Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1911 — Give a Woman a Chance. [ARTICLE]

Give a Woman a Chance.

Compulsory military service for men, urges a German female advocate of woman’s rights, should be offset by compulsory domestic service for women. On the theory that life In barrack and drill in the manual of arms have benefitted German manhood, she asks, why will not life In the kitchen and exercise In the use of pots and pans similarly raise German womanhood? If Germany ever organizes a standing army of cooks, it may force all Europe to follow its lead. Culinary conscription Is a severe measure, but when enforced In Germany other nations might be expected to adopt it There would be more reason in doing bo than in following Germany’s lead In militarism. There is more real need of cooks the world over than of BOldiers. It Is possible to get along without fighting, but not without eating.