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Show na , S ' 1 if ' re; th. I oi I ' 'oi : I I . . , ' " ; j - m i At i I I hi ' I j ; S Ir- oa E ; 01 r ' j ." ' . . ., .' ' J v- Copyright. 1918, Ths Intcroatlonal Syndicate. .-p. "Resolved, that each and every woman who joins this s1 League must hereafter be ready to learn and perform, that cr she must be ready to sacrifice self to the-finer idealism of serv- ice, that she must give and not take, work and not waste, be and . not seem; that whether as mother, wife, sister, daughter or ei friend, she must testify to her belief that it were better for each and every man to die nobly than to live ignobly." 77 B Tri prrfI a pledge r en ee. ' A I R Is not to be wondere.) nt " ftBi fa '! if the National LeagU" f'T IQr Woman's Service, an organ- 2 Izatlon numbering over a quarter of a n million of American women organized II In 3S States and In 700 cities has to Its credit a wide and worthy accomp'.ish-l accomp'.ish-l ment of war work. Th-! National League for Woman's ; Service was organized on January 2 7. 1917, to promote and standardize the work of women In America, alone lines of constructive patriotism: to develop de-velop the resources and Increase the efficiency of women In meeting their very-day responsibilities to home. "State and nation; to provide organized, organ-ized, trained groups In every community commu-nity to co-operate with the Red Cross and other agencies in meeting any calamity, fire, flood, famine, economic i disorder or other like contingency, anil, in time of war, to supplement the work of the Red Cross and to render such service to the Army and Navy is may be required of women rian Of Tbo League. m The plan of work of the League, in general outline, is to develop a elear- Ing house of Information regarding j women's organizations, to coordinate the work of women's organizations and to develop the resources of worn-en worn-en through a standardized, nationalized national-ized program of activities. Its purpose pur-pose Is also to reeomrnond to the proper prop-er Governmental agency a registry of the woman power of America and to organize a woman's bureau under the Federal Government to deal with woman's work and woman's welfare. The National Leuguo for Woman's Service has arranged its program of activities for coordinating the work and developing the resources of the women of America by dividing the work Into a dozen national divisions ns follows; Social and Welfare? ltre Fono'm!cs: Agricultural: Industrial; Medical and Nursing. Motor Driving; General Service; Health; Civics Signaling; Sig-naling; Map Reading: Wireless and Telegraphy; Camping and Homo and Overseas Relief Division. Definite work under these twelve national na-tional divisions is developed through State ami local organization, the work-i work-i ing unit being a detachment of not I less than ten nor over thirty, under . the direction of a detachment com-i com-i rnandant. The League's program also provides that any already exlst'ng society so-ciety may organize within Its own , membership detachments of the Na-, Na-, tlonal League for Woman's Scrvlco without giving up Its own work or losing Its own Identity. Orgnnl7.atln;) Committee. The Organization Committee of the National League for Woman's Service arc all women who have for long been prominently connected with practical i and efficient welfare movements throughout the country The chairman chair-man Is Miss Maude Wotmore. Other - Officers are Miss Anne Morgan. Trcas-I Trcas-I urer; Miss Grace Parker. National Commandant. The Organization Committee Com-mittee Includes Mrs Rogr.rs H. Paeon, j Mrs. Charles F Edson. Mrs. Goelct I Gallatin, Mrs. F. V. Hammar. Mrs. r:. R. Hewitt, Mrs. Georgo Hoadley. ! Mr. George S. Isham. Mrs J. Willis Martin, Mrs. C. A. Severance. Mrs, Hugh L. Scott. Mrs. Lewis R Stlllwell, Mrs. William Gumming Story, Mrs Coffin Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Rarret Wendell, UiSS Marie Obenauer. Mrs : Thomas B. Owen. Mrs. Lindsay Pat-I Pat-I terson and Mrs William W. Salo. I The lirst service which this bureau pmwmmmmammmmmmmmmmmm . J I H I set out to render wus concerned with , 'he mobilization of wago-eamlng wom- en to meet the demands of trained woman labor In the Government establishments estab-lishments and In privately owned fac-, fac-, torles and mills engaged upon cmer ! gency orders for army and navy sup-, sup-, plies. Through this bureau many thousands thou-sands of workers have been supplied i o the Industries which means that the Nntional League for Woman's Service has had a great part In keeping In motion tho wheels of the Industries which furnish battleships, airplanes. munitions and other supplies of war. j On October 1 this bureau was made a part of the Department of Labor, and I with this Federal office the League is working in full cooperation Home And Social Clubs. Under the Social and Welfare division divi-sion of the League, homo clubs and social clubs for soldiers and sailors have been established In New Jersey. Now York. Pennsylvania. Virginia. South Carolina. Alabama. Texas. Mis-I Mis-I sourl, Michigan, Washington. California, Cali-fornia, Wisconsin. Georgia. Tennessee and Ohio. A recent report from San Francisco states that 3.000 men attended at-tended the club in a slnglo day. In Columbia. South Carolina, the average dally attendance at the League's soda'. Cub la ,1.000 men. This social club work Is done in cooperation with the War Training Camp Activities Corn-j Corn-j mission. The League Is also cooperating cooperat-ing with tho Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W C. A. in their social work. Under the canteen division of tho League, wherever a social club Is established, a recreational canteen Is rr.ado a part of tho club's work Many emergency demands ary mado upon I the Canteen Division of tho League. A particularly Interesting pleco of ; work was dono by the Detroit branch i of tho League last summer. This ! branch was asked by the military au- thoritles to make a contract to furnish thrco meals a day for threo weeks for a Michigan company of 240 men and officers at 75 cents per day per man. Tho contract was made, the : meals served to tho complete satls- faction of officers and men alike and the League cleared 51.000 with which to extend the canteen service. As a result of tho satisfactory service serv-ice rendered In taking care of these officers and men the City of Detroit ! has made a contract withitho Canteen j Service of the League to furnish at 25 cents each a box lunch for every drafted draft-ed man going out from Detroit. The , Red Cross has also asked the League's I Canteen Division to act as tho official railroad station Canteen Division In ! Detroit, and all troops passing through Detroit are served by the League. As many as 9.000 have been served in ouo day. In New York City the r-anteen Division Divi-sion of the League not only has established estab-lished a recreational canteen in connection con-nection with all tho social clubs for soldiers and sailors, but also has been appointed by tho Red Cross the otll-clal otll-clal railroad station canteen unit, in Norfolk. Virginia, during a recent big ' fire, the Canteen Division took over a nearby restaurant and for two days and njghts supplied coffee and sandwiches sand-wiches to the firemen. Home Lconomics Division. Under the Home Economics Divl-, Divl-, slon of tho Leaguo the Hoover pledge cards were distributed in over 200 fitlesT in many cities a. campaign of education aceompanled the distribution, distribu-tion, tho Leaguo having printed in dif- ferent languages simple Instructions on what to substitute and how and what to conserve and how. All over the country training classes have been established; thousands of women are being trained In food production and food conservation and those In turn aro training thousands of others. In many states the Leaguo has concentrated concen-trated Its energies through the State '.n promoting focd production and food conservation. ! Thousands of acres of land havo been turned over to tho Agricultural Division of tho Leaguo A considerable consider-able portion of this land was put under un-der cultivation by tho League lost summer, and it is expected that more will be tilled and planted this season. Back yard poultry raising Is also being be-ing promoted by the League. .Motor Division. Under the Motor Division, tho service serv-ice rendered has been varied, and Includes In-cludes cooperation In recruiting, transporting trans-porting Army. Navy and other Government Govern-ment officials, transporting Red Cross unlt.s from railroad terminals to point? of embarkation, acting as escorts for governors, mayors, and other officials at patriotic meetings Tho Leaguo has also cooperated with other relief or- , ganizations In transporting victims of r! HsU : .. I fires, and performing other transpor-tatlon transpor-tatlon service of like character as it Is called upon. Under the General Service of the Leaguo thousands of volunteers have been furnished throughout the country coun-try for all kinds of emergency clerical service, including census registration, clerks, clerks for exemption boards, for draft registration work, for cooperation coop-eration In Red Cross drives. Y. M. C. A and y! W. C. A. financial campaigns. Tho cooperation of tho Leaguo in tho sale of Liberty Bonds during the second sec-ond drive resulted la tho sale of about twenty million dollars worth of bonds. The General branch of the League is also cooperating with th United States Government in responding to requests from the Federal Civil Service Serv-ice Commission for assistance in bringing bring-ing tho clerical forces of tho Government Govern-ment up to war strength. To further this work, branches of the League have established intensive training classes in stenography and typewrit Ing, record and filing work and telegraphy teleg-raphy A great amount of ctiergency service serv-ice has been rendered by the Leaguo through lis Home and Overseas Relief Division.. This has been carried out li&sfK I largely through cooperation with the Red Cross, American Fund for French wounded, the National Surgical Dress-ings Dress-ings Committee and other relief or-ganlzatlons. or-ganlzatlons. Not only has the Leaguo cooperated in furnishing supplies but it has also cooperated in organizing Red Cross Chapters in many commu-nlties commu-nlties where no chapters existed. In . the State of Virginia, for instance. DO per cent of tho Red Cross Chapters in the State were organized by tho League's cooperation. women yji uyi One of the most Interesting and useful use-ful surveys made by any member of the National League for Woman's Sendee was undertaken by Miss Grace Parker, National Commandant of the order. Under tho auspices of the League Miss Parker went to England to study the work of the women's organizations or-ganizations In general, and of voluntary volun-tary aid detachments In particular-Miss particular-Miss Parker's idea was to loarn from the experience of tho English women how tho organization work of this country might be strengthened and stimulated, and how far the work being be-ing done by tho women In England could bo applied to conditions and needs In this country. "Llttlo do wo understand on this side of the water tho vital lmportanco of the work which women aro doing in its relation to the "ery life of England." Eng-land." said Miss Parker, In a conversation conversa-tion regarding her survey. "LltUe do we recognize how England's army of men In the trenches is supplemented by Its army of women at home, and how far tho success of the tremendous strugglo in which England and her Allies are engaged depends upon the work which women are doing. "The domands havo developed resources re-sources unthought of In connection with women, Common service, common com-mon sacrifice havo inspired a common understanding. Human relationships and relationships to responsibilities havo been shorn of superficialities. Old traditions, old prejudices havo disappeared, and woman as a civic, in industrial, a military asset has been revealed for the first tlrao in England'.i history-" ijS H I I |