El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-06
"cNAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR WONEN'
IS APPEAL TO Ell PASO MEMBERS OF WAR
WORK COUNCIL BY MISS SCHOOLEY

camps and cantonments. Il is right
and natural that these women should
I desire 10 see their sons husbands
T brothers and sweethearts, but they
Z are a menace and continual trouble
7 ir something IS not done for tleii
I care a telegram came TO New YORK
2 headquarters appealing for Immediate
help from the Plattsbure command
] ant In ten days our Hostess house
was opened there. The houses are
I made just as honey and womanly as
I possible, and they radiate cheer and
hospitality There is a large living
room in each house, an eat shop
where the luZuries. such as pie. swee s
and ice cream, not in the army "a
tons, can be procured by the men
and which are so well attended that
one needs q shoe horn to get in, and
nursery Cor the babies There is a
paid hostess who dispenses hOspitali-
Is, with volunteer assistants, an
emergency worker TO help with al.
unusual cases, and an informant who
answers any query. no matter how Pc
culiar or difficult which may come 20
her.
a moman went to one camp and
said she would like help in finding
her son, John Smith She had no clue
as TO the regiment he was in, and
there were so John Smiths at the
camp A radiant faced mother and q
happy lad were the result OF the emer-
5ency workers Investigations.
The need for these hostess houses
Is tremendous. Coming through Tex
as, ! was the only woman in my car
who was not on her way 10 see some
soldier at a camp. There were moth
were as helpless as their children
with the problems at hand We have
contracts 20 put hostess houses in ev-
cry camp and cantonment, and at a
need Is similar and urgent We need
100000 70 keep up the work Of the
nosless houses
The commandant at Plattsburg
said TO rs regarding the hostess house
work. = our work is the best ple1e of
organized service that has ever been
done under my eye"
Emergency housing is another ire.
meuuOuSly important feature OF our
service continued Miss SchOo.ey. .
For an example Of the needs all over
America at Charleston there Is a huge
navy uniform factory which employs
500 country girls. Charleston is q
small place and cannot iii the need
for adequate housing. although Wom- i
en- opened their homes 10 the giIls
who did not need nor desire bOaruers. t
Even then the congestion is SO great I
that three girls are sleeping In the .
beds IN the day times, and IN. ee OrherI
girls sleeping in those same beds at.
night At Camp = unstCn an immense .
laundry is TO be opened, and 900 gi-ls
are TO be employed, country girls, as
the officers do not wish CITY girls
Dur country girls are not educated to
face such = problem I asked an Off
Ger where the girls would live. lie
replied, AT Junction city Yet juno
ton City is u miles away and is q
small town Of 5000 inhabitants, which
IS already oFercroWded. Even with
friends there, IL was difficult for me
10 find place TO stay the short time
was there What can those 500
country girls do2 Il is for the women
IF America to care for the girls Of our
gering as those of the men We need
100000 for emergency housing. That
VIII be only a drop in the bucket COM
pared TO the gripping need
In one city in the south a little
negro boy bought a pop-gun recently
md said that he was planning 70
shoot at the soldiers who pushed his
lister off the sidewalks. Even though
hey have . dark skin, the negro girls
IRE the girls OF America; they are our.
girls, and We have a responsibility TO-
ward them in one place the girls
we're obliged % ask their employers
% allow them 10 leave before dark 1t.
g not safe for US 10 go home after
ark, was their true remark We
wish 20 devote 100000 TO the benefit
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The patriotic league IS doing q
plendid service in keeping the girls
tandards high and pure. and eucour-
ging them 10 use their patriotic feel
ne in lines Of endeayOr which are.
-el worth the effort one army com
landant said If the women OF
.merica would stop knitting and pro-
tote the patriotic league the change
'ould benefit the whole moral strCc- q
Ire Of society our Russian work, E
DO, is giving a service where it is Z
eeded- The girls in the munition fac
7rinE from lack Of nutrition. Even
he wealthy stand i'm line for food A.,
he condition OF the poor must be hor- y
ble. Our workers in Russia are q
ungry- one recently bought o tiny
eefsteak for IS We need % estab- 9
sh canteens in Russia ! have Z
leOry that If the girls are well
0used, wei nOurished, with pleasant. q
Ork. and interests in life, few VIII 90
rOng. The Russian girls need and \
.sire intellectual classes They wish Z
nElish taught thems they have a ,
-eat need for recreation The revo- i
tiOnists in Russia have been work =
3 for 40 years among the students O.
he way is paved Tor US In France y
e establish recreation cenrers for the I
ara working, heroic nurses who ale Z
ghtinE for our cause The condition =
the girls in the muuiron factories .
France Is deplora5le also Their +
)urs are over lOng and the girls are. Il
lderfed. \
we do not need 10 20 overseas 90 Il
nd a tremendous task confronting :
; with foreigners in our New York d
ladquarters we have workers who 81
.eak % languages. All kinds Of prob q
ms come 10 Us to solve There are Il
ousands Of foreign speaking men in b
e army now Many Of them did not. s
ID al
count OF wives and wee babies, and n
z restitution and suffering result "
& is something which We can help. r
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