The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-09-19

block on Iwelitn street. lney serve
simple lunches at low prices. Soup )
cents, creamed dried beef 5 cents. fruit
Scents, tea 2 cents. bread and butter 3
cents. The girls drop in singly or in
confidential groups Of two and three
and the conversational hum and giggle
Of girls lunching together is to be heard
in the Y. w. @. A. rooms at the noon
hour. At Marshall Fields or Kinsley's
or at Delmonico's the sounds are just
the same with the addition Of little
futtering and rustling. The voices are
no lower or gentler than in the rooms on
Twelfth street, where the young ladies
who support themselves BY type writ
ing. type setting, clerking and sl' kinds
Of employment. take their lunch. Miss
Wild came from Hartford, Conn, to
take Miss Shirley Smiths place as sec.
rotary Of the association. There is no
institution in Lincoln more apt to be-
come cheerfully independent Of outside
help. The address which follows was
delivered by Miss Wild at the reception
given at Mrs. Sawyer's last week.
MISS wILDE's ADDRESS.
desire to express my gratitude to
the ladies of Lincoln for their cordial
welcome. You have made me already
loyal resident ant anxious to do what
ever l may for the city. 1t is one Of my
firm beliefs that we have no right to try
to impress upon a place theories or
ideas that may work very we'll in other
localities, unless they grow out OF the
needs of the place in which We are. So
you may be assured that in presenting
the plans Of the Young Women's Chris
tian Association for the coming year. We
have endeavored to meet the needs of
the young women here in Lincoln, and
to supply that for which there is de-
mand.
To one coming into the city
stranger, as did week ago, the first
impressions OF the association are with
regard to the rooms and the noon lunch
served from half past eleven until half
past one. The young women who come
in are the clerks ic the stores. the
teachers in the schools. the students of
the university, librarians, and those who
come into town to shop and know Of US.
We endeavor to give good lunch at
very low rates and to provide place
where girls may rest during their noon
hour. In our sitting room We have
couches and easy-chairs, books and
magazines, besides the daily papers.
The girls, who are often tired with their
morning work, seem very grateful for
this provision, and think there is no
other place in the city which meets this
need.
We believe in doing as much as We
can for the social life of young women.
Any of you who have read DR.. Horace
Bushnell's Harvard essay Work and
Play" will agree with us that We ought
to get as much enjoyment out Of life as
possible in order to be what we were
meant to be. Accordingly We have ar
ranged for an evening "at home" One
evening in the week We shall open our
rooms and invite girls to come in very
informally, bringing their embroidery
and sewing il they desire. Sometimes
we shall have games on the tables, some
times we hope that those girls who have
any musical talent will play and sing
for us, at other times We shall have
readings and talks on themes which are
of especial interest to young women.
We want all girls who are staying in
the city without home to come and be