New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-18

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fashion that brought down the hou
+ The War Camp Community Ser
! ice }diviSion, which takes care of
soldier in his relations to- the
i&I9ining community serves til 9 81
+dterx regardless of color. 1T esta
fishes hostess homes In the cities Al
Joining camps for tha use, Of neg
.troopa when off duty. Dinperst 6ane
HIid Vaudeville .snesa.t u il ri, fnis he
laron1 Washin stpa ifSsyanee. cad
weak< amateur nr "a s0sassicnaI ente
tainefs are aef1 oatNto Gasp Mead
70 amuse the ~~men Recently til
tGs4c He1as Of t11e, Dunbar High scho.
.tco1ored) ga+<tssst FraheFf5 piay ar
. L @rwards repeated dlfe Same DIAN
in English. ~ Is ~ s u fs
Ore of tie purnos 81 OF, the Com
plun'ty Service is to fight the Ger
mad propaganda that has been hug
trying 60 poison the minds Of the col
ored people. This, took tho form ~
stories that the negro troops arc "a
be sent to, France first asds are 10 nt|
sacrifced to save. the whites sTfp
whisper ran that many more than TIL
.pfopo rtionate MIN her of collage
incn. had been drawn fogr sefH1yr
headers Of the negro race w s,se]
and answered these charges it:-rbs est
Jugs explaining how beselesa tlaAgj
were. ,. r.t - So, 80 s. s.gS J
The war eotaN'sl7 tot the " w: fs "A
is devoting&SSraA 90. of its 81. Qao eeM
var budget g. Is WORK ans ng aegrl
RoInen. IL. .r70srey is used tol pro
vide rnaii'* s5lrs4ce for hostess house
for the famtliFs OF cofored troops for
emergency hoaing and. recrea ito ma
i7HeSIl among ,eolored girls IN war n 4
dust,ial .centersi for furnishing work 4
ers where there is no local X WssC
A. and for dotng anything possible
to protect colored girls IN war firne.
The WORKERS in these. houses help the
women relatives Of men in the serVs
ice and encourage them to take ADJ,
vantage Of the present unprece denfa5
opportunities in the Industrial w0rlds
Hostess Houses for Colored lTl'oopsss
Most of the Army camps alresd8
have hostess houses for colored troppHS
The one at Camp Upton is a traiIansd
school for workers at the other e1s'
campments. Three larger recreation
centers for negro girls have been
opened in Washington, Brooklyn aye
New York FL
The colored secretary of the. Ma.
tionaI board of the Y, w. G. A, han,
charge Of this work. Through her tlls3
negro women are inspired to rise tds
their opportunity. and. as the white
women are likewise doing. to mainsa
tain the wage and labor standardss at
the mon whose places they are talstrga
The activity of colored women in Reds
L.
At Washington, for an eST,
ample, all negro troops coming frbma
Fort Meade are met at the trains aaFag
invited to the hostess house at 1874
Fourteenth street, where food amus6 e
ments, reading matter. entertainme nt4
and beds are supplied dosthe boys on
furlnugh. Il 4 49, s. 9ssss S6a5t 5!sas.s ss~
The war has hNofg,ht s,ss tn Hegf
g better chance tor nat iona d
preston than anysevent in his hfstorgs1
and he is making the npostaofs "a tSakai,
portuniy Much Of the best ia fefsA \
the race has been absGTa1ed in n1eet0
ing the need caused by speeding lfns
war industries. Graduates of collegAas
and technical schools have found an
ready tfe5tSefRTggtaass use Of their k5apwFI-a
edge ara Fsfff7ssSI skill The dsrnhsssis
for edueasgGd'fa1 egroes has exoeed fhaf;
supply, u. .t...tssGn fa ~
No SUCH impet'Isg has ever beferas
b een gixen to education for the negFbss
Il III trasa that, II >illiteracy- Of the
races .sas a eestsfye=ef from 80 per cent.
atet he CLOSE W at}1e Civil War to 90
psf cent. tNls abut the s,necsssity Of.
wipfp e. out fI S5fan ce has hean called
sharply. to- our attention by the dens
mands whiGh the war is making npant
our man snower. The proper trafringI
Of the negrssSis afproblep whichFoon-'
rerns both Iares To leave ohe-thirci
IF the colortM PEOPLE undeveloped Is
failure to utilize the resources of this
nation. 4-