Evening star., 1922-10-26
Girls and Their Interests
BY HELEN H. FETTER.

some of the more attractive work.
which includes teaching little war
orphans how to play as little Amer
leans do in kindergartens. is doing
automobile repairing and general
chauffeur work, which. according To
her aunt is very much needed in
spite Of its prosaic nature.
work. thought" said Mrs. Clark.
why, there are more than 5000 in
all who have engaged in it. and there
is much sadness among them when
| they think even for one moment Of
having to disband their units in the
spring. The American girls act as a
go-between in igamating the in
terests of the French and English
girls who are in these units. and they
enjoy the freedom and responsible
ties combined in that work which is
unique and could not be duplicated in
any work which they might under
take upon their return to the United
S:a'es"
Mrs. Clark then spoke Of the 100
Good Will girls who were sent over
from various large cities in the
United States for periods of six weeks
each to help in this work. There are
many phases Of 1t which are unusual.
The peasants of the Scissors valley
and in the neighborhood of other
scenes Of great battles Of the war
are as cheerful as one could expect
them to be under the circumstances.
according to Mrs. Clark, and the poor
little children need help badly. for
they really don't even know how 10
play. The simple little games that
are perfectly natural 20 the American
child are very odd to these little Eu-
ropeans, born and brought up in the
shadow of the cruel war. and they
had no substitute for them. They
had become almost cowed in the un-
N a don nf that live
Consequently they showed the effects
in underdevelopment. They were
also often physically upd rnourished.
owing to lack of food supplies.
These peasants live almost wholly
on vegetables which they can raise
on their own ground" said Mrs. Clark.
IF they have rabbits for food they
will gladly give them up for few
coins"
Mrs. Clark considers her trips over
the great battlefields among her most
unusual experiences and is particu-
larly proud of the fact that she was
the only woman present at rather
important banquet given in the cita-
del at Nerdun In cavelike chamber
under seventeen meters of rock.
There were only thirteen men at thie
banquet. but the company included
brilliant representatives from seven
different nations who were interested
in the military strategy of the war.
They mad guest book there. SAID
Mrs. Clark, which felt very honored
to be asked to sign. as ii contained
the signatures of many famous men
and women, including crowned heads
of Europe. King Albert of Belgium
and King George Of England each had
a whole page to honor with his sig
nature" The late Gen. Gorgas. a
great friend of both Col. and Mrs.
Clark, had his signature in this book.
Mrs. Clark met Mrs. Gorgas again
while in France this summer.
Undoubtedly Miss Morgan's units
are doing a great work in France
concluded Mrs. Clark The thou
sands of young girls who have been
fortunate enough to serve under her
direction have received training and
broadening experiences which will
prove invaluable to them In later life.
and America should be very proud OF
them all and Of the work which they
are doing to help our sister rcpublir
in particular to regain a hold on her
self