Oxford eagle., 1919-01-30
Y. N. c. A. WORKER
is BIG SISTER
industrial Monan's Service Club
Brings Home to Girls in New
Factory Community.
BLUE TRIANGLE MEANS CHEER
Club STANDS for Hos Lune-9z. c3saa
Towels. Comfortable Cots. Parties.
Cares ard Recreation %
Girl WorkerG
ks,herins Holland Brown.

Vt han / am eighteen years
odd. and work la big fac
1ery II Michigan More rfsn four
hssns2rs-i ofher giris 0ork ihers toss
! don't aim 1o tsii you about oar jobs
Nou ean rad about our Work IL ihe
'aa.or department reports. Bot ! 90
aim Ia tell you about cur h SISTER
.r,d - fhe things Sc has 6oae fer rs
To legiu with. our facorg toen
iSn'i q town ar ail Is q hu-e fan
= buildings stuck down r. fhe reanrrT
nineteen miles from newbsra- Thers
- rannaad Sfdirz Station lhe sre
I dry -os-.iS tpN- sevca farm aa-se~
ah1 sane general store anF a..el s-riice
.asni.lns-A-sf's pretty alr - - 3
isa1 taulale S1aud And -fa-'~ "
Main street no hsHke na~ stores no
ies--enesm EsarlgrS naT ssif solitary
movie Show. ~ aW sla~e uineteen
miles llasleSEaeE las rae d
edge u ds->sia-io-s iial's whsf fi IS
Il VS. 0ne - 'Es first sariasd -
forty girls flla; was Sh'pfed un from
Chicago Tie factory UaS s-sarrli1-
with w"rklnen putting in fhe fraetin-
cry. and Ne girls couldn't BEGIN warf
for a slav ~ -. 81 we beran hunting
places 20 eat and sleen That vas q
trifis that the ernpiovuaen5 folks hadn't
thongh1 81 IT,. workEnen were sleep
Ing and eating in the cars fhat had
brought them there harkea 81 the
siding our only ehanre r. haHS anT
food waS with thoSe seven farm lses
- We rnarched straight - IRE formers
wives and asked for boar5 ard room
Farmers Wives Aos7itable
L wIll say that these VrDfaeH tere KIND
and ho,Srslrable. They fxrd 8, - Re
tween them 10 fsed - forty girls. and
they gave u S,..s f.aal Eo1- Elr fos
uCoEE.s- that uz~ fae g- heg
could Zach szare oue n7n faat
meant sleef sxe ~ 81 iu 8 rs-ra- trf
right then 1long caEre -he is~S ~ lhe
factory an told - the macllllerE n-ns
ready arr he'd expect - --rls to WORK
couA.e sliftS- nis,r snd dsy-
lie wanted 20 max - - exerg
minute. you - Bur thzt -aFe - ear
chance a. - Sleeping We 1Ze ir =
ElIh the farm folks ii-as eel rork
ssonble shifts and sieep dou'ie shifts
TOO
so re planned a. Thuee <.Ts
would -use = noon from eight et nleh'
III S-y flse nexr morning T1sl theg'd
hustle over to rhe factr-g arl rhe
three girls who'd been u1rffr- aU
night would take 1he roau and s-F
tfh zfieTnc0n. 4 wasn't anF r.
oEs slurni.er. believe ne IT. farm
women hSd 80 few sheets and r ON
cases that nlos1 0f ~ Went uifhous-
And towels acre srzrce as diamonds
Oh blackberry busfeS- As 10 sD-
well. the general store ken ysls7v hzF
soap. that kind ilat Is so fun - nus q
you could nse IL IL cslk q ship Ruf
we made out sin The next three ear
loads 81 xirls cane rDIlinE in Then
we went most distracted Th0Se poor
girls had 70 slesP ir tents and iu The
cars that The EOFEmen had af uGoned
BY this lime- and they we're lucky Il
they cor q straw tick and 2 harket-
BY this time ir hsd turned raw cold.
and Ensybe you know whst late au-
tumn nights IN Michigan feel like To
cap the climax the farm folks ,cut
down on food. and for : wees Il vas
potatoes and beans and mighty few
beans az that
Along Came q Miracle.
But. right when We were about
ready 10 quit our iots and heat IL for
home. along came & miracle Two
quiet. buSInesslIke women climbed
down from the e4s1bound train one
morning With them came eight work
men. q carload Of scautlin- and TAR
paper. another carload OF co.'s and
blankets and pillows and Sheets and
towels-brand new blankets and beis
think Of sae glory Of that and
bushels OF dishes and rolls Of olciOth
and enough burlap 10 carpet the c0un-
ny. You won't believe me when tell
you that in ten DAYS their workmen
had q ScantlinE-and-t paper shack
put up and burlap tackled over the
walls. and the Y E C. 4 secretary
and her helper had set up beard tables
and coffee kettles and were serving us
the grandest hOt lunches every day
And hack behind the buriap screens
we're set those rows OF clean co.'s with
enough cover to keep you warm the
cOldeSt night that ever blew. aud q
towel apiece for eve.y single girl Dc
you wonder that we ali felt as one
girl put IL. III wager the Frltz-Carle-
ton has nothing on this
who were those women Why.
Y. W. c A secretaries. of course I'd
think you'd know that without being
told All over the country wherever
We girls have pitched in 10 make aero
plane cloth or sveralls or munitions or
canned Goods you'll ind q Y. II C. A
secretary working harder than any
body else 10 make the girls comfort
able and 10 keep them happy and well.
Sometimes they haven't money enough
TO get all that we really neel But a..
WAYS they stretch every cent fn ms l-a