Women of Onetime Leisure

The Junior League, which describes itself as "a serious endeavor on the part of the young woman of leisure . . ." fortnight ago faced the facts of War. Its board of directors, representing the 154 Junior Leagues of the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Hawaii, met in Manhattan and decided that their future members should be chosen largely from women without leisure --young women at work.

For them the League is planning night classes to prepare for helping out in day nurseries,* hospitals and convalescent homes, children's theaters. They will also be urged to work for their local Nurse's Aide Corps, Red Cross Home Service, Air Raid Warden Service, the U.S.O.

To outwit the servant shortage, League meetings are planned for evenings when undrafted fathers can care for children. Some Leagues have arranged day care for members' children so that mothers can continue their volunteer service when they have no nurses.

The one big job tackled by the League so far is Civilian Defense. Almost all League members are registered at Civilian Defense Volunteer Offices and many members are on the staffs of those offices. For fear of antagonizing those who do not like Junior Leagues, the League is not publicizing how much it has taken over Civilian Defense in many cities.

*The first League day nursery drawing workers children was started in Albany with federal funds.

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