The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-11-14
THE SECOND LINE
OF DEFENSE

today as the distance from Paris ~
Berlin. The Atlantic ocean Is not rs
wide as the River Sommc. The girl
IN the munition factory IN the middle
West Is very close to her brother In
the front-liuc trenches. n her WORK
falters. n On" untrue torpedo passes
the careful -crutlny ~ the inspector.
The lives uf american soldiers pay
the price.
II IL nS necessary tu Keep the -T
vho makes the shells physically f'
md high ~ courage rs The muu who
fires The gun.
The glory and excitement ~ war
nrr for The man ln Khaki Grinding.
mou'touunS labor FAR away from no"
nrug 'ggs and martial music Is w"
portion uf M" -Iri who makes wul.-
iluuS.
pu, and u half million women AMI
girls have, marched int" the service ~
the United States government. 90 tab"
the places ct the men who have been
called to the culurs with every draft
aud with tll" opening "f every mUui-
i'iGu enrichment The number is Vu.-
| tip'iod Tno>p girl> WORK long hours
and tho work f. hard and uunu'ouou~
Furfhcrt.nr, they work M high merry.
| GUS tension. On the skill of their fin
| gers and rhr accuracy Of their eyes DO
ponds the lives ~ many soldiers. th"
viun.r- or losing ~ many battles
- can't sleep at night hccau>r I'm
So afraid may have passed on SOME
| thing that wnS not quite true" said
one young girl not yet In her twon'ir~.
who inspected hundreds ~ torpodu's
every day.
Unless something can make this girl
forget nj night and find some rest, her
hand viii los" il cunning.
Nights aud Sundays" said another,
81 walt aud walk aud | never 20 the
same route twice until have worn
out all the others. and yet ! can't for
| get that perhaps some time, somehow,
during tho day sonnet hing may have
gone through that was not quite right
II was Just on the edge Of going
back home said another. II couldn't
stand IL. Then the recreation leader
asked me N | played basket ball. and
I told her ! was too old. I'm twenty
oisht She insisted that Just try
throwing the ball, and now I'm captain
Of the basket hall team. play tennis,
| and eau set up aud 'wig-wag.' and
| they're going Ia make me forewoman
| Of the room That would have fright
encd me tn death once. But every
| thing Is different now, that We have
our War Service club"
The war department had seen the
need Of occupations for out-of.work
hours II the employees were to work
NJ their greatest efficiency. and through
the ordnance department asked the
| Young Women'S Christian Association
| for recreation leaders. tu line up the
girls and direct their frcc-time pleas
| ur"S
The government reminded the Y. w
| &. 4 that ~ an organization IL always
had hnd an interest in the right hou>.
| Ing Of girls In the ri-hi feeding ot
/ girls. and IN he right education oi
| girls. md that the Intelligent care ot
| these girls ia the munitions factories
| was one of the essentials in the win.
| ming 81 the war. The government
could house and feed them. II could
| PIT M recreation buildings. but when
| tliS was done II was aS helpless as the
father of motherless girl. The gov,
eminent Is a composite man. lie didn't
know what a girl should do when the
six O'Clock factory whistle blew. liz
only knew she needed looking after
and he called 10 the one wuman'S or
gunization that for half century had
made study Of the needs Of girls
| Vaguely. he had an idea that She
should be- encouraged 10 play, that
She needed Wholesome recreation, and
some one, wise aud sympathetic nS a
careful mother. to guide her social ac,
tivities.
The blue Triangle sent lis play lady
TO salute and 20 Ia work. Workers are
asked for in recreation buildings NJ
all the 30 federal Industrial reserva-
lions or munition environments which
have been opened this summer In sew
eral of the states. These reservations
sprung up out of the very fields in Il
few weeks. They are employing thou.
sands of workers. Many Of these
women have come from far distant
homes. The government provided
dormitories and mess barracks. In