THE PATRIOTISM OF BRITISH WOMEN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 241, 14 November 1914, Page 7

THE PATRIOTISM OF BRITISH WOMEN.

News comes from England of the tre; mendous enthusiasm of "woman there and their great desire to do something to help their country in these terrible days of war. It was stated by a hospital authority, at a hospital which was asked for a few volunteer nurses that "if Kitchener had asked for half a million women he would have been oversubscribed by first post.'' In dozens of different ways the women are helping and offering to help in every possible way. Nurses are clamouring to be sent to the front, and women are begging to be allowed to enlist. Others are providing beds and preparing for receiving wounded into their houses, and of course comforts - for the soldiers are being made by thousands of women and girlSj while one lady has offered to undertake the work of any tram conduc-

tor, coachman, shop assistant, or other married |r|th children, provided the worker'^o6s ; "out to - fight for his country, and she will give the money earned-ip the wife of the man and his family, it is quite evident that British women are just as enthusiastic and patriotic as the men have proved themselves "By their keen volunteering for service. •