Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-05
WOMAN N CLUB AND CHARITY

The Travellers Aid Of Sioux city. which is
maintained and operated by the Young
Womeus Christian association and the
Shesler Deaconesses home. has sent out 4
circular calling attention to It's work. and
asking the cooperation Of the press and all
friends in passing on informa ton regarding
the Aid. that it may more effectively reach
the scores of young and inexperienced girls
who travel alone every month and who so
frequently are decoyed into trouble through
their ignorance The letter reports forty
two girls given assistance, $50 people helped.
and in all over 5000 services rendered such
as directing girls to safe lodging places
warning them against addresses that would
take them into danger. taking the sick to
hospitals and writing letters or tee graphing
friends of the distress or danger of young
women who have landed in Sioux city. and
al within the past six months. Miss Addie
Blumberg is the deaconess in charge Of
the station work. She wears uniform and
is easily distingushable. The Northwestern
railroad has recently given a convenient
office and rest room for the use Of the
Travellers Aid, in its new station.
The women have been making some
practical Investigations regarding the means
and especially warn young women against
advertisements offering good wages I'm a
strange city without ascertaining whether
the addresses given are in respectable
neighborhoods; also against men who
volunteer to take them to suitable lodging
places or to find them employment and
against following the directions of any one
man or woman, unless they know who and
what they are. II is requested that any one
needing assistance in changing cars or
women going to SIOUX City strangers and
without friends to meet them, address Miss
Addie Brumberg, Travellers Aid 1922 Jack
son street. Sioux City. specifying the date
and the road over which they will arrive
and she will meet them and see that they
are directed right
Two departments of the Woman's club
met Thursday morning and both were we'll
attended. The art department held it's
stereopticon illustrated lesson on the work
of Dom Tello and the domestic science de-
partment had some further discussion of
the local milk question and a paper on
Vinegar" by Mrs. John Harmon. in con-
nection with its investigation of food adul-
terat!on.
In her years round of state federation
meetings, which have included the ma
iority of the states east of the Missouri
river and several the other side. Mrs.
Sarah Plat Decker has found much that
more than compensates for the fatigue in
cidental to such journeying. Regarding it
Mrs. Decker says:
long journey, but everywhere fine meet
ings, much enthusiasm. splendid showing of
work and plans, and never an unkind word
or bit of gossip or an unworthy express
sion. absence Of sef-seekinE. never "a strug-
gle for office, always generosity and loving
consideration for others. This testimony
will apply to each OF the three long Jour
neys taken the past year. in which twenty
SIX state declarations have been visited.
With such results and prospects. no Won
der the future is of untold promise
The Young Women's Christion association
is to have another get one" banquet
February = having been announced as the
date. The association has issued the fol-
lowing list of facts regarding its work dur
ing the past year:
Paid up membership. .................... 1Gj5
al mn nhor 10 ctr, lee TO