New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-07
Organize 9 Departments
of War Duty in Mrs.
Vanderbilt's Home
LEAGUE FOR SERVICE
WILL BE PRACTICAL
Social Experts Will Have
Charge of Encampment
Problems

Service met yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. william X. Vanderbilt,
GIL Fifth Avenue, to consider the con
dtion of emergency" and to work out
a standardized programme.
Society women, Red Cross neadS'
educational leaders, sufragists, anti
suffragists and even pacifists, repre-
senting hundreds OF thousands OF
women. had come with just one thought
in mind. II was embodied IN reso'u-
ton offered by Dean Virginia T. III
der,leeye OF Barnard College, to or
gsnizs the women's power OF the ma
ton 70 serve the government ana tne
people Of the United states IN '"''
critical emergency ,
7, took Miss Grace Parker. natIohai
commandment Of the League lot "o'"
an. Service. Just three minutes TO pre-
s.nt nrogramme which will be OIL
fersd 70 the women Of the entire couh-
Try. for their work in the present e'"
y
dition of emergency.
Work in Nine Sections
Il will standardize the WORK ua'ei
.io b.ods so that other organizations
NAV keep their identity whiie eooiu'
no,;ro with the National League for
Womens' Service. =
The following are he branches oil
yorl. Social welfare. home admln'strat.
tom agriculture, health, medlcal MotN
and nursing, signaling ana map 80
a ;nn MOTOR driving, camp life, genera
service. ,;oJ Tho nroblem
e 80, women can best aid their couh,
~, in war in England. where she went
~, irne The thing that they lacheu
most of all, she found was stsnu
ardized programme, and the Nati1hai,
Geaonc for Women's Service hau
Led this one out with the purpose
Of avoiding the mistakes that inc pris
;eh women have made in war. Inc -;
ganizstions Of the league Will DC mn,
tary one. with state bodies under .he
rotionsl one, and local ones uhner 'n'
suneryision Of the state leagues,
.The National Council OF DelenDe
told me that they were keen 10 nave
tho aid of the women IN war !, w, W.
only knew how best 10 enlist H. ~.
parker said, referring to her uece re-,
conference with the council III WASH
ington.
Three Women To Be Named
The problem OF how to get tne
,.oro,,,s aid in war has been solved by
tho appointment Of three women 10 INC
councH of whom Miss Parker VIII pe
ono Mrs. J. S. Martin, OF Phlladelphla,
orotLer and he third a Washington
woman. who has not yet been haiheu;
Il j. tho FIRST time that the counell OF
doferce has ever been invaded ny
,,omen- and the innovation mas re-
coived the hearty approval OF fresl-
don't Wilson. who is himself the hohor-
ary president of the council. ~
in every detail the work OF the Ma
,;oral Ieague for Women's Service Is
IN no absolutely practical. Trained or
oanizers may have charge OF the regis
eratIon of women. which presents a Sc
lions problem, now that the women are
rushing to the league headquarters AT
1O5 West Fortieth Street at the rate Oh
about "a dozen minute, one "o'h
said. to set down their names, ana the
work they will be willing TO DO IN case
of war. .oLo
Only such women as are able TO take
tbeir autono biles TO pieces If necessary
are qualified for ambulance drivers
Miss Parker explained. An interesting
branch Of the work will be te2ehihB
cooking 10 soldiers. so that they may
get as much nutriment as poss'o'e
from war provisions.
Social Experts to Work
Trained social workers are 10 have
charge OF the social problems that
usually 20 hand in hand with war, and
= large part of their time will be given
IN m. problems around aTmories and
encampments.
what we must do first of all in this
condition Of emergency is to keep our
heads" said Miss Maude Wetmors,
temporary chairman of the council, who
presided over the meeting yesterday
tAll help for those abroad must De con-
tinued and even doubled. Those ma
tons may be our allies soon"
Mrs. William kinnicutt Draper. Sec
retary Of the American Red Cross,
which will coordinate its work with
that of the League for Women's Ser.
vice. reported that her organization had
ready to offer the country FIVE base
hospital units, LOO physicians and
surgeons and 1900 trained nurses, with
more enrolling every day.
Miss Gildersieeye said that thou
sands Of other women would be willing
20 fall into line for the League tor
Women's Service as soon as dehnltn
programme should be made public, and
cited the thousands Of Columbia slu'
dents who gathered IN the college halis
Yesterday TO consider how they mign'
give aid TO the country, and the 1000
girls Of Barnard.
Miss Candace Hewitt, CAPTAIN Of the
emergency service corps, a group Of
dcbutantes who organized themselves
into a thoroughly military camp lss