New-York tribune., 1919-01-31
Women Are Needed
Abroad More Than
Ever, Say Speakers
Workers Urged b, Mrs. As'or
spd Mrs. Roosevelt to Help
Keep Up Good Work of
y. VI. {. \. Overseas

A. answer to .hc question OF the
nod Of women war workers here and
:. Eurorc vas given Yesterday at
meeting II ooo women \. Nj. {. \.
aOrksrs II, she home OF Mrs Vincent
As,or. >4o Tifth Avenue. in a special
-carrv.0u" meeting 10 discuss the
mestion Of hcepuc up the war work
st women during ,hc period OF recon
..rus.ion. The meeting WAS called at
ne reaues, Of Mrs uarod Irving
Pratt, chairman ct the y. NJ c. As
women worn in the metropolitan dis
,rict.
u; has been said THAT women are no
longer needed abroad" said Mrs. +.
Louis Slade. chairman Of the women's
DIVISION Of thc y NJ c. \. War Work
Council. land want to protest most
emphaticaIy that thev are not only
needed urgently NOW. but that they are
NeGed more THAN ever before. The \
n {. a. has recently sent hundreds
Of women abroad to ontertain to
aruse ana TO keep lne soldiers from
belnc bored and lonely AS they nain-
rallv are. now chat the object oi lhcr
errsnd abroad ias been achieVed-
"TheSc women arc relieving women
secretaries ana entertainers who dld
heir part during nostlA1ies and now
want 70 come home 20 rest. To-day
women workers VIII encounter fewer
dangers than during the period Of fight
ing. 1t IS the psychological time for
women TO step ia and do their part
the part that many Of them could not
do earlier in the war.
Mrs Vincent Astor and Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. lr.. both of whom have
Just returned from overseas work with
the Y. NJ c. 4. made the same plea
Tor women % 90 abroad and keep up
the good work so we'll begun.
Special emphasis also was laid on the
Importance OF women's work on TINS
side Mrs Pratt urged the women to
stick 10 their war work. to Go more
and more and 10 enlist the assistance
Of their friends until demoblhzation is
completed There are special opportu-
mites for women workers throughout
the metropolitan territory.
In her address Of welcome Mrs Aston
said:
q ind is very satisfying to come
back and serve here in the Y. VI. c. A
Victory Hut after serving in Brest.
And | feel as if the work here We're
quite as important as it was across the
water. A war doesn't stop in day
and war wors cant stop IS soon either.
Hostiities are over, We hope. but the
effects persist It is the duty OF women
who are interested in the Y NJ. c. 4.
10 keep on faithfully"
Waiter 7. Diach. general \ VI G.. \
secretary In this city. also addressed
the meeting.
The women g. the meeting were vol
anteer canteen workers. secretaris and
hostsses. serving with the y. u. c. 4.
II and about New York. and represent
ed about one-half Of the tota. nunber
Of women who are engaged ia this
WORK. Thy came from Eagle Hut.
ctory Hat Pelham Bay Fort
Schuyler. New Rochelle Fort Jay and
Governors Island.
Among those women Who were there
we're Miss Christine Biddle. Mrs. James
j. Beck. Mrs. Jay Gould. Mrs Amos
Pincho. Mrs Payne Whitney. Miss
Joan "hitney. Mrs. Frank Webb. Mrs.
Ernest lse!a. Mrs.. Courtlaudt Field
Bishop, Mrs john Sherman Ifovt. Mrs.
Marshal Field. Sd. Mrs Hugh Il. Acch-
llcloss, Mrs F. Meredith Blag-.en. Mrs.
hlram bioomingdale Mrs. Lewis FRS
sell Ms. Howard Whitney Miss Mar
ION Hol.ns Miss Muriel Colgate. Mrs.
Gratton PINE. Mrs. George Or,-is. Mrs.
SF.cnard L. Morris Miss Louise Scott.
MSS Gertrude Pardee Miss Louise
D'ekson, Mrs. Samuel Reber. Mrs. Ell
To0d henerick. Mrs Samuel AucAin-
eloss Mrs John Sloare Mis- leila
S6afden' Mss Symphorosa Br ted. Mrs.
SgouF'iand, Nicholl. Mrs. Irving Brokaw.
prs Joseph Burden and Mrs Pierre