The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-02
COMFORTS FOR U. S. OFFICERS.
Are Affected in Home Being Conducted
BY American Y. NJ. c. A.

London. March 2.--Correspondence OF
| the Associated Press The newest and
most attratiye home in London for
| American officers is called the American
| Officers inn and stands in Cavendish
square, one of the most fashionable res.
! idential districts of the English metro.
polls. The inn which is operated by the
American y. M. c. A. is directly across
the square from the American consul
generals office. The inn was formerly
occupied by Sir Fl. H. Raphael, member
of Parliament who was on the point of
OF selling it when he heard that the
Americans wanted il and generously
turned it over to them
The inn, which is four story typi-
cal English town house with large rooms
and high ceilings, was formally opened
by Ambassador Walter Hines Page the
other day when it was inspected by sew
eral hundred of the leading Americans
in England and Others These included
Viscount Bryce. formerly British am
bassador at Washington; the earl of
Haddo, the countess of Reading, wife OF
the new special ambassador to the Unit
ed States, Lady Randolph Churchill. Ma
jor General Bartlett, in command of the
American forces in England and other
widely known on both sides OF the At
lantic A feature was the attendance of
a group of veterans of the American Civ
il war, now in England.
The house has been attractiveIy fur
nished by the American Y. NJ c. A. The
walls are hung with series of paint
ings lent by John Lane, nephew of Sir
Hugh Lane, the art collector who was
lost with the Lusitania
The inn, which combines all the ad-
vantages of first class club. with din
ingroom, billiard room, library, tea room
and about forty bedrooms, is being man
aged by committee of American WON
en-, including Lady Ward daughter of
the late American Ambassador, White |
law Reid, Mrs. Spender Clay, Mrs. Cecil |
Higgins and Mrs. +. C. Carter. They |
are assisted by about hundred women, |
mostly Americans, who are giving up !
part of their time usually devoted TO |
other war work.
Greeting visitors at the door is Miss |
Vivian North of New York. who man
ages to squeeze in few hours from her
hospital work to do this and run the ele
vator. just inside the door at the reg
desk sits Mrs Allen Nichols, al
ready called "little Mother" by the
Americans. Mrs. Nichols is an American
who has been supervising welfare work
,mong munition workers at Coventry.
Her duties correspond to those of chief
'lerk behind hotel desk and she is
virtual encyclopedia of information of
hings that Americans want to know
Ibout London. Working alternately
With her is Miss Doris Robson. a niece
If Countess Reading, who has been
working on the land until few days
go.
Mrs. Spender Clay, who came from
and is the wife of lieu
enant colonel in the British army in |
rance. is general superintendent at the
mn. She is the only one to wear the !
reen-grey uniform of the expeditionary
orce of the American y. NJ. c. A.
Pretty pinafores of chintz. designed
" prominent American woman. are 7
rorn by the numerous American and .
,nglish women volunteers who come in B
o take several hours of duty each dav {
'hese women. the majority Of whom are d
-idely known in society on both sides Of / y
he Atlantic submit TO a sort Of dis G
pline most cheerfully. Those assigned
0 the inn put in a regular routine of
uiy and none has been known to be
,rdy. One force relieves another and 7
he work j. carried on without inter
upton.