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and that no couptry will be
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see l that to be
re,dly in time we illU~t car for ·hel! in her
g irlhood, long before she i a. mother . . Yve
:Ere a lorig' way ' frol~ the
}'lod wh en girls
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not married ,~~hs reckbne ': sdpedlu.ouS.~"
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much fQr us women, now that it ~~ aH,'rJlllg
its h<mtie t-0 suib us, what ale w~ Igo inO' to
for the ~atiGn'1 1 \Ve cauno(be heipe<l m \1
un~.eSfi we .help .ou]·selv~, and leach othe r. , The
,!e~w ",orld ira Qij.f chjldr~n ' s, and our-c11ildren
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the iO<ld ..hi p almost he got leave he '
\It"r .tarboacd side. .to ~,a.0k 11S ~IIP 'and
'th ..an 1nv151
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rem'~'ined in their~8WUctlOn" 1i1e, ~re.w': " veRt ri:n, I Ia!m ·hoPi
jil, pect.,d Ito seek -rety in f amil\y'..is safe ,
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th" .hip'" head plunged : pea&p" enou~h
her propellers rose above I home to. E;ngg:I~!~sh1e~!,~:~!
way, aDd/ it looked /8$ !orrow, ,the a
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gathered way.
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moved {.o rward,
m,cn-Illn,~ two more torpedbes
th" stokehold an.{
vessel then lo~t a"ll '
l$c:biu(ery stop~, and she took
Theb., just wheu, her
1IeE~\qf~a d,es[r.>Orltte, II destroyel' came
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than his paren~s did for hilu. f A woman's
cTii~f dut4:' as la citizen is, ten the care .of
futu.re citizen sf but there i . no" râ¬a~,on '~'hy.
,h~ ,hould spend IOll~ years, ~l idleness belun!
t'his spec'iat t~ sk is done, and I art~r it', is
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The longest , way xound' ~ sometimes the
-short,esL way home, a.nd ther is nb quick Wtly
.oj ,m aking'" a great nation: , Fort~ ),Cc1.rs .ago
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p,ietiire t~
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up in a
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cowa.rd·-I~ knowS' thatl h.is dapp".. I<lerg....nt,
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J 'fhe policy 01 Ith.e ,Minister of RecollstElIe·
~iQn is a recognition that -WolLen thay Ira Kre'at
pailt':i.n. the prokperity of th~ lllti~~, fi nd Ithnt
''t1teir part is a df)ltble one:
VOll1en are l
recognised i as 'citizens, ~ an
th ~y
~ ,citizen's du~y, 'wliich, I take 't, ~ ~sl ~o .
conn~ry a little mOre than I costs
not e.nough t.o Ibe self.suP1?o tingLto owe n o
nian hnything. A man shotftJp, all'!lllt gllOW:U1g
more food tha.:q. Ite eats, ea..l'ding Ihor~ money
aJ:;o! l t~"~'~'hl '~he prisoner
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work hat i1~nl 'made ,"itabj\l, . Instead of
driving women' iont of damp or omtty
torie~ we ~re n~w Sc:"\)'ing t.h manulacturel's
must manage th:lt their f{lcto~,i Efs shoul.d oea.s~
to be <lamp or d~sty. Instead 01 ~ayjng that
weights are too heavy for wiJmen to lift, we
shall say that the weights t9 be Mtell' must
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'better, and we say that th. · wor~ must be
a.rece1'P:yl
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Mayor 'of
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should not be allowed to do unsuitabl work,
without considerin~' ve;ry ~erjousl,y. bl': w1,1om
it'should be ddn~, or llOW tit. WOrn el\ . cQuld
,the boy~, la t the /
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-bow do you i1Ii,nk
frbck ·coat ana , tan
serVi~(l, slie steamrd
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midd'l" of the · a£t~r.1""tI11>'.t ,W'a:r~ing .0f .any kit;d,
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01 the '\>f t{,~~'~;t~;;;~~~
new
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do is to ,afeguhrd the ~~;U~~1,(1l
women of Englh.nd, lLnd
task it has to Hind out
. a.re bad for girls and '"U'''''': ~: Q:'~
.. factory ' lnspoo~ors
kinds 01 work that
very long hours; 'I
dusty or damp abn'b,spilere, flt
weights. Wotkling women w uld
list mflny othef ()Ccupations w.h ich
' posed to . be !P?cially ." snitab1e" lor "om
but which are '0 ,badly paid i!that' the /1'VPrke,r
IS always underfed and badJ)' hO~l Sed. Before
attack, ha,rJ. 10$ his , :iI' had !l.,~n withOlI
f ound h'ID5el 111 ch l~ren for .
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he said
their little
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meaI!l
brother, a
'w,Ords, hY,eu,o""""g
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chance' l He a~ ,come to Jrnow that. not
parent~ alone, but ' th" W/l011'
15 to
blame for this, 1And he see. that
caririg for the aby in the cr,d)e '
too late: 'A cht'l<~ must have ;\ot
mother, but a 1 ea]thlimoth~r! if It
a fair chance ofl pej'llg "lk Ithy,
a11d wise" itseff:
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n~ation's posses.iqn~1 lettingl'~ild\'en d~e who
mIght have li{V:e<\ if thjY !\.ad: been g~ven a
courage
th" I· · ·roarrorne Just at dyk.1 nllw. ' H,:,e~:;;~;t'iir1~ sl~t;Y~~~bi~~
sulTerec1 , a goo d dea l at ' l"hen he t> '
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, and be took the u~ual ~)laki ng my
~l:ying
bomb tiS ust l tearlhan' down
tUl"n~<l m, l' ortunate1y , all had had a letter
, and we ~pent ~ 'rest \ pdsol,,«e;'r:s'~'n'~';;~':h~:t) ;I~~dl t~~t~:I~li'~q
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ground, had ~I~<l , Tl~
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'come to ef'[pec~. lJe dlid not. scold wom~y!Â
because tney are poor
igl}orant J aha ~
~ause they, by l reas?ll ?f their pover, y .ana '
l (TnOrance, ,waste~ thls' most preCIous of the
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ra cks fu11 .of know! "
, he
on the r,~gnlaT) iJrellpb- I my \Jean aches ror
'''I'wdit,i<\,ll.
Flymg
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' \ Douai " empty ', (!"Be~ted
tib"'Y l dropv.oo t ell' I driven . tow~rds the
seVC'l'1Cl LeWIS dT IDS , tHe fieeinO<' Germa.1tS
t l ie,
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pnellu,casS<jo trencI1 garnson.
ne 1 Tpell there 'Was
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to tlle \, tm' , I ,Ve m~st make
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l'hn. . .' ,, '
ah::m.t, and sb.~
ot rwealth l 1Wa:~
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ether tw'o fl d" "Pool' ·cbirdr.,,, '!
land the t 11, , ha.ppan,ed to Iv.r ..~
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If we S'hall
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Lemoni"r fought
de C:;'lais,
ungain~_ ,whe;"" th" French
guard the
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one-Was hUf t , ICh~nnel ports, and
wounded
less thal~ we expech too;
Ma,r eb 1915 when
company's
to arrange w at re-,
lu<jedeQ.[ without troubling the Itstemng-post. 'He
hospi.~al
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1'916/. then-'/ -I
bright, with ~ rew ,he was passed '
.d"",.,{t<!.,rt,· and his
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for our bat~rles, ~pl'lsoners at t110lT
He m"de
mucl>",:eeded jlhoto-I g'!eat ,friends witb a
soldier in
hne m QUi" sector. tl "'-~ ' tn'
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baby used
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d I pad
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a.na Ii '\'- , ,
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to 1 steal
at hMdqua.rters" by 's e <:ame, poor
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could
hod been att",,~ed ' away into the g;>lcuen,-au,u
when It had s c- not bear to see it,
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i, nothing new about iill1s, all wom~n and
most men 'h ave always ,kihown .1. ' But /I,e dl~
not rgo on with pls speech in! t e way w~ ha~e
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he woul!d not let
n+:r
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ti~n to ~ee lhim ,0.ff,1rOT
tackled the ol~
of th m ,:,'ght '!!lot ~eep ,
-'-+--' ,..-.-. They ' e r, a
e p,tch that he
b~t, when ~h9Y d,d, d and.~,. So hI' ,had ,
and I saw a eoul?le I ~tl e~, ~m~n~, And
' going ' as ~ caiSe f:ood ,b!"
h~r at the.
and , they ' were 8ho'1t-
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our land 2'row..lmore 1£
tih4Jl ever l?qfol'e,
and not only 4'podl \mt tref s JOT timlldr, so
that we sha1.1
our hOin grown
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have 1~", monel .'to pay IQ~ ~ plans than
thIS great,nah0"t 1~ aCCU5
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we ,hal!' have 1more
F than We ' had
before tp.ese fop' terrible yea/:,! had i!hu'glit
~s their hahll~sscn., ,
A'lidison' ~ld us
that one way 'n! whIch w~sdo1:nJmu~t ta~e the
as e
amee: ) E~ir f~milies
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t
eported y . thel UllrIll,.n
gOr I S 00 , g)J I may be 5 1' I IIn" ",,"r:nan pow~frJ
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"Fry pre tt
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btl-in O,K,:s _wi h fae -et;,m It 'g ,nc, ry,
' It ~as' toq ~d' b \ tell me of the long hOUTS
' th~ Boches ..kedaddl- ' Ihat he hardly S(!.W his
do,ion a bit low t~ough', 1 ~ePt on a Sunday, :
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meetl!lg , in the city> of Lbnd~,:, about t~~ rebuildinlt 'of o",~ new w rid",. the !lm
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' earned, with
heir ,homes and
~G ,~l... OSDO >tt.']
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Addi'!On, was 'speaking a -fe:", .⢠yo ag<;j at a
hich" they have ~n
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friends who ~ome
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has nt.t b,;.,n ~n e58Y
cou'Id tell th~m all how
: ~oy in 'the F1:ierliti.on of
dId duty as a. com
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