The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-06-12

BRINGS n HOME 10
SER j VICE men / |.
Coming home, Irom France isn't al
ways the gay and glorious thing that
the IA. E. r. in general pictures in it's
dreams. Particularly for the soldiers
who haven't a home to go to. Or who
don't know whether it's still here.
4 Many soldiers have received no LETT
ters in months; some never got any
all the time they were away. And
they're worried. If they are imagina-
tive they picture all sorts Of horrible
things. -.s
The first thing they want is news Of
their relatives and friends. Which is
where the Hall Of States of the War
camp Community Service comes in.
The Hall Of States occupies the home
like old building at 27 West Twenty
4 fifth street, once the rectory of Trinity
Church. Flags of every state in the
Union fly from halyards to the top of
desks, behind which sit women wait
ling to welcome soldiers and sailors and
to find out for them all the news their
hungry hearts crave. The desks are
surrounded by easy chairs where a
chap can lounge and smoke and make
lconfession Of his troubles to person
more than anxious to help. A
1 There is a desk for almost every
State and the name of the State stares
from the wall in big letters. So that
Iif one from North Carolina one
heads for the desk and Miss Elvira B.
1 Wright beams all over one and gur-
giles, "Yo,all from Ca'lina too?' And
maybe she knows some folks from
\ ones home town. But if she doesn't
she'll find some one who does or keep
wires busy until the home news is
Forthcoming.
\ Another thing the Hall Of States
4 does is to make possible a number OF
reunions. Meeting old pals from the
home town is matter of daily occur
renee, but when three brothers separ-
ated from the start of the war are
brought together it brings thrill OF
lasting pride to the dea ex machina
!. lwho sets things right.
1 Clothes are pressed free. Men whose
clothes have just come from the
ldelouser have them pressed in the
Hope that wrinkles will disappear. @
A course they don't, but it shows fins
spirit to try to straighten them out
Respect for the uniform and all thai
\ And when one meets an old friene
there's a big lounge room with cozy
Fireplace to which to adjourn. Or II
the basement, where women are moi
allowed, there are free doughnuts anc
tcoffee. All the doughnNrs one wants
y and one wants great mary; ths
doughnuts are to be commend9d
But if you are laid UP in a ashospita
y and can't 60 to the hall Of States,s {
note will bring ssonne core ITO see yossul
Il Frank White, whose husband is I
colonel now at st. Aiguan, France, ha:
done some effective work in making
4 lthese visits, particularly in tubercu
losis wards.
Mrs. White runs the North Dakots
desk and shows the boys pictures o.
her son who's in the navy and Of hel
grandson. And if you are not from
1 North Dakota she may, in a motherly
way, try to make you see the advan.
! tages Of prohibition. 7.as
"Here were all these North Dakots
boys brought up without ever know.
ing what liquor was and then sent
| into country like France" she said
a And having seen wine in daily use
.ithey all come back and say they're
/ glad they're from dry state"
Il Two sailors who had been overseas
confessed that this was the truth
| They had tried everything wet, from
i the ocean to cognac, and they were
'.anxious to land high and dry again
in North Dakota.
The expense for the Hall Of States
are paid in some instances by private
organizations, in othersby State ap-
preparations. Massachusetts, and
Michigan have appropriated $4,000
each; Kansas, $35, 900 and Nebraska
and Idaho, $25, 900 each. These appro-
priations also cover expenses for club
rooms engaged for the boys.
s In charge of the desks are: Ken
lucky, Mrs. Chester Sims; Ohio, Mrs.
NJ. M. Reynolds; southern States,
Mrs. lie Roy Brown; Minnesota, Mrs.
Jerry Ramsey; Nebraska, Mrs. Ellie
Leese Scott; Indiana, Mrs. G. M. Cub
bison; Wisconsin,, Mrs. Victor Freder-
Iickson;s Washington, Mrs. William
Pitt Trimble, and Illinois, Mrs.
Thomas Slask. 3 i s
Dr.. w. D. Fischer, former professor
| of psychology at Princeton, runs an
employment agency, where the appli-
cant is subjected tO a psychologist test
| to see for what line he is fitted ard
then directed to the job nearest his
thome tiwn. And this helps relieve the
congestion in the city.
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