Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-03
WOMAN JOINS WORKERS.
Or Y. NJ. c. A. At CAMP LEE
Mrs. John II. Lewis. of Lynchburg,
Placed in Charge of Family
Room in big Hut.
AMUSING PIE-EATING CONTEST
Seminal Bouts in Championship
Boxing Communicating in
Personnel Of Hostess House-Tcn-
mis- Matches Played.

!
Lee a woman viii be Included in the
force OF the Y ~ {. A. workers here.
She is Mrs. John n Lewis. Of Lynch
burg. Va. who has been placed IN
charge OF the family room in the ""
auditorium. NOW known as the big hut
This room. or dcpa rtment. will be for
The convenience OF the visiting friends
and relatives Of the men, and will! fur
nsh accommodations for women
quests in particular Tables have been
provided for those VINO bring lunches
End every effort is being made 10 make
the place comfortable and inviting.
The service that Mrs. Lewis will
render is one Of pure patriotism. With
& son in France in the cxpeditionary
force. she desires to give her own
energies TO the promotion OF the well
fare work IN this country. For this
she IS well fitted. as she has long been
associated with work Of this type X
is expected that before long other
women vii! be added TO the various
units.
Last evening an entertaining pro-
gram was followed out at the big hut
/ IN its stunt night" vaudeville. Since
! many of the soldiers who had engaged
/ IT, perform were members of COM
| panies that axe quaran;ined for
| measles. he affair was an inp!oniptu
enc. The program started with a
number OF boxing bouts. which pro-
came p!c-cating contest that was a
i scream. 4 half-dozen checkers were
! thrown Unfortunately into :he crowd
/ Of soldiers assembled. and wild
scramble was made for them. The ones
[ who were fortunate or unfortunate
/ CROUCH to secure them became the con-
icStants. Six pies were placed on a
table on the stage and the voracious
I consumers were arranged before them
/ With hands in pockets The pies were
at -
\ smeai- feast began. and the caters were
I literally plunged deep into their task
I Tie has been the subject Of song for
many moon. but IL Private o. p
Harvey. of the F:rs, Company Vetcr-
:iary Training School. should be ask
cd TO sing the praise OF the success
ia! pie. his choice would be the lus-
. cious coconut custard. Needless 10
say. Harvey was the winner. But woe
/ tet!de the bold attacker of the cherry
n.s. such was Thomas Cannon. of the
! ENth Company. Veterinary Training
I School. Midway in the mad muddle Of
inast!cation ne fell victim TO a treach-
! s?"Hs cherry pit which lodged in his
.aF%nM and caused an interruption OF
-"th breathing and pie consumption.
o cap the climax, he was precip!tated
INTO the pie. but emerged cherry
stained hero with second honors. The
+ otAcr performers Of the evening were
STANLEY Hitchiner. OF the Wagon Com
| ian!. Hemount Sta ton, who did buck
and wing dance. accompanied BY Lac:
Horse =; the piano. Young Wren. Of
ne E'ghth Company. Second Training
. re tt~!!cn. with songs and monoloeue
!.iu JoAn J. Wiscman, OF the t'iIgy-
curt" company. Replacement Camp.
gave hnock-a bout and tum-
Inc postponed seritinals OF the box
ING tournament have at last come off.
ana nose who have waited through
the btd spell OF weather TO see the
"!s !ish's We're in no way disappointed
Win the exhibitions. H. the hrst bout
o! the lightweight class, Williams. Of
the Second Company. was w!nner over
ward, OF the Depot Brigade The sec
Z ono match was the premier event of
7 tHe evening and one that has caused
good deal of speculation among the
followers OF the sport, In this bout
EGEHe. OF the Thirty-ffth Company,
was given the decision over Dugan. Of
the base hospital. III the second round
While the outcome OF this fight was
not surprising 10 those who are ac-
quainted with Frankie Burke's fistic
ao!!!ty, yet he would have met with
much harder opposition had not Dugan
injured his leg when - slipped and
/ Eel! in the first round. When this
I happened the referee. Lieutenant
/ Lewis, wished TO call the bout off. blu,
! pugan protested and asked 10 be al
lowed TO finish the fight. The referee
Z consented and Dugan stuck il out TO
/ the end of the second round when
| quick left handed blow put him on his
knees The referee al this point re-
/ fused TO count Dugan out, explaining
10 the crowd later that his refusal
was due 10 the fighters injuries. which
4 should have prevented him from fight
ing a; all. The third bout was between
/ carl HetaEer. OF the Thirty-seventh
I Company, and Faust, OF the Thirty-fif,h
l company. After gruelling battle
/ from which the fighters emerged in a
/ much battered condition, Metager was
/ declared victor Then came two bat
! ties royal between colored men of the
! Eleventh and Twelfth Battalions, which
I afforded a great deal OF amusement
! The other four matches were called off
! at a late hour. as the men were con-
/ lind to barracks due to quarantine
Notification has just been received
at the central reserve officers training
/ school of the promotion of a mum Der
/ of officers stationed there, as follows
/ 10 be majors. Captains James d. Isaacks,
/ u. Gordon Hunter. Constantine e How
/ ards: to be first lioutenants: second
Lieutenant Daniel F.. Swetman. Ever
EFT CollinSe and Harold S. Tucks.
One hundred new candidates reported
to the school to-day for training
camp to-day to take up the duties Of
receiving hostess at the hostess house.
She comes to Camp Lee from Camp
Merritt New Jersey. where she has been
engaged in similar work since her com
pletion of the international war work
course at the national training school
in New York. Mrs. Courtney is a Vir-
ginian by birth and training.
Mrs Tredway. who has made many
friends during her long period Of ser
vice al the hostess house and who ha s
endeared herself particularly to the
soldiers with whom she has come in
contact, has resigned from the staff
to return to her home in Emporia Va
Mrs. Tredway, however. does not intend
to give up the work permanently. but
will enter the field again after she
has taken a much needed rest.
Mrs. Lydia La Baume. Of Roanoke.
Va. is guest Of Mrs. Becker at the
hostess house.