Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-05-27
COMMUNITY Hose.
FOR MEXICAN BYS.
TO Open SHORTY.
War Camp Community Selce to
Also lnaugurate Hostess ,use
tor Training of the Gs.
USUAL WORK PLANED

The War Camp Community Sice will
opeh up TWO more clubs in BroSville. it
was announced today following meeting
OF the executive committee. Oof these
clubs IS to be conducted for instruc
ton and the entertainment of Mean dis
charged men and their friends 4 one for
the entertainment and INSTRUCT Of the
Mexican girls and their friend To he n
hostess house.
The mems club will be opel IN the
Lopez building on Washington .eet. cor
ner OF Eighth, and the hostessnuse will
be opened in the old Crixell ,mestead.
corner of jefferson street and Ashin0ton
plaza This building is being load for the
purpose, rent free by its owneDon Flor
encio Saenz of Mercedes.
When the PIG men Of Mexin parent
age who are in the army rern home
Brownsville wants to show thenhat il an
preciates the service they havrendered
The city wants these men 10 RI a pIace
where instruction and entertain,nt az the
right sort under the right kinds supervi-
sion will be provided. These mehave seen
considerable of the world andieir home
town Is anxious 10 provide theTnn oppor
tunity to retain the advantageshey have
gained and to communicate IN. to their
friends
While, pf course, the object the club
will be to provide proper sociasurround-
ings, the educational field will 1t be neg
iected. request has been Dde to ma
tional war camp headquarters r authority
TO place paid instructors in 4 club for
the benefit Of those who careD continue
their study Of English. This cirse. while
designed primarily for the rdrned sol
dlefs, wlll-he-3asSs-Lo.a all who re go rwrffl
themselves Of it. and will. as re all War
Camp activities. be free OF cha.e.
The action Of the War Cam Communi
~ service was taken after se'ral confer
ences with influential Mexica men and
women with workers who haveen engaged
in this field with and local ofcials. The
activities of the club will be cnducted un-
der the same management an upon lines
very similar to the clab beir conducted
for the American soldiers All ex-soldiers
in the Vivier building
Contractors have started tk remodeing
OF the building which calls fo the removal
Of partitions in order that lrge auditor
ium may be provided, the builing Of dress
ing rooms and the constructor of n can
teen room. to be operated ~ the Red
Cross for the benefit of theChild Welfare
Nurse Association. Work the building
will be rushed and il will l. ready for its
club members BY the time the seth and
goth Divisions. Of which npst II the men
are members. are muSteredout.
The hostess house will b, conducted un-
der the supervision Of Miss Gertrude Dwire,
girls organizer fer the War Camp Com
munity Service, who is plsnning to organ
ize the girls Of the city fo' both education
al and social purposes. Tie location Of the
new enterprise is iseal and the building. AZ
ready partially furnished. lends itself readi-
ly to the purpose Miss Dwire will return
from Mercedes this week and work in the
field will be actively resumed. Glasses in
English and rropef housekeeping will be
conducted for the erls.
The Centro-Latno which organization
has a club in the lopez building. will CO.
operate in the work