Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-15
MRS. JOSEPHUs DANIELS
TELLS or Y. ". C. A. WORK
Wife OF Secretary Of Navy Speaks
Before Largo Audience at
Woman's Club.
WAR IMPOSES EQUAL BURDEN
Declares Men Of Country Have Lived
Up TO What Women Expected.
Hostess House at Camp Lee to he
Opened To-day.

Up ~ "HhC women ExpeCtSu.
Hostess House at Camp Lee to he
Opened To-Day.
Introduced by Mrs. ]. Allison Hodges.
president OF the Woman's Club. OF
Richmond. Mrs. Josephus Daniels. wife
OF the Secretary Of the Navy, spoke
in the packed auditorium OF the club
yesterday afternoon on the work of
the War Council OF the Y. w. C. A.
| Many incidents were related by Mrs.
Daniels bearing on tho value Of tho
agency Of the Y. w. c. A. In relation
to the war. In the opinion Of Mrs.
Daniels. the war imposes an equal bur
den on men and women, and II Ia part
OF womcn's far-reaching work that tho
bravo lads at the front may be en-
couraScd to go over the top'-and
smile"
! Mrs. Daniels said that her four sons
had been the inspiration OF her life.
| Her brothers also are military men,
and she knows what war means to the
mothers and sisters Of soldiers in stress
and worry and anxiety. 1t has been
her experience she said. that the men
, in this country have lived up to what
the women expect OF them, and when
the women demand single standard"
for men and women, then the single
standard will be a fact.
| Mrs. Daniels spoke with deep convic-
tion Of the value OF the hostess
houses which are important features
or the war work policy Of the y w.
c. A. From the viewpoint OF u mother.
with sons In the army, she realizes
kcenly that where the right kind OF
women can come to camp OF soldiers
and see and talk TO their sons and
brothers. husbands and sweethearts,
the wrong kind" of woman does not
dare to show her face
OPEN HOSTESS HOUSE, AT
CAMP LEE TODAY,
The War Council has made these
'hostess houses" possible as war
measure. There are twenty-four housrs
already UP in different cantonments
others under construction and still
others asked for by the commentaries
Mrs. Daniels will go to Camp Lee to-
day to be present at the formal OMEN
ing OF the hostess house at O'clock
The Richmond public Is invited.
Officials OF the Y. W. G. a. hope to
nave plenty of cars on hand this after
noon 10 carry over to the camp all who
desire to 60.
Mrs Daniels stressed the fact that
to carry on the great work planned by
the war Council. 100000 would be
needed. since the work was no Longer
confined TO America. There are nine
secretaries of the Y. W. Z. A. now in
Russia and twenty-one in France. and
the call was urgent Tor more workers
In the devastated countries OF the
allies.
Il
OIL The Richmond Y. w. G.. A., and a
member OF the National War worI,
Council. followed Mrs. Daniels in a
nr1ef address, outlining moro specific
ally the plans OF the council Miss
tawes is always q popular speaker
oefore Richmond audience. particu-
iarly an audience of young people and
the mothers Of young people
Quoting Mrs. Daniels with whimsical
humor she began her talk by saying
that her boys had been an Inspiration
10 her, and that the reason she loves
girls 80 much is because she loves BOYS
so much. and that there is nothing
nicer In the world than boys-except
girls.
Miss Halves spoke first OF the hostess
house at Camp Lee. which has been
erected to meet the needs OF. girls and
women who are coming to the camp to
see their men folk, and which will be
u little bit OF home" for the woman
who is utterly worn and distressed
looking for one man in city OF 10000,
where all the men look alikc. What
the war council has made possible in
Petersburg was also stressed, and then
Miss Halves took up in detail the pro-
posed distribution of the budget where
the need was most urgent The key
"a ~ Ito c. Oh
shall it profit a nation II. in gaining
the whole world, 1t loses its girls"
NOW NEED 100000
INSTEAD OF sI,oOO,OOo
The present world crisis. declared
Miss Hawes. has made it necessary for
many girls TO live in rooming houses
without supervisors; to endure loneli- |
ness in strange environment; to take
mans place in munition factories and
In support of family; to bear physical
and mental strain from overwork: to
face overtime work under guise Of
patriotism; to contend with false ideals
of relationship occasioned by presence
Of soldiers
These are only conditions that face
thousands Of American girls. but when
it becomes a question OF the girls in
the countries OF Europe conditions are
unspcakably worse for them and for
the American girls who have gone out
as Red Cross nurses to do day after day
the grueling work In the base hos.
pltals.
Since We asked for a million last
June, said Miss Hawes. "the need has
become fourfold. so we arc now asking
for 100000 instead of S1.000.0o0."
Mrs. Henry r. Dawson, wife OF the
man who received such an ovation in
Richmond recently, is the national
treasurer OF the War Work Council.
Mrs. James Gordon Smith, OF Rich.
mond. is the local chairman. to whom
checks should he sent In this territory.
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