Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10

in American cities.
So they are interesting.
Il There are others.
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Fifty Quartermaster Corps girls and
an Ordnance Department unit, chiefly
Of photographers and secretaries. have
been In Tours two months. Recruited
on department specifications by the Y.
W. C. "A. for the labor bureau before
Miss Gunther sailed home on her mis-
sion. they have equally learned their
way about and won golden opinions.
In Tours they all live in fine big
hotels-famous tourist hotels before
the war. There are rooms with baths.
for them through the Y. w. c.. A..
which had formerly set up q Signal
Corps Girls Club. e.. smart hotel
pension. In the pretty little Hotel
Moderne. but the boarders outgrew 1t.
$50 the Signal Corps said to the
government" as / am told, I'VE must
have b larger place for the girls. The
nfoderne was a Y. w. c. A. hotel; they
took all the responsibility. servants.
bills, etc, and charged our girls 80
much, by agreement with the Signal
Corps. On account Of the size Of the
city and the number Of new American
girls arriving we asked the govern
tain size. which has become an army
hotel for women of the A. E. f.. al
though the greater number wAl al
ways be Signal Corps girls. For this
particular house. also, the Signal
Corps requested Y. w. c. A. hostess
TO look after the girls welfare and
the common interests are looked after
n tttna a ottnnr ~
Nv. c. A. hostess, one chief supervisor
Md one supervisor"
Thus the precedent was set.
The 7. w. c. A., administers the
Hotel Central for our government.
The Initiative was that Of the Signal
Corps.
All this is worth reading, mothers
end daughters.
1t IL q new, grand step Of the Amer
lean woman in Europe.
The Hotel des Negotiants, next
equally imposing and comfortable
A. Il. #. girls. The quartermaster
girls are there, the ordnance girls
and some thirty five miscellaneous,
stenographers. BED Cross secretaries.
!. Medical Corps clerks and transient
The x. W. c. A. has been asked to
administer the Negotiants.
|. But France IL big. Americans.
we are all over beautiful France!
And the thing which has been proved
land Of which all are 50 proud
your baggage in many an American
city. high-hearted. yet wondering and
dreaming--is that they say Go" and
she goeth, and "Come!" and she
cometh.' Outside Tours the Signal
Corps Corps has the y. w. c; 4: rent entire
ter them like y family villa and
charge the girls the cooperative cost
per- head of what It comes to. Here.
too. Is the basis Of one Y. w. c. A.
secretary. one chief operator and one
operators, by turn. on the committee.
r.
All of which makes for dignity.
luxury. independence and cheapness
for the girls.
All Of which. also, is a precedent
and model.
Beautiful. honorable. large and
even imposing 1t is, in the eyes Of
French natives. The Y. w. C. A. Ut
cannot be denied) has done handsome =
w.. for all w. w: WIS. which means
woman war WORKERS, including the
that, and Opened thirteen of their
great foyers entirely for French busi-
ness girls. shop employees and war
workers Unfortunately. I have told
before Of their foyers, French clubs,
hostess houses, recreation groups,
country clubs and girls island at
Tours--the most romantic spot in the
sweet River Loire.
Now, these Y. w. c. A. girls are as
wise as serpents and as harmless as
doves. They have q Machiavellian
scheme hid back in their loving
hearts--for uplift.
They are SO proud Of these Ameri-
can business girls as object lessons
to stir up hope. confidence and CO.
operation among their French sisters.
They are so glad when Signal Corps.
quartermaster, ordnance and Medical
Corps girls. SO smart. we'll dressed,
tells. come and entertain and Invite
and fraternize with their downtrodden
French sisters in foyers, clubs and
island. And the girls want to Cob
serve and note IT'D. and they try. and
come again; and there are times when