Show J WOMEN AND THE WARBy WAR By MRS HENRY P. P DAVISON ti r il j Treasurer War Work Council T I National Board Y V W. W C C. A. A I Hostess in the military camps all over o the country are oae Oile phase of ot the Y W. W C. C A. A War W Work o 0 r k Councils Council's r activities These it reception houses w are placed at the entrance nce to the I i cantonments for tor forthe forthe the use of women S. S visiting their sol Bal relatives So necessary h have II a V e these proved that s' s ten tents t sand and borrowed bor bor- rowed rooms were pressed into use I until houses could f be built Often t the h e Association rooms in the nearest near near- Mrs Mra D Davison vlon est town we were r e turned temporarily 11 ily Into hostess houses We put up an extra cot cot- cotret rt reported ret ret- ported one western secretary who returned returned returned re re- turned to tell the War Work Coun Conn Connell ell en the special needs of ot her community community ity for tor an old Lithuanian mother ho iho came a hundred miles to seo see her herboy herboy herboy boy in camp She cannot speak a word of ot English and she ahe has to have her ber old black pipe every hour But Buc Bucher Buther her ber boy loves he her Another charge bestowed upon usLa us U La the wife girl of ot a bootlegger arrested arrested arrested ar ar- rested for selling whisky to soldiers He was wild with anxiety about her till tID we Laid aid we would look after atter herA herA herA her has Just A year thirteen Imp been turned over to our care Sheran Sheran She Sheran ran away a convent and betag being be be- being ing tag adventurous made straight for camp tamp Any hostess hostell can con tell you heartbreaking heart heartbreaking brea breaking stories of ot times when the hostess house has been the refugE of ot stricken women She can tell you yoi I also of Incidents when hen the haste house has haa brought about a happy enIng end en ing lag I j Prayers of gratitude for the Hosts Host Ho ess House are murmured every night in many towns by women who are of no particular Importance to any one except to some man In the army army- and to God The commandants of the camps are areas areas are areas as appreciative of ot the hostess houses house as Is the most forlorn woman No house is in erected except at the direct request of the commanding officer four Fifty houses are now in use others are being belog built as fast as u lumber lumber lumber lum lum- ber and carpenters can be secured Each house has its Individuality The plans pans for the building at Cam Camp Gordon Atlanta Georgia were I redrawn re drawn by Miss Fay Kellogg In ord order to save three magnificent oak treeLA trees treeL A fine fino old Southern mansion secured secure for the tho Young Women's Women Christian Association As As' Association Jo Joso so elation headquarters at Petersburg Virginia is la as popular with the sos soP diem from Camp Lee aa u is the official hostess house The hostess houses house serve the HUrt nation The work with girls is one of the most Important functions of ot the Nat Work Council It duals dialS with all kind of work with girls Girls in sm small towns in cities in fn country villages village ell elland and In the tho great manufacturing CM eari tens are all aU touched by the unusual conditions of ot a country In a n state of eI war preparation Their patriotism may urge urro them toward unexpected pitfalls pit pit- falls Their very enthusiasm lead them into danger J a |