The state herald., 1919-06-20
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Purpose: To provide
organized trained women
10 meet social and
\ economic needs.

lEvOTED women who have been wonder
i ing where the pathway Of constructive
/ and beneficial service would open now
i that the is may very easily
i find the signpOst pointing out the road
/ in the program set for itself by the
'QINMRNl1| National League for WOmens Service
U %lu|W This organization formed In 1917
Rk(l1Hu and naturally at that time found Its
EHeAVN1I particular field In war activities.
0RRHuO now sees before 1t a broadening Of Its
activities and scope Of real helpful
ness that will go even beyond what 1t found to do
while the country was wnging conflict.
II Is the spirit Of service learned better than ever
before In time Of national stress that Is the watch
word for this nationwide organization Of women.
Its purpose. set forth In the constitution and
bylaws. is to provide organized trained groups Of
women In every community to meet existing needs
along social and economic lines.
The earnest women who make up the motor
division Of the league might have thought that the
end OF the war would curtail the scope Of their
activities. Nothing OF the sort The work Of trans
porting the sick md wounded and the convaescsut
soldiers. sailors and marines will be continued
long the need for this work exists. The motor
division has demonstrated the vitai necessity Of
continuing Its work an organized. trained serv.
Ice In peace times to meet emergencies. There Is
SO much work to be done In the way Of social
welfare and health and Industrial helpfulness that
the motor CORPS instend OF diminishing sees before
Il growth and expansion.
Especial attention Is being given by the motor
division to the opportunities found In service for
the afflicted. One OF the concrete examples of this
is to be seen In the work being accomplished by
the women OF the city OF Jamaica. who formed a
motor corps In that city. These women motorists
have already been OF great service to the city In
transporting crippled children to the hospital for
treatment Not all Of these children per.
manently crippled but many Of them have lost the
use OF nm arm or u leg nfter having suffered from
infantile paralysis Sometimes there In only
living parent, who In away from home all day.
there IL no In the family 10 take the suffering
little ones to the hospital for treatment. The
workers In the corps bring the children from
their homes for treatment and then take them
back again as soon us they are ut to be moved.
Helping the Helpless.
One OF the most pathetic cases OF this sort In
that Of little Gertrude. only three and half years
of age She taken to the hospital and plas.
ter east was put There are six children In her
family and her father Is unable to work owing to
n severe attack Of influenza. The oldest child In
the family suffers from eplleptic nts. Another
child had broken her arm last November and II
Ind never been set The driver Of the ambulance
took this child also to the hospital thnt her
crippled arm could be rebroken by the doctor and
properly set. SO much suffering In one family
was relieved and a great deal OF future tragedy
One little boy. whose poor little legs were nbso-
iutely useless, came near 10 being the cause Of an
accident on one Of the Journeys 10 the hospital.
Putting his head Of the front Of the ambulance
he jerked the arm Of tho driver and said: "See
that guy that passed riding that bicyclcl Gee, I'm
going TO he like him soon, and how will ride when
my paddles work again"
A three yenr-old Italian kIn had been very shy
on her trips to the hospital and at first had re-
scented being taken by the driver Finally after
her fourth trip she snuggled up against the lieu.
tennnt on the homewnrd trip and said something
which the officer could not understand One Of
the older girls explained.
"Shc snys that her mother In dcad and her
father doesn't want her md you cnn keep her n
you want to-
Only three years old md yet that baby realized
,hnt there wasn't n soul In the world who wanted
her.
These children. whose cnses arc duplicated times
without number throughout the country nrc In n
dire need Of friendly service The parents hnve
the greatest struggle In most cnscs 10 provide n
living for them md when amy OF the children nrc
helpless they nrc not wanted
Such cns.s nre not infrcducni. md although the
work ~ driving cnr MI dny from house to house
In the poorest pnris OF the city. ever broken and
rough roads, N nerve rnckng. the members of the
motor corps have never thought of stopping. The
y,nI need ~ continuing their work In measured by
ia. amount II good done hundreds NJ children.
The faith NJ the children accustomed io walk
.pd run about ~ much shaken when they nre