The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-14

ih1ill OI lDt ulsuHS llldl uldN bd vi fNN cold. every facility is provided for prompt service and no time is lost after an order Is given. The luncheon feature proved such a success that some months ago it was thought practical to serve light supper on Saturday evening for the convenience of the young women who are employed in the stores, ma iority of the stores remaining open untll 10 o'clock on Saturday night For ten cents a luncheon is provided every sat urday evening and numbers Of women have found it most convenient. Recent ly Miss Wheeler, the secretary, posted a notice to the effect that breakfasts would be served if there were a sufficient num- Der of women who desired it. This sug- gestion met with such encouragement that she feels that this feature Will pc one of the most popular yet undertaken
 One of the most helpful of the many de- partments of the association is the em- ployment bureau. Through this agency the association is able to furnish lnforma- tion to young women who come to Blr- mingham withut employment and In many cases to open the door of oppor- tunity to them Almost every day the secretary hears pathetic stories ol young girls who are disappointed in securing positions and who are without friends, dependent solely upon what work they are able to find in the city. She has through the employment bureau, frequently placed them in good positions and they have found a home at the association where they may turn from wise coun- sell and for protection. The secretary also makes it her special business to assist in the selectnon of suitable lodgings for young girls who are compelled to seek work in the city and who encounter, through ignorance of localities, many dan gers
 This subject has been repeatedly dis cussed by those who have investigated conditions, and who realize the hard ships that are undergone The problem of living is hard at all times, but to the young woman, forced to spend her entire salary before she can secure even decent lodgings, the situation is almos terrifying. It is a knowledge of these conditions that has made the board of directors of the Y. W. C. A. so eager to oren board ing home.
 As announced some weeks ago a board ing home for young women will be opened the first of October under the auspices of the associati ton, which mas leased the house on North Twenty-frst street So long used as a residence by Maj. Frank Y. Anderson. The work of furnishing the house Is now being undertaken, and the suggestion that each woman on the board be personally responsible for one room has been a popular one. It IS believed that this part of the work will be one in which a number of people. those not members of the board will be interested and who through generous contributions will show their approval of the under taking.
 The house is in such .ne condition that no repairs will be necessary. ane the work of furnishing can be accomplished with out delay, as soon as the rresent lease expires.
 With the opening of the home the asso- citation will be in q position to broaden its influence for good and with the full cooperation that it should receive. the time should not be so far distant wher the associat ton will occupy home of it's own. What the Young Mems Christian associa- ton Is doing in Birmingham for hundreds who come under it's influence so he Young Women's Christian association 's helping a corresponding number, and its usefulness in the city Is limited only by an inability to reach rarger number of young women in the first struggling years of It's existence.
 The president of the board. Mrs. E. r. Taliaferro, is in deep sympathy with the work and has always taken so sincere an interest in the welfare of young women that 1t is to her untiring work that the growth of the associations is largely due, while the individual work of Mrs. Robert Cecil, the secretary of the board, has done so much in promoting the best interests of the association that it can not be estimated. The plans now being put forward are along the l,nes of work long suggested by Mrs. Taliaferro and Mrs. Cecil, and meeting with the cooper ation of each member of the board, the interest as we'll as he duties of the in- dividual member has made the work of the entire board most valuable.
 Miss Wheeler. the secretary of the as- sociation. who is now at Biltmore' is an ideal officer, fulfilling her duties to the satisfaction and admiration of the board. Her duties are heavy at all times, and a woman of less executive bilty, of less sympathy and kindness could not possibly fill this position. She Is at once practical. sympathetic, bright, tactful, combining the qualities that reach and hold the many young women with whom she comes in contact and never failing to cooperate with the board in promoting those meas ures that tend to the growth and sue cess of the association. A. K. w.
 ROBERTS-DESHAZO
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