Arizona republican., 1917-11-07
WOMEN HAVE WIDE
 PART IN THIS MAR IN
 WORK IF '. M. |. X.

Mothers and relatives of Phoenix boys who are in the training camps and who will soon be in the trenches over in France would have been com fOrted if they could have heard a talk given by Mir. and Mrs. George Eddy to an assembly of St Louis women. Mr. and Mrs Eddy have just re- turned from doing "" war work over on the battlefields of Europe, and have seen and taken pant in the work being done by the "Y' in Europe and Amer ca to keep the soldier from living death. It was the story of this work that the Eddy's told to the St. Louis club women.
 Knit and Listened
 Practically every woman'S fingers ir l the assemblage were busy with, knit l ting needles fashioning sweaters. hel- | nets, socks, mufflerS and wristletS and as they knitted and listened tears i streamed down their cheeks at the | tales of suffering and hardships which the men at the front were enduring in l the cause of democracy.
 l ''The immortality which surrounds | the army camp and the trenches is l greater menace to our boys" said Mrs 1 Eddy. than the enemy's shot and shell 1 Life in the trencheS-well, as the men who have lived in them for months l say-there is just one wore that ex- 1 presses it, and that is hell
 l These men are lonely. homesick men and they long for the influence of woman. The Y. NJ. c. A. War Council must see that the women are good women, that our boys may come back pure, morally, spiritually and bodily.
 But there is another side to it which ] the mothers must consider Our Amer lean troops are stationed in French Villages full of innocent young French l peasant girls. We don't want it said l of our American boys what has been true of the Germans but mothers. this IS happening here in America in the army cantonments and camps. You. everyone of you, have a responsibility. Don't have the French mothers wonder what kind of mothers the American | mothers must be to rear Sucn boys.
 Proud of Huts
 This is the task of the Y NJ C | War Relief Council worker; to begin in our camps and give wholesome moral and spiritual advice and training to our boys before they land iii France. | The, women have very important part III this worldwide war, and one ol the most important things is for them t9 see that the Y M. C. A. huts as We call them-they are 120 feet by oo Ieet and shelter 200 men-are pro- Vided lor the men at the front. The hut IS lne soldiers home, club and church.
 Ihe men are so proud of their huts. here the women workers serve tea ana coffee and cocoa, and always have iresh crackers and biscuits, things that .ney cannot get in the army mess tent. Not that the army food is not good put the mess cook does not prepare if WeH. am glad to know that the united States is training men cooks We have library and little notions snch as bachelor buttons, soap. thread tooacco and other things men need. We provide outdoor and indoor games. The Lent IS used for churches of all de- nominations. The Catholics hold earl,
 mass m the morning and services are arranged for the Protestants in tho evening""
 MT. Eddy described the surroundine conditions and his experiences with 2 ,ieiiioer oi soldiers One in particular VI all lrlsh lad who suffered rom { gas attack. and was sent back to tn,
 'h' S. A. nut, and finally home to die
 Army Well Fed
 MI. hody described the surroundint country, In which he and Mrs Edd, worked close up to the firing lines iI the Y. NJ c. A. huts
 TOT ten miles around there was no sisht of blade of grass or leaf O, tree The ground was tossed an, turned by the ravages of war as if al ear.nquake had visited that section. said Eddy, l saw the life of our boys il tne trenches. It is too awful to de scripe. They stand in mud to thei waist You don't know the meaning O mud, such as they are in, with clothe, wet to the skin. The hope that tn, war Will end soon. keeps them buove, up They think that it will be b, chr istmas, then when Christina, comes, they think that it will end Ney