The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-01
THE LADIES' AUXILIARY
OF the Young Mems Christian AssO.
citation Of Houston.
WHAT THE LADIES HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
During the Year in Helping to Pre-
mote a Worthy In
stituton.

In all respects but one the rally Of the
Ladies auxiliary Of tho Y, NJ c. A.. held
at their parlors on Wednesday. was q sue
cess. As an attraction Il could rot com
pete with the dos aud pony show and few
besides the Officers and regular attendants
were present All present responded 10
the roll cali by the secretary, Mrs. wat
kins. and rccitcd a verse OF the Bible, a
choice sentiment or verse OF poetry. This
was SO popular that Il will be- made feat
nhe In coming meetings Inc music hlhu
~ glyeh by Mlss Crawford upon the piano
was much appreciated.
The president AIRS Blandin, made a short
report OF what the auxiliary had done this
year Of which this is The summary
The principal thing That the secretary oi
the y. NJ. & A. has asked ot the AUXILIARY
has been TO aid in giving entertainments
and furnishing refreshments and serving
NE have gwen fonr Of these TO the y.
NJ &. A., one a New Year reception one
n banquet to the directors and Two to the
juuiorS.
Then we have given tive afternoon teas
to all ladies ~ the city, with short pro
gram and music. These were given to can
Inc ladies OF the different churcnCS together
that the work might be presented and an
interest awakene0 or Increased thereby
i These OF low estimate have cost nearly
| 500. besides the lahor expended.
We pay s. n month rent on telephone
aud have had the curtains Numbered more
! than orcc 70 Tits must he added the
papcriuC ~ paror and rcpntrs nhich arc
inrmdod IN The trcasurcrS report These
! items may not sccm much, hui they repre-
! scnt large amount OF work aud time and
show great Interest -
! Miss Amy Rcrnr as lrcasurer gave the
! following Items We have az pros
ent about SlNiy.dyr members llaye
! balance December. i,0o $40 so, receipts
| 500 'J expenses for phone S. repnrs
aud paper $40. miscellaneous Sil.3o, total
| SG6 rs; balance 20 cents.
! She was followed hy Mrs Slossou who
! reported what tho auxiliary had not done
| that Is. few things they had not done.
! Mrs Slosson said IN part: This ought
We to have done, bur not to leave The other
| uudonc. II was once more fashionable
than now 80 ask forgiveness Tor sins OF
| omission rs wen as commission We arc
! apt 60 lightly pass over what We have not
| done, yet our Lord gave his most severe
| rehukc in the sentence lnasmuch as We
aId 10 moi. 80 II Is necessary ia look at
the slnS or omission First, We have not
! prayed Tor the work or the young men as
we should The great aim should he to
save souls That Is chief, ull elise rs SOC.
| ondnrN. This all Of us could do, and we
! have not done II as we ought We huVN
not enlisted other Indies as We might, not
made efforts "a secure new members, have
not ourselves been as Jealous as we ought
have lacked enthusiasm and been lstless
aud Indifferent Not all Of MS have even
sent in our small dues have waited FOR our
seen to II that even this small room was
fun at regular meetings, no crowds unless
there were refreshments to draw them. We
have not obtained that library table the
secretary needs and asked FOR. Even the
little things have not been done In q Stnt
ana city that boasts Of It's flowers, Of roses
every month In the year almost. no howcri
have greeted the homcslck boys from diugl
. | shops and offices and worse boarding house,
when they came 10 write a letter home o.
10 mems meeting, Have not even put
new hook in tho library, We can not truly
say we have done what we could But thaI
Is past. must do better Ia future T.,
those who are not members md are hiliul
under that excuse, ! would say an 'hl
above sins ~ omission apply to Won ant
moro besides, you have not even tried 10 do
There is no reason why women fin this ciii
should not do this work instead NJ thl
faithful twenty or less that usually d,
, what is done. for n Is not tho cnusc NJ onl
, nots that arc to our credit. We have moi
/, failed 70 respond 10 every call Of the sec
rotary for refreshments, have had then
, on time in abundance and asked FOR yer,
little outside our society. Have not failed
! 10 attend MI tho business meetings whethc
) II was wet or dry, hot or cold
/ | Whether sick or wen, few busy. tired
women have climbed the weary stairs
promised from their own pocl,cts what wa,
? needed, then came and served IT, often a
" any entertainment or offered anything fo
. ! rcfreshue nt that rould lead any mother
: | hoy downward II We have done this n
: thanks or glory, then We have failed, 10
y no one has said Thank you. ladies' ID
p not fnil 10 give your name and dollar Il
helm this cause
Hot chocolate and delicious cnkc wcr
-. served by Miss Swopc. Mis-. Wiley, Mrs
:, Cohen ond others mud a pleasant uscf
r. social hour followed enjoyed by all