YWCA Provides Home for Camp Dix Actresses
The YWCA housing committee led by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. operates a Players House at Camp Dix New Jersey to support actresses from Liberty Theater who are far from town. The house includes sewing machines washtubs and ironing boards. Camp Upton Long Island also has a similar house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dix
N. J
Players
Young Women's Christian Association
John BD. Rockefeller, Jr
Y. WC. A
Camp Upton
L. L
Prohibition Pushes Community Playhouses as Saloon Closures Loom
Miss Hazel MacKaye of the National YMCA urges turning saloons into community drama centers. She argues prohibition can spark Americanization through pageantry, bridging immigrant cultures with English translation and shared performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel MacKaye
Cerner
National Young Women's Christian Association
West Side
New York
Miss MacKarye
YWCA Expands France Department for Housing and Supplies
A new finance department of the YWCA in France will handle contracts leases and rentals for new buildings. Miss Constance Clark of Pasadena leads the department with Miss Evith Austin of New York City as head of planning and Miss Mary Buchanan in charge of interior decor. The unit will also advise on remodeling hosting houses and provide shopping guides from curtains to plumbing supplies and cafeteria projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Finance
France
Constance Clark
Pasadena
Cal
Clark
Camp Lewin
Washington
Evith Austin
New York City
Mary Buchanan
Scotland
YY. W. A
YWCA Uniforms to Suit Foreign Women Students in Switzerland
Elizabeth M. Clark appeals to the National YWCA for clothing for about 300 foreign women students stranded in Switzerland due to the war. Four packing cases of used clothing are being collected from New England and other states to be dyed and altered for wear, with additional uniforms and gray ulsters shipped from war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Christian Association
Switzerland
Whl
Elizabeth M. Clark
Woarte Student Christian Federation
New England
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
National
New York
Ulsters
Student Committee
Queen Marie invites Y. W. C. A. to Romania outreach
Queen Marie of Romania invited the American Young Women’s Christian Association to come to Romania and open work under her patronage after a Paris conference at the Ritz Hotel. Representatives included Miss Harriett Taylor and Miss Mary Anderson, with other YWCA leaders and Madame Catarji as a notable guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marie
Rumania
Ritz Hotel
American Young Women's Christian Association
Romania
Harriett Taylor
Mary Anderson
Hudson, Wis
Mary Dingman
France
Margaret B. Fowler
Pasadena
Cal
Charlotte Niven
Italy
Madame Catarji
Miss Marion Porter Decorated With Church War Cross
Miss Marion Porter of New York City received the Church War Cross from the Chaplain General of the American army for her moral and spiritual contribution. She has been at a hospital center in Vittel France for over a year, directing a Y W C A nurses club there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Porter
New York City
Porter
Vittel
France
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Y. W. C. A. Overseas Office
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Salvation Army
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L. W. Kirtley
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Advance Grain Co
Clements Company
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