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Show M MISS HARRIET TAYLOR TAKES CHARGE OF THE Y. W. C. A. WORK With the announcement that Miss Harriet Taylor, former head of the ' foreign department of the Y. W. C. A. hat arrived in France to take charge of Y. W C. A. activities there, a brief review of the work has been ifisuel by the War Work Council of the organization. or-ganization. Sini e war was declared by the L lilted lil-ted States.'the Y. W.V. A. has open-' cd centers for French and American women in many cities of France. At the request of the French ministry of war, the Y. W. C. A. ia maintaining a cluli n i'a-is tur the girls employed in the war department. V. iiij t;-.! !.:mci.on of the name do-partm. do-partm. lit, the Y. V. ('. A. in operating ti.no tl.;l) ho;; ;, or "loyeis," for women worker? in important limni-ilo!is limni-ilo!is centirs, liielinliiig l.yon, St. Ktienne and i'.ouri;en. In I ;u is ami Tours there are four hostess houses, open at all times to women and girls. Women of the Am erlcan (Signal Corps, which Includes a large number of American girls who went to France as telephone operators, operat-ors, are quartered at two of these houses, one In Paris and one in Tours. American women departing or arriving ar-riving are cared for in another Y. W. C. A. hostess house at a port city. The hotel Petrograd in Paris the largest of the hostess houses, is the center of American life In the French capital. Here come ;pd Cross nurses. Y. M. C A. workers, soldiers, sailors to viit their women friends, and F;irls and women who wIkIi to use the social room's for rest, reading or for j visiting. Fiieh American hniie hospital has a . Y. W. (.'. A. nurtes' hut. with comfort for n'T! es oir duty. The Y. W. C. A. recretary in cnarpe serves tea anil chor(,ht,' at. nil hours of the day or ni nh t and plans social ulTair.-i. |