The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
MRS. HAZLETT IN CHARGE
Girls in Uniforms VIII Be on Hand
10 Assist.
Homo and Foreign Work of Associa-
tion To Be Illustrated.

The war work council of the Young
Women's Christian Association is to be
represented at the Free State fair in
Topeka, at the Hutchinson fair and
at many of the county fairs thruout
the state.
The council will erect tent, using
all the space available for their ex-
hibit. The tents at the fairs will be
floored. and an exhibit of posters will
be placed inside.
Mrs Hal Hazlett of Topeka. a mem
Der of the war work council board of
charge of the exhibit department. She
will, with the help of other members
of the board, arrange the exhibit Tor
the fair in Topeka. The tent is to be
fitted up in imitation of the interior
of an army camp hostess house. The
hangings will be reproduced, and a
mock fireplace. which is to be a rep
lea of the most attractive one in the
group of hostess houses of the vicin-
ity of Camp Funston. will be erected
in the tent. Rugs will be placed on
the floor; a set of plain mission fur
niture. to be borrowed for the occa-
sion. will be put in the tent. and a
phonograph will be borrowed or
rented for the week. All of the Y. W.
c. A. hostess houses at the camps are
provided either with pianos or talking
machines.
A Hostess for Each Day.
A different hostess will be in charge
of the house each day of the fair
Those who will serve are: Mrs. Paul
Walker. state chairman of the war
work council; Miss Allena Grafton,
state director; Mrs. c. S. Huffman,
vice chairman; Mrs; Charles l. Mitch
ell, chairman OF the department OF
education; Mrs. Hazlett, chairman OF
exhibits. For each day of the fair a
group of girls and young women will
be asked to assist They will welcome
the guests, explain the work of the
council. and hand out literature. The
tent viii be unusually attractive and
is expected to offer a desirable place
of rest for the visitors to the fair.
The girls who assist will wear uni
forms, probably white dresses with the
Y. w. c. A. insignia, the blue triangle
with crossbar bearing the letters "Y
". c. A"
The exhibit at the fair in Hutchin-
son will be under the direct super
vision of Mrs. E. E. Yaggy, who is
chairman of the district in which her
city is located.
For the County Fairs.
A group of assistants has been
chosen to aid with the fairs to be
given in the various counties of the
state. These workers will be Mrs. R
T. Herrick. Sos Topeka; Miss Helen
Fair. of Topeka; Miss Helen AppIeby
who has been student secretary of the
T. w. g. A at Ward-Belmont school In
tennessee, and Miss Allena Grafton
state director of the Y. W. c. A. wal
work council.
An exhibit of posters to be shown al
the fairs will include blue cardboard
poster with a stenciled picture of 2
typical hostess house in the brown
tan shade in which most of the house.
are finished. A poster of SIS by 81
feet in size will be divided into panels
bearing pictures and explanator,
printing which will show the work o.
the association in its various depart
ments of war activities, such as the
housing of Industrial and camp work.
ers. the care of nurses in the home
and foreign field; the hostess hous,
project. the social morality program
and other enterprises of the associa.
ton for war relief