Evening star., 1918-02-17

\ days and hours Tor the issuance oI
wool and the return of the completed
| work, but now every day of the seven
I is working day. If there be criticism
we reply Do our boys cease fighting
/ because it is Sunday They are giving
their all, on every day. Should we do
, less than they? If we, by our unremit-
/ ting work. can convey to them the fact
| that we are backing them up to our ut
most, it may give them renewed cour-
age and lessen in part the pain OF the
manifold horrors and dscomforts TO
which they are subjected"
/ The completed work of the High
lands Auxiliary for January includes:
| 391 sweaters, II mufflers, 152 pairs
socks, "A helmets, 1sS caps, 10 wash
| cloth. Total. 1,161.
Mrs. Dawson Gives House.
Mrs. Henry P. Dawson, wife of the
head of the Red Cross war council
| has given up her home at IL west
| 51st street, New York. for use by the
Young Women's Christian Association
as a hostess house. Such alterations as
were necessary have been made ana
the housewarmfng took place last Mon
day afternoon. when there was RET
| ception in the hostess house
| Already many reservations have been
| made by women whose relatives are
with some military unit in New YORK
| or its immediate vicinity The first
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woman whose son. soldier In the
Camp Upton division, is now in a hos
pital here.
About twenty guests can be accom-
| modated in the house at present. but
it is believed that, when the &C nven-
fence of such stopping place is gem
orally recognized. arrangements will
have to be made to care for more Wis
itors, either in the Dawson house or
elsewhere.
Prices have been fixed at level
which. it is believed. will cover all ex-
penses, and women who are hastily
bye to some soldier relative or to watch
by his bedside in some hospital will
be bile to get large, light, comfortable
rooms in the central part of the city
for from rs cents to $1.25 day.
The house also will be a rendezvous
for enlisted men and their woman
relatives and friends in New York.
Tea will be served every afternoon for
supplied to the sisters or iancees of
enlisted men coming to New York
alone. Miss Helen Farquhar is director
of the hostess house.
Women Supervisors in Plants.
Woman supervisors will be stationed
by the ordnance department of the
Army in every district where women
are employed in munition plants. it is
announced. They will be appointed by
Miss Mary Van kleeck. chief of the
new woman's division of the industrial
service section. and will look after the
general welfare of the workers.
Miss Van kleeck's division. the first
major one for women established in
the War Department. will. besides
| maintaining proper working conditions
for the women in the munition plants,
concern herself with the housing of
these woman workers and the estab
lishment Of canteens where they may
obtain wholesome food at cheap prices.
| Miss Van Kleeck will have a special
staff of workers at Washington. The
| first of this staff to be appointed is
Mrs. Clara NJ. Tead, formerly investi-
gator of the New York state branch of
| committee of women in industry Of the
Council of National Defense.
Dogs for Army.
! The need in the army for war-trained
| dogs was emphasized by Mrs. Elphin-
stone Maitland of Belgrade, Scotland,
| in an interview Thursday upon her ar
| rival from New York Mrs. Maitland
| has organized the American Blue Cross
| Society, which is looking after the in
| jured and sick horses and dogs along
/! the battlefront.
+! Commenting upon the value of a
| trained dog to the army. Mrs. Maitland
! said that If the American patrol which
recently was overwhelmed in no mans
| land by a German raiding party had
/! had a dog the surprise could not have
/ taken place. She is appealing for
money for horse ambulances, which
/! cost $1,000.
/ The dogs especially desirable. Mrs.
| Maitland explained, are cOllies. ST Ber-
/ nards. Airedales. fox terriers and mon
! grels.
! They are trained to shell fire. They
are trained to give different cry for
I different message. An army dog can
nf O of
enemy; he can locate a wounded man !;
he can summon an ambulance and he
| cannot only distinguish between a Ger
| man and an allied battalion, but he ca n
| give notice of the approach of either
i THE dogs big work is securing the
! country to find the enemy. They can
/ find him even in a fog and their signals
| have saved French battalion after ba
absolutely Indifferent to danger"
| WorG for French Wounded.
| With the recent opening of the large
workrooms for the American fund for
1 the French wounded at 1854 NJ street,
the Washington committee, Of which
| Nine. de Sibour is chairman, expects
shortly to ship a box of garments a
week to the headquarters at Paris The
| committee wishes to enlist the services
| of at least fifty more volunteer gar
ment makers. Those who cannot work
at the headquarters. which are bright
and cheerful. and fully equipped with
large cutting tables and sewing ma
| chimes. may do their work at home, AS
| France lost many of her manufactur-
| ing centers early in the war, her need
| of assistance becomes more acute as
! the conflict continues. In addition to
| hospital garments the committee has
/ recently commenced work on clothes
1 for the civilians who are in such dire
| need. Mrs. Leonard and Mrs. Mumford,
| who are in general charge of the work
room. have the assistance of Nine. de
Blanpre. wife of the naval attache of
| the French embassy, on Thursdays,
/ when all French women living at
| Washington are most welcome, and are
thus given an opportunity to assist in
| this splendid work for their country
men. Last year the Washington COM
mittee raised nearly $4,000 for the
American fund for the French wound
! ed. and early in the war contributed
| two motor trucks, which are now in
operation in France. The 1000 military
| hospitals in France keep in daily
| touch with the headquarters of the
American fund for the French wounded
| at Paris. from whence all supplies are
/ distributed.
Friends Work for France.
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