El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-09
BY
Frank G. Carpenter
Copyright. 1918. BY
Frank c. Carpenter.

I United States are Offering scholarships for
I French girls who wish 10 take advantage
/ go Of these girls now coming over the
! ocean. and the French government IS pay
l Ing a part OF their expenses Our Y W.
! G. A clubs in France have opened new
l world to the working girls OF that coun-
! try. and the same is true OF the club cen
{ tiers established in Russia.
] Not long ago corps OF our woman
! workers went on a big steamer down the
I Nolga. giving educational and propaganda
! lectures IN all tbs towns. They taught
! modern sanitation as to the care OF babies
! and children and home economics. in
! GLIDING bread making and cooking When
! our women were forced to flee from Pet
[ rograd they went to Moscow and later
] carried their work out into the country.
They are doing wonders in showing the
peasant women how TO tighten their la
I bors and TO aid IN the regeneration Of
! Russia.
As TO France. the 7. W. C A. has Il
I different centers there for American wom-
[ en- These include the superintendent OF
I the Signal corps women, the telephonists
/ force employed by the army. Il has to
do also with our nurses in the hospitals.
and, in fact. with the American woman
I engaged in war work. wherever she IS.
2 Community Service Aid.
Closely allied to the work Of the Y. w
/ c. a Is the War Camp Community Serv-
ice, which Is more under the direction
Of the army and navy than any other
branch OF the united war work campaign.
I This has 70 do with the moral and social
upift OF the men IN the cantonments. II
1 does what II can to keep our boys clean
and to give them healthy amusements
It provides clubhouses. entertainments.
music and athletics 1t aims TO do for
the men in the camps all that the most
progressive communities are doing for
themselves. II provides welcome for them
in private homes and arrances parties and
dances. picnlcs and sightseeing jaunts.
In New York city alone this service fur
nishes sleeping places for 10000 uniformed
men every week. It has hotels and clubs
there where the soldiers can have a bed.
shower bath and soap. and in many
places a breakfast for from Is to IS cents
a night and two meals and q bed for
not over IS cents. Similar work Is car
ried on IN COO centers throughout the
United States. the total annual saving
to the men in the service thereby being
well over $1,000 900.
The Big Organizations
The great balance OF more than s15s.-
100000 IS 10 go TO the live men and WON
en- doing welfare work on the battlefield
and Immediately behind our trenches in
France These are the Young Mems Chris
and the Jewish Welfare board All are
working together and along the same
; lines, although the K OF C has been
specially organized by the national war
among the Roman Catholic soldiers and
I the J. ". 3. TO do similar work fer such
OF our men as are Jews.
The Knights OF Columbus have $50 900
members in the United States. u did its
first war work in the Spanish-ATuerlcan
war and IN our troubles with Mexico Il
kept up chain OF service buildings along
the Mexican border This organization
has almost 1000 secretaries II Europe. II
has 100 in italy and IL maintains head
quarters in London and Paris
The Jewish Welfare board Is organized
con the same basis Its members dress
in khaki. with the six pointed star. known
as the star OF David" on their sleeve
Its secretaries number 200: they are the
counselors. teachers rad big brothers OF
the 1900 Jewish soldiers and sailors in
our army and navy abroad They are
to be found in every large camp and
also in the barracks and hospitals They
have an educational service with classes
in English, French. civics and military
tactics and religious services conducted by
rabbls. They supply the men with Hebrew
Bibles and prayer books and literature in
Tiddish and English. They have Giready
distributed 100000 prayer books $4,000
Bibles and something like 100000 letter
heads 10 the Jewz IN the army
Great Work Of Z. N. c. A.
And now as 10 the Y. NJ. & A I have
left it 10 the last because ifs work IS SO
great and 50 widely distributed that no
Before the war began its activities COW
cred the world. and during the war
abroad and at home. Il has been OF enor-
nous value 10 every soldier and sailor To-
day there are 25o0 Y. N. c. A workers
serving the American and French soldiers.
and they are 10 be found at 100 different
centers in France There Is no man over
there" who has 70 look for a ~ hut;
and the Red Triangle" which IS the
badge OF the organization. holds out its
invitation 70 black and white. Catholic
Protestant. Jew and unbeiiever alike
Has Its Own Factories.
The 7. II. c. A IS one OF the chief or
CARNATIONS for Supplying the soldier with
comforts OF various kinds. It brings in
goods BY the thousands OF tons. and the
Gross sales in It's huts, stations and other
post exchanges amount TO something Ike
S75.ooo, 900 a year. II has even established
factories in France TO make. war supplies.
II has five over there which are making
chocolates for the soldiers. and three Of
which are turning out biscuits and cookies
The American troops are now eating A
million pounds OF chocolate a month. and
the crackers and biscuit monthly con-
sumed are almost 5000. 900 packages
A large part OF the tobacco used Is
supplied BY the T n c A. the number
OF cigars furnished last year being more
! than 81. 000.O coo and the packages OF cigar
cts running close TO 1000 100000. The
I cigaretS are ten to the box. II Joined
/ end to end they would make a Inc q
short smokes 20 times around the world
/ az the equator, or more than twice the
Z distance from the earth TO the mon
I Last year the Y. n. c A. used for the
/ soldiers 100000 pounds Of flour, 10000, :
I 900 pounds OF sugar and almost 1900. 0eo
packages OF chewing gum. As TO the sta
I tionery furnished. this amo1nt1 70 49,
[ oo0. 900 sheets q month and something Ike
a half million dollars Is kept tied up In
postage stamps
1000 Athletic Directors.
I And then the activities which appeal
to the body and mind OF the soldier The
/ Y. II. c. A has 1000 athletic directors in
/ France. who are getting up games OF foot
l ball baseball and other outdoor athletics
/ It's motion picture shows exhibit IS miles
Of new film every week and its lectures
are attended by 100000 Of our boys
I every month. It has Libraries and schools
I at all its stations. and it has given away
/ enough testaments II placed one on the
other to make pile IT miles high
"Ub Front"