The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-29
Mrs. Dickey Tells OF
Y. M. c. A. Work AT
Camp Johnston


Wednesday night from Jacksonville,
Fla Mr. Dickey attended two meet
ings of the Georgia Florida Sawmill
Association, while Mrs. Dickey heard
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, of Boston.
who spoke for the woman's commit
tee of the National Council of De-
tense, and also attended the dedica-
ton Of the Y. M. c. A. Hostess House
at Camp Johnston, where several
thousand people, besides the soldiers.
heard DR.. Shaw in an open air ad-
dress.
Mrs. Dickey had the following to
say concerning her impressions of the
Y. M c. A. work at Camp Johnston:
After witnessing the impressive
ceremonies, and hearing DR.. Shaw,
who is, after all, just what she claims
to be-, An old woman with a young
heart, | am convinced that Y. M. c.
A. work goes hand in hand with the
Red Cross. Authorized by officials of
the United States War Department,
its trained secretaries are doing a
most hclful and necessary work along
many lines. AS DR.. Shaw said 1T
is so splendid of our president and
these officials to recognize the i'm
portance t guarding the morals of
these soldiers as well as advancing
their military efficiency"
After it was all over l stood on the
terrace overlooking the St. Johns
river, talking with Red Cross nurse,
who, had nursed just forty cases of
scarlet fever in the camp. People in
smaller towns will give much more
freely to the Red Cross than to the
Y. M. c. A | told her. Suppose |
had to raise a certain amount of mo-
ney for Y. M. C. A. purposes l asked
her, What could I tell them?'
Just tell them that you know,
that you have been there and have
seem was her reply. 1t helps our Red
cross work, it helps we nurses, o, /
cannto tell you how much. All the
cheer and home life we enjoy comes
from the \. M. {. A. Their secre-
tarIes are our inspiration, our protect
ion, our helpers
why, do you know what Camp
ohnston would be without the Y. Nj.
I. A.? she asked. Well, lust inn
agine lot of tired business men and
women without homes, just quit
work and lie down in their places of
business and sleep. and get up next
morning and go to work again. That
IS the best illustration | can give you
Is the South Lacking in Patriotism
his same Red Cross nurse con-
hded some things to me that | NAV
or may not tell, concerning our lack
OF enthusiasm in doing war work
Opening the Florida Times Union the
NEXT morning, however, | read an ar
tlcle under big headlines, Help Need
ed in Red Cross Workrooms to Meet
Surgical Dressings Demand Battle
Now Raging Heavy Drain on Sur
gical Supplies. Output Must be In
creased, which caused me to distinct
Iy RECALL the words of this sad-hearted
motherly woman.
1T was the same old story of
FAITHFUL few, working overtime to
preserve the good name of the CITY
Tor the cause of humanity, and as one
OF the workers said to the reporter,
surely in this great city of Jackson
vile there must be hundreds of wo-
men willing to help with this work,
II they only knew of the necessity.
lnrhe date assistance is imperative
"A Banner Week for Fitzgerald
How about our surgical dressings
this week? | asked one of our super
Nlsors on my return to Fitzgerald.
We have, indeed, had a banner
week in our surgical dressings de-
partment, She replied. Next Tues
day will see us finishing our Febru-
airy allotment, which is much better
than we hoped for at the beginning of
the week. One good woman came
and brought some young girls, and
they liked it so well, some of them
came back second day.
Good women of Fitzgerald, let us
say to yu in the words of the Jack
sonville reporter who issued that ap-
peal on the morning of March 9th.
20 to these rooms and lend a hand
at this work of necessity and mercy.
he dressings you make will 90 forth
from your city where you dwell in
comfort and safety, to the far places
OF danger and distress, there to ease
the pain and suffering. and perhaps
save the life of some hero, who has
placed his as shield between YOU
and yours and the menace and horror
of Prussianism.