Evening star., 1918-02-03
COT IN BATHROOM
.COSTS$32OADAY
Many Girls in Paris Are Sleep
ing Three or Four in
a Bed.
Y. w. C. A. STRIVING TO AID

'I have temporary cot in bath
room for which I pay 10 francs. or s3,2o
q day. I have no heat. electricity, gas.
plumbing facilities. drawer space or
closet room. But many OF the girls in
th.s city have to sleep three or four In
bed
Miss Perrfe Jones of Wabasha, MINI,
who is Office secretary for the Y. w c.
A. in Paris. in a recent letter gave
this glimpse OF housing conditions In
Paris as American women found them.
Hotel for American Women.
It IS largely to meet such needs as
this that the Y. W. c. A. opened the
Hotel Petrograd in that city q few
weeks ago. II is hotel run by Ameri-
can women for American women. Miss
Mabel Little formerly director OF the
dining halls at Cornell University. is to
be the Housekeeping director Of the.
hotel
Miss Blanche Geary, n British born
woman, who has been the association ;
building expert In the erection of the
hostess houses at the camps and asso-
citation buildings In this country Is
now managing the hotel She writes
that We want the hotel TO be the CEN
ter for night life In Paris for the
American girl. Not n woman in the
house would want TO wander through
side girl is being drawn to the social
rooms for evening of good fun.
Women are coming TO the hotel from
all classes of society. 1t also will be
coming over here can meet their wom-
An friends uu Ter roper chaperonage
Near munition and powder factories
foyers are being opened by the associa-
" hpY hnf of nd
chocolate are served to the girls they
come of duty. A pleasant fire IS kept
burning and the place Is rest and
recreation room for the workers whose
workrooms and dormitories are cheer
less places.
Work Turns Skin Yellow.
Certain of the munition work turns
the skin and hair Of the women yell
low Many OF the workers are half
sick from the bad conditions under
which they work.
Il find very quick and responsive
personalities behind the yellow-stained
faces" writes Miss Agnes Winter of
philadelphia. who is in charge OF the
foyer near a factory at Lyon Il
the other day deciding whether she
would commit il to memory This
woman is familiar with the best music
the study of English"
Another association worker Miss
Jean Cavers Of Columbus who has Just
reached France. where she will lead in
organized recreation near n1unition fac
tories writes in her first letter home,
The streets are all very dimly lighted.
and all street lights have a hood over
the top to turn the light rays down so
they cannot be seen from above. All
stores have the shutters partially
closed as soon as the lights are on and
entirely closed at o'clock Women are
In every conceivable occupation-deliy-
erfng milk and bread. acting as porters
.et stations and conductors. One lump
OF sugar a day is all that is allowed
q person All bread is war bread but I
Hike 1t better than any bread I ever
ate"
Miss Henrietta Roelofs of Grand Rap
Sds. who was called from the associa-
e1on work in this country by a group
of representative French women, writes
from Paris.
Hope and Trust in America.
IF Americans only knew how the
whole world is hanging its hope and
trust IN Americans. they would do even
more than they are doing now. To us
1t seems as though America is doing
superhuman things. but this country
will have to.
They do not write much about war
here The oppression of it is all too
Aeavy- In Paris IL is hard to believe a
war Is going on. but you sense IL from
the poilu on leave or the cleaning
Eomen-surely America cannot fail the
world now-is in their minds"
MISS oolooah Burner of New York
eitS Is one OF the last four Y w c. A.
Representative to reach France gat
xing there this week tJanuary s3J Miss
burner VIII do recreation work and cIub
work with the American nurses sta
9oned near the French lines The Y "
A i providing huts where the nurses
may have pleasant place for rest and
= social hour after coming from their
uylng and often horrible duties In the
base hospitals. "