that may cause some of you to think for a moment nnd then to help. Tor, after all, most of us nre earnest and willing when it comes tu doing anything for our country. |