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The French Government has bestowed the premier decoration for
women, The Reconnaissance Francaise, upon Miss Ettie Rout, of the
New Zealand Volunteer Sisters, "for work done during the war (as
head of Anzac Soldiers' Club in Paris), and in 1919-1920 as head of
American Red Cross Depot and Canteen at Villers-Bretonneux, where
she helped a great many French soldiers, and rendered precious
service to the civilian population of the commune." The War Office
also conveyed thanks to Miss Rout "for gallant and distinguished
services in the field." "I have it in command from the King," wrote
the Secretary of State for War, on 1st March, 1919, "to record His
Majesty's high appreciation of the services rendered."

PREFACE.

It affords me great pleasure to write a short preface to this book, since
it deals with a matter in which I (in common with all those who are
intensely interested in the health of our race) am glad to take an active
part.

To no woman has it been permitted to do the same amount of good, and to
save more misery and suffering, both during and after the war, than to
Miss Ettie Rout. Her superhuman energy and indomitable perseverance
enabled her to perform, in the most efficient manner possible, a work
which few women would care to handle, and of which but an infinitesimally
small number are capable. The French Government fully recognised the great
services she rendered to the Allies, and did her honour. The book she has
written is one of very great value, in that its object is the Health,
Happiness, Morality and Well-being of the Community.

Not only has Miss Ettie Rout the qualities that characterise all great
humanitarians, but she also possesses, in a unique degree, an intimate
knowledge of the terrible troubles that arise from irregular intercourse,
and of the manner in which they can be reduced and perhaps eliminated.

In this book she deals with such simple hygienic measures as are little
known in England, though they are in common use in France and in the
United States, in both of which countries sound practical common sense
prevails.

She is persuaded that marriage is the goal to be reached by all, and that
everything possible should be done to facilita