Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-21

of the candidate. The Jail has been
visited each week by Miss Pollock
and patches given to the women to
make quilts.
Complaints were brought to the.
department that the curfew ordnance
was not being enforced. The May
or's office reported that they were
doing all they could.
Educational Department
Mrs. Alvin l. Miller, chairman, re-
ports: This year the work of this
department has been ndicapped
by the ban closing the schools for
six weeks on account of the infiu-
enza epidemic. Milk and crackers>
have been given to the children in y
the ungraded schools each day. A
marked improvement is seen in their
physical condition. The activities of
these special schools are weaving
rugs, Gaming chairs, woodworking,
basketry, brush making, sewing,
knitting and gardening. Victrola
and records have been sent to the
Downey School.
Outdoor Department
Miss Buehler, chairman, reports:
The outdoor department of the Civic
! Owing to the building of the out
! door school, Fifth and Seneca streets,
the usual school garden was impos-
sible.
The Hostess House
At a meeting of the board of di-
rectors, August ~, 1918, at the di-
quest of Mrs. Lyman d. Gilbert, the
! Club House was offered as hostess
| house to be opened Saturdays and
| Sundays of each week for the en-
/ tertainment of the soldiers In a
| short time it was found wise to OPP
Ell it every day in the week, which
was done.
| The president and Mrs. Gilbert We're
authorized to select a committee to
| have charge of the matter and to
! get the plan under way as soon as
| practicable. An advisory board of
| the hostess house was formed: Mrs.
! Edward f. Dunlap, chairman, Mrs.
! William Henderson, treasurer; Mrs.
| Lyman d. Gilbert, Mrs. William Jen-
nings, Mrs. John w. Reilly, Miss Anne
Mccormick, Mrs. Francis Hall. Mrs.
Miley Jones, Mrs. Walter Spofford.
1t was decided to have dance
I every Saturday night and a supper
! at o'clock every Sunday night fol-
| lowed by an informal entertainment.
We were ready by August 81 ana
have extended glad hand and
| warm welcome to the soldiers from
| Middletown, Marsh Run, Camp Colt,
| Gettysburg, and to- the soldiers and
! sailors passing through HarrlsburS
| ever since. We have averaged one
| hundred men a week, the largest be-
ing Thanksgiving week, when we en-
tertained 270. One hundred ana htty
men to dinner on Thanksgiving eve
ming. followed by an entertainment
by the hostess house girls. The
newt largest was Christmas night,
| when 100 men had supper with u.s.
the Rotary Club giving a hne enter
| tainment afterward. Many foreign
born soldiers were among our CHRIST
mas guests.
The response, in money and every
thing needed for the hostess house
! has been most spontaneous and gem
erous. The cooperation, with the
| Canteen of the Red Cross fine.
We especially wish to thank the
voune girls who so willingly came
week after week to dance with the
| soldiers and help entertain them' 10
+he cantcen who served the supper ~
the bows twice every week 10 eN-
ervone who has helped to make he
hostess house the success 1t Ger
1 tainly has been.
| Photographs of the outside OF the
! hostess house and various lnterlSr
| views have been sent to Washington
| TO be used in the pictorial record OF
| the war.
! The career of the Civic Club as
| hostess house is over the first day
of April. There Is no longer ne
cessity for it as the soldiers nave
! heen discharged from our nearby
! camps. We will now turn the cluo
! house over to the house committee
! for repairs.
Concluding her reports, Mrs. Hen
derson says:
"As n club we are keenly interest
ed in Pennsylvania child labor laws
! in ALL child welfare. We have heard
much on Americanization and are
eager to help.
| "The better housing of our people
! gives us great concern and with TINS
! in view we will cooperate with the
! Chamber of Commerce in having
United States Home Registration Bu-
reau established in Harrisburg. our
mart will be house e-to-house survey
! as to conditions with Mrs. Marlin e.
Clmsted as chairman of Housing SUI
vey'