The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
ents while awaiting permanent posi-

tents while awaiting permanent posi-
! lions.
1t is in point of economy that the
Mission will be kept open afternoons,
| on]y--as its benefits are mainly for
industrious" girls, they will scarcely
need place Of recreation for fore
Moons, anyway Then, the keeper OF
the Mission (for which shall employ
a trained ,worker) must work for a
very small salary and will not have
very much help, perhaps none at
times, and she will need the mornings
to do the work to have things in order
for the afternoons.
While affording at my own expense
the rooms in which to conduct the
Mission, and donating my time and
: services to the endeavor Of its estao-
/ lishment, am asking those who feel
friendly disposed toward the move
ment and who consider it just cause,
to assist me with equipping the place
for industrial work and services. Con-
siderable repairing for practical use
has been required; for instance, we
had city water in the kitchen, but no
sink. Also for the teaching Of mod
ern housekeeping gas and electricity
will be necessity, and our building
has neither. The Missionary Society
of the Walnut Street Baptist Church
Of Waterloo gave US the money to get
one dozen good wall lamps with re-
Electors and we have wood furnace
for the heating of our apartments at
present. We will appreciate any cash
donations and as we are planning to
open the Mission with a Bazaar and
sale of many attractive and useful
articles suitable for summer, the COM
mittee will be glad for any article
sent in.
It is the intention Of the manage
ment to make the Bazaar and demon
stration of the sewing department a
quarterly function and any article not
arriving in time for this first sale in
May need not be withheld. It will
be good for the subsequent sale, if not
disposed Of during the interval.
Here now is cordial invitation for
all who would like to join with US to
help do another good work with a
great sphere of usefulness ahead Of it.
While ninety -five per cent of the
Christians living in the vicinities OF
mobilization and training stations are
absorbed in giving the home touch"
through all manner Of social atten-
tions to 'the men from home"
women from home" must not be for
gotten. Miss Susanna Cocroft, secre-
tary Of the Woman's division of the
National Security League, says con-
corning this subject: .The nations
problems of conservation, relief work
and service in the field, in which wom-
ems activities form so large factor,
would be literally solved if the physi-
cal well-being of American women
was as carefully looked after as that
Of men,"
The agency of moral protection for
women has always appealed to me
more than rescue work" Ny con-
viction is that with duty done along
the former line there need be no res
cue work. The following striking
statement. / have clipped from w.
G. T. U. Journal: SAVE FOOLISH
IMPULSIVE GIRLS"
Dear White Ribbon Comrades:
While so much earnest effort is be-
ing made for the physical comfort and
moral well-being Of the enlisted men,
some of our mother-hearted women
are asking what can be done for the
protection of foolish impulsive girls
who are fascinated by khaki uni
form.
The aftermath of every recruiting
whose mothers are not wives. The
department of moral education want
some definite work for the protection
of girls and women living in the vi
entity Of mobilization and training
stations, but in addition to this every
local union is urged to take up sys-
tematic work for the arousing of par
ents and friends to keener realiza-
ton Of danger for girls which are
multiplied and emphasized by war
time conditions"
The recent establishment of the
Girls Protective Bureau in Des
Moines under the National Commits
sion on Training Camp activities, in
charge Of Miss Mary H. Watson, is a
God-send, but my contention is, what
the white girls need, the girls of my
race need and should have also, and
to this end ] am at their service, and
associated with me are others equally
as interested who will cooperate in
helping to bring about a better day
for them along lines we have men
toned.
Charles Stewart, an eminent Negro