The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-17


increased just SIS Inst night, this amount
being subscribed and pledged at the mass
meeting at the Seattle fheater Consider
ing everything. the officers and directors
Of the association feel gratifed at the re-
suits Of the meeting. and confidently be-
lieve the remaining amount will be raised
within the required time
The fund now stands:
The Pcst-Intelligencer fund. ...... 81, rs 50
Cash and subscriptions at mass
meeting ....-.-.... 1890. ........... 225 70
Total 10 date. ......sf,ss s 50
Every seat on the ground floor and near
iy the whole OF the balcony was occupied
at the Seattle theater last night when r.
d. SmaIley, of the board of directors of
the association, took the chairman's
stand. The crowd consisted chiefly OF peo-
pie interested in the work of the assoc
citation and in church work generally. The
younger portion of the community was
largely represented, and OF course there
was a large turnout OF ladies. Rev. w
Fl. G. Temple began the proceedings by
asking the young members of the congre-
cation to take seats on the stage to aid
In the singing. The invitation was readily
complied with and In little while the
hundred seats on the stage were filed
A hymn was sung and then Rev. A. L.
Hutchison offered prayer Then followed
a most enjoyable trio entitled Hear Us.
O Father" by Miss Tester, Mrs. Whittle-
sey and Mr.. Williams
Mayor Wood was then introduced and
delivered an eloquent plea for the assoc
citation and for the work in behalf OF
young men in which it is engaged. Among
other things. the mayor told of visit he
recently made through the gymnasium OF
the association. He said the work OF
~
sanctified common sense.
TO you business men," said he. whose
ideas run to bank stocks, bonds real es-
tate and mines. ! want to say that there
is no such investment for dividend paying
as the young men OF the country. The
Young Mems Christian Association is a
business institution. pure and simple. but
ii cultivates also the spiritual and social
side of boys nature. The association
has a memberships of 800 active young
men. The influence they exert on this
community could not be suddenly with
drawn without infiicting great injury on
Seattle"
The mayor closed with an earnest plea
that the work of the association should
not be allowed to stop at this critical point
in its history.
Dr. Hutchison followed, giving a talk
on the perfectly developed man, and illus
trating his remarks by describing how the
association brings into perfection all sides
of boys character. DR.. Garrett fol-
lowed. consuming seven minutes IN maxi
ing forcible plea for the association. He
said that the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION was Indispensable to the city's
character and future-that Seattle could
better stand a bank failure than TO permit
the work to lapse Should the association
be forced to suspend. Ii would show TO the
world that there was a lack of moral apti-
tude in the city. He wanted the crisis met
promptly and the money raised before the
meeting was over.
Mrs. Whittlesey then contributed a
charming solo. after which DIR. Garrett
took the platforms to deliver a character
istieally energetic speech. He did tho
hard work of the meeting. talking at in
tervnls. while the ushers passed around
the subscription slips.
Mr. and Mrs George Edmunds sang a
duet. and after all the cash subscribed and
pledged had been footed up 1t was found
that the fund was just s225 better off.