The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-16
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OF WORK II FRANCE
Writes That Woman's Club
Fund is Doing Lots of
Good.

Prof. Waiter Barnes. head OF the
English department OF the FairmonI
state Normal school, addressed the
Woman's club at is regular meeting
Yesterday afternoon on the subject.
:.The school and the Home as Factors
IN Education" Sir. Barnes outlined
clearly the duties OF the home toward
rho child and also the duty OF the
school. He emphasized the TACT th2s
home training is OF vastly more I'M
Do-fauce than the school and suggest
ed closer cooperation OF the homes
and schools 20 bring about better moral
aud Intellectual conditions n the CITY
Mr.. Barnes suggested the oTSanlI9tlo2
of . Pareut-Tcacher association whose
scope il would be 70 get together on
atfajrs. OF home &uHSchool as means
OF betreringlocal conditions Tae Zee
ture o. Nr. Barnes was heard with IN
terest by A large audience of women.
Preceding the lecture OF Air. Barnes.
Mrs. Forrest FarkhauseT, one OF the
city's most talented musicians. sang
effectively "Oh Love But a Day and
INV Lover He Comes OF the SIX. &C
COMMANDED BY Miss Katherine Moore
Miss Virginia Foulk. OF huntington,
state organizer of VFonen's organfza-
T;ons for the purchase of War Saw
inzs Stamps was present at The meet
ing. Miss Fouib stated in The course
OF the talk TO the club that she had
come here for the purpose OF organic
ing the club into a W. 5. :. club and
found 10 her surprise that il was al
ready organized and had done e1ec-
i've work. Miss FoCiE stated that The
Fairmort club was the first club in the
state TO organize fo- the w S. S cam
paign. She went from here TO Nor
garttown where she Will organize
Vromens organizations
Mrs. J. f. Richie N The absence o.
Mrs. L. y. Yost, Chairman of the W
s. S. committee. gave the>reDort OF the
committee which showed that already
the club had disposed OF stamps
amounting TO $1.653.I0. Yesterday
after the report was given quite num-
Der OF The thrift stamps as vel as the
War SAVINGS stamps were disposed CO.
Announcement was made of the fact
that al the next meeting OF the cluf
10 be held two weeks from yesterday
officers would be elected for the en-
suing year. Mrs. Meredith who hcs
served tue club two years as president.
-rill retire and new president viii be
elected.
Mrs. " l. Lyd;c gave a good report
or the work OF the French relief coui
mittee OF which she is chairman.
a letter from Miss Sue Kearsley Wat
son. OF this city. who is engaged L:
French Civilian -:2r relief work III
France written To the club was read
by Mrs Meredith. The letter tells in
an interesting way what is being done
with the money which the Woman'S
club OF this city gave Miss WATSON :ar
this work. Among other things Miss
Watson says:
l must tell you about my village,
Camelin. The money the Woman's
club gave me. have deposited to is
account. You have probably received
receipt for the money rs handed !:
in through the main treasury. put
all the money I have received togetE-
err to spend here and gave it in the
name OF Womau'S club OF Fairmont-
one thousand cranes IN all. The other
day l used part OF it. Four women
came 10 US asking :or help. Erhey had
been returned by the Bosch Their
home is in town still unreleased-
They had come to Camclin as their
only relatives tive there. They haze
been loNaed the house OF some people
who have not returned. Then thcJ
came 20 me IS marianne OF CamcIii:
for help. We gave them two beds
with covers, 4 few kitchen utensils. a
stove, some chairs, bureau and warm
clothes.
These four have had particularly in
terestins experiences. Before the war
they each had a farm. One Woclan'S
ming OF the war and she has never
heard a word from him since. OF
course she hopes that he is prison
er. but can't really believe but that
ne is dead. The husbands OF the 9th
ers are PRISONERS evils" Then there
is a ci;ild OF aiGe. pretty little girl
She TeceiveG 4 combination scarf and
hood at the party and the mother toll
ne she had even slept in 1t, she was
so pToud OF it. ] found her doll care
fully put 70 bed the other day while
she was At school. In the sD-inE they
Will all want garden tools. had hoped
TO keep some of the money back fof
:lat. bat az afraid it will be impos- |
sib!e as have had so many things
20 do.
ca0eline IS an interesting cid town. I;
diyided into three sections. There IS !
very little reconstruction TO be done |
as che Germans left in such hurry. |
However. they destroyed all posses.
sions. Yesterday one woman showed |
me with great pleasure her furniture
shat shs had been able 10 hide. She
had furniture which had been il
the family for hundreds OF years. They |
all haye had and that is one OF the SAD !
parts of it all. One generation to an !
other had handed down furniture. !
clothes and utensils. They know life !
only with their own kinds of tools. /!
They know times to try to make an |
American pattern substitute. They are !
stunned and life is an EFFORT, but isn't |
that natural - star ting. life over a. !
seventy, perhaps Without knowing |
anything OF the rest OF their family?
One woman in ouz village is . helu- !
less cripple because German soldiers |