Show WOMEN AND THE WAR WARBy v I By MRS HENRY I P. P DAVISON Treasurer War Work Council National Board Doard Y V. V W. W C. C C A. A Hostess Houses in th military all alt over the tho country are one OM of the t e Y W C. C A. A War i W Work 0 r k Councils Council's 4 activities These reception houses are placed at the entrance to the cantonments for forthe forthe forthe the use ISO of women visiting their soldier sot sol diet dier relatives So Ro n necessary h have a v e these proved that ten tents ts and borrowed bor hot rowed rooms were pressed Into use UBe until houses could be built Often Otten t the h e Association rooms In the near near- Mrs Mra Davison est town we were r e turned temporarily ily Into houses We e put up an extra cot r reported re ported portell one western secretary who returned returned re ro turned to tell the War Work Coun Coun- oil dl the special needs noeda of her community ity Ity- Ity rot for an old Lithuanian mother mother who came a hun hundred red miles to see her herb herboy b boy Y i In camp She cannot speak a word of English and she has to have her ber old black pipe every hour Buther flue But her bet boy loves lovea her Another charge bestowed upon us UI li is the wife girl of a bootlegger ar- ar for selling whisky toy tl soldiers soldiers- He was wae wild with anxiety about her ber we said Bald we would woul look after herA her A year thirteen imp has just last b bell been tn turned over t to our care eare She SheI wm yen I away from a convent and be being be- be Leg ing adventurous us made straight for ram amp p. p Any hostess hotes c can m tell you heartbreaking heartbreaking heart heart- breaking stories of times when the I hostess house houle has been the refuge of stricken women She can tell you also alao of incidents when the hostess house houie has haa brought about a happy end ing Prayers of gratitude for the Hostess Host HOlt ass ess House hio are murmured every night In many town towns by women who are of no particular importance to to any anyone one except to some lome man in the army army army- and to God Dod The commandants commandant of the camps tamps are as appreciative of of the hostess hostelS houses house as all is III the most forlorn woman No house Is IB erected except at the direct request of the commanding officer four Fifty hou are now in u use Ule e others are being built as all fast as aa lum luin ber bet and carpenters can be secured Each house has its Individuality The plans for the building at Camp Gordon Atlanta Georgia were r re r. drawn by Miss Mils Fay Pay Kellogg in order to save Bave three magnificent oak trees A fine old Southern mansion secured for the Young Women's Christian A. A Association headquarters headquarter at Petersburg Virginia is as popular with the sol Bal diers from Camp Lee as Is the tile hostess house The hostess hoste houses serve Bene the entire nation The Tb work with girls Is I. one of the most mot Important functions of the tile War Work Council Counell It deals deal with all Wad Mod of work with girls rl Girls te In small towns in fn clUe cities I in count country villages villao and in the Ire treat great at C ew ems o otera tera are all aU touched by If the HII conditions of a country in a 8 ta t ot I Iwar war preparation nr patriot may urge ure them toward pit pV falls Their enthusiasm 1 them into danger I I Continued h |