Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08

HAY national life very hurrl-
cane of pledges of service"
. offers of assistance" requests for
. official recognition" to do anything
. and everything within human magma
ton blew into the federal departments
at Washington from women's organiZa-
lions all over the country.
II The men charged with official respon-
sibilities did not have the time to figure
= and how these organizations could rem
= der effective assistance in the business
of getting the nation ready to meet
emergencies. 1t became plain, therefore.
that if the women were to take any
u practical part in the work of prepara-
ton for defense they must study gov
g. eminent activities already under way
% and then put down concrete plans Tor
- contributing to the effectiveness of
- these activities.
For this purpose number Of women.
= all of whom had for long been prom
inent in the welfare movements In the
country. met early in the year and Or
- ganized the National League for Wom-
ans Service. the aim and plan of which.
in general outline. is to train women
- for any need the government may re-
" quire of them and to enable them to
render prompt and efficient service
when called upon, and to develop the
- resources of women through a standard
lied. nationalized program OF activities.
and to recommend to the proper gov
ornamental agency, first, a registry of
woman power of America. and. sec
= ondiy. a woman's bureau under the fed
= eral government to deal with woman's
work and woman'S welfare
- The chairman of the National League
y for Woman's Service is Miss Maude
'e Wetmore. Other officers of the organi
zation committee are: Miss Anne Nor
New Work. Misc a
Parker, New York, national COM
mandant: Mrs. Rogers H. Bacon. New
e York; Mrs Charles f. Edison. California;
!" Mrs Goelet Gallatin. Wyoming; Mrs. F.
II. Hammar. Missouri: Mrs. E. r.
- Hewitt, New Jersey; Mrs. George Hoad-
=. ley. Ohio: Mrs. George S. Isham. I'LL
nois: Mrs. J. Willis Martin. Pennsyl-
vania; Miss Marie Obenauer. Pennsyi-
wanna: Mrs, Thomas Il. Owen. Alabama !;
Mrs Lindsay Patterson, North Carolina;
-. Mrs William W. Sale, Virginia; Mrs. G.
Scott, Washington: Mrs. Lewis b. Still
well. New Jersey; Mrs. William Cum
ming story, New York; Mrs. Coffin Van
Rensselaer,. New York. and Mrs. Bar
rett Wendell. Massachusetts, State and
" local chairmen have been appointed in
.. thirty-seven states. and working de-
tachments have been organized in the
cities throughout these states
Miss Wetmoge, who Is daughter of
ex-senator George Peabody Wetmore
Fec of Rhode l->knd. has been recognized
Tor lon.s SIS woman OF extraordinary
gifts Of intellect and administrative
r- power. and for several years she has
served ps chairman of the women's de-
partment of the National Civic Fedora
o. tion. Since the organization OF the
National League for Woman's Service
Miss Wetmore's services have also been
requisitioned as a member of the wom-
ems committee of the council of ma
tional defense, which is the recognized
and authoritative board appointed to
:. advise American women concerning
>" their part in war work.
- The most important accomplishment,
SO far. of the National League for
woman's Service has been the recent
establishment in Washington of a bu-
reau of registration and information
This bureau is Endorsed by the Depart
ment of Labor and is working in direct
cooperation with it. The first service
which IL has set out to render is con-
csrned with the mobilization of wage
earning women to meet the demands