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Show GIRLS PAY DINNER ! CHECKOVER THERE Soldiers Can't Spend Own Coin When Guest of j Y. W. CA ! I " ; N. E. A. Special to Tha T.lr.m. PARIS, Nor. to. Letting wfliw par tha dinner chclc ia aomattiina; th avema; mala American doaan't car mucit r.r, There'a one place In Krance, thotiirh. where he'a helpleea. It'a tha T. ('. A. hoateaa hoiino In Parta. It naed to he the Hotel Fetrotrad. till the T. W. v. A. took it over Kverr nlffht la opn bouee nli(ht and the aoldicr. officer or prlvata who rCK there to dine alwara aoea on the ; V. W. C. A. Klrla Invitation. The Klrla (lv Invllationa larlnhly : But .thvre'e one Ironclad atlpulatlon: He )uat almply can't put hie feet under un-der the dinner table unleaa he aweara on hie honor aa a eoldter that he won l try to pay ine cneca. li no i dona, you know. Tha girl and tha aoldler talk small talk during; dinner and afterwards there'g either a lecture or mualcale Hut that'a only a sideline of the VW. r,Jk- glrla 4n Kmnew. Thair big work la with tha vast number nf women munition worker and tha women wo-men rlerka and etenographera tn the varloua war office. They have established fifteen "Foyer dea Allleea" ("Home of the Allies") They have thro each in Pari. Lyona and Bourgea. two In Roavnna and one each In Bordeaux. Toura, Bt. Ktlenne and Montluaon. on of them la at the Lyona xpo-altlon xpo-altlon building, which haa been turned Into a munition factory. There re btiutl women worker there and an it-amice it-amice of 1000 a day go to tha foyer. The luncheon "hour," aa In all France, la for two hour eome of th workera from 11 o'clock to 1 and other oth-er from II to t. Former cabaret singers give entertainments. Opera, singers from Paris and American oversea over-sea theatrical troupes alao appear. Afternoons the V. W. C. A. (Iris In charge Induce the woman workers to go In for field gymnaetlce, something cton or tnera cvr am Dzor. Luncheons of cakefl and chooolata or coffee are served som places. En -rllsh clasnea ar held at rary fnymr. At one 600 women attended the foyer the. first week and to of them enrolled en-rolled In the Knirllsh claea. |