Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
Y. NJ. c. A. Work in France
One Big Democratic Example

electric Light IN the house. ana the
plumu uing WaB early Victorian.
within a week me house was
scrubbed from top Go bottom and
freshly pupeTcd aud painted Wljh-
IN few wcosE u VAS wired for oioo-
irlr IBhts, 30 had shower baths for
soldiers aud the only bath room in
the cutirs town. There Was can
teen where 500 men "a day could get
a s.l-d0wn meal uf very good food
and counter whore many more
could buy chocolates and Cigarets.
There was wrlung and reading
room, room where French lessons
were furnished, another where boA-
!ng aud wrobuing matches could be
held. There Was "a piano ana a phon
osraph. and uulc way down the
street therc was a large hall for en-
ttrUInmonts
Another live Wire.
BY this time Misc Chrlsly had
asked tur and was given tn assist
ant. another live wire Of % young
woman. They soon had th'oo or
four French women for cooks ana as-
slslauts. and they were duins "a land
office business. When / visited thym
the entire house was $50 fuli OF sol
dlers that tho Two a,urtiarios were
deploring tho fact that they had not
twice ihc room, especially Tor cah-
toea purposes
Everybody In town uses phat head
quartors The mayor goch there TO
Take a bath. Officers from the
camps visit % almost as often 40 the
men. a.,
These are two samples only Az
tho \. NJ G.. A. headquarters arc
doing good work These two "rl
notable because 81 the personality
of the secretaries. which was hh"Ne
the average. There are many eu'h
working for the T. NJ c. A. lh''u
were half dozen at AlN les ba'hs'
where our men went Tor Na'h""h
leaves Some Of them had prpnlh-
emf names 40 well Mrs. Iheod"i e
| Roosevelt ir., was on the Starr az me
Aix casino Her urelcss Wuik' nor
/ frank and democratic manners ar-
lighted ths mon 'She WoffH' ZOO
/ mo- said. admirlngly Margaret bo.
/ land was another tlrcless worker al
] AlN les Bains.
/ In another YAM. G. A. ehnlccn
|saW Mrs. Vincent AAtur on duly. ole
walked up and down between the
/ |t,bIps auNlouslv observing whether
priv. BIN Snyder of Lancaster. Pa
and corr. Joe Morgan, OF Weeplnb
/ waters, Neb., got pie whore Pic wa
| due or an extra helping OF jam
| where requested. Associated with
/ Mrs Astor was the former Ethc
/ Hartman. now the wife OF lieu
7 tenant in the army.
Society Women Wanted.
The y. NJ. G, A. wants more OF
these women. not because they are
rich and fashionable" but becaus'
they have social experience, goo,
manners, tact agreeable qualities
There Is room In the world now fol
what used TO be called society WON
enF,. The place for leisure class WON
en- is nursing sick and wounded sol
diers and helping To serve and e
entertain well ones. The Y NJ. c. A
wants at least 500 more women.
wants business women. eNccutiv,
women, talented women. II ough
10 get tho 500 and "A big reserve e.
we'll
\ or course. the Y. ". C. a. will So
'all the money IL needs, and that with
out any controversy. Never mind !
Il has made mistakes, We have Civ
en- the money. And right here lo
me say that one OF the head met
IN the Paris executive hcadquar
ters told me that the Y. 81 T.. A
was hard at work Tootlfying some O
the mistakes they made IN tho be
ginning, and which were absolutel
Inevitable In the face ot unknow
conditions. and unforeseen problemi
We know now" said the mar
that II was a grave mistake 70 sen
over men of draft age. We shall no
do that In the future. We kuo,
that we have some useless tlmbe
over here, and We are going 20 wee
u out We know that a good mar
ono who can lead in prayer an
Z preach good sermon. is not ncces
sarily good executive secretary 3
war region. We are finding fha
out We know that not all the won
| on we have brought oyer bera has,