Grateful French Mothers Write to God-Parents of Little Ones
Letters from French orphans Jeanne and Auguste appeal to San Antonio godparents for aid with warm clothing and school needs. Mme Laure Ploye and Josephine Rousseau share family stories, losses in war, and gratitude for previous support from D A R sponsors.
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San Antonio
France
Mme
Laure Ploye
Gladys Carpenter
West
Dreas J
Amparica
United States
Josephine Rousseau
Auguste
San Antonio de Bexar
Juliette Gonon
Community activities postponed and meetings shift
Local civic groups adjust plans as many meetings are postponed or moved to the central work rooms. Red Cross and Ladies Auxiliary schedule Monday sessions while the San Antonio Dramatic Club delays its October 21 start, and larger events at Gunter are postponed due to municipal rulings and health restrictions.
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Ladies’ L
The
Elke
Red Cross
South Hackberry
Methodist Church
Red Seds
Woman's Club
San Antonio Dramatic Club
Elizabeth M. Davis
Little Theater Committee
San Antonio
Augh MacLellan
Gunter Ball Room
Nautilus
Phoenix
Gunter
Queenly Complexion Promised by Eggol Hair Wash
An article touts eggol as a skin and scalp treatment to remove dead skin and fatty buildup, claim it boosts hair growth, and offers a near magical shave and wrinkle remedy. It markets a cheap 25 cent package promising multiple shampoos and a simple wrinkle cream from a druggist.
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Ndvar
Neores
Quarantine Keeps Ellington Field Families Guesting
City Friday morning and is the guest of her sister Mrs. Duane Elliott. Mrs. Mellor will remain there until the quarantine is lifted from Ellington Field where her husband is stationed. Mrs. Elliott returned home midweek from an all summer stay in New York and Montreal. Mrs. Floyd McGown Jr. who was with her husband stationed in Houston, is the guest of her mother Mrs. C. W. Harral and expects to stay several weeks.
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Floyd McGown Jr
Houston
C. W. Harral
Y. W. Meeting Cancelled and Engagement News
No Y. W. meeting this week as Sunday vesper services and all classes are suspended until further notice. Frances Merrill arrives to head the physical department and classes resume once quarantine ends. Engagement announced for Ethel Geraldine Lewis to Sergeant F. Cooper, with wedding planned in November at Kelly Field.
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Association
Frances Merrill
Ypsilanti
Mich
W. FF. Jones
Ethel Geraldine Lewis
F. Cooper
San Francisco
Kelly Field
Call for darners issued to help protect soldiers
The Red Cross in San Antonio opens a Reclamation Department to mend thousands of socks and sweaters for the Southern Department. Women with sewing skills are urged to assist in the Chandler Building headquarters to save wool and supply soldiers in camps. The rooms open Monday morning for volunteers with thimbles and scissors.
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Red Cross
San Antonio
Army
Iit
Reclamation Department
Chandler
Adolph Wagner
Child labor not profitable say Wisconsin official
Albert H. Sanford argues for the Wisconsin industrial commission that child labor laws serve both employers and workers. He contends that early life experiences shape behavior, with 14 year old boys needing freedom for growth, and that early factory work increases accidents and hampers development. He warns of the risks of nomadic labor and the strain on young girls in routine jobs. A bride’s shower at the Wurzbach home honors Mrs. Etta Theis, daughter of Frank Wurzbach, with Burns Clare the prospective groom.
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Albert H. Sanford
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Department of Labor
Mr. Sanford
Sanford
7. M. Wurzbach
Commerce Street
Etta Theis
Theis Ia
Frank Wurzbach
South
Gevern Street
Burns Clare
American Women Keep Gas Masks Ready While Cooking for Soldiers
American women in France, including Clara Simmons of the Y, work near the front to nourish troops behind helmets and gas masks. Simmons stirs hot chocolate, stacks cookies, and serves hot drinks from a shack, welcoming soldiers arriving in tins and under fire, saying the work is a privilege and that many mothers would trade everything to be where she is.
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Paris
France
Clara Simmons
America
Little Shack
Helfenne
Red Cross Workers Aid Army Hospital in France
Red Cross workers have been essential to army hospitals in France, taking over diverse duties. They operated a bath house, arranged convalescent work in vegetable planting, opened a theater and a recreation garden, started a movie house, and ran canteens, clubs, and a writing room while handling searchers and home communication.
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France
Red Cross
America
The
Foyer du Soldat Is Home to Poilu in War-Torn France
Paris reports that foyers du soldat, home for French soldiers, are prized as the soldiers’ hearth. The American YMCA funds and staffs hundreds of foyers aiding weary poilus whose towns have vanished or fallen to Beche.
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Foyer DU Soldat
POILU
Paris
America
The Desolated Hero: A Soldier’s Lost Home and Mind
The piece depicts soldiers living in desolation as they move through deserted villages and camps. It contrasts bodily care with the emptiness of mind, noting their lack of a true home and the solace found in a hearth, conversation, and small comforts that keep mental life from dying.
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Wrench
Anopter
Gomes
United States employs more women in war work
Washington reports rapid strides by the U S employment service in substituting women for men in war related industries. Philadelphia’s Sehuylkill arsenal needs workers to complete uniforms, with material on hand for clothing hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Women recruiters in Philadelphia urge acceptance of this essential employment.
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Washington, D. C
United States Employment Service
Sehuylkill Arsenal
Philadelphia
City Hall
Department of Labor
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