The Washington herald., 1918-03-05

In London the American sailor no
longer shifts for himself. The now
famous Eagle Hut Is his rendezvous
day or night, for it never closes.
There, in the $4,000 combination club
house, home, amusement center,
church and hotel. maintained by the
Y. NJ. c. A, with the cooperation
Of an active committee of American
residents in London, the sailor on
leave in the British capital finds
something to suit his every whim.
Sleeping accommodations for sever
al hundred men, a typically good
cafeteria presided over by whole-soul-
ed women, lounging rooms. reading
rooms, billiard and pool rooms. mo-
tion pictures, religious services, bath
ing facilities, and so on. are among
the attractions that come readily to
mind which add to the attractive
ness and popularity of the Eagle Hut.
Get the Limit.
A ,stalwart gunner. just back from
a trip to France on an armed mer-
chantmen, stood watching a queue of
French sailors in the Brooklyn Navy
"Y" exchange their francs for Amer
lean dollars. He had not forgotten
what 1t was like to be a stranger in
a strange port, and he knew from
recent experience how welcome is a
friendly word or a bit OF help. So
he stepped to the window. stopped and
peered through at the teller
"Give them the limit" he said, we
got, it in France"
That in a nutshell is Just what the
Red Triangle is doing 1or the navy
"over there"-giving 1t the limit. EX-
changing more francs FOR less Ameri-
can gold than any one else is just one
Of the things the ''Y'' does that counts
nightly with the men in navy blue.
The House That Jack Built" at
Newport. r. l., is an evidence of the
sailors attitude toward the associ4-
ton This unique building was con-
structed entirely by the nen of. the
naval training station With a view to
using 1t as a recreation center. They
not only did all the work IN the build
ing, but they also purchased all the
materials. Upon its completion, the
! builders decided to turn over the man.
agement Of the enterprise to the Y.
NJ c. A, and it Is Low ono of the
most attractive of the Navy Red Tri-
angle stations.
Homes for Sailors.
Do you begin to understand now
what those eighty-odd Y. NJ. C. A.
centers are that dot our whole long
East and West coasts? They are
homes for sailors away from home
whenever they come ashore, and
the latch-strings are always out. In
every port where sailors are wont
to land a Navy "Y" greets the men
with a hearty welcome. With slight
variations here and there, the Navy
Red Triangle program is the same
everywhere; it serves all without
question as to creed or color or
branch of the service. The new re-
cruit soon makes its acquaintance
at the training stations. the naval
aviators out in California and the
hardy submarine crews up at the
New England base and all the other
types and ratings and special me-
chanicians scattered in between in
variably have their Red Triangle
facilities at hand.
At San Diego, California, the ma
val flyers have for their building a
fne exposition structure. 1t Is on
the main plaza and has a huge We
randa- This navy Y. NJ c, A. is
really in one of the garden spots
of the country, and the site was
granted by the local park commits
sion. The San Francisco Navy "Y''
Is right on the waterfront-a mod
ern seven-story building.
PatronIze Bank.
In. the Brooklyn 'Y" lobby is a
branch of a large Metropolitan bank,
and there Jack has deposited more
than 10000 this year. The deposits
average $4,000 a month, double what
they were before the war. That
conspicuous bank-teller's window is
Just another preOf. ct the Wisdom tSts
doing a positive thing to effect a
good purpose and then leaving II to
mems innate common sense to do the
rest.
Besides the old and aanuirahlv an
pointed permanent building In Brook
lyn, the Red Triangle maintains its
works within the navy yard. pronef
having the use q the homelike Hasf1e
Barracks. with the mess hall for
motion pictures and larger entertain.
ments for the Marines, and using the
second deck aft Of the receiving shIp
for the sailors center. The pilot
house OF this vessel q utilized for
siole study groups, COMMITTEES meet