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News of Happenings v j In the Women V Clubs | Overseas.Workers Are to Organize Into National Body to Continue Work Women of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, who served abroad as Red Crois workers during the war, have organized the Overseas Service League for permanent humanitarian service. The local Overseas Service League is the first unit of Red Cross war work era to organize, but prospects are that tbe movement will become nation-wide. The organization is designed to cor? respond among Red ?/ross ex-workers to the American Legion among ex-sol? diers and sailors. ?' The local unit is recognized as an auxiliary of the New York County Chapter, American Red Cross. It stands ready to help the Red Cross at call? also to engage in any appropriate ti-el A*re work. The organization also is .?-?sign?ted to promote fellowship among the members. The movement was launched by Mrs. Lucy W. Phister, of 344 West Eighty- \ eighth Street, .Who served as .directress of the Officers' Club-at Fort Bouguen, Brest, and who directed the work in New York of the overseas women dur? ing the recent Red Cross drive. A preliminary meeting/ was held re? cently at Mrs. Phister's home, and on last- Monday, at the headquarters of the New York County Chanter of the Red Cross, the formal organization was perfected. Officers ejected were.: Mrs. Phister, president; Miss Alice Hill Chit.eftden, vice-president; Miss Elizabeth ?. Callen, recording: secre? tary; Miss.Mary Bogart, corresponding secretary; Miss Clara B. Morrison, treasurer; Missr Florence S. Moore, as _:.tant treasurer. Miss Alice Lavinia Day, director of auxiliaries for the New York County Chapter, speaking for herself and Mrs. W. K. Draper, vice-chairman of the chapter, gave the official welcome to and indorsement of the new league. Mrs. Phister, as president, was em? powered to name committees, which she expects to do this week. The league starts with a membership of nearly three hundred and expects ar> enrolment of about five hundred from the three states in its jurisdiction. The next meeting is to be held at the-home of .Mrs. Phister in the eve? ning of January 15. The league requests that every woman in New York, New Jcrftey and Connecticut who served the Rod Cross abroad during the war will, if not abie to attend this meeting, at least send her name and address to the organization. Mr?. John Francis Yawger, formerly president of the New York City Fed? eration of Women's Clubs and now general federation secretary, came out last week in support of the work of the. Girls' Protective Association. Mrs. Yawger has had experience in work among wayward girls, having for some time- a place on the New York State Drug and Narcotic Commission. "America's girlhood must be pro? tected and preserved in every way," de? clared Mrs. Yawger. "During my years of social welfares v.o-k J have, ' observed that all wc do to help young women by proba? tion, reformatoiies and otiier correc? tional methods serves only to sa'vage sorae of those who have fallen. Even while the regulation methods are being followed out to help those already drawn into the, current, fc>U8ands of others are sinking. . _. ?._ "?In safeguarding the girls,* sn* c.?"_ tinued, "it is most .important .? prove conditions within the hoi ,'.??. "The plan of the Girls' Prol -ctlve Association in organizing service c , of girls who will in turn seek oV n.*r girls to help deserves the comment tion of all. " 'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of eure.' Clubwomen Long ago J, learned the truth of this old adage. ? "The National Recreation Aesocla tion, of which I have been made secre? tary, is vitally considering the protec? tion of young women through satisfy? ing their need for recreation at the end of the day's work. 'Protect the city's girlhood' should be a rallying cry for all clubwomen in 1920." The Government Club, of which Mrs.. George E. Owens is president, will hold, its regular January meeting to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Hotel Astor. Speakers of the afternoon will be Miss Elisabeth Marbury on "America Overseas," Mrs. Belle de Rivera, founder and former president of the club, on "Reminiscences": Dr. Warren Hall on "Applied Psychology" and Colonel With row on "The Thrift Move ment." The guests of honor will be Mrs. John Francis Yawger and Mrs. Dort Lyon, former presidents of the New York City Federation of Clubs. The Government Club will give a card party January 12 at 2 o'clock at the home of the club's chairman of reception, Mrs. E. J. LuttreU- A board meeting will be held at 1:30 o'clock. The guest of honor of the month at M-e Pen and Brush Club will be Co^on-M Arthur Lynch. A tea will be given, in honor of Colonel Lynch Mqnday, Janu? ary 5, at the clubhouse. 134 East Nine? teenth Street, at 4 o'clock. The first meeting of the year of the writers' sec? tion of the club will, be Thursday, January 8. Mrs. Kate Jordan Yermilye will have charge of the program. The subject will be "We Build a Novel." The Daughters of Nebraska in New York held a New Year's reception at the home of the president, Mrs. Dexter D. Ashley. Many native Nebraska'ns were the guests of the.club. The club's first meeting of the year will be Thursday January 8, at the Hotel Astor. Professor Sarka Herb kova, head of the department of Slavonic languages at the University of Nebi'aska.will lecture on "The Slavs of Central Europe." The Women's Club of Forest Hills, N. Y., recently adopted resolutions commending the work of Arthur Will? iams, Federal Food Administrator of New' York City. "The Women's Club of Forest Hi^lls, which has enjoyed the benefit of his personal advice and ex? planation of Federal policies and plans enforced for the welfare of every American home and family, put on record its keen appreciation of his work," is the way in which the club expresses itself. -? Signora Rosetti Agresti will lecture at 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon on the International Institute 'of Agri? culture at Rome at the Central Branch of the Y. W. C. A., 610 Lexington Ave? nue. The lecture will be held under the auspices of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association. Signora Agresti has been connected wHi^the International Institute for fourteen years as interpreter and coworker with David Lubin, United States delegate. ? Armenian Girl Rescued kWrom Slavery Among Turks Mother and Sister Fell by Wayside and Died in Turk? ish Deportation Four Years Ago; Found by Soldier and Brought to the United States The first slave to arrive in this , country since the Turkish deportations of 1915-'16, when thousands of Arme? nian and Syrian women were driven from their homes to Aleppo on the edge of Mesopotamia, 13 Vartanousch Karagheusian, an Armenian girl, twen? ty years old. She has just reached New York, accompanied by Marshall In gal Is Mays, Near East relief worker, of Topeka, Kan. An Arab slave mark, tattooed in in? delible ink at the base of her right hand thumb, furnished' proof that the girl had been a slave of the Mahom? etan-. She was met at the dock by her brother, John N. Karagheusian, v.ealthy dealer in Oriental rugs, who lives in Minneapolis. He said he had not seen his sister in twelve years. "She does not realize she is in New York," he said yesterday; "she thinks ?he is in heaven." Theaters Fail to Cheer Theaters,. automobile rides, pretty clothes and all the comfort and luxury of one of the city's leading hotels have failed to bring a smile of pleasure to the girl's lips. The suffering she hat undergone has left her in a pitiful t-tate of nervousness. When she met he? brother she broke into a fit o? hysterical weeping, and since,' despite hi?? cftor'.M to amuse and entertain her the, ve'.l of sadness remain?. She will have to be taught not only t? ?mile, but to eat as well, for months o. starvation, during which her only foo< was roots and grass picked from tb ro?deide, have l-_ft her digestive organ seriously impaired, and her diet consist wholly of liquid food with small bits 0 bread. I Mr. Mays, who brought Miss Kara " gf-tusian to this country after she hai served some time as a relief workei foUowing her rescue from the Turki ?aid her ea_e was ono of the moa pathetic of all the thousand- of refuge experiences chronicled at the America; relief stations. There are scores 0 house? for refugees maintained through out Armenia by Near Ea_t Relief, of Madison Avenu?, for the care of womc and girls who eseape or arc re.cue from bondage. It i? known that at th present time more than 100,000 wome sad girls are held in harems, but the _r? be'ny freed a? rapidly a. facilitie for their ear? can '_?? provided. Ko providing and main tai ring the renca home? and ??ring for mor* than a mi! lion destitute adult and 250,000 or phans Near Kast Relief ?rill conduct country-wide campaign in February. Om* of Htg Migration . With hsv mot_t?-7,k sister, aunt, ?ncl and t?* little cousin?, Mix? Kara gheusia? was a __w_m-> _r of the hi? mi grat?oirth? Tutk* forced in Idli., Fro* ??}/ twit? Qetebtr the <__pti. #? ww. 0; , the road in charge of brutal Turkish guards. No food or water was issued, and their only means of sustenance con? sisted in ? picking the little vegetation to be found in the fields and stopping a moment at a stream for a drink. One by one the refugees dropped out of the line to perish of starvation by the roadside. Vartenousch's mother was one of the first to go. She died in the girl's arms. A few days later her sister gave up of weariniss. She could not stagger on. After beating her and urg? ing her forward, the Turks kicked her off to one side and left her to die alone. I Vartanousch was lashed in answer to j her appeals to be allowed to remain with ! her sister. Her uncle was massacred en route to j Aleppo; her aunt and baby cousins | perished, and the girl was the only re : maining member of the family left : when they reached their destination, i Out of several thousand captive Armen ; ians who had started in July on the march under their Turkish captives j only 100 survived in October. Served As Military Interpreter As Vartanousch spoke Turkish ant Syrian, as well as Armenian, she was used as a military interpreter for t time. Later, to escape the horrors of living with the army, she sought worl in a Turkish hospital, and there founc a girl friend from her home town, di? guised and serving as a nurse. Th< friend was able to get her in, and ioi j many months she nursed wo.undei { Turks at' the Zahleh base. When the British captured Jerus'a lern she made her escape to the .Brit ? ish lints and was sent by them to tin ! American relief station at Beirul j i r r:i then on her story reads like i chapter from some fairy talc. ? one day, whiie doling out soup to^h | refugees, she became engaged in con j versation with an Armenian who ha? I been in America and who was seryin I with the French army. He usked he name. "Vartanousch) Karagheuslun," sh ' replied. Hears of Brother Here . "I know John Karagheusian, wh ; lives in America," he said. "Are yo related to him?" "?.' e jrf i., iOth?r." said the girl. ' The Armenian soldier in the Frene ? uniform immediately communicate i with the ru? dealer. And here is whero the brother ?tory started. 'When 1 received his lcttor," he f>ai? "I telegraphed the Near East Relief i New York and asked If they woul cable funds to my ???ter for me. Th* replied at once that they would, an I came to New York. "The money was sent, and I hear from my ?tstcr in June that ?he ha received it. I then asked the eommi tern if they could have her Wrought 1 'Ar.ii'i'ica, and wa have been a!l th ; time try mix to g?t her here." Evidently M.\ Knrmih<-uaiun did n< approve ox U.c. ?'iir?rt frock anil coi : his dater wort, tot the first thing i I did was t? take her to a Fifth Avon! ; department ?tore and order ?i fu j wardrobe. "This time neH year I will brir ', her back to New York, and you won ; know ?ht?'? un Armenian K?rl," h?, ?ai , "?Stii?'r going to schoolfct ?t, Mai ?met 1 Academy in Mmne/*\p." BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT Every Station on the West Side Subway Lines is an En tr?ance to A. & ,$. Private Sub? way Entrance for a 5c Fare. White Sale Corset Specials For Large aiticl Average Figures Prices in CorsetfV have ascended so during tfhe 4ast/ few years these S|le Prices should 1 >e particularly in? teresting to women i, for the coming montfhs promise evu n greater increase in the cost of prod ucing and selling. Pictured ia one o f our "Abrw-st" Corsets, Sale Price, $6.98 Regular^ $8.50 An exwllent mod si for the well de? veloped figure, ma de of pink, bro caded ooiutil, well ?boned with black boning. Medium; bustline, long straight hipline, anU flat back. "Abrast" Corst?ts, Sale Price, $4.98 Regufnrh'^6.98 ' Fink brocaded, coutil model for the aver&ge figure. Low Voust, long hip ; black: boning A. & S. Special Comets at $?49 Pint: coutil, elastic section in skirt, low bust. 1 i A. & S. Special Corsets at $1.98 Two models for the aveitege or well developed figure. Pink coutijl, 'with elastic top. White coutil ?wi/ch long hipline. Clearance Sate of W timer's Rust Proof Corse its at $3.98, $1.98 and ?1.49 .Second floor, Eat t Building. r Metal Lace Floumcings and Bantis, $1.49 and $2.98 The Mo\st Exceptional Values of the Yew It is impossible to describe the va? ried assortment^ designs and color? ings found in this collection of r&rely beautiful Metal Laces. Many band some ?Wal designs in solid dolors traced with gold or silver, as well as all metal designs in silk net. Flouncings, 18 to 40 inches wide, $1.49 and $2.98 yd. Bands, 4 to 9 inches wide, $1.49 yard. | Allovers, 36 inches wide, $2.98 yard. i^^H : Street floor, Central Building. Sale of Sewing Room Necessities and Various Household Notions With usuat foresight, this secti'&n offers every item th\*t makes sewing ?easy?all needs of a successful Dressmaker and each requirement of the smallest workbox; also numerous household "aids" at low prices. FOR SEWING Sewing Cotton, blaok or white, sold in solid sizes in box of 12 spools, 26?. a box, from 48c. Mercerized Darning Cotton, white, 3c. a spool, from 5c. ? Darning Cotton, whitq, 22c. dos., from 30c. Large Spools Basting Cotton, v/hite, 4c. a spool, from 6c. Dress Snao Fasteners, black, or white, 12 on a card, 3c. a card, from 5c. Dress Shields, light weight, sizes 2, 3, 4, 15c. a pair, from .18c. Dress Forms, ,12 Section* ?? Adjustable sizes; A adjusts frwn 32 to 40;tB adjusts from 38 to 44; $11.178, from $12.78. 4 Sections?Adjustable, $6.98, from $7.98. Complete Forms?Siz is 34 to 40, $2.75 each, from $3.15. . Deliveries Durin % the Week 100 yards Black Sewing ?Silk, usually 10c, at 8c. Ironing Board Covers, usually 60c, at 45c. Machine Straps, usually l<8c, at 15c. Bias Tape, 6-yard pieces in. several widths, 7c. each. Diamond Dressmaker Pins, sizes 3, 4, 5, usually 25c, at 16c. MOTIONS Iron Holders, 3c, from 5c. Iron Board Pads, 75c. each, from $1.00. Jet Oil Blackening, for shoes, 8c. a bot? tle, from, 9c Hangers for Trousers or Skirts, 4c. each, from 5c. Hair Nets, cap shape, light, dark and mid brown, usually 9c, at 7c. Muff Bed, unlined, 97c. each, from $1.10. Chamois Jewel Bags, 9c. each, from 12c. Wooden Treeq for shoes and slippers, 7c. pair, from 10c Celluloid Hair Pins, 9c. a box, from 12c. Sperm Oil, for machines, 2~oz. size, 7c. a bottle, from. 9c Pin Cushions, tomato shape, 7c. each, from 9c Large roils of Cotton Tape, 25c. a roll, from 83c. Celluloid Uinjg?, for bags, 15c, from 18c Sanitary Aprons, usually 35c, at 25c Baby'H Beauty Pins in gilt and black, 2 on card, usually 10c, at 7c Bras? Pin?, 16c on a paper, usually 5c. at 3c .Mirrot floor, Central HulldlnR. RVUMAM BROOKLYN THE JANUARY SALE OF ORIENTAL RUGS ? \ To our Superb $125,000 Stock of Oriental Rugs Is Newly Added an Interesting Special Purchase of ANATOLIAN, GHIORDES AND SILK RUGS TILL there are scanty supplies of Oriental Ruga coming in with which to supply ?an urgent demand. Such lots as have managed it have been snapped up on the instant of their arrival. # Much interest attaches, therefore, to this splendid lot of Orientals, which constitute an important part of our annual January Rug Sale. Among them are perfect reproductions of beautiful antique Ghiordes Rugs in their symbolic designs and odd, artistic color blendings? at remarkably low prices. Lot No. 1? i lot No. 2? Turkish Anatolian Rugs, $375.00 to $500.00 s Anatolian, Ghiordes and Silk Rugs, $125.00 to $175.00 Asking Wholesale price today, $200.00 to $250.00 Average size 3^ ft. x 5 Va ft. For grades, some of which have been, $750.00 Average size 6% ft. x 9% ft. Also two unusually large, magnificent Anatolian silk Ruga of rare beauty. One size, 19 ft. 6 in. x 14 ft. 3 in., $2,500.00 One size, 16 ft. 10 in. x 12 ft. 10 in., $1,950.00 35 Persian Mahal Carpets, Regularly priced $225.00 to' $525.00 Each rug shows a reduction of $25.00 to $75.00 from our regular low price. Beautiful soft-colored, lustrous rugs in browns, blues and reds. Sizes range from 8 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 1 in. up to 12 ft. x 9 ft. 40 Chinese Carpets at $3.75 to $5.00 square foot Wholesale cost today, $4.25 to $5.00 Square foot Sizes range from 6 ft. x 9\ft. up to 12 ft. 9 in. x 15 ft. '5 in. Prices from $235.00 to $850.00 Beautiful deep-pije, lustrous rugs?woven of the finest wools, in blues, rose and ivory. 60 Silky Beluchlstan Rugs, $75.00 to $185.00 To say the least, these rugs are simply beautiful in texture and colorings. Sizes range from 3 ft. x 6 ft. up to 4 ft. x 7% ft. 18 Persian Sarouk Carpets, $635.00 to $1,285.00 Sizes range from 10 ft. x 7 ft. up to 14 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 1 in. The picture rugs of Persia, in rioh colorings and most effective medallion and figured designs. 85 Pine Mosul Rugs, $75.00 to $95.00 In all-over ancf medallion effects. Average size 3 % ft. x 6 ft. Third floor, Bast Building-, The January White Sale Offers Dainty New Underwear at Little Prices Banks upon banks of white or delicate pink garments fill the Lingerie Store?and from day to day they disappear and are again enriched by the foresighted preparedness for this Annual Sale of Muslin and Silk Underwear. Monday finds more new models?-at the moderate prices that have accompanied this sale from the beginning. Nightgowns at 94c. Pink or white batiste in several styles, lace trimmed or fancy stitched iri blue. Nightgowns at $1.46 White cotton crepe, rib? bon trimmed. White Batiste Envelope Chemises, $1.94 Trimmed with Valenciennes lace and insertion of em? broidered organdy.. Finished with ribbons and rosettes of blue satin. (Illustrated) Pink Batiste Nightgowns With deep cream-col? ored lace trimming,- the neck threaded with satin bebe ribbon, $1.94 Cambric Nightgowns at $1.76 ' . High or V - shaped neck, with long sleeves. Embroidery trimmed. Envelope Chemises at 94c. Several models in white batiste, attractively trimmed. Crepe Bloomers at 84c.. Pink cotton crepe, well made and finished with hemstitched ruffle. Second floor. Bast Building. 34,000 Pairs for Men and Women, * At Lower-than-Last-year's Prices, in The January Sale of HOSIERY TO offer such splendid Hosiery, all of it-except some good lots from our own stock, the samples and surplus of a famous trademark brand, at such low prices, is surely "go? ing some!" The various lots are large and choice?the hosiery is well-shaped and well-made; the colors are desirable; the fabrics?sheer cotton, lisle thread, fibre silk and pure silk?are favorites. All are perfect, except for some groups of "irregulars"?that is, hose in which th?re is a slight rougilroess in weave?nothing more. It's a good sale, artd earliness will let you sha re in its best things. The details : f WOMEN'S HOSIERY 29c. Pair, Regularly 39c. to SOc. 4,200 pairs; plain and mercerized lisle, and fine cotton; black, white and colors. "Samples." 44c. Pair, Regularly 59c. to 69c. 3,000 pairs; black and colored mercerized lisle "Samples. 64c. Pair, Regularly 79c. to $1.00 2,400 pairs; mercerized ltele, also fibre silk and fine cotton; some full-fasbioned. "Samples.". 98c. Pair, Regmlarly $1.19 1,000 pairs ; fibre silk drop ?stitch ; very fashionable ? in black and colors. \ - ' 49c. Pair, Redufariy $1.00 2,400 pairs; full-fashioned .boot silk; bronze trrav and white; exceptional value. Street floor, Central m $1.49 Pair, Irregulars of $2.00 Grade 2,400 pairs; full-fashioned pure silk; mercerised top? and soles; black and colors. $1.98 Pair, Irregulars of $3.00 Grade 3,000 pairs of full-fashioned all-silk; in black artd white. MEN'S HOSIERY ? 2 Pairs for 25c, Regularly 19c. Pair 2,400 pairs; black cotton; good quality. 29c. Pair, Regularly 39c. to SOc. 9,000 pairs; lisle, thread .and cotton; in black and' colors; samijlcs?a splendid large lot. ' ? 44c. Pair, Regularly 6Be* to $1.00 3,000 pairs; silk lisle and fibre silk; some full fashioned; well made; samples, t 59c. Pair, Irregulars of $1.00 Grade 1,200 pairs; silk, in black, white and cordovan. und ISast Buildings. Opens 9 A.M. Closes 5:30 P. M. Extraordinary Values in a Special Purchase of Beaded Hand Bags at $13.95 Would Sell Regularly for $19.50 to$29 J5 An exceptionally fortunate purchase brings this very low price for bags that are not only beautiful but are quite the most fashionable of Hand Bags for this season. All-over beaded, including the frames, the colorings are very charm? ing and the models and sizes ?are those desired by the average woman for dress occasions. Attractively lined and finished with two fittings, they are lovely for gifts or to purchase for one's own use. Street floor. Central Building. Specially Purchased for the White Sale White Voile Blouses $?Ue70 At least a dozen smart styles in crisp white cotton voiles ; tailored ef? fects, semi-tailored and dressier mod? els included. Dainty lace and embroidery trim? mings are used on the very sheer voiles?and tailored collars in square or tuxedo styles are shown on the more mannish Blouses. Sizes 36 to 46. Second floor, East Building. Misses' Coats at $19*50 Regularly$24.95 and $33.50 This price is more unusual when you have seen the coats. Just 80 of these coats, and they are very smart belted models in silvertone and velour. Nearly all of them have collars of sealine, and some with self material collars, and they are lined throughout with attractive and serviceable lin? ings. , Coats of Silvertone and Kersey, $29.95 Regularly $36.50 to $43.50 Some with collars of sealine and others with collars of i their own ma? terials. Most of these Coats are belted models that make them so youthful and "sport-like." Sizes 14, 16 and 18 years. (Not a complete line of sizes in all models.) Second floor. Central Building. Children's Clothes in the White Sale The Little Ones have advantages during the great Sales of White as well as the grown-ups. Here are some items that will benefit the wee ward? robes : Children's Voile Dresses Sizes 2 to 6. White- voile empire style Dresses, with colored coillars and dainty trimmings of embroidery insertion. $2.98. Seersucker Rompers Sizes 1 to 4. Bloomer or creeper styles, in pink and blue effects, trimmed with em? broidery edgings. .28c. Babies' Short Dresses White batiste, with yokes ot embroidery, trimmed with l?ce .edgings. 59c. Prix\cess Slips Sizes 2 to 6.: Soft finished nainsook, lace or embroidery trimmed. S9e. White Cotton Nightgowns Slip-on or tailored models, some lace trimmed, others hemstitched. Sizes 4 to 14. At 89c. ? ?- ... -?. ...... . ?Second flow?. Kuat Building.