Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-06 | Page 3 | Queen Mary's Message to the Empire's Women

QUEEN llH MEffllllif EMPIRE'S WOMEN LONDON. Doc. 5. -Quoon Mary has issued tho following message to tho womon of the empire: "A few months ago at the height of :our anxiety ana strain I sent a message mes-sage in the name of the women of our lands to our men fighting for ns across (the seas. Now in the hour of victory j I should like to givo a message to the i womon of the empire. During the ivar i they have been given the high privileges privi-leges of service, they have risen to tho j great opportunity and have proved their courage, steadfastness and ability. abil-ity. I have been allowed to watch and appreciate their work in many parts of tho country, and my heart is full of admiration and gratitude for what I have seen. "I earnestly trust that though the I thrill and glamor of Avar is over, the spirit of self-sacrifice and helpfulness which It has kindled will not waver. A new era is dawning on tho world, brnging .with it many difficulties, fresh responsbilltics and serious problems. prob-lems. "Parliament has secured for the wholo country greater opportunities of more thorough and varied education, but it will depend on tho parents whether these opportunities are used to the full. We all rejoice that plans are afoot for bringing to an end tho existence of such bad and crowded I housing as makes home life almost impossible, im-possible, t "Today, more than over, tho empire needs her dnughters. For In tho larger larg-er world of public and industrial work women are daily taking a more important im-portant place. As we have been united unit-ed in all our work, whether oi hands or heads, in a real sisterhood of suffering suf-fering and assistance during tho war, lot us go on working together with tho same unity of purpose for tho re-scttle-ment and reconstruction of our country."