Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
Invited TO COME
AND BRING BUDDY
Soldier Visitors Assured OF
Cordial Thanksgiving Day
Welcome in Washington.
TENDER OF HOSPITALITY

"Bring your appetite and your buddy
with you" is the invitation carried In
most of the letters which are pouring
in on The Star today from the homes OF
Washington. bidding the soldiers vel
come to home hospitality on Thanks
giving day.
That the soldiers will be blessing
in many Of these homes. filling tne
vacant chair" of a son or brother. is
frankly told in number Of letters
from mothers and sisters. Old men
who have seen military service them
selves are writing in that they would
like to have a couple of soldiers come
and stay all day" Also. some women
are naively boasting Of their cooking
The organization for acquainting the
soldiers with just which nome tney
are to visit, and adjusting the mouse
so that a soldier with an early appe-
tite may be sent to home where they
have an early afternoon dinner. ans
one with a more reluctant hunger may
be saved back for an evening dinner. Is
being effected today, SO that WITHIN
few days scores Of trained women will
be at work.
Is "Oficial Hostess"
| terday, Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly
president of the Y. w. c. A. which o.
ganization has established hostess
houses" In the National Army canton
ments, and who is chairman of the
home hospitality committee of the
District organization of the War De-
partment commission on training camp
activities. is the official hostess of the
Thanksgiving for soldiers only" ceie.
bration.
other women of the home hospitality
committee who will assist her in orgaD-
izing various branches of the work arS:
Mrs. Thomas Carter. wife of the lats
senator from Montana: Mrs. William G
AdoIph Kahn: Mrs. Maurice D. Rosen-
berg, chairman Of the hospitality csEa-
mittee of the Council of Jewish Women
Of the District Of Columbia war sers-.
ice commission: Miss Edna Sheehey OF
the Catholic Women's Alumnae Asso-
citation. Mrs. E. Boyle and Mrs. William
J. MCGEE of the Catholic Women's War
Relief Society.
Each of these women will organfse
subcommittees in their own organiza-
tions to take care of the assignment
Of soldiers to the homes on Thnskx-
giving day. These committees will be
announced In a few days.
General Scheme Outlined.
The ssneui scheme il this: me fssr-
lily writes 70 the Soldier Guest Editor.
The Evsnrig Star. stating bow many
soldiers can be entertained and at
whks hour These letters will be
placed is the hands of the advising
executive Of the District war service
commission. which is officially repre-
thorization from President Wilson.
They will then he sorted according to
localities and will be turned over to
Mrs Bayly. who will detail" to each
home as many soldiers as have been
"requisitioned."
Thanksgiving day dinners given by
churches. fraternal orders and other or
ganizations to take care of the men
who can't be accommodated at private
homes This will be in no sense a
Charitable hand out" but an express
sion of the hospitality Of the people of
Washington end an evidence of their
interest in and appreciation Of the men
who are in uniform
Letters of Hospitality.
Here are few letters showing the
zeal for hospitality that is throwing
open the doors of homes to the SOL
diers:
From H. G. Fulton. 1000 A street
southeast:
I'VE have two sons who will both
be absent from US upon Thanksgiving
and would be pleased to entertain two
soldiers who are acquainted with each
other as that would doubtless add to
their pleasure"
From Mrs NJ Fugett. 613 Gresham
place northwest: Y
Your plan to have n soldier in every
home Tha nksgiving day I think would
he something for every mother to be
81 f,,I fnr ,r-t1 haI
proud to have a dinner party on that
day. and ] want you to extend my in
vitation 70 four Of our boys who are
long, long way from home"
From Miss Ethel L. Kellogg, 327 I'd
street northeast:
MY mother and myself would be |
glad to entertain one soldier on |
Thanksgiving day"
From Mrs. Harry A. Austin. 1924 Kill
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