Evening star., 1918-09-22

!. 81 Nrt' rtUttu0 VVfSA VA SouS Aauus
IT 10 American and very wonderful in
France t- '~l'' 4.
/; Across the river are the romantic
ruins Of the grand old monastery
whore bernard Of Cluny wrote "Jeru-
salem the Golden" {the hymn as we
know 1t is a line-for-line translation
of his tenth century Latin .verses).
Nearby are the grottoes where St.
Patrick got his higher education, and
a vision of the golden city in the
sunset OF the old French river comes
to Wv. c. A. girl apostles. in a new
work for their sisters. -. -
Who Is my sister? To. these girl
secretaries. she is shop-girl or conn-
tess, and by sweet example they lead
~even their own finished product and
exhibit in France-those happy
aristrocrats. the telephone girls Of
Of the Army medicals---to see 1t. ~.
To make 1t short, there are three
masses of girls in Tours: (a) 5000
British Waacs tWomens Army
Auxil1ary .Corps). loaned. to our Army
department as clerks. sAll have not
lonesome mass. living in barracks. far
from home ways and comforts, un-
acclImated. stranger and without
civilian acquaintances;' (b) double this
number OF French business girls.
American nInsss ,ns Army nen OF refugees
manvS ht~hly. nducnted. and ali the
iittia shoprirls Of Tours And, lastly
(cl. Arst In luck and, protection, the
constantly increasing quantities of
reaa American girls, brought over 70
;pcyasS,rg ciaricai. demands Of our
Arr,w anartma,;ts. r..
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81 .-,r,.5 Mss -
Ines,4. W.! - a. pe'hs eon'.a 9.,,.S.
with girls the. question arises Wnat
are ytSu going to do about It? Girls
Inr ss,tNnrilv ~ Mary Alden Hop
SoH .4."o!..s " 'te, ~. - .,,.n,, ,oa+..
ters-at present !"chiefiy soldiers" !,
Ana. :truly, every, French. girl In
:. as1' ;ss rnr,,.h.
Tours u anAfous to isdIn - "nt
{ Observe, kindly that. the war work
or thS YIsw:C, A.Sls carried on with
Sor1t ~ f ~. but ths II contributions Of
Efri teschsrs. students and workers
Ri n,;s,. Stis sIJnit~d atateaT Iast5au.
tmntt, :thav sSisad. Tor $1,000. 900. and :.
rss ia II n0c mn ,,a yaised in these
smsii lunns. 81; which si,0oo. 900 was Set !.
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81 NJ ~ srent. RAniiv' \ bank presiiient !.
~ ss,rht stHSmnasn tEsn ,yrita thsnn x
n,,s NY Hy hscIt s'-' !.
aSi ,sra. g. H., ~ SAINT Amher.
~ tInvlt Z Nm ~ sfha Ersnch aovArr,.
s.a.t - ~ whet 4he " VI A :.
.,sISi ~ tror i,,rmon of
sSrsnch * r.r, i,,iritv ~ h. fhs nniv Or
rsTf:xsinn ~ Amsrica /, wotr,en workI
~ pCsSs 81. ,rnv,en ~, IRA nee 'ai,da
ths yntsn,. ~ Trancn ). n the futiire
10 a. 'ha vsrv much vtith women. Nv,
m.t,on = itsne. ~ .woman VAN ne a bfa !
rs"tcr - ~. S,,rura ara the wv
r 4. huiidinr fnr that future. Miss
Tn.SnT Sa. hsen o,sneraI sxsrnfivG.
Hrfs. .rs.nrva cema - 'nre,a:,ise with,
Tia nnrsss' and Miss Dlmgman. In
%uSssi nr,. nitn S.ph l,pdmser,s m ,i.,a mas
sis. cGswna ~ the, henutifuI ,n,ini.
ti,,o c.,,,ss. t...,cn - . an .t
HS,,r1as .Son Rnanne etr foyers-
,dss aIics 1fFrench ciubsl: hostess'
They started IN. not only with nu-
nltloMet1es:D Dut SLsnch .assa nus,msss nns fas'
eto.. and the local r,asses Of shop em-
ployes. 4 All are living under condi-..
tons 'uagrsceaented IN trahce. a.. A.
Hsre+ Nav With the hreakinir IN OF
homes by death. OF men in war. by
evacuation. :repatrietlont refugeemg
ta az az, ane n .Ines ~, thair Hoes Tor the
attraction Of higher wages Al other
than home townsl. French femininity
~ .peCoMHMS paIe ~. to .