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Show How are the so-called "women of leisure" responding to tho call of their country's emergency? A par-' tial answer is given by the War Work Council of tho Y. W. C. A. I "Day after day, through tho hottest hot-test month of summer," says tho official of-ficial bulletin, "many of tho most prominent society women of tho ' country .have worked in dfllces devoted devot-ed to war ctivltles from early hours until closing, and often long. after 'every employe had left-" ' As an instance, the council cites tho case of Mrs., John D. Rockfeller, .Jr., who is devoting her .days to ftMfflslng problems for girls 'and wo-(men wo-(men who have been 'rushed' into In-(dustrial In-(dustrial centers faster than eating .and sleeping accommodations could be provided for them. I Mrs. Rockefeller, as chairman of I the housing committee of tho national na-tional Y. W. C. A., Is working to 'provide wholesome living conditions' for the women employes of the War ' department. As a result of her ef-' .forts, emergency houses have been 'opened by the Y. W. C. A. in Army City, Kan., Doming, Now Mexico, I Ayer, Mass., . Philadelphia, Pa., and' Ctilllicothe, O. I All are attractively furnished and' workers In charge provide a variety of recreational and social activities for tho women of themunltions factories. fac-tories. Y. W. 0, A. membership Is not required, Tho only requirement I 1b employment in governmental work. |