The Wahpeton times., 1918-10-03
the SECOND LINE
:, Of DEFENSE

1AAsAe f:xse tn r1an<less 70 not az far
1s1Ay as the distance from Paris ia
0efstA The Atlantic ocean 10 not %
ND ~ the River Somme. The girl
- tAs Msntstea factory In the middle
Wsa u very eaNse 10 her brother IN
~ fssas>&sne tsvneAe@ N her work
1altss@ II s>ne untrue torpedo passes
~ CAREFUL SCRUTINY Of the inspector.
~ uv~s cf American soldiers pay
he price.
II 10 As necessary to keep the girl
Who makes the shells physlcally at
and high of courage az the man who
6res the gun.
The glory and excitement Of war
are for the man In khaki. Grinding,
monotonous labor far away from the
flying flags and martial music Is the
portion Of the girl who makes NUM-
lions.
One and half million women and
girls have marched into the service Of
the United States government, to take
the places Of the men who have been
called to the colors. With every draft
and with the opening Of every NUM-
ton cantonment the number is null
dplied. These girls work long hours
and the work Is hard and monoton0us.
Furthermore, they work at high nerv-
ous tension. On the skill Of their fin
gers and the accuracy Of their eyes de-
pends the lives Of many soldiers, the
winning or losing Of many battles.
II can't sleep at night because I'm
- afraid I may have passed on some
thing that was not quite true" said
(ne young girl not Jet In her twentiea,
vno inspected hundreds Of torpedoes
NaFy day.
0nless something ean make this s1sl
1DESst at night, aud ana some fest, hse
Aa1e win loos ID cunning
4eAts end oundaxA. aaid another,
Il VSk aad walk, and oevsr 70 the
sane route twses until have worn
sst On the oehefa. and ~ I can't for
Oss that perhaps sons time. somehow,
da1asg tie DAY somethins may have
geos through that vas not quite right"
II was Just on he edge q going
Daek home." said anoshef. Il couldn't
stand II. Then the recreation leader
asked ne IL I played basket ball, and
] told her was too old. I'm twenty.
eight. She insisted that I Just try
throwing the ball, and now I'm captain
OF the basket ball team. play tennis,
and can set up and 'wig-wag,' and
they're going to make me forewoman
Of the room. That would have fright
ened me to death once. But every
thing is different now, that we have
our War Service club"
The war department had seen the
need of occupations for out-of-work
hours If the employees were to work
at their greatest efficiency, and through
the ordnance department asked the
Young Women's Christian Association
for recreation leaders. to line ND the
girls and direct their free-time pleas.
ures.
The government reminded the Y. w.
Q. A. that Us an organization It always
had had an interest in the right hous-
Ing of girls. in the right feeding Of
girls. and In the right education of
girls. and that the intelligent care Of
tAeos girls In the munitions factorie,
was one Of the essentials In the win.
nlns Of the war. The governmen,
could house ana 'feed them. II could
put up recreation 'buildings, but when
tAis *as done Il Was q helpleas % thi
1athsr Of motherless iara. The eov
esnment ID composite nan. He dldnt
knew what sirl should Do when th,
ssx O'clock factory whistle blew. II,
eoly knew she needed looking afte,
aod he. called to the one woman's or
eanlsation that for half . century has
made study Of tho needs Of siris
Vaguely. he had an idea that sh,
should bq encouraged to play. tia
she needed wholesome recreation, anI
zone one. wise and sympathetic 90 ,
sareful mother, to guide her social &C
4lv1dsl. z;''ssf1ii II f,1s sssAs
The Blue Triangle sent its play lad!
to salute and 60 to work. Workers ar,
asked for in recreation buildings O.
all the % federal industrial reserva
lions or munition cantonments which
have been opened this summer In sev
eral Of the states. These reservation
sprung up out Of the very fields in /.
few weeks. They are employing thou
sands Of workers. Many of thes'
women have come from far distan
homes. The government provide,
dormitories and mess barracks. Il
some places it is putting up recreation
buildings. Where such building 4
not provided by the government, the Y
w. c. A. will furnish 1t, using one al
ready. standing when available, an,
building when that is necessary. Al
these buildings. whether governmen
OF. association-owned, will operate un
der the sign Of the Blue Triangle. The
viii have big Lying rooms. assembl,
rooms for entertainments. club rooms
and gymnasiums. The Blue Triangl
will furnish q program of service worl
educational classes. games and ente,
tainments. Military and signal corp
drills will be in charge Of soldiers.
In Warrington. the members Of tn
Business Women's council. Blue Tr
angle league Of the Y. w. c. A., mad
up Of girl government employees. dri
twice q week under an army Officer