Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-28
AT THE Community CLUB
Where Patriotic Women Neither the
Soldiers.
YOUNG SCAHPs idea OF FUN.
Good Old Lady Shows an Interest IN
the Boy and He Imposes Outrage
ousIy On Her Confidence.
(By James d. Grist.)

(By James ID. Grist.)
Camp Sewer, June 22.-Patriotic
people of Greenville have been instru-
mental in the establishment Of a COM
munity club for enlisted men of Camp
Sewer. The club is located on the
second floor OF large building in the
main part of the city, and is daily fire.
quented by scores and scores OF SOL
dicrs from the camp who are in search
of amusement and of n place more
like home than Is a military camp.
The furnishings OF the club include
four pool tables. library. several
reading and writing desks. n toilet, n
floor that Is just fine for dancing. and
II cafeteria presided over by ladies of
the city who furnish the soldier lads
with good things to eat at most rea-
sonablc charge. Ham and eggs. hot
biscuit and sure enough butter and
q cup of coffee can he purchased by n
soldier at the community club for a
quarter. Any restaurant in the city
or anywhere surrounding. would
charge from forty to fifty cents for
the same service. Food cooked and
served in the community club tastes
like food tastes at home. That pur-
chased in most Of the restaurants inl
this soldier town tastes like 1t was
cooked by accident or wasn't cooked
at all. I
Food at the community club Isl
served by lovely matrons and dainty
young girls OF Greenville. who have
sons and brothers in the service and
who take pleasure in serving for thej
sake of service. T. Dcleted by the1
censor y In short. there Is all TIP
difference in the world between thet
food at the community club and thei
service and the same in restaurantsl l
When 1t comes to eats. the communSi
ty club just can't be beat.
Srhc community club Is supportedi
and maintained by contributions anl3
from the good people OIL
and vicinity. The only dsSl
rect source of revenue Is from t6e1
cafeteria and that Is very little s<he&l
cause everything Is sold at just abddt1
cost. Imagine ham and eggs and hls
cult and butter and coffee and feaA
milk in IT, all for n quarter! Tf61
profit is in the pleasure and saffMn1
ton that the good men and wog
rot - ~
for fellows. some OF whom are
sands OF miles from home and sl118
er. .A&t5$t
Dances are staged in the COM ~
ty club two or three nights eachs
scores of young girls from. OF
cfry corning m 10 -dance wftfS Sths elis
listed men. Officers are not wanted
in the community club. Over the en-
trance to the club room is a sign
which says, For Enlisted Men," Of
fcers read 1t and go away. to the ex
trcmc satisfaction Of the aforesaid en-
listed men. If officers were encour-
aged there in short time the pres
cnce OF enlisted men would be as
scarce as hens teeth. because they see
enough Of officers during the day time
and it's n sure thing that they are
not going to select places for recrea-
tion where they will see 'em some
more.
Officers and enlisted men ure dis
tinctly two different classes of people,
almost as are white folks and ne
groes. Officers are bosses. Employees
don't. as rule. court the society Of
the boss In civil life. do they? AS n
general thing they feel more or less
when he's away during work
hours. Same way in the army exact
ly. Enlisted men have respect for
officers CDeleted by the censor). That
is the army. II 1t wasn't that way
there wouldn't be any army and
Fritz could sink all the ships In New
York harbor and carry Off the Statue
of tho Goddess Of Liberty to Berlin to
serve as a doll baby to the youngest
randson OF the Beast of Berlin.
However. that's getting off the
track, so back to the community
club. There's q near beer joint in the
first floor of the building in which
the club is located. 1t has little or
no attraction for soldiers because
l'cvo is sold in the club anyway.
There Is always so much Of interest
and attractiveness going on in the
club all the time that even a drafted
man from New York state who has
probably been accustomed to his
beer or hoozc three times n day for
years wouldn't even think about It.
Ladies' OF Greenville attendent up
on tho club cafeteria are interested
not only in seeing that the soldier
guests are well served with good
food; but they evidence a great deal
of personal interest in many of the
boys. making inquiry about their
home life. whether or not they are
how long they have been In
the service, whether or not they need
any buttons sewed on their clothes
and all that sort of thing.
There Is one dear old lady whose
name have never learned. who Is at
the club at least one or two evenings
each week and who seems to take
very peculiar interest in the boys. /
say old-she Is not over fifty, I should
not think. She inquiries about their
health. tells those who have colds
how to cure them; talks occasionally
about evil temptations and warns
against them, and in fact is a real.
sweet lady who takes a heartfelt in
terest in the soldier lads.
A few evenings ago I dropped into
the community club with a friend
who Is a great joker and who Is al
ways looking for fun in some new
shape. We sat down at one Of the
reading desks and were absorbed In