Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-12
Hostess Homes Offer Only
Place Where Best Women
Can Meet Them.

At an Informal service held NJ the
Convention hail yesterday afternoon
under the auspices Of the Y. Nj. &. A
snd Y. W. c. A. war work committees
Miss Mildred Corbett gave a thrilling
aud inspiring talk on the "N. NJ. c. A
and Cantonments." The meeting was
well attended and was presided over
by w. X. Guibcrson. IL was opened
with an Invocation by the Rev. j. W.
Abel Of the First Methodist church,
s"d an organ prelude, star Spangled
Banner" bv Mrs. II. +. Macarthur.
Miss Corbett's talk was In interest
of the war activity campaign which
is to be a one-day affair in this city
Wednesday when $4,000 are TO be
raised. She said In part:
81 spent the last six weeks in the
great caEtonment cities of the south
west. ] have been in the camps and
on the streets of the cities, walking,
riding, working, talking. and have
looked into the faces of thousand and
thousands of soldiers, lots of them
Oklahoma boys / believe | save seen
soldiers enough in the last six weeks
to win the war if-those boys can win
the victory in their own lives over
the great trials and temptations.
Along with the thousands and thou
sands of soldiers have seen thou
sands and thousands of girls on the
streets In these cities, ont in the
camps, In the restaurants, in the
shows, and everywhere. | have seen
girls enough to save this nation that
the boys are going to die for. If they
will. Along with seeing these boys
and these girls. believe / have
learned to pray as / never in all my
life knew how to pray before. To
pray that the boys might win the vic
tory over themselves and over their
temptations, that would make 1t pos
sible to win the war; to pray that the
girls might do their great share IN
holding so steady, so sane, so true that
they would keep the home base what
it ought to be while the boys are
fighting.
Officials Back II.
DAY before yesterday I was at
Camp Bowie, where we had n confer
ence at the hostess house. Brigadier
General Hoffman was addressing US
In a complimentary way on our work,
but the thing he said which we shall
remember forever, coming from SOL
Gier, was that the great enemy Is not
Germany That was not a preacher,
that was Roy Hoffman. one or the
soldiers, saying the great enemy is
not the German guns, but rottcnness.
Coming from a soldier and com
mander of thousands OF soldiers, that
spoke mighty well for the idea or the
leadership in our army. l cannot tell
you, and do not need to tell you, be-
cause the Y. NJ. C. A. men have been
here and they have told you what this
thing is that our boys are going into.
| Mr. Murray mentioned that some OF
this war budget will go to the rental OF
several hotels which the Y. Nj. Z. A.
has in Paris because there Is no decent,
safe, sanitary place there. In San An
tonic, El Paso and the other border
towns where our own national guards
were located, there are now beng born
little babies who have no rol place in
! this world-diseased, crippled ana
blind. That / know.
"But in these camps have seen the
workings of government that cares
about that thing. For the first time
| in history n government cares, ana
takes some action; government cares
about the morality of its soldiers.
Aren't we proud 1t makes me more
proud of the Stars and Stripes than of
any of the powers of which we boast.
have seen the laws go into effect
which they have made, the clean-ups,
the five-mile zone. But at best, the
government can only do the negative
1
the men, of which you know, mobiliz-
ing and organizing the resources of the
| communities of San Antonio, Fort
Worth. Houston, Lawton, Deming, FL
Paso, and they are going to give the
boys a chance to have decent recrea-
ton, to avail themselves of the oppor-
tunities for good things that the towns
have.
Huts Are Crowded.
81 have seen the Y. NJ. G. A. at
work; the huts crowded and overflow
ing with boys who are eager for a
chance to write a letter home, or grip
the hand of one who cares. The work
of the churches. opening their doors
Il and making every possible e1fort 10
make il possible for the soldiers to
have the right kind of surroundings
And so in these six weeks ] have come
to see that our nation is worthy to
fight the great fight for democracy
and / am proud today because l can
p, feel that we care enough for the right
kind of things to be worthy to fight the
Fkind of war we are in.
But with all of this in my study
and work i'm these cities, as i have
looked into the eyes of these boys and
girls, / have realized that all OF the
influences We can put around them, all
| or the protection we can give tneln' IL
of no avail. unless something is born
| in the boys heart, in the girls heart
unless they will seek to avail them
elves of this thing the government and
the community is doing for them.
"I have been disappointed, as /
know you have been disappointed at
so many failures of our boys and of
our girls to stand the pressure. Awful
tales of the moral conditions among
the girls and the soldiers in these
cities have come to US / cannot tell
you these tales. but it has been such
great disappointment to feel that
our young people are not strong
enough to stand the pressure. We
have to pray and to work as no
people on the face OF Gods earth
have ever worked or prayed, to make
| it possible for the right kind of con-
| ditlons to create this thing i'm the
boys and the girls heart which will
keep them sane, and strong, and save
the nation.
Girls Must Win.
well, it is up to the girls again,
up to the women again; | suppose
should say still instead of again. To-
day, after six weeks in the training
camps and cities, | know it is up to
| the girls and IL is the standard that