The Washington times., 1919-10-26
" WOMEN GIVE
Joy TO SOLDIERS
Canteen Girls Make Life Worth
Living for Yanks In
RhineIand.

NEW YORK, Oct 2e.-women in
the Rhineland. organized into one OF
the most efficient units the Y. NJ.
c. A has ever had overseas, are max
! ing preparations for the entertain
ment and comfort of the American
forces in Germany this winter. Of
ficial announcement comes from the
tion that a staff of at least thirty
will be kept in and around Coblenz
as long as tbe-army desires their
presence.
The canteen girls chosen for this
work are the pick of some 5000 or
more whose experience was gained
with the A. E. F. All of them volun-
teered to remain. Miss Virginia New
comb, former instructor at Columbia
University, is in charge of the group
Miss Violet Glover and Miss Louise
Warrington. of Washington. ID. c..
are members of the unit.
Troops now stationed in Germany
inherited from the Third army vari-
Gus and sundry things calculated 10
| enhance the JOY of living. Recrea-
tion huts, cafeterias. and theaters
opened for the army of occupat on
will continue in full swing until thai
future day when the order comes .
evacuate.
At Kaiserss Palace.
Activities center around the hut
unit built last spring in the front
yard OF the ex-Kaiser's palace. A
lrecreation room of mammoth proper
tions, with Shower baths, a barber
shop and "mother's corner" is used
for theatricals and athletic events.
/ This building flanks the main en-
trance to the palace on the left, and
on the right the largest cafeteria an
the world is located.
| An average of 5000 meals day
was served there until August. While
the return of all the divisions has
diminished the patronage. theGe Is
daily evidence. reports from Coblenz
show. OF the continued popularity NJ
the place with the new members OF
the garrison.
Soldiers and canteen workers are
making the NEST of the numerous
tennis courts in the American bridge
head city. The inter-allied tourna-
ment was played at Colonge, and Miss
Dorothy II. Johnston, of Utica, N. Y.
and Miss Sophronia L. Bunker. Of
Mill Valley. CAL, were participants.
Opened In Beer Garden
The canteen opened in a former
German beer garden at the fortress
of Ehrenbreitstein is still flourishing,
though the Seventeenth field artillery
has long been home. This fighting
unit of the Second division was
strongly entrenched on the heights
above Coblenz, and much of their leis-
ure time was spent around the tea
tables in the out-of-door canteen.
Miss Alice Lyon, of New York city.
is conducting the place now, with a
detail of soldiers to help during the
afternoon and evening rush hours.
Lemonade. the piece de resistance OF
1.-THE canteen during the summer
months. will shortly be crowded off
the menu by the old favorite of war
days--hot chocolate.
The big canteen in CoblenZ is "man-
ned" by New York city girl whose
war record is hard to equal. While
Miss Madeline Maplesden didn't go to
France until last March. she was
active for two years before that in
work for the American Fund for
| French Wounded and as office man
ager OF the National League for
Woman's Service. She is a sister OF
Mrs. c. Alfred Foster. and her home
! Is 116 West Seventy-second street As
sociated with her is Miss Colleen
Stuart Bruce, of San Francisco. $50.