El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-19
.Y.W.C.A. HELPS
WOMEN IN WAR
Mrs. Bowie Explains to Ro-
tary Aims and Scope;
Says Millions Working.


A brief and comprehensive talk on
the aims and scope Of the Y. W. C. a.
war work was delivered by Mrs. Il. T.
Bowie at the regular Rotary meeting
Thursday noon at Hotel Sheldon Mrs.
Bowie said that among the activities
.fostered and maintained by the Y. ".
.C. A. are amusement centcrs for girls.
social morality bureaus. emergency
housing work for women away from
home on war work. care Of foreign
spea king women in the United States,
work in Russia among women, hostess
houses in France and among women
doing war work in the United States
The social morality bureau was so
good, she explained, that its % women
physician lecturers have been COM
Wandered by the war department
The emergency housing work cares
for young women in strange cities.
The care Of foreign speaking women
is attended TO by los workers, speak
ing IS languages, who show foreign
women what this government has
done for them and what they are ex-
pected TO do in turn
Hostess Houses Most Important.
Most important OF the association s.
work includes the hostess houses, she
inferred. These are maintained in
France for the signal corps women,
who are billeted with the Y ". c. A.
There are 81 hostess houses in the
United States and two in Paris. not 10
speak Of II for nurses in hospitals
there. The French government says
IL cannot express its gratitude for
this work" Mrs. Bowie said. The need
was learned and American women
flocked across. saying in effect I'VE
have come"
Many Faint in FnctOries.
when we have 5000. 600 men in
arms. we will need 10000, 900 persons
at home supporting them and keeping
them supplied" Mrs Bowie said Al
ready there are 100000 women in
America I'm direct war work. and an
other million indirectly making war
supplies. The people Of America
should be prepared TO send their Wom-
en- to the Industrial army as well as
their men TO the military army On
a recent visit east I was privileged TO
go into factories where women were
making ammunition The tenseness
could not be described. We were not
allowed TO talk TO them, as they could
not divert their attention At the
end Of a days work. many faint, and
il is not uncommon for them TO lie
awake at night. realizing that II any
.NAAE % AAlE 81 AAIANN inv mae -
perfect. the life Of an American SOL
der will be jo1eardized in battle
Numerous posters in the plants call
their attention to this"
Mrs. Bowie said the new budget OF
the association calls for S2.500,000 and
she pleaded for full support.
Vote For Legislation Effort
The membership endorsed the action
NJ the directors voting SIS for the
commission. OF which rabbi Martin
ZieIonka is n member, which is study
.ng the charitable and corrective in Z
situations OF the state with view 20
their improvement through new leEis- Z
start New aSmokes- Fund.
VIII r. Winch informed the club
that he had received about 200 cards
from soldiers who had received (
smokes" from Rotary last year. over I
D dozen Of the recipients being in 7
the trenches Nearly all asked that I
TIE work be continued on ar f!
Winch's motion. il was decided TO
have a committee OF five start SINH Z
ar movement On motion OF Robert i
Krakauer. il was voted to suggest I
that the directors start the fund with 4
4 SIS appropriation
To Have Magazine Day.
Burt Orndorff read a letter from n 7
p. Scott. y. II. O. A. secretary at the &
base hospital. asking for the dona- 4
lion of magazines for the conNaies-
cents Il was decided to make next I
meeting magazine day. each member I
10 bring one or more magazines
Pvt J. y. Hicks. company d. 2lst i
battalion. l. s. guards. entertained ,
he members with some sleight OF +
land tricks and a display OF ventrilo-
lrism. In the former he had Jack .
sheehan. Robert krakauer and George
.eBaron as his confederates-
Meet Wednesday Night.
It was decided 10 have next weeks
Meeting wednesday night. in order
Tot 10 have the circus interfere with
he attendance. Rotarians viii have
heir wives as guests at this meeting.
which will be devoted 10 win the
var1 discussions
Mesdames J. A Rawlings. R b. Ho-
nan and " A. Warner were guests,
econ panying Mrs. Bowie
The attendance prize, motormeter-
donated By z. c. Perry, was won by
). c. Booth. II. o. Wilson was drawn
s next weeks goat
Their Pictures in Magazine
The September issue Of the Ro-
arian. the monthly official magazine
{ the international Rotary organiza-
ion. publishes a group picture OF the
7 Paso delegates to the Kansas City
in the Mexican costumes
-hich they wore on the final day Of
he reunion. Jack p. Sheehan. secre-
ary OF FL Paso Rotary. secured the
ut and had it printed in this weeks
atter to FL Paso Rotarians- The kan
as City Post printed the same picture