Evening star., 1917-11-18
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its work Mrs. Moores departments
will cooperate with the commission on
training camp activities
THE endeavor of the department OF
child welfare. under the direction OF
Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles. will be to
render voluntary assistance to the Cnlteo
States children's bureau. The nrst
work undertaken in this connection was
to advise the children's welfare depart
ments in the various states to see how
the federal child labor laws were be-
also to investigate school facilities for the
children who were released from labor BY
the operation OF the new child labor
laws.
esting letters have come from various
states, where women have written to say
that children prohibited by the recent
law in their favor are still at work when
they should be at school Our depart
ment cannot act in the matter. BUT it
can call the attention of the chiidren's
bureau TO the cases.
THE department of education, d.
rected by Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait. is
operating largely on the theory that
women are in great measure the sentt-
ment makers of the nation, and 1t is
planning campaign of educational
propaganda. This will be carried en-
through meetings with the state COM
mittees. whose members will be urged
to go back to their counties and cities
and local clubs and decentra1ize the
through this department
1.-The educational department also
urges the cause OF speaker classes,
which will train women in public
speaking, so that they may go out to
small meetings everywhere and tell the
reasons for this war. for there is still
much ignorance regarding it. In Cleve-
land forty women enrolled themselves
in the first class organized for this
purpose. This department also has
f,f he ,f m n n N
of our alien population, and the COM
mittee of public information will aid ft
in spreading the gospel of more light
THE liberty loan department is in
the capable hands of Mrs. 4ntoinette
Funk. The women of this country are
asked to sell these bonds, to go out to
the women everywhere and give them
an opportunity to help federate the re-
sources of the nation in the interest
of the nations defense.
THE department of home and allied
relief is under the direction. of Miss
Maude Wetmore. This largely implies
cooperation with the Red Cross. inas-
much as 1T directs into the proper cham
nels women willing to give their time
stance, a woman from the far west
wrote to the woman's committee that
she and her daughter. situated on a
ranch twenty miles from a town. could
and would knit all day long for the
cause, but they could not afford to sup
ply wool We put them in touch with
the American fund for French wound
ed, which was willing to furnish mate
rials for such case.
THE woman's committee is In every
way sympathetic with the aims and pur-
poses of the American Red Cross It
will urge women everywhere to Join in
the making of hospital supplies and
garments for the civilian population in
the devastated districts of Europe, and
to avail themselves of the educational
offered by the Red Cross.
In every community where the COM
mittee is represented IL hopes to see
also a Red Cross organization, the two
cooperating in harmony for the COM
mon welfare.
headquarters are inspiring. and I do
not hesitate to say that we receive AZ
much stimulation from them as we can
give The women of the country are
doing nobly in their war work. showing
great initiative and energy"
The new resident director Of the
woman's committee Is the daughter of
John G. Patterson. a prominent coal
operator of Pennsylvania She IL
graduate of Wilson College. Chambers
burg, where she made distinguished
record in economics. She was secretary
Of the Civics Club of Allegheny, Pa;
was one of the board Of directors of the
Juvenile court of Pittsburgh. treasurer
OF the Soho public bath. and was q
member of the board Of directors OF the
Peoples bath at Pittsburgh. Although
Q reputation for unusual ability ~ an
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