The Ordway new era., 1918-08-23
FoYERS LOCATED IN
MUNITION CENTERS

"Oh, but you can never, never know
what you have done for US" French
woman cried as she threw her yell
lowed arms about the neck Of
worker who was entering a Young
Women's Christian Association foyer
or social room at one of the great
French munition workers and kissed
her over and over, first on one cheek
and then on the other with lips as
yellow as her arms, lips made yellow
by acids used in making shells for
the allied armies.
Hear them laugh" she said. Just
hear them. those people who thought
that they would never laugh again"
A group game was in progress-one
of the kind that takes In everybody
and is mostly laugh. Young girls and
wrinkled. toothless grandmothers were
in 1t. Among them were refugees,
many Of them had lost verybody be-
longing to them in the war. many who
were separated from their families and
did not know whether they were living
or dead. They worked twelve hours
day on war supplies. some of which
American soldiers are going to use.
The foyer of the Y. w. C. is made
homelike with cretonne hangings.
muslin curtains. comfortable chairs
and settees, reading and writing ta-
bles, q piano and sometimes even sew
ing machines. ironing boards and
irons. This room is the home of the
women when they are not at work.
They bring their mending and sewing;
with their coarsened, stained fingers
embroider, make exquisite laces. write
letters home, read and rest and enjoy
the music provided.
Some foyers have q garden con-
nected with them in which the English
and other classes meet evenings and
where tea is poured afternoons. Rec
reation fields have been opened in
some munition centers by the Y. w.
C. A. with equipment for outdoor
sports. picnics and good fines gem
orally. Restaurants have been estab-
lished at most Of these foyers and
they, like the foyers, are marked with
the blue triangle Of the Y. w. G. A.
This work is done at the request Of
the French Y. W. G. A.
The blue triangle OF the Y. w. G.
is becoming better known all the time
form is saluted, upon the street by
American soldiers and French alike.
Two hotels have recently been Sc
cured by the Y. w. c. A. and upon the
door of each appears the blue triangle
the official organization insignia.
One hotel is at Paris and the other
at Tours. They have been taken over
entirely to accommodate the Women's
Telephone Unit of the American Sig
nal Corps, which was finding difficult
ty in securing living quarters that
were comfortable.
Staying at the hotel in Paris are
twenty-five of the Signaa Corps girls.
with Mrs. Lulu Frick Taylor Of De-
troit, a secretary of the Y. w. c. A..
to look after them.
In Tours the building is known as
the American Signal Corps Women's
Club. 1t is a large. comfortable resi-
dence that has been fitted up as
clubhouse and dormitory for the unit
stationed in Tours. Where, on either
/ side of the door was the former name
of the hotel, is painted the large blue
I triangle Of the Y. W. G. A.
The bedrooms are quaint and pretty
ON the second and third floors and
the gabled attic. They are called the
"sky parlor" by the girls. In addition
there Is a great reception hall down
stairs, a salon, a large dining room.
an office and kitchen on the first floor.