The Elbert County tribune., 1919-06-20
Ue4IEz1yy rAQE EASy-
Purpose: To provide
organized trained women
TO meet social and
economic needs.

YEVOTED women who have been wonder
n | Ing where the pathway of constructive
1 and beneficial service would open now
/ that the is may very easily
l find the signpost pointing out the road
/ in the program set for itself by the
URR3Y0IU3 National League for Womens Service
HUHSQll|X This organization formed In 1917
.yBNhC l1Nu and naturally mt that time found Its
RWe1NRNk particular field In activities 1t
0aAaaRW before 1t a broadening of Its
activities and scope of real helpful
ness that will go beyond what 1t found to do
while the country wngIng conflict.
1t 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 as 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 enrnest women who make up the motor
division of the league might have thought that the
end of the would curtali the scope of their
activities. Nothing of the sort. The work of trans
porting the sick and wounded and the convalescent
soldiers, sailors and marines will be continued as
long the need for this work exists The motor
division has demonstrated the vital necessity of
continuing its work 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, instead of diminishing, before
1t growth and expansion
Especial attention is being given by the motor
division to the opportunities found In service for
the aficted. One of the concrete examples OF this
il to be in the work being accomplished by
the women Of the city of Jamaica, who formed
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 are per-
manently crippled. but many of them have lost the
use of an arm or u leg after having suffered from
fnfantile paralysis. Sometimes there is only one
living parent, who is away from home all day,
there is one In the family to take the suffering
little to the hospital for treatment. The
workers In the motor corps bring the children from
their homes for treatment and then take them
back again as soon MS they are fit to be moved.
Helping the Helpless.
One of the most pathetic of this sort is
thnt of little Gertrude only three and half years
OF age. She was taken to the hospital and plas-
ter cast put There six children In her
family and her father is unable to work owing to
attack of influenza. The Oldest child In
the family suffers from epileptic fits. Another
child had broken her arm last November and 1t
had never been set. The driver of the ambulance
took this child also to the hospital that her
crippled could be rebroken by the doctor and
properly set So much suffering In family
was relieved and great deal of future tragedy
was averted by the helpfuness of the motor corps.
One little boy, whose poor little legs were abso-
luteIy useless. came near to being the cause of an
accident one of the journeys to the hospital.
Putting his hend out of the front Of the ambulance
he jerked the of the driver and said: "See
that guy that passed riding that bicyclel Gee I'm
going to he like him soon and how will ride when
my paddles work again"
A three-year-old Italian girl 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 leu
tenant on the homeward trip and said something
which the officer could not understand. One of
the older girls explained
.She says that her mother is dead and her
father doesn't want her and you keep her If
you want to-"
Only three years old and yet that baby realized
that there wasn't soul in the world who wanted
her
These children. whose duplicated times
without number throughout the country. in
dire need of friendly service. The parents have
the greatest struggle In most cases to provide
living for them. and when any of the children are
helpless they not wanted
Such cases not infrequent. and although the
work OF driving chr all day from house to house
In the poorest parts of the city, over broken and
rough roads. is nerve rackng, the members of the
motor corps hate never thought of stopping The
vital need of continuing their work Is measured by
tbc amount of good done hundreds Of children.
The faith of the children accustomed to walk
ord ram ab0ut b much shaken when they