Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-01

ceeding drafts this number will be
! multiplied many fold Thousands are
working as telegraph and telephone
| operators. stenographcrs. laundrcsses
! etc, in the Cantonments. In many
places, not a thot has been given to
their housing or living conditions.
When, as often happens, the camps
are located miles from town with in
adequate accommodation, or as in
some eases in the very wilderness IL
SELF. the problem is a kuotty one. ~
one orEanization--no a dozen Of
them--could meet Che housing needs
Of these girls who are taking mems
places In government ana mercantile
establishments The war work COun-
cil ls conducting clubs and social work
among the girls and IS assuming as its
part the building Of several boarding
houses rather as a demonstration OF
what can he done than as a solution
20 the great problem. IN an Of these
, louss there will be parlors In which
girls car entertain men friends When
mercantile establishments find that
She girls patronize and like the places.
and that the houses themselves are
proving successful financially, Il is
believed that they will provide similar
accommodations
Foreign " Nomcn.
In many Of the camps the number
- foreign men II great This means
multitudes of non English speaking
women who have been left behind
when they went to war and who are
unacquainted not only with the Ian.
guage but helpless because they do
not know the customs Of the country.
For these foreign women a special
bureau is in operation and its work
ers interpret the law in such cases $
insurance and compensation and when
necessary will act as go-between
with the landlord. and be "A friend
generally when il is most needed
Uniforms and drums have stirred
girl patriotism TO its highest pitch
every where. a useful asset TO the gov
ernment II II is turned into the right
channels; an unspeakable danger II
IL multiplies in unrestrained emotions /
All over the country. as a result OF the
war work council. girls are wearing
the patriotic league bu.,on-thous-
ands Of them. The button and the /
pledge which the girls take stand !
forth for "a square deal" In morals. |
In conduct. and in service. And clubs I
established among them combine |
some work some play, and some form !
Of athletics.
Changed social conditions are work /
ing serious perils as usual in war /
times to the women OF the cuniry. 4
and tho war work council has started i
an educational campaign thru its !
bureau OF social morality A corps I
u women physicians. trained 10 their /.
work are lecturing thruout the coun- /
try not only TO the girls but 10 their .
mothers and teachers on matters re- I
lating To the questions OF sex and /.
social hygiene
Women Abroad.
In European countries women who F.
are taking the places OF men In the T.
Industries are threatened with failure F..
10 do their part because food and or
dinnry necessities are lacking. 1--WE 7
must keep their spirits up as wen as I
their bodies fed. writes "A worker i'm /.
France. III .hc men in the trenches /
are 10 do their part during the. com
ing winter Thirteen workers are al .
ready iu France, seven are in Rus |
sa and more are on the way or Just /
arriving. They are opening cafeterias /
and providing recreation for women
workers and putting up huts at the
base hospitals for nurses so that when !
they are off duty they may have re- 3
spite from the daily horrors.
Many OF the southern camps are
boy colored communities
where girls wholly unused to adjust
ng conduct to conditions are in the
greatest need OF special attention.
Several secretaries are now looking
INTO conditions. and clubs for girls
are being started i'm various places.
This Is onlt the beginning OF the
work undertaken by the war work