The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-25

torn by cruel warfare-retuse so small
a service in a time OF so great a need.
Actually. when the call was made.
there We're more volunteers than could
be used-both in~England and America.
The Proof of the Need of MotherIng.
And then the chorus OF proofs os the
wisdom CT such a move began 70 be
heard. a lad just back rom tho trench
IS. whose boots and uniform still bore
the m~ud-narks OF his service there.
strolled one dag into an American
y. NJ G. 4. hut in northern France. 1t
was good to be out OF that hell and roar
and mud and flth-but il was better
still to see that motherly woman busy
behind a long counter in the hut. pass
ing out cups OF tea and little cakes 10
the men on leave.
He stared at her for a few minutes
in silent admiration and then he ad-
vanced fer a cup OF tea. all the time eve
ing her closely. It seemed like a dream
TO him who had seen no decent woman's
face for a week.
He toyed with the cup. as II It were
on!y an after thought. anyway. but af-
ter he had gulped its contents. he still
loitered. In fac. he seemed rooted to
the spot.
Wei, boy, its all I can DO for you
just one CUP. you know, IS ali we can
give YOU"
Her voice rang in his ears like the
soft tinkle OF a swiss music-box. And
stin ne stood rooted to the spot. while
his benefactoress continued her busy
and cheering comments and ministra-
tons.
But She returned no him again. What
now, son? I tell you that Is all the tea
We can spare for you"
"Aw.' he began. it amt the tea I
wanted. I wanted TO hear your voice. "
Hundreds Of influential American
women have volunteered for this special
KIND or war service among American
boys in France. These arc women with
good health. a highly developed social
sense and spiritual insight. There are
some whom the soldiers call good
lockers but good looks are not the only
requisite Brains and common sense are
essential in being able TO meet the hu-
man needs OF these boys avav from
home. They have been teachers typ
lists, business women. or engages in
the professions. but the mother in their
natures has been so strong that they
could not resist the appeal TO 10 over
there" The barriers Of rank are obIit-
Grated whore American women Of high
and low degree work side by side lust as
the English middleclass woman works
by the side OF Lady Grosvenor or LADY
Reconsideration or the Countess Of
Chess5rough. 1t makes small difference
whether the duties require serving hot
cocoa or tea. washing dishes handing
out stationery or selling stamps. These
women do not hesitate for a single mo-
ment.
Mrs Vincent Astor Conducts Hotel.
One Of the early arrivals for 7. NJ. c.
A.. work in France was Mrs. Vincent
Astor. who had bought up and present
ed to the 7. NJ. c. A. a hotel in a French
port. and who. with Mrs. Henry Potter
Russell, nee Miss Ethel Hartman was
conducting the place personally. on =
night when hundreds OF sailors. lust ar
IriYed. had crowded into the only AmerI-
can restaurant, Mrs. Astor found her.
self serving young men from behind
counter One Of the first was lar
whom she Immediately recognized. Not
long before he had been a cabin hov or
her private yacht.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. is xiv.
ing full time as & volunteer worker ,r
! the Paris association, assisting in tho
e~anteen during the day and tcachinE :
French class at night. Many othe,
: notable women have offered their serv.
ices for the canteens in the base camp.
/ and toward the front. They are payins
! their own expenses, submitting to tn,
regulations, accepting hard and menia
: tasks n agreeing to remain at Ieas-
six months.
{ Having a woman around" "a .ecre
tary said this, and the boys say it. too
Is a good thing" says Helen Haye.
e Gleason, wife Of Arthur Gleason. tn.
American writer. who, with her hus
band has been serving as a z. u. c. A
worker in France for more than a year
: Just having her there is a reminder.
! think it takes off the hoInesick touch
Il bit. and | know it is a good deal easie'
for some OF those boys to tell thcil