Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-11-06
WOMEN WORKERS
IN THE BIG DRIVE
Will Do Their Share in the Rails
ing Of the Wherewithal for
the Army Morale.

= AAe AMy N1OId1c.
- VI interest to the public at large
Is the important and necessary part
>tnat women play in the seven organi-
cations which have united in the
United War Work Campaign. The
Y. M. c. A. has most of it's work
aone by men but there are numerous
women who assist in the work lover
there" Women take positions as Y.
M. secretaries and do active service
abroad. There are also many women
enlisted in the Y. NJ G. \. Canteen
service whose efforts are greatly ap-
preciated by the boys in the fighting
zones.
J The Y. w. C. a. while not so we'll
I known as the Y. NJ G. A. has been
and Is still doing excellent work for
the moral, social and physical well
rare or girls and young women near
camps and in war industries here in
America as well as in Europe. There
are Hostess Houses for the comfort
and cheer of women engaged in War
work and also for the soldiers and
sailors where mother and sister and
sweetheart may make their head
quarters when they visit The Blue
: triangle, which stands for the Y
". G. A., works for all women affected
F'the war, girls in the munition cen
tres here in America and in powder
plants in France, wives and mothers
OF our soldiers in camp. women work
ers abroad, wives and mothers OF our
soldiers in camp, women workers
ers abroad. Red Cross nurses in Am
erican Hospitals in France as we'll as
the rank and file of self supporting
women at home.
Cooperating with the Y w. women
are the Salvation Army lassies who
toll among men. sewing, mending,
cooking savory pies and doughnuts
that have made them famous, and
standing out in the night to serve hot
coffee to the troops as they shift To-
cations.
In the Hostess Houses of the Y w.,
already spoken OF. are branch Librar-
les provided by the American Lib
rary Association and filled with books
and magazines. In As of the large
camps and in several smaller ones
are camp libraries with trained lib
rarians in charge and comfortable
reading rooms. Here too there are
many opportunities for women work
ers.
The work of the X. of C. Women is
everything that provides for the COM
: fort and safety OF our boys both
physically and morally. They supply
,huts with writing material, good
wholesome reading matter, cooking,
mendlng, nursing, amusements and
entertainment.
The Jewish Welfare League does
much the same work that the Y. NJ.
the War Camp Community Service
and the K. of C. does and looks after
the tbs of thousands of soldiers Of
that race now serving in our army.
When the boy in the service has
a day or two of leave from camp and
goes to the city as a stranger, what
shall he do, what shall he see and
where can he find a decent place to
eat and sleep? He arrives In the sta
ton and there awaiting him is an in
formation booth conducted by the War
Camp Community Service. A woman,
: with friendly smile, tells him what
he wants to know; she gives him a
list of the good clubs to which he is
welcome; of certain churches and
Y. MS, K. of C. and Jewish Welfare
Buildings where he will be taken care
of and made to feel at home. She
informs him that the museums and lib
rarios are free to him and she also
directs him to places of interest So
we see that women have their share
Of work in this organization also.
In all of these seven organizations
women are an important factor and we
must not forget that they are as i'm
portant and necessary in the United
War Work Campaign itself. The wo
men of this county have been busy
organizing for the drive of November
Ills and they intend to do their part
in raising the $l70,5OO,O0O which
tha-country is to subscribe to the
scomfort and welfare Of the men and
women in the service.
In this county who are taking ar
active part in the United War Work
Campaign are given on page four.
The women Of the county are tt
cooperate and work in conjunction
with the men as far as possible in the
interests Of the United War Worl
Campign of November Ills.
MISS MARION CRATE,
Woman Workers. County Chairman