Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-13
.F0sD|CK CONTRAD|CTs
MAGAZINE EDITORIAL
declares Entertainment OF Soldiers
III Private Homes Is Not Prov
Ing Harmful to Them.
HOSPITALITY is REGULATED
chairman of Commission on Traiu.
ing Camp Activities Denies That
Dances Keep Men Up Late Too
Often.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. I


Especial to The Times Dispatch
WASHINGTON. May l2-Statements
tfat home entertainments and recrea-
ton provided for soldiers and sailors
In cities and towns near army and navy
RAINING camps are impairn; the Ell
cheney OF our men were cmphaticaliy
denied to-day by Raymond - Fosdick.
chairman OF the War and Navy Depart
mtnts Commissions on Training ,.amo
Activities. lie characterized as a di-
rect contradiction of the governments
policy the admonition that the tirnc
nas come for the public TO keep hands
on our men In service"
That time has come Mr. Fosdick
declared. mo more than the time has
come to stop conserving wheat or sup
porting government loans. Indeed the
preservation OF normal social relation
ships between the public and the men
N training is an essential part OF our
military program"
The statements calling forth MIR Eos
o,ck's denial were made in an editorial
published In the May issue Of monthly
publication. The editorial declared tina,
the entertainment OF soldiers and sail
ors In private homes OF war camp com
munitics Is proving detrimental to the
men in service. and that over 30 per
cent OF the social functions provided for
the men outside of the camps nave
taken the form Of dances, which. kent
up until all hours. sent them back 10
camp impaired in physical vitality. II
concluded with the injunction that the
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nv" ''O"' ."" '"-" '"' ''''"'"s camps
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oieI 10 '"e"' 'He "ho!eSohe !hhuehces
ei me meme
LEA SENiihENIALilf
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Naturally In the entertainment Of
'housands OF men IN private homes
theFe nave oceA some instances OF nos
pitsHty oVeTdone or taken advantage
or Some women. un"iseiy. nave Hooded
soldiers with sweets and unnecessary
comforts and have written dolctu!
letters TO their boys. These Things and
the 'godmothcr' idea are justiaably
discouraged. But sharp distinction
should he drawn between pink tc;,
sent!mentali,y toward the soldiers am!
the organized hos p!taiity which is super
vised By the government.
The recreation provided In camp
communities is not hit-or-yniss affair
known all over az the war camp com
nunity service. II was long ago estab
lished by ,he Recreation Association
of America, at the request OF the Wa-
and Navy Departments. This town
hospitality for the men in service is
modified by nearly 200 trained
workers II is supervised by the War
and Navy Departments through the
commissions on training camp activ!-
ties. which Is just as rcspons BILE to-
the activities o, ;side OF tho camps as
for those Of the Y. ~. 6. A, knights
OF Columbus and other agencies inside
the camps"
Answering the assertion that over
90 per cent of the social functions pro-
vded for the iren outside OF the camps
have taken the form Of dances. which
Keeping up untli al! hours, lIN.'a!: the