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By Frances Fisher Byers

AVER. Mass. Nov. 10.-High on the
xood-crested Middlesex hills lies Camp
pevens, gem Of all the great army
,aptonments north of Mason and
pixon's line. Forests primeval. glow
;nr in autumnal dress Of red and golden
bronze. encircle the vast tract Of 10000
acres where $4,000 Of Uncle Sans boys
live and work and play; city set on
ne heights which cannot be hid
,ie.uresauely grim reminder TO the
citizens in the valleys Of this historic
state that their traditions are being up
held.
Above divisional Headquarters, the
Offices OF Major General Harry Foote
HODGES. the commanding officer, floats
the Star and Stripes, which can be
seen for miles around. Here and there
on the company streets are the green
and white "huts" Of the Y. ". c. A
eleven buildings, relieving the monot-
onv Of endless rows OF barracks. High
on a knoll overlooking one OF the main
avenues OF the camp and facing the
cavalry drill grounds stands the Host
eu House, built and conducted by the
devoted women Of the Y. ". c. A
whose doors are never closed day or
nigh. 20 the girl or woman who comes
70 vis.. her soldier
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conduct a coffee house on the main road
between Aver and the camp, and the
W. c. T. L. is planning house and
restaurant where home hospitality will
be a feature The Town Hall at Aver
is thrown open two nights each week
for a general songfest.
"The room registry department Of
the Girls Club House at Aver is solv-
ing a problem which is proving 10 be
a serious one wherever large canton
ment is located" said Mrs. Gould. the
local register of rooms The calls FOR
room accommodations vary from one
light 10 three months The people Of
this village and the surrounding towns
have responded generously 70 our call
for rooms Cor the families and friends
Of the soldiers. They have done this
in many cases for very small remit
tances, and often these people who open
their houses invite the husbands,
brothers and friends who are in Camp
Devens to enjoy the hospitality Of their
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churches But all these have been
swept away. There is not hotel lett.
The famous ST. Demetrius Greek
Church went with the rest. In the art
world il was known as the best example
Of BYZANTINE church architecture IN
existence. Singularly, however, while
ali the business and residence section
was burned. all the military establish
ments escaped. "a
Ordinarily Salonica is city Of 20
600 neople. But when the war made II
the Entente headquarters FOR the Orient
me 10000 was suddenly swelled 20
600 900. The population Of Salonica
probably is the greatest mixture OF ma
tionalities that exists anywhere to-day.
There are seven different armies repre-
sented French, English, Italian,
Russian, Serbian, Greek and Albanian.
With the English are Highlanders IN
kits and Indian sheiks in turbans, be
sides the great mass in Khaki. With the
French are Chinese Annamites from
Indo-China, Senegalese from Africa. az
we'll az tho rank and file Of French
poiIus in their blue and gray uniforms.
Then there are sailors as well a sol
diers. for this IS naval as well az "a
military base. And besides the seven
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Nearby ] owns
Doing Good Work

Under Robert s. Hubbard, head Of
re Committee % the War Commission
ss Training Camp Activities in Aver
al local organizations, composed o.
ssts men and women IN the smaller
,osns within few miles Of the camp.
ere cooperating in their recreation
snc Welfare work. and splendid
rsaglts are being shown. Churches
esab,, individual families and small az
rotation o. al kinds in Groton' Snir-
.sy. Leom.nster. Clinton, Lancaster
Tonnrsn1. Pepperell. Harvard. Little
isn and Ayer. besides the towns rear
~ Bosson. are providing, several nights
ssea week .n rotation, entertainment
Tor tae soldiers from Camp Devens.
Be- connection with the Army Service
Club which the Committee on Tram
iag Camp Activities ~ conducting a.
Aysr, ne Collegiate Alumns Assoeia-
ton Of New England will build an an
nsz. Anotbsr Army Service club Is
seoD - be started within the camp
grounds a. Robbins Pond. which viii
Yiys ar opportunity for all aorts Of
vlrtsr sports for me soldiers. skating
ipsszzsning, ete.
Ist State Suffrage Assoeistion vii
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Camp Activities, said. when 7 inter
viewed him: The strategic point is out
side the camps. and complete anti
dote for the evils incident TO camp life
is not 20 be found within the camps
themselves. The need of recreation Is
largely social. There is a need OF
change of scene. a vital need OF some
experience Of those relations to home,
TO friends, 20 society, especially TO girls
and women, in which a normal life so
largely exists. The men themselves
feel this. Their desire, when they have
time off. is 10 get away from the camp
10 20 70 town; military and especially
naval men, recognize this hunger Tor
normal human intercourse. The SOL
der will go to town, and ought TO be
allowed TO. The question is, What VIII
he find when he gets there? 1t is in the
town that the greater moral dangers
and the greater moral opportunities
await him.
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The indications are Salonica will stay
burned until after the war. There IS
talk that the Americans are coming TO
rebuild il. The city accepts the report
as true and is talking Of what Ameri-
can money and enterprise will do. The
proprietor Of the Continental Hotel,
which has been burned. told me the
contract had been signed for American
reconstruction. But Consul General
Horton says 10 is all talk so far and
has assumed no definite form.
The Greek government expects TO DO
the rebuilding, but lacks the money
for such a task Meantime, a great
army headquarters must be carried on
amid the ruins. and the Serbian gov
eminent will soon arrive 20 set up a
capital in the ashes
Salonica to-day is a picture Of black
ened walls. which stretch for miles
along the sea front The city spreads
out like long ribbon on a single
street. Facing the sea there used 20 be
u strange tumble Of palaces, ware
houses. hotels, theatres. cinemas. con-
cert halls, gambling dens. stores and
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I thought ! saw and understood. 1t
seemed TO me as though every class
Of every nationality in the world was
represented in that one congested
place. Across the tracks on the same
level another seething mob of human
itv was shouting and pushing its way
IN and out Of the exits. pouring across
the tracks, lodging the automobiles,
for which there is no traffic regulation.
One misstep from the station platform
and the traveller sinks ankle deep into
black ooze.
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strenuous military life may be, there
must be periods Of leisure. These are
the periods Of moral danger. We must
reckon with the fact that the play
instinct in all men is strong, and
never so much as in the years Of ado
lescence-the years in which most Of
our troops are found. One form Of
this work outside the camps Is the
starting OF soldiers clubs. clubs which
the soldiers run themselves usually
through commissioned officers.
where they can play pool, bowl. have
quiet games, a chance 70 smoke; 10
read and write letters, 70 receive wom-
en- visitors. to buy soft drinks, choeo-
late and other things for which SOL
diers and sailors seem 70 have a spe-
cial hunger.
Just as important as the clubs, per-
haps," he went on, "are the reeep-
tions. dances and other opportunities
TO meet girls and older women in a
natural social way, which the churches,
fraternities. college societies and
other organizations are providing in
the neighborhood Of all the camps.
The girls at these dances always come
on personal invitation from a body Of
carefully selected chaperons. The
men are also selected. perhaps By the
first sergeants Of their companies, who
take their responsibilities in the mat
ter very seriously. Even better than
giving social entertainments and re-
sources TO the men is getting them 70
help out actively in local organiza-
tons getting them TO sing in the
! choir. reeite. talk TO the boy and girl
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Visiting Women
Swamp Hostess House

Every day brings It's interesting
problems" said Miss Annette Griggs,
director Of the Hostess House. The
wives, the daughters, sweethearts and
sisters q the men all come here 20 Us.
Also comes the young girl from the city
5r small town who thinks she can help
entertain the soldiers or who has
travelled far and spent her last dollar
% get a real inside view Of army life.
When such as these arrive l call on
Miss Edna Smith, Of the Travellers
Aid Committee at Aver, TO help Us, or
on the head OF our emergency commit
zee, Miss Upham, whose headquarters
are 10 the house.
unlike many other localities where
rslfsre work is being carried on for
ne csntonments, the Y. w. c. A. ~
eoneentrating It's efforts here within
me camp By conducting the Hostess
House. Otherwise there would be
duplication Of effort. The Girls Club
o. Aver is doing the work outside the
camp, cooperating with other local or
ganiza.ions in adjacent villages
Not only the women Of Boston and
me larger towns, but those in the vii
ages and smallest hamlets, are thor
ogghly aroused 20 the necessity Of
making the communities surrounding
ne camps and various naval centres
'afe for the health and happiness Of
,ae soldier. They are beginning 10
realize that the moral atmosphere
which they provide for the men will
p Be The one in which they Themselves
nss. live and that this is Of vital i'm
portance 20 society at large. as web
a. the immediate families Of the men
who form The great new National
Array
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homes and provide meals and entertain
roent for them, thus giving them an OPP
portunity 10 be with the girls ana
women, who have come from a distance
at considerable expense 70 visit them
longer.
1--WE try 20 make this Girls CLUB
House a social centre" she continued
Inviting the women here 70 rest il
only for an hour or two. We are in
fact. a central bureau Of information,
and within the last ten days have fouho
accommodations for ll5 visitors
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Men Encouraged
In Social Work

1T is in the neighboring community
and not in the camp that the strategic
point in the first great battle oil our
war is to be found. and it is at this
point, the terrifying point, that the
recreation fund Of the Commission on
Training Camp Activities must be
spent.
We must be in a position ne con-
tinued, "to engage the men in pro-
eramme Of wholesome activities and
interests. No matter how full and
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arrival can telephone or wire u.s. She
continued. stating the time when she
is due and giving US enough dcscrip-
ton for Identification. This is much
appreciated by the mer at the camp
who are unable to get OF in time to
meet their frierds at the station
Said one officer later, in speaking Of
Miss Smith and her coworkers: Those
women are Of the stuff that soldiers,
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eyes. this is the way the town IS
irving 20 handle the tremendous trans
rortation problem thrust upon 1t so
suddenly. and you can realize. there
fore. how necessary 1t is for me TO be
ON duty here nearly all the time. !
help people 20 find the trains they
want; it rs quite confusing here, you
see. at a junction ike this. Then we
locate ftends at camp and get the men
to come down and meet their visitors,
or we direct the latter where TO 90.
"Any one wishing TO be met upon
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cal soldiers, ale made Of. 1t is Won
Ierlul the work they are doing. The
physical strain alone would be a tax
on big, husky fellow like myself"
Speaking of the work being done By
communities where the army and navy
are located, Joseph Lee, head OF the Ma.
tional Playground and Recreation Asso-
citation and member of the War De-
partment. Commission on Training
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Not Only Boston Finest the 80 st Massachu
sets Infantry, at the Cantonment but the
Rank and File of the Boys at the Navy
Yard and the Army's Depot Brigade
and the Artillery Light and
Heavy-Are Being Well Looked
After by Them
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II Y. NJ. c. A. Buildin.
In Full Operation

1T is 20 change this attitude on me
part Of the public toward the men who
are making every sacrifice on our be-
half that we are working. Right here
in Boston, where we have several thou
sand sailors at the forts and on the
Commonwealth Pier, much has been
done in this direction. Also for the
army at our beautiful csntonments near
Aver and Groton; but much more can
be done, and | believe we are going
about it in the right way. cannot
give too much praise TO the patriotic
women in these communities who have
rallied TO the governments call for
aid 70 help make our boys healthy and
happy Inside the camp at Dew
ems the Y. NJ. c. A., as elsewhere. is
doing a great work Their ten OF
eleven buildings are in full operation
and each night offers something in the
way of entertainment for many thou
sand men who crowd the huts to ca
pacity."
In addition 20 the organizations
which Mr.. Lee spoke Of, mention must
be made Of the Major Willard club
house for officers and their families
and friends, just outside the entrance
to the camp, besides the Hostes'
House. which is the only club nun b.
women for the enlisted men SLOWED
/ inside the cantonment.
Through the generosity OF Mrs. Ma
! thaniel Thsyers daughters, another
clubhouse for officers will be erected
within the space overlooking the
parade grounds. No Official notice OF
this has been given as yet, but plans
for the building Of the club are wei.
under way.
The next article in this series vii.
tell of the work OF Mrs. Thayer a.
Massachusetts, chairman Of the Won
ans Committee of the Council Of Ma
tional Defence, Mrs. John Balch. chair
man Of hospitality. and other women D.
Boston and vicinity who are helpin'
to win the war by making our boys II
blue and khaki ht for its grim reali
4foe
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scouts. furnish chorus at a civic en-
tertainment. or take part IN theatrl-
calls or athletic exhibitions. with
many men the trouble originates from
loneliness. for which the attitude OF
the civil community is in great part
responsible
"'You don't know wha; homesieknesS
means until you walk the streets Of
city and look into homes where fam
lilies are sitting together said young
man from one of the camps recently.
who was stationed nearly a thousand
miles from his home town.
off you want TO know what il means
to have everybody avoid you, just put
on the uniform OF the United States
Navy said another.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-01-05
DIR. AND MRS. 6. W
HUBBARD HIGHLY
HONORED B Y
CITIZENS OF
NASHVILLE

While quietly celebrating the forty
seventh Anniversary of their mar.
riage on Sunday evening, December
oath. DR.. and Mrs. Hubbard were
aroused by the presence Of a surprise
party formed by citizens of Nashville
and members of the faculty who had
come to do them honor upon the oc-
casion. So far as president and Mrs.
Hubbard were concerned the affair
was absolutely a voluntary one and
they were pleasantly surprised when
the numerous lovely appropriate and
appreciable tokens and flowers were
presented them in honor of this oc-
casion.
One of the other most interesting
features of the occasion was the
presentation of beautiful bou-
quesquet to Mrs. Hubbard by the
nurses of the G. w. Hubbard
Hospital. Dr.. and Mrs. Hubbard both
made timely talks, very appropriate
for the occasion. Hon. j. G. Napier
also made a very timely and approp.
riate address. The following persons
were present: Bishop and Mrs. |. B
Scott President E. A. white of Wal
den University and Miss V. Moore of
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DINNER GREAT
Mr.. c. 4. DICKSON, OF BUFFALO,
N Y, HOST
Elaborate Affair Program by
Ladies in Waiting Misses
K. A. Boyd, N. L. Boyd
and +. A. Battle

Yhe Round Robin Dinner given a.
-Le Carnation cub Wednesday even
{1g at O'Clock, with Mr. C. A. Dick
son, of Buffalo, \. Y, as host, was
pronounced the most classy event in
the way of a linnel that has been wit
messed in &csshville While the asser-
ton seems broad = he face OF the
fact that Nashville is the place where
big things are pulled OF, Nashville the
home Of presidents, Nashville the
center of much activity but when TIE
details OF the dinner shall have been
made known, there would seem to be
nothing left except the plain admsis-
sion of the fact that it was an event
of THE first and the best"
The dinner was rendered to Drs. ).
H. Hale, c. " Roman, A. NJ. Town.
send R. H. Boyd, Preston Taylor, J. b
Singleton, Messrs. j. c. Napier, w. II
McGavock, II. A. Boyd and j.
Grant, 1t began at Z o'clock prompt
ly and continued throughout un
1880, consisting of fourteen courses
A more elaborate menu has never
been read or served in this city. IT,
decorations added tc the dinner which
was in every way what its name j.
piled, 'Round Robin" affair. The
host announced at o'clock, when the
one dozen men gathered around the
table, that it was to be an evening Of
enjoyment, and that all cares of the
profession, the ministry or of the poll
tician, with those of the business men
were to be relegated to the regions
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of the unknown, and that the entire
evening was to be given to a real din
ner. There was a specially prepared
menu with an artistically written card
at each plate, the men present were to
find their own places The printed
menu, with the emblem of the club.
tied with pink ribbon, consisted Of
six pages. There was a title page Oh
which appeared the name "Carnation
Club of Nashville. Tenn" On another
page was contained the list of the
guests, with the name of the host; on
another was the menu. on another was
space for autographs, and on the last
were the names of the ladies in
waiting' Upon the autograph page
the host wrote his name on the first
line; immediately following this was
the name of the party occupying the
space, and the menu was passed to
each person at the table who attached
his signature.
THE night was snent in eonversa.
Ifi6n, aud given materially to eatables
After edct course was served there
was a general movement around the
table, 90 that after they had moved
eleyeff times each man present had
eaten at. q different place, and each
present had occupied the post OF hon
or at the right band side Of the host
thus epassipg, around the table and
sfhishing the. dinner at the place
where th3yshegan, The elaborate dec
Iofations sin the spacious dining-roQm
which was brilliantly lighted, the
! three beautiful ladies in waiting who
were to serve at this sumptuous Aeca
tsion, the silverware, cut glasss. tht
shining dishes, the splendid white ant
pink carnations, With the iiagnifcen
(Continued On Page 4 4 3i
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The Southwest Little
Rock and AxkQn-
sds Conferences
BY REV. w. CONWAY SMITH. ID. ID.

The first session of of the South
west Arkansas Annual Conference Of
the C. M. E. Church passed into his
tory at Magnolia, Ark, on Sunday
night, December 3, 1916.
This Conference was organized as
many of your readers will remember
last fall at the sitting of the Little
Rock and Arkansas Conferences. But
during this session no one could tell
the difference between the attendance
at this conference and the Little Rock
Conference before the division.
This Conference is made up of some
of the best blood of Southwest Ar
kansas. The men are all friendly and
kind They are also hustling and sue
cessful pastors. There is no better
set of laymen in any part Of the state
than can be 4ound here in tn ebounds
of the Southwest Conference.
The reports were all good. The
Educational and Mission assess
ments were full to the running over
point. Reports showed that all the
pastors were well paid and they all
brought full reports to the Confer
ence. In a special collection for Edu'
cation on Saturday during the confer
ence $37S dollars was raised Rev. G.
|. Bullock was elected Chief Secre-
tary and the Rev. w. S. Williamson
and C. L. Lewis assistants. The Rev
w. Conway Smith was chosen as
press reporter. DR.. R. S. Stout, the
big Church Extension man, a man
that is loved by all the ministers and
laymen of the state of Arkansas, cast
his membership with. the Southwest
Conference after the division, which
was hailed with much gladness by the
whole Southwest Conference.
The Southwest Conference honors
DR.. Stout. They are watching his flu
ture with ready and anxious actions
4 Dr. Stout is worthy man.
/ VIM. Cato and J. w. Jones were
transferred to the Louisiana Confer
ence. The Louisianians may fee
/ proud of these two sons of Arkansas
We recommend DR.. VIM White. wht
was transferred to Texas and station
ed at Austin, as a strong and success
full pastor. The work intrusted to hi
his care will be safe in his hands. w,
can say the sam sof j. e. McDade ar,
j G. L. Lewis.
4 IDr. G. l.. TyusS and VIM. Perkin
were transferred to the Arkansa
4 Conference. We recommend them I,
j the Arl1ansans as men OF trust.
i Rev. b. N. Nichols went to Hope a
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-01-05
DIR. C. V. ROMAN DELIVERS LAY
SERMON AT ST. PAUL LAST
Sunday

Before an overhowing congregation
at st. Paul A. M. E. Church DR.. C. V.
Roman, teacher of Sunday School
Glass No. ., delivered an unusually
strong and inspiring lay sermon on
Moral Ballast and Spiritual Mo-
mentum" last Sunday. He compared
life as to journey on the sea and
made an unusually favorable impress
sion. The Bible Class now numbers
l51 members and each Sunday visit
ors are in evidence. DR.. Simpson was
arecent visitor. Bishop Tyree is also
a frequent visitor
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COMPLIMENTS TO THE
NASHVILLE GLOBES
CHRISTMAS EDITION

Augusta, Ca, Dec. q, 1916.-My
Dear Mr.. Boyd: In the haste of the
Holiday rush, cannot forget the
pleasure it gives me to send this
small word of congratulation upon
The Christmas edition of the Nash
vile Globe. ! was glad TO see at
last in a colored newspaper a roto-
gravue section. .Yhe whole thing was
well done ala altogether praisewo:-
thy. 1t is enterprise with capital
e May God bless you and your
associates in the new Year and enable
You to surpass your old record which
S already the highest yet attained by
Negro newspapers in the Unite
States.
Faithfully yours,
Silas X. Floyd.
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Rousing Meeting at the New Y.M 6. A.. Mon.. Night
500 O'clock. Everybody is Invited DON'T MISS II.

Walden Faculty, Mrs. Caldwell,
Bishop C. H. Phillips, Dr.. ]. T. Phil
lips, Hon. ]. C. Napier the father and
brother of Prof. G. w. Claridge of
Ohio, Rev. and Mrs. R, H. Boyd, Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Boyd, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. n. Johnson, Miss l.. S.
Badger, DR.. and Mrs. c. V. Roman,
DR.. and Mrs, ]. H. Hale DR.. and Mrs.
+. A. Stewart, DR.. and Mrs. j. A. Nc
MILAN. There were a great many
who could not be present but mani
Tested their desire by sending ap-
propriate tokens of many varieties
A token given by the Senior Medical
class was presented to Mrs. Hubbard
in most timely manner by Mr. +. E.
Blackman.