New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Y. NJ. C.. A. Women
Ban Corned Beef
For Soldiers

There's restaurant in our town where
81, ,591 men were fed in a single month and
where corned beef and cabbage appeared
on the menu only once, and lamb not at all.
Why?
Because the customers get all of those
staples they want in military camps and
the women of the Y. NJ. C. A. aim to please
in their Eagle Hut in Bryant Park And
their record is that one out of three fight
ing men who passed through the huts
swinging doors in February patronizcd the
canteen.
Back in the spring of 1918 Mrs. Maynard
who lived at ia East Fortieth Stree.
agreed to accept the responsibility of act
ing as chairman of the womens committee
at the proposed Y. NJ. c. A. hut in Bryant
Park. She still retains a voting residence
in East Fortieth Street, but since last June
her permanent address has been Bryant
Park. In that time she has had many help
ers some of the best known women of New
York giving freely of their time to be OF
service to the soldiers and sailors but
since the armistce was signed many have
resigned or reported only Internationally for
the performance of their duties.
"This is just the worst time for a letting
down of our efforts" said Mrs. Maynar.
yesterday "You can see that by watch
ing the crowds who come here for the web
come home which we give them. Since the
armistice was signed Eagle Hut has bees
enlarged to three times its original SIZE.
hoy 70 OF
emergencies. Our records show that 154.Il3
men in uniform sought our hospitality IN
January. 1t is easy to see what kind Of re-
ception they would have got in our former
4Ox80 hut.
For many months our work must be
continued. The majority of the women who
have aided the Y. NJ. C. A. in this under
taking have found cantcen service most
satisfying, and they agree that now is not
the time to leave war service with ragged
edges. The soldiers and sailors have done
clean job and they are SO apprecatiVe
of what We try to do for them that VIC mus
not shirk our responsibilities.
"i'll admit that the work is hard. There
is seldom hour of the day wncn throng
tcrs, getting checks cashed and buying
money orders, obtaining free or cut-rsie
theatre tickets or swarming about MISS
Katharine Lyon and her associates in the
needle and thread department. In Januar!
sewing was done for 1864 men, and how
they do appreciate having a buttoa maze
fast or rip caught up. It's work, o.
course, but it is also a privilege.
eve need more volunteer workers at
once especially for the shift which goes on
at 40 o'clock in the morning and is re-
licved at 80. This means getting up
pretty early in the morning once OF twics
q week, but haven't our boys been putting
up with all sorts of inconvenience for US
Yesterday was chicken dinner day, ana
it was easy to sec there was going TO Do
plenty of it, for although it was early III
the day, some one was 'phoning to say
she didn't think 400 pounds was enough
AS it is with the chicken so, say the
women, it is with everything at Eagle HUI
There is always enough. When the old ha'
proved too small the Y. NJ. c. A. ensrseo
it. Sleeping accommodations take care o.
4,500 men n month. twenty-five ,thonss"s
letters and cards are written in Eagle H".
every week. and one thrcc-ccnt stamp -
sold per half minute. In January the
cashed checks and exchanged foreign money
for American to a total of S5S. 74o, OF wns'
$l0,4lT.52 was turned back at the couato'
where postoifice money orders arc S''''
Seven thousand cut-ratc theatre ueS''s
we're sold and 2,705 boys got free ticAs''
! which had been contributed through W'
"Y" by their friends.