Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-10-31
A BIT of HOME \
WITHIN THE CAMP

VIII HIN Inc CAvUll
4 long. low building II frame con
struction. attractively planned. with
wide vernndas aud Z hSanelike aspect
Outside arc hanging the ,fssgs-the
0tars and Stripes. which mrst SOM
be taken 10 n Il b nearly sunset. and
another nag hearing 4 little triangle
Of blue aud the letters =. W. G. -
Il 10 Q fall afternoon aisd the mir 10 Q
bit sharp. Through the front windOws
Of the house the woman approaching
up the walk can zee the cheerful glow
Of an open fireplace. There Is the
sound Of piano and some nne p
singing.
The woman, who b slight and young
and tired-leoklng. puts her heavy suit
case down on the walk and -shifts the
baby she is carrying to the other arm.
She listens . minute. then picks up the
luggage and walks bravely ny to the
front door. Some one has heard her
coming and IL there to meet her. Some
one always u In places like this. The
door II thrown open and kind wom-
ans voice says: -Oh, do come In and
rest. Let me take the baby" The
baby Is passed over and the stranger.
worn from q long Journey. tired and
sad, IL given the welcome which only
the Z. w. C. A. hostesses know how to
dive.
She explains that she has come 10
zee John before he leaves for the
front. She has been saving her money
for traveling expenses. and has come
TO surprise him. John has never seen
tia baby. and now maybe he never
will, for she has discovered that John
has Just left on a two days ,furlough
10 surprise her. Before che could get
train back to her home Johns fur
Tough will have expired and he win b
on his way back to camp. The little
mother does not kno~ how to meet the
atuation and tears OF fatigue and dis
appointment begin to flow.
'Well. that's too bad" says the SYM
pathetic Z. w. G. A. worker. ''But
cheer up. You can just stay here for
couple Of days. Well send wire
to John at the first place his train
stops and tell him to take tie next
train hack. He can enjoy his THROUGH
here"
This IL done and the little family
has q glorious day OF 1t.
The Young Women's Christian asso-
citation has established 90 hostess
houses Of this character for American
soldieFs and sailors and their f,,milies.
In this brief bulletin Of news lies one
of2the most poten: factors In the win
ming Of this war. Our boys are fight
ing for their homes. The 7. ". G. A.
with Its hostess work In this country
End in France u helping to keep the
ideal Of American home life con-
stantly before the men who are pro
tecting It. These men had to 60 away
from their individual homes, but there
isa home which follows them-a place
where they can 60 when they are OF
duty and meet their families and rest.
There ID rUom In every Z. w. G. 4.
hostess house with a real fireplace In
It and domestic hearth. There are
chairs with cushions on them; the
china is not Of the iron-bOund bucket
!, variety necessary in camps; and best
Of all, the boys say. there are nice
women to talk to. No boy in camp
would hesitate to ask his mother G.
sister or the girl he thinks most of to
meet him at q 7. W. C. A. house, for
he knows that the women she will see
there are Of the right kind. The very
fact that II Is known that there is q
real, honey place near each camp au-
thorized by the war department and
presided, over by dignified and refined
women. has served very largely to dis
courage the other type Of woman and
keep her away from the men she for
merly preyed upon.
The z w. C. A. houses are not ,es.
tablished with any view to marking
class lines, however. although many of
the nostesses who aRsist led lives Of
greatest ease and luxury before the
"aH. A,eilocfucy tuieS u Tue siSn OF
the little Blue Triangle.
A story Is told Of q great merchants
wife whose individual fortune mounts
to the million mark. This lady is q
member of one Of the z. w. C. A. com.
mittees, and on one occasion she was
helping in the cafeteria Of a hostess
house at the Great Lakes naval train.
Ing station. A little shYpgirl who had
= '.day of" from her work in the base
ment of the great store owned by the
Y. w. G. A.worker's husband, and who
had come to see her sailor brother. was
in a State street hurry for service.
She sharply ordered the merchants
wife to look alive with these forks.
grille"
The lady addressed as "girlie" quite
humhlv saw IN II tint tho milo ne fork q