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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
NATIONAL

bedding and hospital supplies left the Madison
Avenue headquarters for Tarrytown. An
empty shack was found near the camp and by
shutdown a we'll equipped hospital with four
beds was in running order. -u
COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANI. %
CATIONS
The National League for Womens Service
co6perates with seventy-fve other women's
organizations, upon which they can call in any
emergency. -
For instance the day before the registra-
ton for the army, the Mayors Committee
fearing that there might be trouble among the
foreign population, asked the league to pro-
cure speakers who would hold meetings in the
streets and explain to these people in their own
languages what it was all about The league
got in touch with its cooperating societies and
that evening, all through the portions Of the
town where foreigners live, there we're meet
ings addressed by people who spGJe the Ian
guage of the district.
Emergency calls for clothing or other sup %
plies for the men at the front are promptly
met by the Overseas Division. =,
The division which has charge Of the clerical
dred calls a week for volunteers in this line
These calls come from hospitals, fyom armories
and from al sorts of war relief societies All
sorts of clerical workers are registered, from
the trained stenographer, who gives her even
ings to the work to the unframed worker who
does filing or addressing envelopes.
WORK OF THE MOTOR DIVISION .r
The Motor Division is one of the busiest OF
all these branches Of the league, and, in&
dentally, its work is by far tie most spectacle
lar and interesting. Nearly FIVE hundred
women are enrolled as expert motorists, ready
at any hour Of the day or night to take their
places behind the steering wheel. Ana the
calls come thick and fast, the record number
being sixty-fve in one lay. th
What do they do?" you ask =
What don't they do? They are sent on all
sorts of errands for the army and navy-they
carry officers, whose time in town is limited,
about from place 10 place wherever business
calls them; they carry orders and do all sorts
OF Secret Service work; they follow trucks that
are carrying supplies to the ships and report
any accident or delay to these; they carry sick
TO the hosptals-there just isn't any end to
the list OF the services which they render.
Some time hope to tell you the whole story
Of the Motor Division all by itself. but just
now you must take my word for il that, like
every other division Of that most excellent orr
ganization the National League for Women's
Service, when an emergency arises the Motor
Division is most decidedly con the job" .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

kitchen took over the work, the women Of the
league served a luncheon consisting Of two
sandwiches, banana and tea or coffee or milk
for IS cents. Five hundred women particl
paced in this work.
The volunteer workers at the City Canning
Kitchen, under the Williamsburg Bridge, had
no facilities for getting luncheon and there
was no restaurant near, so they sent their call
to the league. Now two women are at the
kitchen every day from II until l o'clock, serv'
ing sandwiches and iced tea TO the workers.
The Canteen Division, too, was called into
service when the Red Cross unit from Chicago
was passing through town on its way to the i'll
fated Mongolia. A message was received late
one afternoon asking that the league send the
canteen to Hoboken at s o'clock the next Morn
ing TO serve breakfast to the unit. When the
train pulled in there they were, with steaming
coffee and baskets of fresh sandwiches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

France-yes, yes, we must keep the good
hearth
In our pension there is one patrician PEN
sonuqire. little old lady who used to live in
great luxury. Her daughter used to be one OF
the brilliant hostesses of Paris.
The mother now lives in the smallest room of
the pension in strict economy, and her clothes,
exquisite years ago, are still immaculate. She
is like lady in an old French print.
Sometimes we go together to the evening
service of songs and prayers for our soldiers"
In the old church of st. Thomas d'Acqun
around the corner set back a little from the
Boulevard st. German.
An American woman feels herself on sacred
ground there. In the vestibule is the list Of
over two hundred men, nearly all very young
men, from the parish, who have fallen on the
field of honor"
Those who come to pray there are those who
have given these young men-and when they
sing their simple chant the outsider feels
drawn very near the Infinite.
These half-hours have drawn us close to-
always pray for your American young men,
there at ST. Thomas d'Acqun. | cannot help
feeling that before this war is ended they too
will die in great numbers and pray
as all French women pray for those American
boys and men who have already come, volun-
tary sacrifice and for the proud but sorrowlng
families of those whose sons have already dled
the glorious death for France. Their prlght
Young spirits are part of that spiritual iorce
that is going to save the world.
Returning, we always rest for awhile on the
chest that stands on the third landing OF our
house-a grand old mansion in the days OF
Louis Philippe, now place of shops and apart
nerts. The third landing nearly always IN
snires condolences in whoever rests there.
God mercifully saves US from going mad
Madame v is saying. "For the heroism OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

The Canteen is only one of nine divisions
which the National League for Womens ser
vice has established The other eight divisions
are equally ready in an emergency
The Social and Welfare Division is partIcu-
larlv busy these days. The need for an even
inc class for sailors and soldiers who wished to
study French was met Immediately by one OF
the members, Nine. Bertheot, who volunteered
to teach class at headquarters every evening
This class is attended by from twenty-five to
thirty men.
About July l the commander in charge OF
the camp at Tarrytown asked the powers
that be" for hospital at the camp. NO re-
snonse came to his call. He waited patiently
for more than a month, meanwhile sending
the sick men to the Ossining hospital.
One day last week he telephoned to the
league and asked for assistance. The next
morning a motor truck loaded with cots and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

Take the Canteen Division, for example
but before I 90 any futthcr, l feel that owe
this division humble apology. Several weeks
ago went to the league headquarters to in
quire into the work Of the Canteen Division.
most charming woman who had charge Of this
branch Of the work told me about 1t.
WHAT THE CANTEEN DIVISION DOES
THE women take three lessons in canteen
cooking" she said "they learn to make va
rious kinds Of sandwiches, fruit syrups, tea
and coffee"
when is such food used for the army" l
asked.
ITS to supplement the regular army ra-
tons" she answered. For instance, when
regiment is kept waiting for several hours at
the railroad station with nothing to eat, they
send TO us and we send our workers to feed
them"
wasn't bit impressed. had picture Of
a group of young women in spotless white uni
forms (which incidentally were exceedingly
becoming) standing in the Grand Central Sta
ton doing out thin little ladylike sandwiches
and pale lemonade to horde of husky Sam
mics" who would much prefer "hot dog and
glass Of beer.
'Dilettante war-workers" / said to myself.
And crossed THE Canteen Service of the
National League" off my list and looked about
for something really worth while to write
about.
Now ! see my mistake, and | apologize.
At the time / made my inquiries feeding the
men at the Grand Central Station was the only
work which the Canteen Division had been
called upon to do Since then, however, there
have been all sorts Of emergency calls which
have been met Immediately, and with efficiency.
have also changed my idea Of the food
which the canteen furnishes. have eaten the
sandwiches and found them not only delicious
but fully man-size; have drunk the lemonade
and it was real lemonade.
MEETING A FEW EMERGENCIES
/ have also seen the canteen at work. 1t
wasn't bit as / had pictured 1t. 1t was at
the 9Th Armory, away out on Jerome Avenue
and One Hundred and Ninety something street.
that saw it in full swing. The armory Is
new one, and the kitchen equipment was not
ready when the soldiers moved in.
The question Of providing lunch for the men
was difficult problem, for there were no
restaurants in the neighborhood, so call was
sen. 10 the National League for Women's Ser
vice
The call was received at o'clock one after
noon, and at if o'clock the next morning the
canteen was ready for business at the armory,
From IL until 2 each day, until the armory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

For many months / have worn that nat with
no secret thought that it was worthy of re-
mark and glow with satisfaction-the greater
,s,ause I have no feeling of guilt. Not many
5olars did il cost, but painstaking ingenuity,
Blanche, who has come in to bring the water
and turn down the bedclothes, tries it on, at
nv suggestion, before the huge mirror Of the
.bsurd French wardrobe, which holds nothing
because il is all little shelves. The effect is
nronounced by us both "ravissant."
Blanche has been much quieter than usual
those DAYS since the fighting has been so heavy
IN her husbands sector, but now her spirits
rise.
~ also she says, "have something charm
ing. and she dashes out, returning almost i'm
me,iately with two trench rings that her yourg
husband had made-out of bits Of shell, alum
;Oun and brass,-one with brass four-leaf
clover for its setting the other with cross.
Al, it is something to be the war-wife Of
devoted Chasseur-husband--tho one may
have to fetch and carry all day long!
aBut that is not the best" says Blanche,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

"Ah, Madame" says Blanche, "rous dreE ie
bon cur" and with a thousand "Nercis' runs
off with it as if afraid | would change ny
mind. NO" say somewhat resantfully to
the closed door as she passes out, 81 have moth
ing to do with te bon cgur | never meant to
give up that hiatt was your Mar
seillase'.'
The two weeks speed by for me, and drag
their weary length for Blanche, and another
night she brings in water and turns down the
bedclothes.
Madame" she says chokingly, my husband
is not to have his permission-not for another
month And then it will be shorter-for them
ali. Men are so needed at the front. Il Is hard
for France-it is harder every day. don't
know what our men will do and then,
ashamed of this sentiment she finishes proud
ly, "if we don't keep up the good heart"
When she has gone there is light tap on
the door Madame N, the mistress of the
pension, tells me might be interested in some
little presents from the trenches, just received
from her son. He is telephonist on the front
line. A post Every expoSed."
They are pretty" she says, but ugh! these
make me SILVER" She shows me some per-
fectly dressed, soft, iridescent skins Of young
rats
q. Yes, they are beautiful, but some way
we cover them up. There are also two vases
made from shells, and fragment Of grenade
"My son was due his permission in twelve
DAYS" she says, "but doubtless you have seen
in the journal the permissiOns are to be longer
apart, and shorter. Men are so needed at the
front. Sometimes it is hard to have the good
heart Ny nephews are all killed-but how
dare complain when think how little have
to suffer in comparison with the refugees
whose men are dead, ard those who live in the
conquered districts? Ny son is living-that IS,
he was yesterday, and l will know again to-
morrow if all is we'll with him. Of course, our
generation is the sacrifice for the future Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

ARDONNEZ MOI, Madame
says little Blanche, the maid at
our modest pension. pardon
me for speaking. 1t is of your
violet hat. 1t is chdrmaats,
chic, nligRonne, adorable"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

II d.
1 than she who sits at the switch
- board and answers the calls of
kES Vanderbilt, 1880"
&S3sJ Hello! Yes, this is Van
derbilt 1850. Yes, National
League for Women's Service.
You want the Motor Division. III connect you
WITH them. Hello, Captain BastedO! An Off
Ger from the 9Th Armory wants an automobile
for the afternoon. All right, sir go ahead"
"Hero. Hello! Yes, National League for
wonen's Service. You want the Canteen Divi-
son. III connect you with them. Yet I'm
sure you'll get your canteen."
Hello! Yes, National League for Women's
Service. That's for the Clerical Department
m connect them. Hello, call for stenOg-
npher for St. Blanks Hospital. All right sir,
20 ahead
And 50 il goes on all day long, nor IS this
the end Of the matter Every one of these
emergency calls is responded to Immediately by
Ii. volunteer workers who have enrolled under
TIE banner Of the league.
THIS IS REAL WORK
It's all very well 70 say that one is willing to
10 ones bit"-when one can do II leisurely
without interfering seriously with ones other
wOrs- But 70 be ready at any hour Of the day
or night 70 drop whatever one may be dong
and do ones bit" is a horse Of quite another
eolorl
And yet this is exactly what every member
q the National League for Women's Service Is
ready 70 do. Il is what many Of them have
already done II is only another example OF
ns way that our women have come up to
nse. the new condition Of things.
"wonan,s indecison," which, according 70
Tradition, was one Of her greatest failings and
ne chef reason for her inability 10 succeed in
saEnssr, is thing Of the past. In these days,
shr TIE emergency call comes, she doesn't hes
..s; she responds at once.
ne emergency service Of the National
league for Women's Service is 20 organized
as' when a call comes for any kind Of service
gre s no waiting until committee can DC
yIMssned; no question Of the board Of directors
lg % be consulted. The chairman Of that
.'.Eslsf branch Of service IL called. she calls
,usunnants, and Voilai the deed is done
=" would be surprised 10 know Of the DIFF
s 49, hnds Of service which these various
~'Aons have rendered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

Finally, alone on side street with the
Mayor, who made promises of favor and
secrecy if he would tell, he admitted that the
general once had. And what had he said?
Once said the chauffeur, when | was
closing the door of his car, the general turned
to me and sad Jacques, when do you think
the war will end""
Our conversation, being well introduced,
reached its climax. Blanche's husband is due
his leave in two weeks she has very
pretty violet dress and hadn't oet-
ter be thinking of getting a ,ci'ater hat? -
and did think | would be able to pack my
violet one when left, with so little, space IN
my trunk? ''''''
Some one starts to play the "MarseIllaise'
across the way and with the sound Of 1t in my
ears, uplifted give the hat to Blanche. That
dear little violet hat with the flowers that stick
I'D in the back, if do say it, so jauntily!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

Children in a War
Nursery in Paris,
Cared For by Women
Who Have 1.-The Good
Heart"
Refugee Mother and
Little Ores Find Shell
Ter and Safety al tie
Sec0nrS de Guerre,
Established and Main
tanned by the Gem
darmes of Paris
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
~ MARIAN BoNsALL DAVIS

,.,,,,,,r Worner in ire Red Cross. Served
,oy Months Near the Front in France,
Doing Relief Work for Soldiers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
By ELENE FOSTER

HERE isn't q buster little woman
in all this busy city these days
than she who sits at the switch
board and answers the calls of
Vanderbilt, 1880"
Hello! Yes, this is Van
derbilt 1860. Yes, National
League for Women's Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-31
BELIEVES THAT SERBIA
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED
Athens Correspondent Says King
Constantine Vetoed Plans for
Greek Intervention in 1915.

LONDON August 31.-The Athens cor
respondent of Reuters Limited says
that the full report of the speech made
by Premier yenizelos August Is throws
a new and important light on the OAR
danelles campaign and shows that II
the plans he contemplated had not been
arbitrarily vetoed by Constantine, then
king. Serbia might have been saved
Bulgaria forced to keep neutral and
Turkey defeated early in 1915. At the
time he proposed intervention in the
warm February, 1915-Gallipoli was
defended by only 5000 Turks scattered
among the different fortresses, with
scanty supplies of ammunition.
From the Greek representative at
Turks then were preparing to evacuate
the capital and. he declared. if his pol
icy had been carried out a Greek army
could have been secretly landed at CAL
lipoli and could have entered Constan-
tinople within a fortnight.
Thus" said NJ. Venizelos. Turkey
would have been destroyed. Russia
would have had her food supplied by
sea, would have been enabled to export
her grain and would have escaped the
offensive of 1916. Bulgaria, seeing
Greek and France British armies in her
rear. would not have dared to inter-
vene and Germany would have lost the
east and the war would have ended one
year earlier"
AS it was the entente allies under
took the Dardanelles campaign more
than a month after the Turks began
their defense works at Gallipoli, hav-
ing said NJ yenizelos, no longer any
confidence in Greece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-31
WHITE HOUSE PICKETING
1 OPPOSED BY SUFFRAGISTS
Jew York State Conference Express
5es Condemnation of Methods EN-
4 ployed Here; Notifies President.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, y. Y. August
1.-THE woman suffrage party of New
erk state is ofHcially opposed to the
cketfng of the. White House by mem
9fB OF the Congressional Union. A
e0lution expressing condemnation of
e0e methods and reafirming the
yalty of the suffrage party to the
overument was adopted at the final
us1ness session OF the state confer
Zee with only two dissenting votes.
Fit further urged the press and pub
= to discriminate between the small
Eoup OF pickets and the great body
loyal patriotic women in New York
pate. who. while devotedly serving
Aeir government, are working for
6eir Acknowledgement November 6.
A message was sent to President
1l1on thanking him for his express
IN Of sympathy for woman suffrage
ID inviting him to speak at a rally
, New York city November 3.
The suffrage party desires to af-
z4m its loyalty not only to-the coun-
ny, but to the President himself in
HIS hour Of street. and deeply regrets
1T II ID not already an enfranchised
-o1y Of women in order more effect
lye1y to serve the country" the mes
lmge concluded
1rs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president
rf he national woman suffrage party.
a spectacular reception at the
-1ese Of an address. in which she pre-
I1cte4 the early success of national
suffrage After cheer
|ng mr. several minutes the delegates
lof1ed their standards and, singing
marched through the hall to the stage.
Ehe demonstration continued nearly
twenty minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-31
IVO|VEH MAKE ARTICLES
FOR SOLDIERS IN CAMP
caahnlic Women's War Relief Com
! mittee Providing Identification
Gases and Scrapbooks.

Providing neat Identification cases
ana making scrapbooks for soldiers
ire Illustrations OF the sort of work for
he physical comfort Of the military
korces that is being done by the Brook
land branch of the Catholic women's
var relief committee At the weekly
conference in st. Anthony's Church,
azth street and Michigan avenue. last
HIGHT reports showed that work along
1hose and other lines was progressing
% that the women will be able to start
their ministrations as soon as the drait
army reaches camp. The work IN
Brookland Is in corporation with the
GENERAL committee, having headquar-
Eers in Carroll Hall.
The scrapbooks being prepared are
Inherent from those made by the Red
Cross for the soldiers in France. These
Sre for soldiers in camps and canton
ments and are topical, so that those
Interested in one kind of reading and
hot In another may have wide choice
There will be miscellaneous numbers
composed of short stories. bits of
kumor and poetry. with attractive
hooking prints pasted in spare places
md a colored print on the cover and
the contents neatly written in Roman
Pcript- There will be numbers devoted
Is nature studies. which should be val
nable for camps in rural places: his
horical and geographical numbers for
Hose who wish to read seriously,
Gcience numbers, numbers in which
articles of the Catholic faith are ex-
NAMED, literary numbers wherein all
HE best and latest reviews OF good
books have been gathered
lit Is proposed to inaugurate series
"a study evenings at which some pleas
hg speaker will present topical sub
1octs for an hour OF two weekly
Projects looking toward entertaining
ne soldiers in the new hall of st. An
fAonys parish were discussed Miss
Nary Noyes, chairman of the commit
The sick. reported that generous con-
1xdbutions are being made.
Fifty Identification cases were turned
IA at the meeting and will be given over
10 the general committee. These cases
hre made of waterproof cloth and are
Uned with mica, under which are the
hAme and address of the soldier, his
mall pocket are rosary and cruel
N, and the object il that If the case is
Huund while a wounded soldier lives
Griest will be brought to him imme-
uiAtely. The material for these iden-
1afcation cases, which are the size and
6eneral shape of lady's card case. is
TWEEN by the Knights of Columbus.
Il The most important committees an
Bounced by Mrs Frank O'Hara, general
Ehairman of the branch. were: Miss
larry Harvey, chairman of registration,
Ers- Alpheus Price. chairman of the col
letting of gold and silver for chalices
Ind other altar vessels needed by Cath
D1ic chaplains: Mrs. J. E. Roach. chair
nan on vestments; Mrs Harry j. Dowl-
Margaret B. Downing, chairman on
Iublicity and the arrangement of the
ZDpical scrap books and the study
ourses in camps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-31
On Basement Store Bargain Tables

Children'S Dresses, 96c
Mothers of children s to IA
years are promised. better
than usual 81 dresses. Styles.
materials. finish and fit-all
are superior. Values to s1.25.
Special at CSC.
Flannelette Gowns, soc
Pretty pink and blue
stripes. also plain white
stripes; are trimmed with silk
cord and pretty ribbon; white
ones are trimmed with white
silk braid and hemstitching:
round and v necks; 81 values.
Special, Ssc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-31

Lieut.. William c. F. Bastian. re-
Gently commissioned a second lieuten-
ant in the engineer section of the Of
ficers' Reserve Corps. has been ordered
to active duty and sent to Washington
state, having completed his training
in the first camp at Fort Myer
At the opening of the camp last
May Lieut.. Bastian left George Wash
ington University. where he was
sophomore. to attend. He is mem
Der of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
While a student at the Mckinley
Manuel Training School Lieut.. Bastian
was elected first president of the gem
era1 organization. the student govern
ing body there.
After graduating from High School
Lieut. Bastian was for time con-
nected with the work of surveying
the international boundary between
the United States and Canada, and his
experience in that connection was of
much benefit to him in getting COM
mission as an engineer. He was also
for a time employed by the District
government His brother, Walter F.
Rastian, is secretary to Justice Sid
dons of the District Supreme Court