Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
oNGRESs recently appropriated
100000 to be used by the
President as q war emergency
fund. President Wilson has re-

u President as q war emergency
~ fund President Wilson has re-
Gently set aside s25o.ooo Of this fund to
help finance Informative work in the diff
fsrent states and aid in the work OF tho
plain clothes police officerettes In and
around the training camps.
When word was sent forth that there
were to be policewomen for the protec-
ton of the too Economically patriotic
young girls who haunt the training
camps and environs. there were visions
Of khaki clad. brass-buttoned policstteA
With chic military uniforms. caps. tan
boots and ladyiike looking clubs. pa
trolling the camps and adjacent towns
70 Brighten away young women with
the truly feminine love Of military
splendor. or who. for patriotic motives
Or increased wage, were looking for
work about the environments.
However, while the khaki-clad vision
In extremely pleasing, as matter OF
fact these protective officers are plain
clothes women. between the ages of
thirty and forty. clad in the conven-
tional street clothes Of any we'll dressed
their profession to Illustrate the task
they are employed to accomplish.
Their duty Is not TO throw a pail over
the naturally exuberant spirits Of
youth or to make the soldiers life a
and the society of the gentler sex, but
simply to be a guiding protection where
needed, enforce the laws they arc com
mi tn Ayxfr Nezrr
wholesome pleasures for the boys In
camp. SO that they may go across seas
to fight for the freedom of the world,
clean in body and mind.
The War Department commission on
training camp activities estimates that
more than a million and q half men
are concentrated in about eighty mill
tary training camps in this country.
They found that the problem created
by sthe presence Of young girls in the
neighborhood OF the camps is one
which must be squarely faced by the.
American people. Just as 1t has been
met by the people Of other countries
in war time. That this problem may
be handled in q businesslike. inteili-
gent manner. tho commission has ap-
pointed committee on protective work
for girls.
The work of this committee to look
after unprotected girls is similar to
that of the commissions on war train
ing camp activities of the War and
Navy departments, which were created
to look after men in camp and to
provide advantageous conditions In
camp environs. The committee of
women draws its per sonnet from every
part Of the United States and includes
Mrs. Baker. wife Of the Secretary of
War. Mrs. James B. Cushman of New
York. Mrs. William r. Dummer Of Chi
eago. Mrs. Duncan McDufie of San
Francisco. Mrs. Daniel c. Nugent Of st.
Louis. John Egan of Atlanta, Abra-
ham Fexner of New York and several
others whose experience enables them
10 inteliiKently and sympatheticalIy
assist In the work.
Miss Maude E Miner, who IL CHAIR
man of the committee and one Of the
most prominent schoolgirls in this
country. not only brings to the work
thorough equipment and experience in
all its branches. but a broad vision
of the causes and conditions which
lead to many Of the mistakes of the
young man or woman to whom life
holds limited pleasures and who In first
instances needs only friendly advice
and little guidance.
Since 1908 Miss Miner has been SEC
rotary of the New York Probation and
Protective Association, which main
tainsl Wavsrly HOUSE. homo -1ex de-