HOUSING AND FEEDING THE MUNITION WORKERS
WORK OF. THE Y.M.O.A. "At tho present timo tho .Y.M.C.AV' possesses over one hundred canteens' for munition workers throughout the' country," says an English paper. ''There are.eight centres, for instance;! in ono aiea, where twenty thousand' meals are served during tho twentyfour hours. At midnight alone (including Sundays) 'no fewer than 1600' meals are prepared.in this particular' 'district. A battalion of helpers is required, and Lady Henry Grosvenor,' who is in charge, has secured the co-' operation of 1500 ladios who, in re-', lays, act as waitresses on tho strictly' honorary principle. In Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Barrow and elsewhere* similar arrangements aro made, and'.j ladies are helping tho Y.M.O.A. to' carry put its plans for tho benefit of the munition workers. When the Ministry of Munitions sot about themanu'" faoturo of shells on tho present colossal scale, tho officials discovered the lack of suitable housing and .feeding in' the manufacturing districts." ' , ; A little moro than a year ago' tho'' Y.M.O.A. Munitions 'Auxiliary Committee was formed, of which H.H. Prin-' cess' Victoria, of Schleswig-Holstein is president, and .Lord.Derby chairman, and upon which served many ladies', who have rendered excellent service on", behalf of the munition worker. Num.-". hers of hostels have,been- erected and, in some cases, miniaturo garden cities have heen • . : . ' . ..' The position, ■of the- Y.M.O.A'.- may be sunimea.up in a sentence. Its leaders recognised that something out of the ordinary was required" in the midst of a great emergency; and immediately set- its machinery in motion to' meet*' the need. They have not sought to., make money out of tho venture, and' where profits are obtained these are spent in the locality' on tho improvements of the huts, .and aro not transferred to the ordinary funds of < the' Y.M.O.A. •
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 9
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295HOUSING AND FEEDING THE MUNITION WORKERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 9
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