New-York tribune., 1901-02-05
MARGARET LOUISA HOME.
ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUNG
WoMANs CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
WoRK-wHAT BISHOP POTTER
THINKS OF IT

How deep an interest is felt in the Young wom-
ans Christian Association shown by the large
attendance at the annual meeting. held yesterday
In the chapel OF the building No. East Fifteenth
st The president. Mrs Clarence z. Beebe.
IN the chair and the meeting opened by read
ing OF Scriptures and prayer by Bishop Potter.
Reports read by the treasurer. Mrs. George l.
Elliott. End the assistant treasurer. Mrs. George F
Butterworth, show a liberal expenditure for the
maintenance OF the work
The report OF the corresponding secretary. Miss
Julia F. Bangs, read by Mrs. Beebe owing 10
the absence OF corresponding secretary through
Illness il covered the work OF the ten departments
and was listened with deep attention. II noted
the recent change in the constitution made by
amendment providing that those who have been
known heretofore annual members shall hence
forth be called associate members, and that those
previously designated associate shall hereafter be
known as sustaining members These changes We're
made 20 bring the association into line with the
International Board. that the descriptive terms
employed shall De the in all the associations
composing the international.
PROGRESS ~ CLASS DEPARTMENT.
Perhaps no department is more widely known
highly priced than the class department" said
the report. Indeed. many girls only concep-
ton Of tie Of the association is that she can
here obtain the knowledge and training that will
NJ her TO earn her own living. II has been the aim
az the department TO fulfil this expectation 10 pro-
her social and mental welfare, and thereby
10 lead her TO a knowledge or her splfituai neeos
and aspra for their supply. The practical re-
cults OF the instruction in all classes have been
very clearly shown. Many or the pupils are filling
good places. Several OF the art students displayed
work az the exhibit OF the Architectural League
last winter and some OF their drawings were hung
the line. A scholarship was awarded on The
merits OF her work in competition 10 one student
by the Art Students League and honorable mention
70 another. Indeed, every class reports that us
graduates are doing well These are the graduates
ILL Nsa nl-n sOf . he
satisfactory work they had done during the winter
who forth equipped by the association Tor the
life work they had planned 10 DO. and who arc
filing the places for which they were trained.
The great increase in the library and reading
room work was noted The Employment Com
mittee placed twenty-four hundred applicants In
places. and the sales In the needework depart
ment were larger than ever before In speaking OF
the Board Directory the report called attention 10
the need of respectable homes where board may be
obtained al a low rate for those whose weekly
wages are so small TO make living seem almost
impossible"
The report Of the Margaret Louisa Home showed
that in 100 there were 1000 admissions. and that
the restaurant served SS5.OO0 meals.
HOME FOR WORKING WOMEN.
Its establishment ten years ago was a response
90 a desperate need-some place for the shelter OF
those self-supporting women whose stay was 10 be
short and for whom hotel prices were all too high
Boarding house keepers were not TO be found who
were willing 10 cucumber themselves with tran
sients il more permanent boarders could be Sc
cured. and the association was long harsssed with
the perplexities OF the question until the plan OF
The Margaret Louisa Home was conceived and car
ried into effect said the report. which concluded
with reference 10 the West Side Settlement. which
is "a permanent home for working women. and also
the kind that is entitled 10 spell its name with
small n according TO the judgment OF one who
came through experience. 10 have some actual
knowledge OF Il. The boarders under the
OF a loving house mother. who guards and guides
the little family assembling them each day for the