Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-04
Miss Grace Gallet, H. A. Chase
and Mrs. B. M. Edgar Guests
Of Honor at Association
Dinner.
GIVEN WARM WELCOME
Some Of the Work Done by the
Association Is Graphically
Told by Those Who Know of
Conditions and Results.

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instead OF a knock of discomfort were
given by Y. Nj. c. A. overseas workers
Friday night to crowd of association
men who wanted to know the real
truth of conditions. They We're salts
fed with the facts given.
The most significant address of the
evening was that of Miss Grace Gallet,
who spent six months in oversee service
for the association and who was sent
by the General Federation of Women's
clubs, not by the association, but was
placed in association work. Miss Gal
let gave as fine an address as was ever
heard in Boise. She opened by saying,
After spending six months overseas
and seeing the work which the associa-
ton did, when l heard some picayunish
person say the Y. M. c. A. did not do
anything overseas it just makes me
boil" She then explained that the
association did SO many big things,
that 1t had no time to pay attention to
the small criticisms, but had learned
since they had been greatly magnified
by certain propagandists. She then
told of the free motion picture shows
given by the association, the the free
chocolate served, that at the point of
embarkation where she was stationed,
st. Nazaire, France, the Y. NJ. G. A.
spent $1,000 for comforts for the men
on every transport returning. She
stated there were so y. NJ. c. A. huts
In the vicinity of her station and de-
olared the strongest recommendation
that the association had was that when !
1t turned the canteen back to the army, |
the soldiers made a vigorous protest
and presented a great petition to have !
1t again handled by the association.
DANCING LIKE FOOTBALL.
Modestly the speaker told of the !
women's work for the association, espe-
cially mentioning dancing, stating 1t
was a recreation that soldiers enjoyed |
and as an example of how the few
women had to furnish that amuse-
ment told of being one of 20 women
at dances where the men were so
numerous that ii seemed to her that all !!
A. L. +. were there. She stated night
after night and on Sundays the little
host of girls danced with the soldiers
until they We're worn out and their
feet were SCARED with hob nails.
Dancing night after night, she said,
was work with them, just like a foot
ball game. The speaker mentioned
many of the things which the assocta-
ton did for the men absolutely without
cost and closed by saying that she J.
would be pleased to meet any one who
had a kick against the association as /
she felt she could talk them out of it
f they were sent to her.
CHASE ANSWERS QUESTIONS.
Harry A. Chase, member of the .
Boise association, who was II months .
overseas, gave some salient facts in au .
address, which pleased the guests. He .
especially complimented the work done .
by women for the association, declar- .
ing that by their presence alone in the .
association huts, the morale of the .
American soldier was raised. Mr.. &.
Chase stated Y. NJ. G.. A. secretaries in .
almost every instance stayed with .
heir troops even to going over the .
NJ
supplies to the front by truck. asso- .
citation men carried them. Mr.. Chase .
look the novel method of inviting
questions concerning any phase of the
sssocia ton work and number We're
asked. one of the questions asked
was, rs it true that the association ,
turned men down for supplies when T
they had no money!" Mr., Chase :
answered that it was not in any of the
associations with which he came in
contact and he had yet to learn of an
ASSOCIATE which did such a thing.
Another question asked was, rs II
true that officers were given the pref
erence over priVates in obtaining sup !
ples?" To this Mr.. Chase answered,
"Only to this extent, that where a
General or lieutenant colonel rode up :
he was waited upon in hurry as the 4,
knew that they did not have
time to wait in line, but as for other
officers, they We're obliged to take ,
their turn with the priyates."
HOW RUMoRs STARTED.
TO show how some of the rumors
started and spread, Mr.. Chase related
the following: "As I was coming !,
home on the train | sat in the smoking
with two soldiers and a
civilian. | had no badge or dress to !,
Indicate that | had been overseas. The !
civilian asked the soldiers about the
Y. M. c. A, and If the stories about
Il were true. lie replied, Just to show
you how rotten an institution the Y. :
M. C. A. is, | haS been TO the front ,
and was wounded and on returning / !
went to a Y. M. G. A. hut with only
nine cents and ordered some cigarettes
and candy and was turned down-a '
wounded man-and told to get to hell !,
out of here" Say. Buddy, Just where !
was that association hut located" | r
4 sked him. In the Argonne," he re- /,
Piled Just where in the Argonne, / :
am interested and familiar with that !,
section" Here he hesitated and | asked !
him how it come he had nine cents in .
American money in his pocket after be- :
ing in the army so long and he replied, )
Il guess it was French money" and !,
finally admitted the incident did not !,
happen to him at all, but to corporal = =
who had told his sargent about it and d
The sargent had told him.
MRS. EDGAR SPEAKS. 2
Another Y. M. G.. A. worker who :,
served in cantonement in this coun-
Try and whose husband is still abroad
rs Y. NJ. G. A. secretary, was Mrs I
Edgar, who was one of the guests of =
honor. She outlined the association
work in the cantonement in which she u
served and praised it's efficiency She Il
was told when invited, she said, she q
night be lonesome, being only one of z
.wo women guests, but said after eat !,
ng six months in a mess house with ]
100 men and being the only woman :,
here, she felt rather lonely when there u
we're no men around. Mr.. Edgar was
of the Ustick school when he G
enlisted in the Y. NJ. c. A., service in :
his country and at the close of the