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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1918)
V THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE): APRIL 21. 1918. 9 B Help Save the Babies With Good Food and Care vp?& v-t; t&., Better . Babies in the united , a : . : -fcriV::: -1 Mates Photo hf M1m Hunt ( Rembrandt Studio Clearing House for Women in Wai ' Work is Established in New York '""What can I do to help win the war?" This has been the question of the great army of unoccupied women, eager to give their services in some patriotic work. There are women of wealth who have never busied them selves with club or other up-to-date activities; there are young girls who used to fritter away their time in idle ness or useless occupations; there are matrons who have considerable time left over from their household duties. Air have been fired with a desire to do something useful. During the first years of the war the relief committees of belligerent nations had branches here and, with !he assistance of sympathetic Ameri cans, were able to accomplish a great leal without much organization. When we entered the war we began as sembling workers in the same hap hazard fashion. But as the needs be gan to multiply and our people came to realize more clearly what the war meant, the number of volunteer work ers began to increase and the neces Bity of some system for putting them where they would be of the greatest service became very pressing. '-.Realizing this need, the committee of women on National Defense of 4 East Thirty-ninfh street, New York City, has added the clearing house for war work volunteers to its other activities. With the co-operation of other patriotic committees this or ganization has been able already to place several hundred workers. Through Miss Judith Bernays. sec retary of the clearing house, volun teers have been provided to act as hostesses at dances for soldiers and .sailors, clerk9 on draft boards, work ers in community kitchens, and help ers in other activities. The National League for Womens Service, the committee on women's war. work of Columbia university, the council of Jewish women and Hunter college have for some time main tained registration bureaus for volun teer workers, but until the clearing house was organized there was no di rect means of placing the registrants. The clearing house now applies to these bureaus for workers when an appeal comes from an organization in need of them. The Women's Uni versity club, -the American women's hopital, "Life as a "Fine Art" club, elementary teachers of home econom ics, and other women's clubs have also been appealed to when some spe cial work was to be done. All these organizations have responded active ly to calls and have done their best to send their members or those regis tered with them to the places where volunteers were most needed. Professional Standards. "The establishment of professional standards in volunteer service is one aim of the women's committee, for it is contended that, unless standards are established, the ' clearing house through which organizations may ob tain volunteer workers and volun teer workers may find work, cannot be of real value. In order to estab lish these standards a wartime training course for volunteer social workers" was arranged under the supervision of Herbert N. Shelton, in structor of sociology at Columbus university. In addition to lectures it also included weekly tours to various types of .social agencies and musi cal institutions contributing to social relief; assigned readings, original problems, written examinations, and 150 hours of field work at some state, municipal or private institution. Mem ' bers graduating satisfactorily from this course are placed in active volun teer service by Miss Virgina New comb, executive secretary of the Columbia committee of women's war work. . Welfare Work. A field in which a minimum of train ing is needed is social welfare. Volun teers are required to act as hostesses at the dances for soldiers which are constantly given under the auspices of the standing committee on social wel fare. This standing cojnmittee also employs women protective officers for the purpose of maintaining a high moral standard among girls. There is constant need for volunteers to visit the homes of girls who have been interviewed by the protective officers and report on conditions. An interesting field of work f6r which the clearing house has been called upon to furnish volunteers is the Americanization of the foreign population in New York City. An at tempt is being made to reach these men and women in the places where they work and to enlist, at the same time, the full co-operation of their employers in the campaign. Boys and girls are taught especially the mean ing of liberty and democracy and the words of "The Star-Spangled Ban ner." These are but a few of the activi ties that the clearing house is helping to make possible; in fact, more than ISO organizations have signified their willingness to co-operate with the committee. For the next, few weeks the clearing house will center its interest on the Liberty loan drive, the number of volunteers needed for the drive being unlimited. They are to provide speakers in many lauguages, social workers for public meetings, club meetings and rest hours in trades; girls to canvass for the sale of bonds from house to house, and work ers in booths at hotels, shops, sta tions, parks and theaters. The booths will be handled in three shifts. Sev eral thousand workers will be required for the four weeks' drive. Standards for Women In War Industry The woman's committee of the National Council of Defense has re cently adopted as its standards for women in industry those issued by the ordnance department of the army. The "ordinance standards," as given in a summary of recommendations to arsenal commanders and other em ployers, provide: 1. Hours1 of labor Existing legal standards should be rigidly main tained, and even where the law per mits a 9 or 10 hour day, efforts should be made to restrict the work of wo men to 8 hours. 2. Prohibition of night work.-The employment of women on night shifts should be Avoided as a necessary pro tection, morally and physically. 3. Rest periods No women should be employed for a longer period than four and a half hours without a break for a meal, and a recess of 10 minutes should be allowed in the middle of each working period. 4. Time for meals At least 30 min utes should be allowed for a meal, and this time should be lengthened to 45 minutes or an hour if working day exceeds eight hours. 5. Place for meals. Meals should not be eaten in the workrooms. 6. Saturdays half holidays. The Saturday half holiday should be con sidered an absolute essential for wo men under all conditions. 7. Seats. For women who sit at their work, seats with backs should be provided, unless the occupation renders this impossible. For women who stand at work, seats should be available and their use permitted at regular intervals. 8. Lifting weights No woman should be required to lift repeatedly more than 2a pounds in any single load. 9. Replacement of men by women. When it is necessary to employ wo men on work hitherto done by men, care should be taken to make sure that the task is adapted to the strength of women. The standards of wages hitherto prevailing for men in the process should not be lowered where women render equivalent serv ice. The hours for women engaged in such processes should, of course, not be longer than those formerly worked by men. 10. Tenenment-house work. No work shall be given out to be done in rooms used for living purposes or in rooms directly connected with living rooms. Catholic "War Drive' Goes Over the Top The recently completed Roman Catholic war drive of the New York archdiocese for a fund of $2,500,000 to "help the government win the war" finished with total receipts of more than $4,000,000. His. eminence, Car dinal Fairly, was the active head of the campaign, assisted by the clergy and the prominent laymen and women. Each Roman Catholic mem ber of the community felt the success of this drive as a personal responsi bility. "Contributions came from hundreds of thousands of Protestants and Jews, who gave generously. Pre judice was broken down, better under standing begotten, and all worked to gether as fallow citizens." Varied War Activ-' ities of Interior Department Women Important work connected directly or indirectly with the war is being carried on by the women of the United States Department of the In terior. In the geological survey Miss Eleanor F. Bliss, who is the daughter of General Tasker H. Blisss. chief of staff, is engaged on field in vestigations of chromite deposits in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Mrs. Katherine M. Cook, in the bu reau of education part author of the "Battle Line of Democracy." issued by the committee on public informa tion, is at present preparing one of a series of war lessons for American schools. Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin and Miss Carrie .Alberta Lyford, in the same bureau, are specialists in home economics and authors of va rious pamphlets to home economics teachers, directing them in their work for the war. They are also doing their active field work in behalf of food conservation and relief meas ures. Miss Almira M. Winchester is spe cial collaborator in kindergarten practice and is engaged in advising kindergarten teachers in 'their work for war. Miss Ellen C. Lombard, special collaborator in home educa tion in the bureau of education, is en gaged in the preparation of reading courses, particularly courses in his tory and biography, for the purpose of inculcating patriotism. Miss Helen C. McGown of the bu reau of mines is actinc chairman of 'the Red Cross committee of the de- PROTECT YOUR BABY In the event of your death, who will care for your children? Will they be a public charge? Your postman will deliver a check to your wife and children every month, for any amount you desire. It's a monthly Income Policy See me about it. City Nat Bank Bldg. TOM KELLY Phone Tyler 861. "The Insurance Man" partment and has organized the work of making layettes for the French and Belgian refugee babfts. Miss Lillie Chenoweth is supervis ing and directing the members of the Continental chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the furnishing of knitted things and clothes for the refugee women and children of France and Belgium. Dr. Kate B. 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