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Show WOMEN AND THE WAR yy By MRS. HENRY P. DAVISON BJbmASAS TreAxtirer War Work Council National Board V. W. C. A. Within six months after the United States entered the war. the Y. W. (' A. War Woik Council had established' Klrls' clubs near I more than forty I of the canton Ub' I ments, barracks, RF A trained recrea B tlon leader was Ifcb fMf placed In eiiiu P 'nB of each club k 2 These workers R Mt - supplement the JW$ . efforts of the lo Pr ''iPw m ral Association. tL- R If those already ygjj ' etst. Where the Flfosrt, , .4& Idea Is new the BJ2JBB sari' . ... workers form club centers, or- Mrs. Davison Kantze the girls. and arouse them to a sense of their responsibility in this time of great excitement and con fusion. No scolding of girls for unwise ar lions and no solemn flnger-shnklna; occurs oc-curs In the clubs. lustead of dwelling on what not to do, these wise leaders urge real patriotism. All sorts of pro jects are suggested that are more In teresting than the dubious and danger ons pleasures which Hppeal to the Ig norant and the thoughtless. At parties, for Instance, these wily chaper ones, whom no one ever thinks of as supervisors, arrange that there shall always be twice as many soldiers as girls. "Twoslng" is utterly impossible where there are not enough girls to go around! Club leaders do not attempt to ban ish the gallant soldier entirely from the girls' world; they wish only to bring him down from glorified heights of glamour to take his place as an every-day hero, subject to the sami scrutiny as other men. Instruction and relief work are not neglected. Among the activities offered of-fered are dressmaking, cooking, knit ting, French, athletics, dancing, sing lng. Red Cross work, Helglan relief and work for the fatherless children of France. The world contains a number num-ber of things besides soldiers for a girl's Imagination to dwell upon Hundreds of clubs for school and busluoss 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 t.ofore you came." Emergency hoaxing for employed girls is closely connected with the more general welfare work. Centers, selected on the basis of Immediate 'need, have been chosen as demonstration demonstra-tion grounds to show employers how (lrl employees should be housed. These cnitcrs are near the canton ments. The H irniii of Social Morality Is an Important feature of the War Work Council's program under the present abnormal conditions. That Ignorance is no shield to a girl la well known to Its members. Instead, It Is her gravest porll Any situation shrouded In mystery mys-tery is dSDfSTOtll. Women can deal only with what they understand. A true social morality must be built on a found'itinn of knowledge, and be inspired by high alms. Fourteen women physicians are talking to i:rouis of parents, schoolgirls, school-girls, and Industrial Women. These lectursrs bend their best efforts to spreading Information on social Ideals. Colored women at this time must meet all the problems confronting white women. Their situation is further fur-ther complicated by Industrial and social conditions. Special clubi are being formed among colored girls In the neighborhood of cantonments. Workers are being placed In Industrial enters like Louisville. Kentucky, and Hopewell, Virginia. Immigrant men who formerly labored la-bored in mines, on farms, and in fac-tarltt, fac-tarltt, and now serve in our army are, ' hemselves, In need of assistance. ! Foreign men marry young and many, -ven of the young ones, have large I "amilies dependent upon them. He ause of these helpless families, the War Work Council has translators who go Into the camps. The activities of the War Work 'ouncll could not be confined to our own country. Our American nurses in France need the Y. W. C. A. social j workers. Even the most self-reliant women must have help at the front where women's welfare Is a matter Of nlnor Importance. A central club In I'aris gives hard-worked, courageous nurses a home In a strange land. Ilranch clubs at all of the bass hospitals hospi-tals provide relaxation and recreation for hours off. When the French women cabled to i he War Work Council, pleading for experts to advise them In establishing establish-ing foyer-canteens for women workers D munitions and other war industries, experts were ?nt over to have over mlit of the building and equipping of some of the canteens and act as adviser ad-viser to French committees. A professionally solemn-faced butler but-ler in one of the beautiful homes where a drawing-room meeting was being held stood where he heard the stories of the War Work Council's plans and accomplishments. After the guests had gone he approached the speaker with two one-dollar bills. "1 give them for my daughter," ha said "I am subject to the next draft. When I am gone someone must look after my m, i, -' t 'pel the Wax Work Coua ell will do IV |