| Show WOMEN AND AID THE WAR WARBy By MRS HENRY P. P DAVISON Treasurer War Work Council Council National Board Y V. W. W C. C A. A Hostess Houses in the military camps all over the country are one phase of the tho Y W W. C. C A. A War W Work o 0 r l' k Councils Council's r activities These reception houses are placed at the entrance to to the cantonments f for tor forthe o r the use of ot women visiting their soldier solz sol sol- z dier relatives So h necessary h have a v these proved that t i tents e n t s and borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed rooms were pressed into use until houses could be built Often the h e Association in the nearest near near- Mr Mrs Mra Davison n est town we were r e turned temporarily temporal ily Uy into hostess houses We re put up an extra cot reported reported reported re re- re- re ported one western secretary who returned returned re reo re- re turned to tell the War Work Council Council Coun Coun- cil the special needs of at her community community ity for an old Lithuanian mother who came came cam a hundred hundred- miles lo to see her herboy herboy herboy boy in camp She cannot speak lt a word of ot English and she has hns to have her old black pipe every hour But Buther Buther her her- herboy boy loves her Another charge bestowed upon us usla Is la the girl wife girl wife of at a bootlegger arrested arrested ar are ar- ar rested for tor selling whisky to soldiers He was wild with anxiety about her till we said we would look after heiA heiA helA hei hel A thirteen old year year old Imp has bas just I been turned over to our care She Sheran Sheran Sheran ran away from a convent and beIng being be be- I be-I ing adventurous made straight for camp am p. p Any Ani hostess can tell you rou heartbreaking heartbreaking heart heart- I brea breaking ln stories of ot times w when en the tho hostess hou house e has haa been the refuge of ot stricken women She can tell you also alEo of incidents when the hostess house has brought about a happy end end- ing q Prayers of gratitude for the Hostess Host Hostess I ess House are murmured every night In man many towns by women who are of no particular importance to any one ona except to some sone man In the army army army- and to God The commandants of ot the camps ar aras are ara araas areas as appreciative of at the hostess houses as Is the most forlorn woman No house is erected except at the direct request of ot the commanding officer four Fifty are now In use others are b being ing built as as fast as lumber lum lum- lumber ber and carpenters can be secured Each house has its individuality The plans for fot the building at Camp Gordon Atlanta Georgia were redrawn redrawn redrawn re re- drawn by Miss Fay Kellogg In order to save three magnificent oak trees A fine tine old Southern mansion secured for the Young Women's Christian Association Association As As- headquarters at Petersburg Virginia is as popular with the soldiers soldiers sol sol sol- diers from tram Camp Lee as is the thee official hostess l house The hostess hous houses s serve the entire nation The work with ith girls Is one of ot the most important functions of ot the War Work Council It deals with all kinds of oC ok wo J with ith girls Girls In small towns In cities in fu country villages mages and in the great manufacturing centers centers centers cen cen- are all touched b by the unusual conditions of ot a country In a state of or orwar war preparation Their patriotism may mar urge them toward un unexpected pit pit- falls fans Their Yer very enthusiasm leads lead t them leui Into danger danger- v jA |
