The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-19
PLANS OF YOUNG WOMEN'S
 CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
MISS BARNES ADDRESSES sEv- ERAL AuDlENcEs-A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON OF YOUNG BUSINESS WoMEN-ANNOU MENTS OF PARLoR CONFER ENCES.

Miss Helen H. Barnes of Chicago, one of the national secretaries of the Young Women's Christian association, who is spending several days in Birmingham. was kept busy yesterday making ad- dresses.
 In the morning she gave two talks, one to the students of the Birmingham semi nary and the other to the students of the Pollock Stephens. In the afternoon Miss Barnes addressed large audience in the Sunday school room of the First Methodist church.
 It was announced in yesterdays pa pers that Miss Barnes would leave today for New Orleans and would return to Birmingham the first of next week to further perfect the plans already outlined by the Young Women's Christian assoeia- ton of Birmingham.
 Yesterday Mss Barnes received a tele- gram from New Orleans which decided her to postpone her visit io that city until next Tuesday She will, therefore, remain in Birmingham several days longer and continue the work so auspi- eiously begun in the organization of the city association.
 Every day of Miss Barnes visit has found her addressing enthusiastic gath erings and she is meeting with co-opera- tion and earnest response on all sides.
 There will be a meeting of the board of directors of the Young Women's Chris ton association this afternoon at 4:3O o'clock In the parlors of the Florence hotel and Miss Barnes will meet with the board when the detail work incident to organizing will be completed
 Miss Barnes talks have been arranged systematically and will afford women in all sections of the city an opportunity of hearing her.
 Miss Barnes will address the sales women of the city this afternoon at o'clock at the Coseytorum. An invita- ton is extended all saleswomen to be present, as Miss Barnes talk will be directed along the lines that particularly concern their interests and welfare. Miss Barnes will also address a meeting of tomorrow at F :45 o'clock in the Sunday school room of the First Pres fyterian church She will limit her re- marks to thirty minutes.
 Miss Annie Hagerman, who has ar this meeting is a member of the board of directors.
 Two parlor conferences will be held Saturday. The first conference will be morning at Il o'clock at the residence of Mrs. T. G. Bush on High land avenue, and there will be a confer ence Saturday afternoon at 3:3O o'clock at the residence of Mrs. E. T. Taliafferro.
 The third parlor conference will be held Monday morning at Il o'clock at the resi- dence of Mrs. E. N Culom on Cullom place, and the fourth conference will be held Monday afternoon at 3:S0 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. W. S Brown on Sixth avenue
 Next Sunday afternoon a public meet ing will be held at o'clock in the First Methodist church under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian assocA ton.
 Miss Barnes will address the meeting and present the work of the association.
 There will be a special musical pro- gramme, and several of the ministers will be invited to take part In the exercises.
 The meeting will be presided over by Mrs. E. T. Taliafferro In addition to Miss Barnes talk there will be others who will speak of the need in Birming- ham of supporting a Young Women's Christian association.
 It is hoped that the meeting will be largely attended, that the object and work of the association may be more widely known.
 At the meeting yesterday afternoon Miss Barnes made most interesting talk, outlining in detail the wide scope of the work and showing how broad and world wide is the influence of the Young Women's Christian association.
 She said that her brief stay in Bir mingham had shown her the great poss bilities for work in this city, whose ac- tivity and spirit of progress demanded the uniting of the very forces now banded together in the association work.
 Miss Barnes, In discussing the general plans of the American committee that have been put incorporation in the asso-