The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-08
Y. N. c. A. WOMEN
RUSTLING funds
geo.
MONEY NEEDED TO FURNISH
COMMITTEE ROOMS OF NEW
BUILDING,
80 d'e
LADIES HIVE GIVEN THEIR WORb
One Of the Plans 10 TO Furnish an
Oyster Lunch Twice a Month
TO Business Men-33oo is
the sum Needed.

A meeting Of great Importance "a
the Y. n. c. \. will be held IN the
Associations parlors next WedneS
day afternoon at / o'clock The call
Tor the meeting Is issued by Mr.
Hal. W. Greer. president Of the Won
aa's Auxiliary Of the Y. NJ. c, A.,
but il is extended 10 every woman
ia beaumont who has n sob, Dro0sr,
husband or friend in the association
or vino is any way Interested IN the
success of the association In the
city. The purpose of the meeting Is
TO devise ways and means Tor rails
ing money with which TO furnish the
parlurs ana committee rooms OF the
new building. ....
History Of Movement.
When Il was proposed to erect Il
Tudcrn building for the Y. NJ. G. A..
here the Womans Auxiliary guaran.
teed to furnish the parlors ana com
mittce rooms. The ladies immed1-
atCly set to work TO raise money Tor
this purpose and have partially sue
cceded. The rooms have been partly
furnished but there are stiIl mum
Der of fittings 10 purchase ana mon
cy for them is needed AT once. Last
week number Of young ladies' ol
the Rosebud Set, assisted by some oil
their young men friends, gave Il de.
llghtfu entertainment AT the y. NJ.
c. A. auditorium for the purpose OF
raising money to buy furniture with,
They presented a highly creditable
entertaining program andd Melted a
little over $50.
More Entertainments.
II is the intention of the WomanS
Auxiliary toXX arrange other enter
tainments and to adopt other plans
Of getting money for this laudablc
purpose The meeting TO be held
Wednesday, it is hoped, will be al
tended by large number, in order
that the best plans may be adopted
and set in operation at once. the
ladies have also undertaken to fur
nish the dining room and kitchen.
and have been quite successful IN
this move. They now have four
dozen of every article of crockery
and ware required for serving light
meals and within a few weeks they
intend to use them to good advan-
tage. - y. Att &Ai HMlal
one of the plans already decided
upon, but which will probably be
enlarged and elaborated at the meet
ing next week, is to serve oyster
luncheOns twice a month to business
men. The Auxiliary believes that
if the business men know they can
get first class lunch-Oystcrs in
any stylc--at the Y. NJ. c. A. dining
room on two Saturdays in each
month, they will fall over themselves
getting them. 1t is hoped the reve-
nucs from these will be good.
Ladies' Plans.
II is also the intention of the ladies
to give series of entertainments
this fall and winter. to raise money
To buy furniture. Ii is still necessary
70 have about $500. Mrs. Greer yes
tcrday made the following statement
regarding what it is proposed to do:
1T will be very easy 10 raise the
money for furnishing the rooms if
everyone will cooperate with us. III
they don't it will be very difficult,
! wish to invite every woman, even
remotely interested in the success of
the Y. NJ. c. A. to be present at the
meeting one week from today, Cs-
pocialy those women who have sons,
husbands or brothers in the asSocia
ton"