Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
WOMAN WORKERS
FOR STRICKEN FRANCE
Five Will Finish This Week
Their First Month of Train
ing for Social Service

Five women. selected from more than 100
| applicants, will finish this week their first
| month Of training for social service work
| in France under the direction Of the French
! Evangelical churches The women were
| chosen by the committee for the care OF
| French mothers and children which Is an
| American auxiliary Of the French Evangeli-
| cal Society with headquarters IN Paris.
From their tents at the New York state
| School Of Agriculture. at Farmingdale. l..
l., the women will go to an old'fashioned
| country house at Alpine, y. j., to continue
| their several months OF preparation for eff
| hcent work abroad When their prepara-
| tion is completed they will be assigned to
work in the devastated regions to aid the
| local pastors in the restoration OF nome,
social and church life in the community.
Additional volunteers are urgently needed
for this service, They must be women OF
strong Christian qualities, fitted to cope
with the social and moral problems as well
as with the physical needs. They must be
able to endure hardshps and priVations'
and to meet difficulties with courage re-
sourcefulness and optimism. Previous study
Of French is essential, and an easy speak
ing ability must be gained before going
abroad.
Selected volunteers are put through
course of strenuous testing and training in
agricultural and household work. in yer
sonal and community hygiene. first aid. the
care and training Of babies and children,
hygiene for mothers, regime for anemic and
nervous women and children. recreations
and handcrafts for boys ard girls, Sunday
School teaching.
Qualified women able to pay their own
expenses are especially desired. A few very
capable women who have not the means to
advance their own expenses can be as
sisted in the procuring Of the necessary
funds. Women of means who are unable to
serve personally are invited to send
proxy. Clubs and churches are invited to
participate in this work.
On the advisory committee are the Rev
Charles S. Mcfarland of the Federal Coun-
ell of Churches the Rev. William ]. Haven,
Of the American Bible Society; the Rev.
Albert q. Lawson and Edmond T. Robert
Application blanks for volunteers and in
formation regarding the service may be OBJ
tained by writing to the headquarters of the
Committee for the Care OF French Mothers
and Children, 2s9 Fourth avenue, New York
city
This committee is cooperating in Amer
lea with the French Protestant organiza-
tions in their reconstruction and civilian
relief The work of the American COM
mittee consists chiefly in the selection and
preparation of women volunteers to serve
in France, especially for social service work
for the physical and moral aid of mothers
and children in the devastated regions. The
work i'm France is under the direction of
the French committees. The American
committee will also receive and forward
funds and approved supplies for the relief
work Of the French committees.
The expenses of the course are about
500 a week during the period of training.
To this, however, must be added So for
physical examination, "A physicians fee for
vaccination and typhoid incubation, note
and text books from SIS to $50. After
the period of training is complete the ex-
penses then will be passage to France, from
S74 to 800, and living expenses in France,
which will amount to about SEQ a month.