The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-20
p. f. Y. w. c. A.


has been carried on during the summer
The Monday evening Home Circle
from June TO September had an aver
nge attendance of 21 At these meetings
the girls sewed or crocheted while 'he
assistant secretSry read aloud after
which fruit was served and song ser
vice was held. AS the pupils III lhe
grammar class were desirous OF contlh-
uing their studies through the summer
the class was continued with proh''
These girls are employed where they
are now Obliged to work evenings and
will probably have no more class-work
until January. They are very glad they
were given the opportunity during the
summer months.
Good work has been done by the
"ShiIt Waist Cub" which met regu-
larly ON Wednesdays The instruction in
sewing in this Departments has been
much appreciated The Weekly Bible
class met regularly through the sum
mer, with a good attendance.
The Junior work has been OF special
interest. ON Tuesday afternoons the
members of the sunbeam CluD met
and were saken on an excursion Dy "a
dies connected wEth the Association
Lunches were taken and variety op-
served in selecting the place Tor Nne
outing. Nature studies were enjoyed Dy
the chldrn under the einclent leader
ship OF Miss Macdonald. In the even
ing they returned to the association
rooms and enjoyed games and music
These excursion parties have done
much i'm winning the young girls Tor
the association. thus enabling the work
ers 10 keep them from straying away
into the influence opposed 10 those here
exerted over them. The attendance of
the Juniors on Sntuj ays has averaged
80 during ths summer. Two Armenian
children Joined the Band in July and
enter heartily into the work
new feature OF the work this sum-
mer was the opening OF n sewing class
for Jawish girls on Wednesday after
Moons The attendance averaged l3.
A branch OF the Penny Provident
Bank was opened in May and has
been used very largely. The money is
always spent for wearing apparel.
The outlook for results from Junior
work is most promising. This month a
second evening club for Juniors (girls
under 16) has been formed. This is COM
posed of girls who work in shops They
attend evening schools three evenings
in the week and two IN this association
in Sewing Glass" This is also a self
governing club. having it's own consti-
tuition and officers with a weekly busi-
ness meeting. We have now three OF
these Junior Clubs:- Sunbeam" sun
rise and "Wide-Awake."
Next Sunday all the clubs and the
younger Juniors are 20 take part in the
afternoon service at 4:45.
The work required Of the Employ
merit Bureau" has been heavy during
the last six months. Many come seek
ing employment for whom II is almost
Impossible to find anything. The need
of means Of training girls for domestic
service grows more imperative each
year. The records show more applica-
lions for servants than OF girls for
such positions. Since April we have
registered 153 applications for employ
ment and 162 for employees. 0ut of this
we have been able 10 fiji 66 po-
sitions. These include % attendant
nurses. / assistant nHaItron. 2 office
girls. Nm shops. "a i'm domestic service
The Boarding House Directory" has
had many demands upon IL during the
summer and early fall. We have never
known so much demand for low-ra;e.
respectable boarding places. The
homes on Fountain and Mathewson
streets. are full and nearly every Jlace
bn our books within walking distance
Is fun.
There is also large demand for
transient boarding places. A num-
Der have been accommodated
in the house. One young woman
was taken in late at night. she
had come a stranger 10 our city. and
had taken a room at boarding house
on Fraiklin street. As &c evening
advanced she saw things were not right
in the house md hastily left, and OBJ
serving our sign, came here. she was
sent TO a good place in the morning.
Two others stayed until work was
found. But our rooms will soon be filed
with permanent dodgers. and we shall
not be able TO meet this need.
The Educational Rally" held SEN
rember % was attenGcd by fully 200
young women.
% young women are now registered
IN the various classes. Others who
desire 20 enter are not able 10 do so. be-
cause of overtime work i'm the shops.
The sixth course for the training Of
young women for the care OF the sick
has opened with IL members. They
have finished the prelim nary course in
physiology and entered upon their work
with DR.. Putnam last Thursday.
This week FriIay. we hope to omen a
morning class for the same study. The
morning class wal be composed chief |
Nv OF those who don't intend 10 take nm |
the duties OF nurse but wish the knowl- |
edge for use in their homes. They viii
take the same thorough course includ-
ing bed-n1aking. changing OF Patterns
clothing. bathing the feeble use ~ die
infectants and general care az tha sicl
room taking ~ pulse temDerature and
RESPIRATION and the use of various an
pllances for the SICK room.
The millinery and shorthand cIasess
have onened with good numbers
The English classics onened Welnes-
day 90 his week, and the Others win
soon follow.
We are hoping 20 make a strong notnt
of domestic -"'ence this year. There
are 20 be no cooking c1aese~ N the nuh-
lic schools - our eduoational commit
tee are blaming for additional w,r,, IN '
that direction. We hone 10 cpen three
grades of COOKING Glasses ~ vou,e
wornen besides clase for children
We he'd occasion in the gnrinr 10 lo,,,
uD statistics concernlng tho cord.tion
OF women in orr city We found ,bo4
there are $4,000 self-sunporting women
w Providence. not Including married
women who wholly or narfiau,. eu,-
port their families. Of these eFo7 ,ro
employees IN shops Se3S are I'm so,,es
VIC service l2f9 80 ~'o~ks I'm Stores of
The number nearly io00 are e,rie ma
~ years ~ s0e When We co,..,.
these LARGE fgures our re,o... ~ {