WOMEN’S DAY: AN APPEAL TOR WARTIME WORKERS.

Evening Star, Issue 16351, 17 February 1917, Page 10

WOMEN’S DAY: AN APPEAL TOR WARTIME WORKERS.

In Great Britain a very influential movement has bren started to provide further for the moral and material welfare of the hundreds of thousands of women and girls who are engaged in the making of munitions and in other war-time work. Shortly after the outbreak of the great war the Young Womens Christian Association, of which tier Majesty Queen Mary and Her Majesty bpicen Alexandra are the patrons, took up the eery necessary duty of providing huts, hostels, canteens, and rest rooms, where the vvoraen workers, who so loyally responded to then country s call, could obtain proper tood, sleeping accommodation, and recreation. The endeavor has grown to such proportions, and so much remains to be done, that Womens Day has been founded in order La make tne widest appeal for funds for tim erection and equipment of buildings in areas where great numbers of women workers have fnr’lv, 0 ' 1 r- 1 1 t0 munitions for the alned armies. In the great majority °‘ cates tne women had to leave their homes and it is absolutely csscntiai tint (heir comlort be attended to. In London Women’s b? celebrated on Tuesday, Februa.r *' aiu^_ on i-UH.-tqurn! clavs i Sicn< hm r 1?; U l,,tefl *”***'**«■ u is also hoped'that the Oversea-, Dominions will help the cause itißim cciUcinons and sending d-ona.-tion;- io ivomen's Day hind for Women ..ar- ™ kc . r3 ' ii3S Ibceadidy. London, Engcii.u. The Lord Mayo,- of London and Lord ■ ■y,.annum are hon. ura<mr. s , Queen Alcxrm.ra ha? written cxprp.ung her sinom-o sympathy in the good and wishing (he’ enterprise all possible success. -'MERII’AX WOMEN VOTED. .. ‘ Womens’ .!ournal.‘ of America, pub- ■ isnsa at a time ivhni (he Presidential clrct.r.n ic urns were not ccundeip. shows th-pcro-uiage of the to'-P voV which was cast by women and ;h? ni-ivontage of wrnr-n in the in, il acini: population in six of :1m adult sun.ase i-Lius. i ni> (aide shnv,-= iha: in ■ hir ’ ‘ or V !t ’ ihf rich; vote was ex'se-d by a i:,-y,-r yrmoniou .0 J mru: wads; in Iwo o;imr 11 - !’* o)’,'; t,.-n o; nun au-n vviini'' , i voting wa= nearly equal:

Unrier the will of Mr Wader Davis, 01 Li;V"uil., tL-.rii, J.onu’rm. ’Io ~ ■k.iort. Ji!?-_ const keeper, bcncliu;.! ;o }-. r leu: ot i’va.GO'b and she was made sole canCiUiix 01 Ihe cs;:aio. «tate le MiT’^ kS '' SO i the So;!th Australian .late Mmistiv made an innovation when they appoimc d women to the Board of Governors of the Adelaide Public Lffiraa Muscinn. ;uul Art Gallery. Apparcnliv that appointment 1:- to be accepted as a precedent lhe_ policy 01 the Ministry,” remarked the I reniier, is to have women i-n publi-; boards. It- has been observed in other directions, and will be continued iviiervo- the opportunity arrives.” There are in Pon’li Australia women justices of the peace and women ponce, in addition (0 women doctors and Tvomcu lawyers.

Miss Iris free, younger daughter of the tamons English actor-man,iser, has becometne wiic or Mr Curtis Moffat, a woL-kuowa : ; C V Turk artist, who is rapidly coniine' to tho front. Tho lady, who is both a talented a? list and a poetess, has never appeared prnjessimriby on any stage, but ha? accompanied Xier lather on several of his tours.

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