Women and War Work

azed, the more t

head could carr

ue. Good organization can do much. The greatest thing in all organizations is the living flame that makes grou

is subordinated-selfless-disciplined. The secret of the good soldiers' achievements and his greatness is self

undation among your work

, that the best service you can render your country is to do the work you know best and are trained for, if it is, as it frequently is, important civic work. Another point, no younger woman should stop her education or training-it is the greatest mistake possible. The war is not ov

as it goes, is on right lines, well organized and directed, will be more valuable and get far better results than a perfect scheme badly organized and run. An organiza

ity to delegate authority high up in the q

and individual, on war committees or any other for that matter, b

rs. This will never work with Mrs. That. They never do"; and I always answer, "Isn't it time they learned to, when t

e a link in our Roll of Honor that is more unifying than any words or arguments

Service and to realize that work of national imp

ill be won in the Nation, as in the Army, by the army of the myriads of faithful workers faithfu

want people who take up something with great enthusiasm

her workers do not "gr

carried to the point of merging together kinds of work that make a different appeal for work and money and require different treatment and knowledge and powers. The best results are reached by secu

to all Government and National Committees on which our presence would be useful and on which we ought to be represented and we al

in my experience. Our instinct as women is to want to make everything perfect. We

harmonious working-not to insist on a rigid sameness but to allow for widely divergent views and attitudes and ways of doing things so long as the essential rules are observed. We should not insi

character, were of great service. The work of the Soldiers and Sailors Families' Association is an example. The S. and S.F.A. had been created in the South African War and in peace time and war time looked

very dependant and looked after them. They advanced the allowances which were paid back to them later-and this started in the first week of the war. They gave additional grants in certain hard cases for rent, sickness or in event of deaths in family at home. Every home was visited and no dependant needed to be in distress or want-S. and S.F.A. offices existed in every town and representatives in every vil

ty-five of these clubs are linked up now in the United Services Clubs League. They are bright, cheery rooms in which the wo

ailor and administered pensions. It is now entirely merged in the Naval and Military War Pensions Statutory Committee and local

must be women members on every County, Borough

to the public. These organizations must be registered and approved by the committee, and their accounts must be open to inspection and audit. This was a wise and necessary step, not so much because of actual fraudulent appeals-there has been practically none of that, but there was a

for its admirable organization. It provided 150 interpreters for this work in a few days, and work was carried on at all the London Centres from early morning till midnight. When the Government took over the charge of Belgian r

hrough Universities, Colleges, Headmistresses' Association, etc., and by the setting up of the Women's Service Bureau by the London Society for Women Suffrage (N.U.W.S.S.). Various women's organizations have established most valuable clearing houses for voluntary workers in S

hrough it-and the Government Departments, big firms, factories, organizat

y by voluntary contribution-but it has a loan and grant fund to enab

orbing as any novel, and it was one of the wise agencies that realized

nd to put them together is its fa

women in Britain has be

very little overlapping in the work. The total percentage of overlapping was estimated by the War Chariti

SERVING ON THE FOLLOWIN

ugees' Comm

l Occupation Committee

Officer

ter the War.

Reform. (A

Inquiry Into High

e on Women in Ind

th Industrial Unrest. (Mini

tral Labor Su

Arbitration

rganization of Women's Service in Cantee

Pensions Statutory Co

pply of-Oc

ctims' Re

d Relief of D

l Classes S

of War Hel

overnment on the many national problems wh

r Conditions of Retail Trade to Secure

partmental Committee o

ties. Apr

avings Committ

CLUSIVELY COM

Joint Standing Indu

ges Commit

ee on Women's E

n, Committee of Enq

also two w

ittee of Natio

od has two wom

C.S

ember