New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
Port Washington and Great
Neck Thus Far the Banner
Towns.
With Uncle Sans Relief Workers,

So"e~heie On Long Island, May "
Judging from the number Of relief or
CARNATIONS that have sprung up in
every town and village on the island
as the summer season approaches New
fork's playground for millionaires has
become one great cooperative service
station. You have only to make a ny-
ing trip TO the shore resorts to realize
that this country is really preparing
for war-and in deadly earnest. Every
one is reaching out to do his or her
share TO help Uncle Sam win the war.
The north and south shores are verita-
BILE hives of busy service bees. Long
Island has answered the call enthus-
iastically. Great Neck, Port Washing
ton, Glen Cove, Oyster Bay and Hunt
ington. with Hampstead. Garden City
and Westbury as central points, and
Babylon, Bayshorc, Islip, Neponsit and
the Rockaways, are all enlisted for SER
vice through their Red Cross chapters,
their scout troops and the various avia-
ton and engineers corps, to say moth
ing of the farmers and farmerettes en-
listed in the Woodcraft League, with
their slogan, "The Hoe Behind the
Flag" and the potato patch girls and
boys of the school garden associations.
The air, both atmospheric and musical,
is martial. At Piping Rock, Meadow
brook and other clubs drills and re-
views are taking place to the sound of
the fife and drum, while the younger
set will dance to the music Of the mil
itary bands at the subscription affairs
being planned to swell the funds of
the various departments in the service.
Suffrage and anti-suffrage leagues have
buried the Ratchet and Joined hands
across the barriers of diverging opin-
ions. working shoulder to shoulder.
Mrs. Arthur S. Dwight, chairman of
the Great Neck Chapter of the Ma
tonal League for Women's Service,
speaking Of their organization said:
81 was fortunate in attending lectures
on national service given at the Pre-
paredness Congress in Washington.
Upon my return the Great Neck
branch was organized" Mrs. Dwight's
interest in the service work is doubly
great as her husband, Major Dwight,
is in the First Reserve Engineers,
which will camp at Great Neck this
summer and will be the first to go to
France as a railroad regiment. The
members of the women's clubs re-
sponded generously and enthusiast
cally," she continued. "The suffrage
club and the local health leagues
called the first meeting. All organiza-
tons are cooperating-the American
Fund for French Wounded, the Red
Cross, the Ambulance Mobile No. and
the cooking and garden departments of
the National Service League. Mrs.
James Baker took the Craftsmanship of
the Red Cross division, assisted by
Mrs. Cord Meyer, whose two sons are
in the aviation corps. Mrs. T. w. Paris
is head of Ambulance Mobile No. 1
and the cooking detachment, instruct
ed by Miss Hyde, of Teachers College,
is directed by Mrs. Roswell Eldredge.
The cooking department, which is i'm
portant, is made up of representative
women of Great Neck. They are max
ing a speciality of large quantity cook
ing.
Mrs. Herbert Fell is chairman Of the
Service League at Port Washington
and actively connected with Red Cross
work and the Welfare League. "Ai-
though we are comparatively new
organization, we have been able TO
accomplish large amount of work,
due to the spirit of sincere coopera-
ton in this locality" said Mrs. Fell
in speaking of the Red Cross local
work. 81 do not think that better
record for gfasping the complicated
system of bandage making can be
shown anywhere on Long Island than
among the women of Port Washing
ton. We are planning to branch out
into all forms Of divisional work, as we
become more thoroughly organized.
There is so much that we can do that
we must select the work that viii
proyc to be of the greatest benefit and
devote ourselves to some particular
branch of it. I think if each commu-
nifty would make speciality of some
one department of service, the results
would be more practical. Our social
twill centre around the leagues work.
We gave recently very successful
benefit for the Red Cross. Every one
turned out and gave substantial finan-
cial support to the affair far exceeding
our expectations. Judging from this
our village will be the banner shore
resort in relief work | think the peo-
plc who live out of New York on Long
island, either for the summer months
or all the year around, Will have a
greater opportunity TO realize the full
meaning of war economics than those
remaining in the city, because the
needs of housekeeping in the country
are greater than in the city. We have
to think and plan ahead in the man.
agement of our homes, and the lessons
women learn in doing this will be of
incalculable value to them in their SER
vice work"
Mrs. Allen Walker. president Of the
Red Cross chapter at Port Washing
ton, is equally enthusiastic about the
work being done there. Mrs. Walker
has made it a rule that all members
shall wear the uniform while in the
performance of their duties. "And we
all agree that it is inspiring TO do this"
she said. at is, of course. also much
Detter from sanitary sbdnupOIHb "HSu
handling the lint and bandages."
"The work at Glen Cove is TO be con-
Quoted along different lines from the
other communities" said Mrs. c. ID.
Smithers, chairman of the local or
ganization. ave feel that so many OF
the other localities have gone into diyi-
sonal work that it is advisable TO spe-
cialize in some one line. We will de-
vote our efforts to taking care of fami-
lies whose men arc called 10 the colors,
supplying food, clothing and all neces-
stiles when needed. We are especially
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