Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-19
GERMANTOWN WOMEN
LEADERS IN WAR WORK
National League for Service Mem.
bers Inspired by Love for
Fighting Men

1t may be because most of them have sons
or husbands in service that the thousand or
more members of the Germa ntown branch,
National League for women's Service, are
accomplishing such wonderful war work. At
any rate, they are striving to be no less
soldiers than the men at the front and they
have built up an organization little less per-
feet than the great military system of today.
In fewer than twenty-four hours 1000
women may be called together for emergency
work Of any sort They have demonstrated
their efficiency in SO many cases that the
Government repeatedly calls on them for
furthey service. When a registration of wom-
en- was wanted this spring the house to house
canvass committee Of $50 members. with
Mrs. William c. Marshall as chairman, took
up the work and turned in the names and
data concerning 10000 women of German
town alone. In Liberty Loan, war-savings
stamps and all other drives this committee
has accomplished wonders
from early morning to late evening the
National Leagues Service House in German
town Is humming with activity. There are
women mending soldiers overccats and
clothing in one room some making little
garments for the refugees in France and
Belgium groups of younger women busy
over convalescent libraries and Joke cards
committees planning rummage sales or other
benefit affairs; others taking care of the
thousands of jars of fruit and vegetables
canned in the house this summer; women in
the knitting room making machine-knit socks
or doing out yarn to industrious home knit
ters, and other women answering tele-
phone and personal inquiries relative to Gov
ernment work.
Glasses in French
Then too fhera tb, ,l,,,.s L.. I,...al
and in typewriting, which have Just started
for the term. Men and women of all ages
are eligible to the classes. which include
both the elementary and advanced courses
Mrs. j. j. Moylan, chairman of the COM
mittee on mendng soldiers clothes said to-
day that SO far only overcoats had been
handled, but other garments would be taken
in few weeks.
The overseas committee of which Mrs. c.
Blight Robinson is head, made fifty oilcoth
trench jackets by request of the Government
and is constantly working on clothing for
refugees and making aviation vests of old
kid gloves. 1t also makes Canteen aprons
for the National League canteen at the navy
yards and supplies completely filled kits for
all the men drafted by Local Board No. II.
Junior League Work
The Junior League. of which Mrs. Edward
Newkirk is lieutenant colonel and Miss Janet
Middleton captain. is also housed in the
Service House. The juniors" are the ever
ready helpers. collecting much of the money
from theatres, collecting games and music
records to be sent to camps; sponsoring rum
mage sales and affairs for the benefit of
war work and making joke cards and IL
braries for hospitals.
You see. our Service House is a sort of
| melting pot for all gifts of work, money or
articles intended to aid Uncle Sam" ex-
planned Mrs. A. r. Wight executive secre-
tary of the Germantown branch,
Children Contribute
Even the children of the community
bring their contributions. There Is one group
of children organized to collect peach stones
and they bring them here to be sent off
| Others bring in the most motley collections
! of things just because they are eager to give
| something to their country. | never refuse
| anything. Most of the articles that cannot
| be used directly in work may be sold
and the money used.'
The members are particularly proud o
| the vegetables and fruit from war gardens
put up at the Service House this summer
More than 1000 jars were put up. Some o
| this was donated outright to the league, sole
and the proceeds put into war work. Ii
| other cases the owners paid the league tC
conserve the produce. Mrs John Mustard
| 4 chairman of the food conservation com
| mittee. and a canning expert was obtained
| to direct the work Ten to fifteen volunteer
workers helped her each day.
| Mrs. James Starr is chairman of the Ger
mantown branch of the National League fol
| Womens Service which has won such high
| praise throughout this section of the country
| Mrs. John Mustard is secretary; Miss Elvirs
| Plumer, treasurer: Mrs Fred p. Powers
chairman of publicity. Other members of the
| board are Mrs. w. jay Turner, Mrs. William
Franklin Baker, Mrs Edward T. Newkirk
| Mrs. William C. Marshall, Mrs. Wendell
| Reber, Mrs. Francis B. Reeves. Jr., and Mrs
| Harry T. Cassard