Newark post., 1919-03-05
WHO WILL co
WIZ TO RUSSIA?
Women Anxious to
Serve France Balk at
Harder Job

;s ready and anxious and even try
;rg to 90 to France to do recon-
nd, s4rnction work and that almost
nome will consider going to Rus
sia where the need is infinitely
hasI crpater and the demand for cour-
har- ooo and pioneer spirit more in
tingN +ensp, is the message of Miss Sarah
6 q. Lyon. director of overseas work
for the National Y.W.C.A.
"Women come to the Office of the
''on Bureau of Personnel every day
trained women whom we could use
nro in Russia but they want only to go
to France" says Miss Lyon. Rus
o's sa is harder. One must face de-
potH prvations in Russia-the climate
as ii calls for the most robust physique
IN ex there is an element of danger
(which enters into work in Russia
which has disappeared in France
i will and from the Atlantic since the
.rthul German U-boats skunk into signifi-
Iillto, canoe.
The lure of the uniforms-the
Atmosphere Of war which has ex-
Ter listed in France, is largely present
now in Russia since american SOL
diers are on Russian soil. The Y.
WCA.'s work in that country is
bscrip now in Archangel, on the White
Sea- which is a section of Russia
behind the Allied lines.
The YWC.A. has a tremendous
need for volunteers for Russia.
}. 90, d But'-here Miss Lyon hesitates
and repeats BUT we must have
nly women trained to special lines
2 fash bf work for young women. 1t is
' s2.5l pot enough to Know the country or
kven to know the language" The
Russian women are appealing for
'eo. American women of American
>-1oN rth in the Americanism which in
arably appeals to the foreign
Paul women. What Russia wants and
eeds, what we are trying to send
her, is the American woman of
he finest type, the women who is
OF alone willing to face less sugar
her coffee but who is willing to
without sugar altogether-and
=. githOut coffee, too, if the necessity
n0lel rises.
The term of service for Russia
three years with possible re.
Consideration at the close of two
Ie do not want women who are
boxing for an eXperience-womer
80. no wish to travel-women who
u"' Re tired of home conditions OIL
omen who want change of elm
e We want women of stamina
hO are going to be able to go tt
is country in the midst of in
rnal turmoil and having placet
eir hands to the plough literally
i'll not look back until the worl
(ey have to do is done. Women
! ,IlI Fch as the nine secretaries of th
'iI' - EW,C.A. who have been there owe
und. year, women who will sticl
rough revolution if necessary
1keS Someone may ask the kind o
aiming that is particularly need
in Russia and to this the WV
I "A. answer - recreation tralnln!
gymnasium experts - cafeterl
rectOrS-Women of business abil
WAKh women who know the funda
] LAWAN entails of dietetics and who ar
mliar with industrial condI
nS, student and county Y.WC.A
cretaries.
Russia is no place for the &C
hture-seeking society girl, or tn
morally willing helper withou
perjence in social work.
The recruiting office of the Assc
Clon is at 600 Lexington Ave
York City. Each day tn
FkerS in the Bureau Of Person
y interview there a great arm
y Women-WOmen who want bl
s thing in the world-to go
.sssA ance. Run in and talk with thel
ssstsstS = sss;;. 7hlle and ten to one the inter
:; - /" will close with those sign
n III Fnt Words--"But Russia-wh
IN. lb,M gong to Russia?"