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Show r WOMEN AND THE WAR "Jf By MRS. HENRY P. DAVISON. I alAfll Treasurer War Work Coaacll National Beard Y. W. C. A. If Within six months titter the Unltee Statos entered tho war, the Y. W. C. A. War Work Council had established -n girls' club near !& more than fortjr HK of the canton-HrMHMH canton-HrMHMH mcnti, barracki, nni1 navjr 3rr, t A trained re ere a-Hk a-Hk Pccd In charge PJP-P 'aP ' oacl1 c,ul) L. : These workers Bftt.m. r , ' supplement the LaHt fi effort ot the le-Hwmim1 le-Hwmim1 cal Association!, BSawJStf If those already V oxlst. Where the aVa& J1 ldea ia new the HBflMbK3i' workers form club centers, or Mrs. Davison ganlie tho clrls, nnd nrouno them to a senso of their responsibility In this time of great oxcltemont and confusion. con-fusion. No scolding ot girls for unwlsu ac tlons and no solemn flnEor-shnklng occurs oc-curs In tho clubs. Instead of dwellliiK on what not to do, theso wlso leaders Iurco real patriotism. All sorts ot projects pro-jects are suggested that aro more Interesting In-teresting than the dubious and dangerous danger-ous pleasures which appeal to the Ignorant Ig-norant nnd tho thoughtless. At parties, for Instance, theso wily chsper-ones, chsper-ones, whom no ono evor thinks of as supervisors, arrange that there shall always bo twice as many soldiers as girls. "Twos'lug" Is utterly Impossible where there are not enough girls to go around! Club leaders do not attempt to banish ban-ish the gallant soldier entirely from the girls' world; they wish only to bring htm down from glorified heights of glamour to take his place as an every-day hero, subject to the same scrutiny as other men. Instruction and relief work are not neglected. Among the activities offered of-fered are dressmaking, cooking, knitting, knit-ting, French, athletics, dancing, singing, sing-ing, Red Cross work. Belgian relief, and work for the fatherless children ot France. The world contains a number num-ber of things besides soldiers for a girl's Imagination to dwell upon. Hundreds ot clubs for school and business girls all over the country are offering pleasanter recreation than ' the gaily lighted streets and the sha dowy parks. "I have a place now to spend my evenings," said a telephone girl In Waukegan, Illinois, to the club leader. "I was so lonely before you came." Emergency housing for employed girls is closely connected with the more general welfare work. Centers, elected on the baste ot Immediate I need, have been chosen as demonstration demonstra-tion grounds to show employers how iilrl employees should be housed. These centers are near the cantonments. canton-ments. The Bureau ot Social Morality Is an tmaartaat feature of the War Work CouacU'a pre eras uaaer the areseat asMmal ceaalUeaa. That Igaoraaoe Is ne sklelfl te a girl la well known to Its saesnbera. lasieat, K Is her gravest peril.' Amy a It a all e skreue4 In mystery mys-tery Is aaagerous. Women can deal only with what Uey uaderatand. A true social saersJItr must be built on a fouadatlM of taewledge, and be Inspired by high alias. Fourteen wesaea physicians are talking te graups at parents, schoolgirls, school-girls, and Industrial women. These lecturers bead their bast efforts to spreading lafennatlon oa soolal Ideals. Colored wseaen at this time must meet all the problems confronting white women. Their situation Is further fur-ther complicated by Industrial and social conditions. Special clubs are being formed among colored girls In the neighborhood of cantonments. Workers are being placed lr industrial centers like Louisville, Kentucky, and Hopewell, Virginia. immigrant men who formerly labored la-bored In mines, on farms, and In factories, fac-tories, and aow serve In our army are, themselves, la need ot assistance. Foreign men snarry young and many, even of the young ones, have large families dependent upon them. Because Be-cause of these helpless families, the War Work Council has translators who go into the camps. The aoOvlUea of the War Work Council could net be confined to our own ceuatry. Our American nurses In France need the Y. W. O. A. social workers. Even the most self-reliant women must have help at the front where women's welfare Is a matter' at minor Importance. A central club lu Paris gives hard-worked, courageous nurses a home In a strange land. Branch clubs at all ot the base hospitals hospi-tals provide relaxation and recreation for hours off. When the French women cabled to the War Work Council, pleading for experts to advise them In establishing establish-ing foyer-canteens for women workers in munitions and other war Industries, experts were sent over to have over sight ot the building and equipping of some of the canteens and act as adviser ad-viser to French commltUes. A professionally soleaaa-faced butler but-ler In one of the beautiful kasaea where a drawinjr-roosB sneeUax was being held stood where he heart the stories of the War Werk CouacU'a plans and accempllshments. After the guests had goae ha aaproacaa the speaker with two oae4eUar bills. "I give them ter My daughter," he aald. "I am subject to the next draft. When I am gone someone must look after my little girl. I feel It Ww Wsttk Can QwUl doC .. , |