New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
War Training for
WousenOpensMany
New Fields to Sex
Courses Are Started to Fit
Workers to Replace Men
Gone TO Fight

.ne clearing house for wartime
trainirg tor women of the Council OF
Orcanizations for War Service has just
.on,nleted the publication of a bulletin
chewing all the courses which are now
anon to women IN this city. It should
hs remembered that it is possible to
,srin at auv time courses in such inn
rortont subjects as accounting and
6nsnce. bookkeeping. fling and index
mo. Office training. Office machine opcr-
,t;,c. stenography and typing. sccre-
<arjal work. wireless telegraphy, nurs-
,r-. languages and the driving and care
Of automCblieS.
Details concerning these courses may
he obtained AZ the office OF the clear
mo house for wartime training tor
women. II West Forty fourth Street.
The following courses begin this
week: OcCupatjonal reconstruction.
architectural drawing. mechan'cal
Grawiuc. illustration, poster and adver-
~is;ne- design. commercial photography,
textile design. electrical engineering,
MACHINE shop work, plan reading and
estimating. power sewing macnlne
operating, linotype operating, printing,
dlmr and indcxing, office framing,
commercial course. library training,
industrial chemistry, applied physics
and proc freading.
War Service Classes for Hospitals
The success Of the summer session
.rd the assurance of the surgeon gen
,ral that for many months to come
the war service classes for training
reconstruction aids in occupational
therapv 1or military hospitals can be
of service III helping to supply the
messing demand for trained women as
r,constructlon aids are sufficient rea-
sens for continuing the WORK TINS
The, There are two divisions OF recon
s+rnctl0n work in the plans made oy
the government The llrst work Viii
he done in the military hospitals under
the direction Of the surgeon general
1t Will re primarily Of occupaNonal
and therapeutic value, and ward occu-
nations will be related, wherever pos
sible, to tine training gwen N the cHra, 6'1
tive workshops. The second and hnal
division Cf the work viii be given the
soldier after his discharge from the
hospital. and Will be under the Federal
poard of Education. 1t Will be purely
vocational and industrial in character.
Framed for Hospital Work
II is for tho occupational work in
the hospitals that aids are trained IN
these war service classes. The service
avncc.cd Of these aids is OF very
Nigh order. and it should not be en-
tered into without thorough prepara-
ticn.
The sole purpose of those who are
directing these classes is to be OF ser
vice to the government in STUDYING
she problem OF cccupa1ional therapy IN
its relation to military hospitals, and
with the ablest instructors tC tram
aids who viii have not only an under
standing of the therapeutics and ma
,erjal value Of what may be MADE IN
the hospital wards, but who VIII be
urenared to cooperate with the hospital
authorities in restoring men 20 Acalth
and activity
League for Woman's Service
During the month Of August there was
a record attendance of 1927 at the
Harvard Club C.nteen. The canteen
at II Fest Forty-hrst Street served
Il .446 meals. The new club and can
5een for negro troops and the hurieH
Home Club, at 80 Manhattan street
have justified their existence ana are
growing in importance and usefulness
:
weeks. 1t partly camouhaeed two
motor corps ambulances, which VII
appear in a picture being 'preparel
bv the government. For this same
rjcture eighty feet Of cord net was tlec
and camouflaged for use as screen
Zach member Of the corps IS making
TWO small models of boats for eXpetl-
member Of ~ne corps has been accepted
Z fp,. duty oVplSQHS
This week the motor corps answered
1Sa calls Day and night service was
furnished the Department ii Justice
during the draft raid.
American Girls Aid
The workroom of the American
Girls Aid opens to-day and appeals
for help to support three hundred and
seventy French and Belgian orphans
The American Girls Aid has been ship
ping quantities Of surgical dressings
hospital supplies and garments. Any
one Interested 5 invited to spend as
much time as possible in the work
rooms at 29S Fifth Avenue, which
open al 20 d. M. and close at 5 p
n. Mondays and Fr days are devoted
to the sewing of hospital garments and
clothing eor children. Tuesdays and
Thursdays aro given over TO the max
Knitting machines are in use every day
Overseas Trainng Unit
Ethan alien, MANAGER O. the division
announced on Saturday that an over
seas training unit is about to be es-
ta0lishcd by the Atlantic division OF
the Red Cross for the women who arc
TO be recruited for Red Cross Motor
Corps service overseas. The course
VIII include mechanical instructions
ard tests IN automobile driving. first
aid and sanitary and litter drills
Members Of the Red Cross Motor
corps, or women who have qualifiec
'or entrance 70 the corps. viii be
eligible for enrolment.
Evening School Has Day Session
Inc New York Evening High Schoo
ior Women, 40 Irving Place, offers
o women complete high school edu
cation, equal in all respects to thai
"Dtalnabe IN day high schools. Al