Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-02
GIRLS UNION AID SOCIETY.
A Praiseworthy Movement in the Direc-
tion OF Virtue and Self-Helpfulness.


! EDS. RECcRD-UNIoN Allow me through
your columns to call the attention of your
readers to an enterprise undertaken in San
Francisco, but which, in its outlook OF be-
neticence, embraces every settled portion of
the State Through the local press of the
city. which has from time to time given us
Endorsement and kindly mention, your
readers may know that . society was incor-
porated last June under the name of the
San Francisco Girls Union;n that its pri-
| mary object is To assist, materially, men
tally and morally, every true bread winning
girl or young woman in the line of her
occupation, present or prospective; that its
benefits are not limited by creed or nation
ality; that it is composed of two classes of
members. viz sustaining and beneficiary
The former including ladies and gentle
men, Of both city aud country, who realize
the
srRvGGLE FOR HONEST BREAD,
Aud who recognize the helpful and friend
~ relations which should exist between
employers and employed and who would,
by influence and patronage aid the latter
class, whose pledge of their earnest and
efficient endeaYor is the becoming benc-
ticiary members of the society for mutual
interest This organization. opening Aug
ust last for its use a building located at 7l2
| and IA Bush street, fitted up its private
rooms and dining hall for the use of young
strangers coming to the metropolis, and for
such of its local beneIiciaries as We're en-
gagged in public places, without homes or
protectors. Since September Sth, over fifty
have taken rooms for a longer or Z shorter
period, and three times that number are
enrolled Us members. The society's brief
history is
WITHOUT A PARALLEL GROWTH
In phianth1opic work of this city, and has
fully demonstrated the need on this coast
of an organization looking to the interest
of those who, by the Vicissitudes of life
and the limitations of sex, need encourage
ment, business aid and protection. No
| humane work is ev + undertaken which
does noJ reveal needs and opportunities
hitherto unrealized. Almost from the
opening. the necessity of bringing, at stated
hours, members together in the way Of
! business want and supply, has been I'M
peratiye Among those who come to us
(otten direct from Eastern States are teach
crs, holding the highest pledges of scholar
ship which any State can give: music
/ teachers. masters of their art; governesS of
experience; nursery help of varied ability
| trained nurses from Eastern hospitals; {;
| skilled needle women in every department
I of that industry; and domestic help of
/ varied ability and nationality Many of
| these find, through our Union, local posi-
! tons or employment. Many more in this
over-crowded city should find remunerative
| business i'll the enYirons and more remote
! towns.
FORMATION OF BRANCH SOCIETIES.
What we most earnestly want is that the
object and utility of this work be under
! stood by good citizens throughout the State
That in each inland town Union Aid
| Society" be formed (numbcred according
| to date or organiZation), giving us its moral
and material support. These aid societies,
| through their Secretaries, will be in COM
munication with the San Francisco Union,
! and any local or personal business help re-
| quired by them viii, as far as possible be
supplied by the San Francisco Union, or by
some branch society with which we are in
communication. The payment of 81 or
more per year constitutes a member of the
| San Francisco Girls Union. Already San
JoSe St Helena, Santa Rosa, Petaluma and
! other towns are calling on us for business
supplies, and are considering the question
| of iraterEal organization. Temescal Grange
has indcrsed our work, and invites to our
aid the Oranges of the State. ANY money
| sent by these auxiliary societies will be
placed on deposit until the amount is suf-
| ficient 10 purchase the desirable property
which we now occupy, and which is offered
| to the society by its benevolent owner T.
! w. Steele, of San Luis Obispo, at much
/ less than its market value. Any farm pro-
| ducts contributed for table Use, in 50 far as
| they save Our little revenue, will the sooner
/ enable Us to establish much-nccdcd