The Meeker herald., 1918-09-07
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"oh, but you can never. never know
what you have done for w." French
woman cried - she threw her vel.
lowed arms about The neck Of .
worker who was entering = Young
'Womsn's Christian Association foyer
or social room at one Of the great
French munition workers and kissed
her over and over, first on one cheek
and then on the other with lips as
yellow - her arms. lips made yellow
hy acids used In making shells for
the allied armies.
Hear them laugh" she said. "just
hear thsm.' those people who thought
that they would never laugh again.
A group game was in progress-one
Of the kind that takes In everybody
and - mostly laugh. Young girls and
wrinklsd. toothless grandmothers were
in It. Among them were refugees.
many Of them had Loot everybody be-
longing to them In the war, many who
were separated from their families and
e did not know whether they were living
or dead. They worked twelve hours .
day on war supplies, some OF which
American soldiers are going to use.
The "foyer" Of the Y. w. C. is made
homelike with cretonne hangings.
muslin curtains. comfortable chairs
and settess. reading and writing ia
blss. piano and sometimes even sew.
ing machines. ironing boards and
irons. This room is the homo of the
women when they are not at work.
They bring their mending and sewing;
with their coarsened. stained fingers
embroidsr. make exquisite laces. write
letters home, read and rest and enjoy
the music provided.
Soms foyers have . garden con.
nectsd with them in which the English
and other classes meet evenings and
where tea II poured afternoons. Rec
reation fields have been opened in
some munition centers by the Y. w.
c. A. with equipment for outdoor
sports. picnics and good times. gen.
orally. Restaurants have been estab-
lished at most Of these foyers and
they. like the foyers. are marked with
the blue triangle of the Y. w. c. A.
This work II done at the request Of
the French Y. w. c. A.
The blue triangle Of the Y. W. G..
10 becoming better known all the time
IN France and increasingly the uni
form y saluted upon the street by
American soldiers and French alike.
Two hotels have recently been Sc
cured by the Y. w. c. A. and upon the
door Of each appears the blue triangle
tho official organization insignia.
Ono hotel Is at Paris and the other
st Tours. They have been taken over
entirely to accommodate the Women's
KNphone Unit Of the American Sig
IA Corps. which was finding difficult
~ In securing living quarters that
were comfortable.
Staying At the hotel In Paris arc
twenty-five Of the Signal Corps girls.
with Mrs. Lulu Frick Taylor Of De-
troit. . secretary Of the Y. w. G. L..
to look after them.
In Tours the building 10 known ~
the American Signal Corps Women's
Club. It 10 . large. comfortable resi-
dence that has been fitted up as .
clubhouse and dormitory for the unit
stationed In Tours. Where. on either
side Of the door was the former name
Of the hotel. Is painted the large blue
triangle Of the Y. w. c. A.
The bedrooms are quaint and pretty
on the second and third floors and
the gabled attic. They are called the
"sky parlor" BY the girls. In addition
there IL = great reception hall down
stairs. . salon. large dining room.
an office and kitchen on the first floor.