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NOME, ALASKA, JULY 18 1917. j
COAL SAVING IMPERATIVE.
The continuous appeals of the gov
ernment for fond conservation have
done much to turn the mind of the
public to more economical ways of
living and has undoubtedly resulted
in a great decrease in the amount of
food commodities consumed by the
people of America.
But, although the public have been
well educated to the necessities in I
this direction, there are not a great
many who understand that there is
an equally imperative need for con
servation of other commodities of
daily consumption in the household.
Probably the most Important of these
is coal. As In the case of food sup
plies, there is ample opportunity for
a great saving in the amount of coal
consumed by the average household.
Thousands of Ions of coal are wasted
daily throughout the nation in exact
ly the same manner as were food
commodities before the government
warnings drew attention to the fact
that a near famine was possible un
less tho public devoted itRelf to sav
ing food supplies.
Wasteful extravagance in the hand
ling of coal is apparent on all sides.
To be carelessly disregardful of the
amount of coal consume^ appears to
be as characteristically American as
any of the other spendthrift tenden
cies with which the people of the
lTn1te#^fctates may be reproached.
Ah -"^general thing coal has until
recently, been fairly cheap in all parts
of the country and, as In the case of
food stuffs, the public has rarely
found It at all necessary to consider
conservation as long as the cost was
not too high for the average purse.
The gradually advancing price of
fuel during the past year has drawn
some attention to the possibilities of
coal saving but lias had but little
preceptible effect in diminishing the
amount of coal consumed.
The average householder, although
loudly complaining at the price of
fuel supplies, continues to use Just
as much coal ns before. Government
reports Indicate that nn advance of
a dollar or so a ton has little effect
in reducing the general volume of
coal consumption in the household.
This docs not mean that the public
Is already using the minimum nmount
of coal and can reduce the consump
tion no more without Incurring pos
slUle discomfort or suffering. It re
quires no careful Inspection to dis
cover conclusive evidence that this Is
not the case Fuel extravagance is
plainly visible In every direction one
may turn. We do not believe that
saving of fuel Is not only ns econo
Alaskans are any more wasteful In
this respect than the people of other
sections but one needs but small
powers' of observation to discover
that the average coat user In this
city is daily usftng a far greater
amount of fuel than is necessary to
provide healthful warmth and com
fort.
And the wastes attending fuel con
sumption in Nome are repeated in
every section of the country in great
er or less degree.
However, the time is fast approach
ing when the necessity foi fuel con
servation will be forced upon the at
tention of the public noth ly gov
ernment admonition and the sharp
increases in price which wiil un
doubtedly result from the enlarged
demand for fuel supp'ics to meet the
manufacturing and other require
ments incident to the prosecution of
the war. Considering that wo are
ct^llrd upon do supply the graeter
part of the manufactued products
employed by ourselves and nlltes and
that in order to furnish such supplies
we wall be compelled to draw on our
! fuel resources as never before, the
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mic benefit but ts also a patriotic
duty.
f In spite of our tremendous coal
beds there is every prospect that th*
country will find Itself very short
of fuel in the not distant future. We
have plenty of coal but it is not n
mere question of resources. The
vital thing ^s to get It out of the
ground fast enough to meet the in
creased demands of the next year or
two and to provide sufficient trans
portation facilities lo distribute it
where it Is needed.
Ilight at the present time there is
a great due and cry in the slates over
the inability^ of the railroads to dis
tribute sufficient coal supplies and,
unless there is a radical change In
methods, the condition Is bound to
grow worse as long as the war con
tinues.
Cool will not only he costly in spile
of government rontrol hut will nlso
tie difficult to obtain in many sec
tions of the country because of the
inadequacy of facilities for distrlbu
1 tion. And nowhere will the pinch
be worse felt than right here in Al
aska.
RED CROSS NURSING
DIFFICULT TASK
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Romance in Red Cross war nursing
is not altogether dead
But disappointment faces the beau
tiful American woman who finds
herself holding some dying soldier's
head in her lap, taking his last words
for his mother or perhaps sending
him to a soldier's reward with a last
J kiss.
I' Work—hard toil—generally out of
•sound of the cannon is the part of
the trained nurse at the base hospi
I tal.
, For her assistant nurse or aid—
and under this classification falls the
greater number of volunteer Ameri
can women—there is even more de
meaning toil.
Hospital housework and even the
most personal tasks for wounded sol
diers are the part of the nurses' al«'.
Gently reared high school girls who
at present do no dish washing, scrub
bing and cooking desiring to serve
j their country perhaps think of Red
Cross work.
If they volunteer they soon are
disillusioned. They turn sick at the
stomach when told their duties may
include carrying out slop jars, ampu
tated fingers, feet, arms and legs or
scrubbing away traces of hemmhor
age.
, If patriotism overcomes even these
shocks and the girl still wishes t ->
serve I'ncle Sam, she still faces i
long, hard course of training. Even i
then she may not be among those
chosen to nurse American soldiers.
The standard set up by the Ameri
can Red Cross is very severe. Spe
cial training and fitness for war
nursing are required in addition to
the highest personal attributes aid
strongest physique.
The Red Cross has been preparing!
for this war for years It now has
an enrollment of 10000 trained, grad
uated professional nurses, sufficient
to care for the war-nursing require
ments of an army of 1,000,000.
Professional nurses may still ap
ply to tlie Red Cross for enrollment
hut they are now not likely lo he
needed for another year at least.
They must lie -between the ages of
■Jn and to.
Of nurses’ aids there may be some
needed sooner but untrained volun
teer women who really hope to serve
in American hospitals in France
should immediately beg'tn preparing
themselves to pass the Red Cross ex
amination. Nurses’ aids are now
being selected by the Red Cross but
the young "hair-brained” high school
girl-volunteer, however patriotic
and sincere, stands small chance of
i being chosen, principally because of
her youth.
Women who aspire to reach the
front as nurses’ aids must pass ex
aminations ’in the Red Cross courses
first, aid hygiene and home care
of the siek, home dietetics and prepa
ration of surgical dressings.
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