New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
American Y. VIC
Forms Council :
Aid French, Won,e,
necrea,ion and Club VOL
Housing, Food, Educate
Features in Programn,'
of the Provisional Boz,

- 9'''eSs woman. There are war
o~s and war-bereavcd mothers MI
them always are a half-dozcn Ann.
can women IN the service suit 81 :.
J. ". {. a. Many of these conforn
require an interpreter, for soms
these women do not understand
another's language. But tbev I ny q
stand one another's purpose. Thew
derStand the cause which brincs :.
together. 1t is the cause Of ~. wI
womanhood. Americans and rs .ea'
are united in this. 'e''
The provisional council was forn.
when the American Y. ". c. A s s.W'
together all organizations in Fr.s
working with women and asked y
cooperation i'll its after armistics -.
gramme. p''s
The American women are Mrs w.
ian, G. Sharp. wife Of the Amsr'..
Ambassador, honorary president. Nh
Robert Lansing, wife of the Amer
secretary of State. vice president. MI
francls Mcneil Bacon. recently II
turned to the States. who was in p..'
during the formation of the cour.S(
plans, and Mrs. James S. Cusbmo, :,
chairman of the y. ". c. A. War Wo.EE
Council, who came here from her how
IN New York to attend the Febru.-
session of the council in Paris
The !. ". {. A., which happens 10 h.
the only American war Organization \.
Franco that is made up entirely A
women. working exclusively for womo
IS taking care OF the Amerc,,
woman war worker. Blu. it also A,;|
an extensive programme of activn
among French women. For exampl,|
1t was asked by the. French COVER
ment 70 carry its recreation and emil
work into the munition factories g,
ploylng women. It has opened go
ers, or clubrooms, in towns for yomrI
working in various trades.
Membership Mainly French
With the armistice. the mupjtiA|
factories closed and the provision
council was formed. It's purpose is Il
collect Information about the con3
tons and needs of women in Franc
to learn OF all organizations doing AM
work for women. and TO deyclop /, 4
typical illustrations which will sd
standards for future permanent yc]
with women
Eighty per cent Of its mcmbersh
IS French. 1t is roughly divided ind
i've sections, CORE spending with r.
five big organizations that make il. !
!. v. {. A. representative with pad
teal experience in definite prober
relating to women workers is ac |
as executive of each group.
The provisional council is temporsr
1t is really only the bridge over wha
suggestions and plans for work VII
women viii come from America 4
France.
The provisional council held ore b
meeting in the last part OF Jsnuar
Another was held the last week A
February. The work that occupies !,
council members daily now, was star
ed at that first meeting.
One proposition is the maintaining
of model home in Paris for en-
ployed women, the house to be der|
onstration Of artistic aud homelll
housing. The question Of housing n
women working in Paris. or for al
one trying to live in Paris, is yer
serious one. a home for women 4
the city Is to be opened that will carl
for from 100 to $50 girls. A rcsiss1
rant on the order of the America
cafeteria is TO be run in connectiorl
Such venture is new to France
This house is to be in the hand
Of the National Council of Frencs
Women. of which Nine. Jules Siegfrsa
IS president. Miss Constance ClaI.I
!. ". c. A. secretary, is acting ezI
ecutlVe Of this group. Miss Clark vas
formerly director Of the J. " c. 4
Hostess House at Camp Lewis, WASH
ington
Plan to Aid Young Girls
Housing, recreation and restaurant
for women in industrial towns Is bs1
ing considered by Les Amles de a
Jeune File, which, translated, mesnd
The Friends OF the Young Girl II
society is headed by Naronno de NattsI
vile Under the direction Of m
group port city in France will 4
selected, and work along these I'M
VIII be begun. In port cities II
Rrest and Marseilles hotels viii I
built where women can stay wnl1
waiting TO sail In the devastating
glons like Rheims and ST. Quen's|
the society is planning 10 erect de'l
mltorles where young women reiufe
ing to these cities may say WI.
their former homes are being rebui
There is no place for women to stay
such centres. Yet they are return'''|
in large numbers.
The French student movement RI
quested the American Y. ". {. A. 4
cooperate in the erection of hotels ri
women students at French universlts
for French Students They live IN 81
ficult. and sometime impossible
women students to get rooms near
colleges.
This same student organizatr
wants the Y. W. c. A. 20 assist m
tablishing a national training sca'I
where women graduates Of univen
ties may be prepared for philanthF@
ic and civic work. There Is NJ "a.
quate school of this kind in Franz
says the organization. Il
Miss Willie Young, OF CharloMt
\. c., IS the executive for the stuos
movement section of the proFls''~
council.
To Aid Working Women
The fifth large French organlssn.
making up the council Is the Unn|
Chrttienne de Jeunes Files, wa.
means The Christian Union Of lo.f
W omen" It's y. ". c. A. represseSSs.,
tives is Miss Marguerite Jones. OF ~
York City. This group viii mann
a small home for working women
Paris. Countess Pourtales, well KY
20 the Americans in Tours. one o.
in France, is the president OF this $
riety. 80
The work of the Provisional I ~
ii is going on every day III
groups of serious women can DC III
It work almost any hour OF any All
1t the Y. ". c. A. headquarters Os n
iere in Paris. Regular sessions
held at the end of each month. q, u I