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Show WAR EFFECTS M. RECOUNTED Essentials of Worids Reconstruction Recon-struction Stressed By Mrs. Falck ! ''Sonie Ksseiitiiils n b- KmRhs d I ii r m the Recbnsti n nun Period. ' Ivfras the subjeei ..i sn nddreas dellv-l . re.i by Mi-s. J. :'.i' i. before members mem-bers of the i liiid's Culture club tit al nicptini; last Thursday sfternooh, Mrs. ' Falck In her address dwi I! entlrel- on the reconstruction pi iod and the after jwer effects; int Biiid In part: I "Today when one spelkS "f th World War. one Is me! by ; mental I opposition, und to continue the subject sub-ject will result in antagonism r indifference in-difference from one'x liearers. Though v . :i iy not wih to turn onr thoughts on thai fearful period yet, we live In lit results an. i cannot ie : i with to. lay's problems without referencc.to previous causes. It is .i jc.ru of decline to dwell In the past yet wisdom Is gained by IusIiir the lessons we have learned in j I the past. In history of nation as well las our Individual lives- The sentiment which fill-' sodeity to da) may he cpm- li.'.red in portions of llomufl niMtory'. I When you und I read om lessons in llHtin of the night revels e were j amaze, l. but today we need not read in I Latin H we live amidst those same conditions. con-ditions. The spirit In America P Hi. I I'... 1 Tl ' I,.. ,.l,l, ihA a,ii..... let !.ioy be unconflned." Indulgences and 110) . -' -atla Is ,i re popular today. When the Jewish people forgot their God. :tlie prophets spoke in stirring tones land often to bnheaflng ears. Yet. th.ose who barkened to the voice Wore saved. I Through ::ll t'.mc lliere has been the Ivolce of the prophl reproving, aomOn-ilshins1 aomOn-ilshins1 and perkuading people to stop, I look and listen. Safety first, not a Ion, 1 1 1 .u hut for all. PI I l l L WORLD. New Year's day Of 1914 found a peaceful arid prosperous world. Then were family distuthanccs and occasional occa-sional neighborhood quarrels, yet no' ; marked intention was required. As ihe caterpillar rolls himself in the web of his cocoon, he conserves his ni r-Igies r-Igies and awaits the day when he shall ; liiirst forth In a new roie. SO the loathsome; loath-some; hideous worm of selfishness I drew unto llself more and more Strength and .waited the day t.i burst forth. That iy came and We must now ya' that that cocoon drew lis I nourishment from hell or o source which la unthinkable to an ordinary mind, for when it broke there came forth products that know nol the confines con-fines of space The physical floundering flound-ering about oi this monster was mel by physical force. Steel met steel und lour hoys &;id allies were victorious In llh.it combat. liui there Is a more subtle force which ihe monster hiu set rampauti "We call the period ol 1 !-.i.J ristenc recoil st rn r t ion . w m i i) ti i:m j 'One editor says, reconstruction Is a much nbuscd term, it may mejiB I any tiling, nothing or everthlng. fri ipertlcular reconstruction for ESng-!Iand. ESng-!Iand. for 'ranco, for Germany, toi I Italy, for Kuai.i, toi the I'nited S'.utc. :.s in each Instance a thing which must be stpdled apart and In Ihe light of the very special effects the war has, had on the? countries. In some places reconstruction Is In the first case physical: phy-sical: In others it Is n.alnl; ccontnli Sin sliil others its chief sigillficar.ee Is jin.'i'al one. I li. const rui lion in the nl- U sti.ies is not physical Factories j and material are available, the k-jlurned k-jlurned men have beep placed and h -iness proceedse ours Is reconstruction I of Icie.-LS based on sound Ideals Our .reconstruction is out mental attitude tone towards another, our ldeal that Igulii us, the id" is we cxprcsc and the way We express Lhem, the doing of the lordlnar) daily tasks of life." "Mr. Henry Davidson, head of the American Rod Gross says, 'Central Eu-Irope Eu-Irope is today the largest area of human hu-man misery known lo modern hlston In lis quarter of a million i -ases of typhus, famine, furious death rales, idleness, oolfli congestion . and n means in sight to start industry, or to restore oxchanRe between the farms and ities. "He also stresses the fad lb :t America cannot remain isolated from ti esc stricken countries. The man knows that present conditions con-ditions cannot endure but he Is pi .y-lii(f .y-lii(f lh? game while it lasts. Me is 'getting what he can while the jfettlnc 'is food, lie reasons that If he works I he Is entitled to enjoy himself: why should he not buy what he wants as 'tone as he has the money to pay r.r it? Of course,, the thing cannot last, but what Is the barm In doing what, Sver bodj Ise is doing. WOM W S OPPORl l Ml Y "Woman is in a particularly favora ble position to teach the lesson th a' wc cannot permanently enjoy what e do not produce She is the wife and the mother, and it Is the men and Ihe children lhat need salvation now. "The family is the unit. Woman j is.ihc agent for emphasizing the Importance Im-portance of good food, adequate cloth- lug and comfortable shelter over fain J confections, costly adornment and a j ceaseless round of pleasure It was She who taught and practiced conserv-i at ton of food In time of war, and now iwft need no less the conservation of commodities all along the line. Including Includ-ing 'he inclination and the power to do the useful work of the world which Is so badly crippled by the loss of millions who sleep on the battlefields, but who ourht to h on our farms and In the workshops Of the world. TIkIi losses call f"i thrift notj plat. lung economy. hut real l In n I which mean- w i-.- expenditure a d which U the onlv economic philosophy .thai will disentangle us from a ihnze 'that is becoming every day more nr- Moult." |