The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-08-09

expected to build and equip a house suitably.
Lumber has gone up. Wages are higher. Furni-
ture Is almost unattainable- transportation Is
difficult. Constant delays occur. Nevertheless
Hostess houses must be built. The apprOpria-
ton must be sufficient to cover all these diff
culties. Twenty-seven thousand dollars Is not
too much to invest In one Of these hospitality
centers.
Even after the house is built. alterations and
additions must 60 on. The military sanitary
regulations must be fulfilled. even II they In
crease in severity. With summer comes the
screening necessary. Yet every house Is worth
to the community and to the nation In general
all the money invested in 1t. OF the 100000
budget appropriated by the war work council Of
the Young Women's Christian association $780,
coo is being devoted to Hostess houses.
Another work Of the greatest Importance which
has just been undertaken by the Young Wom-
ems Christian association Is the housing Of wOm-
EN- workers In connection with our great indus
trial establishments. While this Is not strictly
a new problem created by the war, the calling
Of many women workers to war service makes
the situation Immediately acute. Obviously the
providing Of proper housing for these newly
called women workers, since It is a part OF
the war program, must be done by the govern
ment. The Young Women's Christian assocla-
ton Is now constructing. at its own expense, two
buildings as q demonstration: one at Camp Sher-
man Annex, Chillicothe, and another at Charles
ton. S. G.. for the women employees In the navy
uniform factory. The latter is being built at
the request Of Secretary Daniels. II the govern
ment shall decide to make provision for the
housing of Its women workers. the Young WOmr
ems Christian association offers to provide the
needed social and recreational workers.
Based on Its experience In housing girls dur.
ting the last SO years, the association believes
that younger girls should be grouped where they
can have social life and an opportunity to en-
terrain their friends, and still be under some Of
the restrictions OF the home; that older women
want independence OF living, many Of them
~objecting to living In large groups because q
the noise and confusion and ensuing fatigue: and
that it.is more successful to house non English
speaking foreign girls In small groups. until they
learn English and become used to American Gus
toms.
The type "A" building. the permanent struc-
ture which the association II building at Charles
ton, Is designed for use In places where only one
building will be erected.
The dining room and recreation hall several
mriors, and bedrooms for a girls are on the
hrst 6oon There Is but one entrance for the
residents This makes It possible for the ma
tron or social head Of the house. who Is In the Of
ice near the door. to - everyone Who conss
In Of goes ont.
Opening out Of It are several pariors apaeaaed
from the hall BY arches. To the right 10 IN en-
trance to the wing containing the recreation hall
and dining room. These rooms are % asranged
that they can be thrown into one ~ . large
social gathering.
There are bedrooms for 81 girls a 10 &C.
ond door. There 10 also . sitting Nom oepa-
rated from the hall only BY ptllarA This - for
the use OF the girls only. Next to this II
small sewing room with facilities for sewing.
On the third floor are bedrooms foe X girls,
On innrmary and a private bath.
In industrial communities the buf10nGD are
intended to. be grouped as effectively - possible
with due regard to natural advantages There
can, OF course, be a. many units as are neces-
s1try. Il IL also proposed to prnvide q number
Of three and f~our~family houses to
the elder women and the neutrality-suspicious.
foreign girls. In all OF these buildings m a.
tempt hns been made to use a style az archi.
lecture which i distinctly American.