South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02
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INDIANA 8 !. ".
QUOTA 100000
Campaign Week of Dec. $40
to Raise S4,000,000 for
Work for Girls.
News-Times specia! Service:

NeWs-I1mes Special Service:
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec Under
the direction Of the war council Of
the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation of America, an intensive
campaign for the aid Of women and
girls in these war striker days. is
to be waged in Indiana next week
as well as all over the nation.
The time set to gather a monster
fund Of 100000 is Dec. 3 10 10.
Indianas quota, to be solicited much
after the plan OF the recent Y. VI.
G. "A. drive, is 100000 Leading
women of club organizations. wom-
en- noted for philanthropic work,
and women of large means-wheth-
er identified with the Y. W. c. A. or
not-have volunteered their time
and influence in the weeks cam
paign. Miss Elizabeth A. sweets.
general secretary at Indianapolis.
has been appointed executive direc-
tor for Indiana.
For the girl behind the man be-
hind the gum" has been adopted as
a happy ana telling slogan by the
war work council. IL is TO be car
ried into every city, town, town
ship and hamlet in the Hoosier
state. To meet the question on the
lips of the many. What is this
vast sum for?" loads of literature
are TO be distributed in every part
Of the state. Campaign speakers
will give the message everywhere.
The Young WOman's Christian as
ISOLATION will not assume the great
responsibility alone but will work
hand in hand with such powerful
organizations as the Federation of
Clubs, the Woman's Christian Ten
perance union. Parent-Teachers as
sociations, Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. "Our war job is
not for men in the uniform but for
the girls everywhere, powerfully
and subtly affected by war;" is the
apt appeal being sent out from state
headquarters.
From over the sea the cry for
help has come from the women of
Russia and France, under-fed and
over-worked. and one of the great
purposes of the Y. w. G. A. sister
hood in America is TO answer this
pitiful call. The association also
has found vital need for its work
here at home. Under arms in the
United States are 100000 men
and their places in industrial life
are being taken by women, many
of them young women who are en-
tering the work-a-day world for
the first time. At its very door the
association is confronted with a girl
problem by these changing indus
trial conditions.
Name Items i'm Budget.
Here are some Of the important
items provided in the $4,000, 900
budget: Emergency housing for
girls employed in military and in
dustrial centers. 100000; for can
teens, cafeterias, industrial centers
for women of France and Russia,
and to establish social centers for
American nurses in France, ST.
100000; taking care Of the girl
problem in the war-tOuched COM
munities. by experienced leaders of
girls, $4,000; hostess houses al
ready built or contracted for in
military environments. 100000;
staff Of women physicians to work
with the committee on social NOR
atty in giving mothers and girls
instructions in sex education. thus
enabling them to hold to safe social
standards in war times, 100000;
applying all activities to colored
girls, who problems are the same as
other girls. S225.OOO: for American
ling and assisting non-English
speaking women visiting camps,
and for the thousands employed in
industrial centers, 100000.