The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-11-21
ihE BLUE TRIANGLE
0N BABEL'S TOWER

nsnre suddenly bent down over
-Neiiediy she shook her head In
"er 70 the question that she couId
understand She searched THROUGH
red plaid waist FOR The nanar tb.t
"a n''u folded into n little square
sven 10 her. The writing on IL.
a., '''e English that Tony knew and she
NY. t"id the house where She lived.
io"s mad explained II al 20 her that
turning. He had told n 10 her again
me station. Then. waving his hat
"ah disappeared into The train with
! - 81 the men. and Lucia had
'eit standing oueside the gnte.
mere We're crowds 81 women pushing
a'out her. They were weeping
;" Lucia wept. too.
Lucia had been betrofbed m Tony
.n me Old country Five years before.
WIN long ticket for New York
PINNED into his inside pocket. her lover
i'''u ieit her. He wrote I'M every let
ter 'hat he had made her home in
me new country. Her dowrv money
han finally provided her own transpor-
'huon' and for two months Tony and
sn' han been married. Then he had
ur"wn a ticket with a number on II.
ami this morning he had gone OF 10
var.
TO The policeman Lucia told an these
lhinss In rapid Italian But the po-
heeman only talked back 20 her as
rapidly IN q language that was not
italian. She follow ed him duinhly 10
headq quarter. An hour later q wom-
an wearing American clothes gently
hegan talking 20 b r in beautiful Ital-
fan.
italian Lucia vas only one Of thou
sands Of foreign-horn women. Syrians.
Italians. Armenians. Russians. Lithu-
nnianS. Polish. who. when the draft
called their men folk 10 the Americaa
coiorS. asked tn helpless confusion
what II was an about. when would
their men be back? What did people
mean when they told them they would
receive money through the man7
Where could they find work that they
knew how % do? Was there no one
who could explain u all 90 them IN
their own language?
The Y. ". G. A. was ready 10 offer
assistance. buf n would be 81 no value
TO offer 10 Ga English. Consequently
II had 10 supply "a corps 81 women who
could talk 20 the foreign horn woman
az her own door On the language that
she was used 90 hearing On the home
land To teach her English was as
essential n factor in her Americauiza-
ton as % find her n Job. Therefore
the war council Of the Y ". q. A. set
out 20 find her English.
A year before the war began in Eu-
rope. the leaders Of the Young Nom-
ans Christian association foresaw Just
sich situation. and made ready 70
aAaef IL. Ihey studled TIC needs ~
the fnfnis>ra They trimmed skilled
American social workers 20 become IA
milinr with the home habits and 20
speak the language 81 the Lett and the
Hungarian and the Greek and the 9TH
ct foreign mothers who brought ba-
bies and bundles over from Ellis island
70 Battery park
The organization into which this ex-
pertinent has developed was named
By the Y. ". c. A. national board. The
International Institute for Young
Women" In terms which these wom-
en- can understand Il Is teaching the
forelgn-born how TO sew and cook and
care for the baby.
To girls like italian Lucia. who con-
fusediy fingered on the station plat
forms when the draft trains pulled out,
the W. Y. G. A Is giving direct as
sistance. Educated European women
appointed 10 the regular staff II work
ers M the camp Y. w. G. A. Hostess
Houses are able 70 talk 70 the drafted
men In their own language. assist them
In writing letters home. and In ar
ranging Burroughs and little visits 70
the camp.
The Home Information Service for
Foreign Families OF Enlisted Men" Is
doing practical relief work for the
wives and mothers. The purpose OF
the board Is 70 help the women folk
left behind 10 understand where their
boys are and how they are being treat
ed: how they need home support and
cheer. how TO send them comforts. and
10 keep pace themselves by learning
English and other things. 50 that when
the boys come home they will not find
their women still very un-American
and out Of sympathy with them
Food conservation bulletins have
been translated into 1S or 10 languages.
At the factories and munition plants
interpreters are available for the non
English speaking women by whom the
real war Industries of the country are
being largely carried on In p i'm
portant cities International Institute
Bureaus are training American and
foreign women for full time social
service work with foreigners Twenty
four trained women are employed on
the national and district field stan OF
the Y. w. c. A. On June Is there were
105 trained women working at AmeTi-
canization-
When more than 5000 Chicago men
filed out their blue cards for the Sep
tember 70 draft. Gang Luo Wong APP
peared NJ one precinct bringing with
him Mrs. Gang Wong and the three
children. All FIVE wished TO register
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