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The Concordia Sentinel
Ferriday, Vidalia, Concordia County, Louisiana
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The YWCA's national board is sending an exhibit to Paris' Hotel des Invalides to commemorate its World War I services in France, alongside other war organizations. Currently on view at Gorham's in New York, it features a miniature hostess house model, a war poster by Clarence Underwood, and medals awarded to Mrs. James S. Cushman by U.S. and French governments.
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In response to an invitation from the French ministry of war, the national board of Y. W. C. A. is sending an exhibit to be placed in the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. In commemoration of its war services in France, the association, with other war organizations, is to be permanently represented in the American exhibition of war materials there. Now on view at Gorham's in New York, the exhibition includes a miniature model of a typical Y. W. C. A. hostess house, the original of a war poster made for the association by Clarence Underwood, and medals bestowed on the chairman of the war work council, Mrs. James S. Cushman of New York, by the American and French governments.
A resume of the association's war work in France completes the exhibit.
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the ywca is to be permanently represented in the american exhibition of war materials in paris.
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In response to an invitation from the French ministry of war, the national board of Y. W. C. A. is sending an exhibit to be placed in the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. In commemoration of its war services in France, the association, with other war organizations, is to be permanently represented in the American exhibition of war materials there. Now on view at Gorham's in New York, the exhibition includes a miniature model of a typical Y. W. C. A. hostess house, the original of a war poster made for the association by Clarence Underwood, and medals bestowed on the chairman of the war work council, Mrs. James S. Cushman of New York, by the American and French governments. A resume of the association's war work in France completes the exhibit.