The line in the song that "men must work and women must weep" is not applicable to modern times. On the contrary woman throughout the world has, from the outbreak of war, put forth her utmost effort to second the efforts of men in the field or to succour their de pendents. It was recently announced that the British and French armies had no more vacancies for nurses, but that room would be made for those who were linguists. Modern war, with all its horrors, finds women competing for positions on the staffs of the Red Cross organizations. Moreover, some three or four women have been so insistent that they have secured places in the armies of our Allies, Several nurses have gone home from the East to engage in Red Cross work, while practically every woman is actively interested in some society for providing comforts for the Knitting is all the rage it is seen in the homes, in tramcars and elsewhere. An American newspaper states that tors to the galleries of Congress make sacks for the Belgian refugees while listening to debates. In Shanghai, as at Home, it is rapidly becoming the fashion for ladies to take such work to tea parties, and knitting teas take the place of bridge teas There is considerable competition in the new line of activity, but the record of a Shanghai lady who manages a pair of socks a day will take some beating.
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