Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-30

to play, These people should be taught
to play, She said that domestic sci
ence should be taught In the homes and
would eventually and spoke of the
ideals ef cleanliness when are being
engendered In the young women on the
farms. Hhe had ehe knew from per-
sehHi experience with Vermont girls
that they eeuld de grea, things if they
are only were given the chance.
Miss Fannie u. Fletcher told how the
| libraries could cooperate with the Y.
W, =, A, She said that If library
found that there Ia Any class of peo-
| pie which II does hot serve It should
| Immediately concentrate on that class.
! She said the libraries put more energy
on the business man and the children
! beeauae IL believed II could help the
| business man Ind the children were n
pretty good cross section Of all classes
of the tewn and teaching them to form
good reading habits was forming those
habits for ell classes of the future
! town, she divided reading into three
kinds, preAt reading, pleasure reading
and cultural reading, saying a. library
Should be we'll balanced with all three
Che easpepted TIA. communities that
have no library communicate with
Mise Ruth Brown of the library COM
inissien In Montpelier and h travelling
| library weuid be rent to them. In con-
nectten with the Y, w, G, A, work, Miss
Fletcher said the commission would
loan books for the campo but suggest
ed that they advertise Tor books so
that the libraries In the state might
send In their duplicates and thue form
the aueleus of library,
| Mre, II, r. watkinu followed Mise
Fletcher with vermont Girls and
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her work In the War Work campaig
showed her Just what splendid women
were working for the Y, w, c. A. she
said this wan proven by the fact that
they were always ready to do thing
when II needed to be done. One Of the
big things they did was to originate
| the hostess house, tho first of which
was at PlettsburEh, This Idea grew
until there were hostess houses every
whore In the camps at home and
abroad and even for the munitions
girls In France.
1.-THE war Is over IN a way, yet there
IL much to do now and the needs Of YER
mont arc the same needs as women have
always had. It seems to me, with our
modern civilization, there Is great dan
ger Of tho old-fashioned home going
out. People arc living too much In apart
ments and eating out of paper bag.
One thing we need Is community houses,
This should be house where girl
, can go and entertain her friends, My
. ideal of such house would be lot OF
. room. somewhere ON a first floor go one
. would not have to go up lot Of stairs
, a place with music and good reading. One
, of the present day menaces is the trashy
reading we get. And to such a place the
women who do not need to go there fol
there recreation should go with true
, spirit Of service and friendliness for the
girls" Mrs. Watkins closed by telling
briefly Of how the d. A. r. is tryni
. to put an American flag over ever!
schoolhouse and to teach every child thu
true meaning of that flag.
. The last speaker of the morning wa
!. Prof. E. L. Ingalls, of the University o
Vermont. He outlined the work of tn
. boys and girls clubs, saying that the
. work dealt with home activities. HI
), said the projects were carried through b.
demonstration and practice and outline,
:. | a standard club. He said that there wa
'. crying need for leaders and it wa
- there that the Y. w, c. A. could be o
service 10 the boys and girls. He talke
of tho cooperation Of State and count
:, extension workers with the boys an
=. girls and said much could be accomplishe
y through the cooperation Of the Y. W
c. A. and the boys and girls clubs, de
:. scriblng cooperation as doing what tn
other fellow wants you to do.
He said many men and women coul
be found in communities who were will
=. ing to lead. but they had to be show
% what to do. The Y. w. c. A., he sale
. could lead thesa leaCerst and furnis
~ subject matter for the Club program
u, The club work he divided into thre
~ groups, the home project, the recrea
" tional idea and the social idea. He sal
y that the club leaders tried to teach til
~ children to do things and then hay
- them take their ideas home to work oil
practically in their real lives
~. LUNCHEON AND MORE ADDRESSE
att The meeting then adjourned for luncl
ss con In the New Sherwood dining roor
n where Miss Grace Holbrook described II
nd work Of a club for girls In Brattlebor
be Miss Florence Wellman told of the VOL
n Of the Patriotic League in that san
Sc town and Miss Schwartz gave an accou
ed Of the work of the same league in Blu
ca lington. Miss Holbrook's account WI
u. most enthusiastic. She showed how Il
at camp had grown from few girls on
ey staying there for two weeks in the sur
ey mer to a large camp of girls staying
month. Inc only OASIS OF payment
lss this camp was to bring in food produ
nd from the farms from which the gil
Sc. came. Many of the girls in this can
m had never been away from their HON
Is and had never seen an electric light un
,ys they went to Brattleboro. Miss H'
u.s. brook described the lives of the girls
rid the camp and told how gratifying it W
ass to find the most timd ones taking pa
dy enthusiastically in the games and wo
We of the camp. Miss Schwartz said that t
ne problem of the Patriotic League ; BIZ
for lington was that of the factory girl, S
i've told II what had been accomplished
rid the city and of how the girls enjoy
zen their Sunday afternoon "at homes"
the the league headquarters.
Miss Welman outlined the work of
nat league in Brattleboro most enthusiast
ally. She told of the home the girls h
ual there and of how everyone in town j
ian donated furniture for it until 1t was n
bod one of the most nicely furnished hou
nu- in the town. She said they were II
do working for n community house. Tn
and house had been social gathering phi
for the girls and they wanted no
is for everyone.
als AFTERNOON SESSION
w. The first speaker of the afternoon
Mrs. Fl. c. Dodds of East Corinth'
'-.. spoke on the subject of 1.-The Girl OF
eh' Land" II like t6 think" she said, st
\. my work starts where Mr. ingalls, lea
off. / am not so much Interested IN
tha land army as l am in the real army
- woman In America which the war