Evening star., 1917-11-18
$4,000 D. C. PART
Of !4M|Ll|ON FUND
Intensive Work for Raising
War Council Budget to
Begin Tomorrow.
FOR ELEVEN PURPOSES

W8SnInetono Bh0fo or the x4,OUO,V0O
war council budget voted by tho war
work council Of the national board Of
the Young Women's Christian Association
to be raised for the erection and main
tenance Of hostess houses. foreign COM
munity work. work In social csnters in
Europe for the American nurses and
many other war activities Of the Young
Women's Christian Association IL to be
$4,000.
Intensive work for the raising of this
amount in Washington will begin tomor-
row afternoon with meeting Of all the
women who will be connected with the
homo Of Mrs. James Wadsworth, jr, 500
18th street northwest. Miss Edith Stan
ton Of New York. secretary Of the national
board of tho Y. w. c. A, will explain the
work begun by the association in camps
and cantonments in this country and back
of the lines in Europe and will talk on the
organization OF a campaign to raise Wash
ington's quota by December 10. Another
speaker will be DR.. Hugh Birkhead of
Baltimore. who has just returned from
France.
Meetings will be held during the prog
ress Of the campaign at the homes Of
members Of the national board in Wash
Pont, Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mrs. Henry
MarQuand. Mrs. Leonard Wood and Mrs.
Edward T. stotesbury.
Eleven Purposes Of Funo.
The fund, It was explained at the
Washington headquarters Of the asso-
citation yesterday. viii be for eleven
purposes: the building and mainte-
nance OF houses to shelter woman rela-
tives and friends OF soldiers at training
camps and cantonments; for emergency
housing Of girls employed in military
and Industrial centers for which no pro-
vision has been made by the employers
or the government; to establish can
teens and cAfeterias and initiate indus
trial clubs for the women OF France
ters for the American nurses in service
In the base hospitals of France; for
headquarters war work, including
housing and employment specialists.
auditors and architects, the girl prob
lem in war-touched communities and
the administration OF hostess houses;
for foreign community work, which in
cludes instruction Of foreign women in
the English language; for the carry
ing on of headquarters and field work: /:
to adapt the activities Of the Women's
War Work Council to younger girls;
for the publication Of a magazine to
inform the public OF the Y. W. c. A..
war program; ,a; to suppoIt, a stan Of
" WoAAesi phyShSidho wiz VIII WIN Will
the committee on social morality to
give to girls instruction In ways to
help them to maintain safe social
standards in war time; for work in
colored communities among the girls,
and for emergency and miscellaneous
demands.
Hostess House at Camp Needed.
The most important Immediate work
1t was pointed out, will be the erec-
tion and maintenance Of hostess houses
at the training camps in this country.
On many occasions woman visitors at
training camps have been unable to
find shelter in case OF rain or bad
weather, and it is for the sheltering OF
these visitors that the fund for hostess
houses is being raised. Houses already
have been built at Allentown, Pa: Fort
Worth. Tex; Plattsburg. n. z; Youngs-
town, N. Y, and Tacoma, Wash, and q
hostess house is now under construc-
tion at Camp Meade, as well a. other
houses at various camps and canton
ments throughout the country.
Aside from creating a home atmos-
phere and offering a comfortable place
to meet. the STAN at the hostess house
must be ready to do many other
things. The woman in charge Of the
information desk must answer thou
sands Of questions a day, must be
able to tell the location of all the
towns from which. the soldiers in the
camp are drawn and the time of ar.
rival of trains, and take care Of the
woman friends and relatives Of solici-
tous soldiers.