Show Ideal Army Hostess Needs Astounding Qualifications During a search a few weeks ago for more hostesses for the service service service ice dubs clubs in the Eighth service command of the army New army New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Ar Ar- kansas and Louisiana the Louisiana the qualifications qualifications qualifications of an ideal applicant for the existent openings were outlined by Lieutenant Colonel William H H. H Burns chief of the special services of the command It was pointed out too that the number of army hostesses has grown from a dozen for late entire entire entire en en- tire continent in October 1941 to approximately 1025 today nearly third one-third of whom ar are in inthe inthe inthe the five states of the Eighth service command The profile of this ideal appU- appU applicant cant as estimated by Lieutenant Colonel Burns runs tuns like this The ideal service club hostess is no replica of a popular cinema queen On the other hand she he heIs is no merely motherly soul either She's a Marvel She has to be a combination business w woman 0 nn man a fl handyman seamstress psychologist interior interior inte inte- nor decorator decorator and and Elsa Maxwell Max Max- well She should have a charming charming charm charm- ing personality but not one that thatIs thatIs thatis Is inflammatory She should be beable beable beable able to talk well but listen bet bet- ter She S She e. e must retain the re respect respect respect re- re of soldiers completely without being prim and precise She should be not too old and not too young The army camp hostesses who meet all these qualifications can be told at a glance lance around the service club Enlisted men have nothing to do with the selection selection se- se lection of hostesses but their opinions show ii in hi club attendance attend ance records The army service forces maintain the clubs for fr t the e leisure hour houp enjoyment of ot the he men If the soldiers just dont don't go around the club much well much well they might have something to todo todo o odo do with the selection of ot hostesses at that No Grables Grob Its still sUll not the cinema star type who packs em into the service clubs however its it's the hostess who makes the club not herself the attraction That's where she is called upon to exercise exercise ex ex- ingenuity in the club furnishings furnishings furnishings fur fur- and program She must keep the club homey attractive and interesting Lest any hostess think of herself as really irreplaceable this factor is very important The turnover in hostesses has been remarkably low but some have been separated from the service because they did not make their club programs attractive attractive attractive at at- to the enlisted men The cost of operating these service clubs is exactly nothing to the taxpayers Funds come from the cafeteria receipts the guest house and sometimes from the posts post's general funds Large clubs have four hostesses the director the recreation hostess the cafeteria hostess and the librarian They manage the whole place and the near-by near guest house as well The guest guesthouse guesthouse guesthouse house is for use by overnight civilian relatives and guests of oft the soldiers t |