New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-15
Mobiliizing Women
Here for War Aid
Is Under Way
Mayors Committee to Register
Organizations in Emer-
gency Work

The Mayors Committee of Women
on National Defence. which was recent
ly appointed 10 cooperate with the
General Committee on National De-
fence. met yesterday at the City Hall.
The committee announced that it had
opened headquarters at East Thirty
ninth Street, where the work Of regis
tering all women's organizations en-
gagged in activities for war emergencies
will begin to-day.
Mayor Mitchell requested the commit
tee TO mobilize the women's organiza-
tions as speedily as possible, along
the lines pursued by the General Com
mittee on National Defence. The com
mittee is anxious for the heads of the
various organizations TO call at the
headquarters, where blank stating the
information desired will be furnished.
Records for National Council
Since the Mayors object is to obtain
standard registration for city, state
or national purposes, the records ulti-
mately will be placed with the Ma
tionsl Council for Defence Some of
the women's organizations engaged in
war emergency work have already been
cooperating with the Mayors women's
committee. and all other organizations
at present engaged in such work, or
organizations which desire to take up
such work in the future, arc now re-
quested to register.
Miss Ruth Morgan is chairman of
the Committee Of Women on National
Defence. and Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell
is honorary chairman. The executive
committee consists of Miss Amy Aid
rich, Mrs. James S. Cushman, Miss
Virginia c. Gildersleeve, Miss Anne
W. Goodrich, Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
Miss Mabel II. Kittredge. Mrs. Alexan-
der Kohut. Mrs. Y. Everit Macy, Mrs
Henry Moskowitz, Mrs. Charles Carey
Rumsey, Mrs. +. Louis Slade and Mrs.
Willard Straight.
Give Gardening Advice
Reports were received from various
subcommittee appointed by the exec
utive committee. Miss Virginia c. Gil
dersleeve reported for the sub-commit
tee on agriculture, which is working
in cooperation with the Mayors Com
mittee on Food and Gardening, of
which George W. Perkins is chairman.
This subcommittee will give expert
advice TO individuals taking up garden
g r.,1f
promote further planting. 1t will in
vestigate the possibility of agriculture
as a skilled vocation for educated
women and induce more women TO enter
it should that policy prove desirable.
Miss Kittredge, chairman of the sub
committee on food, reported that the
committee will work in cooperation
with Herbert {. Hoover and the govern
ment officials in the matter of food
conservation, and will keep IN touch
and cooperate with The Federal and
state food committees. The committee
will give out information concerning
food values. recipes for combining
foods, and instructions on food pur-
chasing.
A subcommittee on industry has
been appointed, of which Miss Amy
Aldrich is temporary chairman. Mrs.
Alexander hohut Is chairman Vi ,HO
subcommittee on employment. This
committee has called conference for
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, at g
East Thirty-ninth Street, TO which en-
plovers have been invited.
The subcommittee on nursing, of
which Miss Anne w. Goodrich is chair
man, has coordlnsted its work with the
Red Cross and all other organizations
interested in nursing or the training
OF nurses.