The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-17
Y. M. C. A. NOTES

On the site of shnto Temple at Ma gasaki, Japan, q Y. M. c. A. building has just been erected, costing 24,000 yen. When this temple was sold on mortgage foreclosure the association bought it, as 1t was located in the most slightly and central position in the city. At the open ing banquet the governor of the province, mayor of the city, president of the city council, the managing directors of four banks. not one of whom was a Christian, but all of whom gave to the purchase of the building, vera present. The Russian, Chinese and British consuls were also gvers and movers in the undertak Within six months the membership of the Tokio. Japan, association has in- creased from ASA to 100S.
 Marchioness Oyama and Lady McDon- aid. wife of Sir Claud Mcdonald, are ac- tive leaders in the womens auxiliary of the Tokio (Japan) Young Mems Christian | association. A Russian lady was the star performer at concert recently arranged by them to secure funds to purchase a piano for the association.
 Within two weeks the Young Mems 5 Christian associations of North America
 
 riods of two to thirty days, and received pledges for the erection of new buildings amounting to more than S2500, 000 The associations, while making an annual gain in their permanent equipment of $l,500000 to $3,O GOO, have never before made such record as this. The amount of real property added to the association this year will undoubtedly exceed s, ,000,- 000 The Detroit association in 6 twenty five days canvass, just closed, secured pledges for A23000. The chairman of the citizens committee, MT. Joseph l.. Hud- son. gave all of his time for the month and $5000O. Syracuse, N. Y, completed a fund of $3l2,000. In the lead of the committee were L. c. Smith, president of the L. C. Smith Typewriter company; Frederick R. Hazard and c. M. Grouse. leading financiers; the Syracuse National bank and many corporations, and Los Angeles, Cal, rounded out canvass of $317,0oo five citizens giving s25,O00 each Houston, Tex. in thirty days, raised $16O,- 0C0. ten of it's citizens leading off with 5000 each: at Wilmington, Del, the as sociation has raised over $140,00O Wheel
 ing, w. Va, s60,000 Frederick Md, $25, . o00;Bristol Tenn. S54, 900; Jackson, Tenn, $30,00o. and Savannah, Ga, $104,700 from 1236 people. Association building debts were cleared in the same way at Buffalo of $55000; Colorado Springs, S5S,O00 and WaShington Sb5, 0O0. This large amount of money has not been given entirely by people of wealth, as over 450O people con- tributed at Detroit. and nearly 800 people took part In pushing the canvass The employees of the Standard Steel company, at Burnham, Pa, in a few days gave orders on their paymaster for s10,00O, the company having agreed to give & for ev- cry s1 pledged by them.
 In shop in the toughest ward in an Illinois town, the Young Mems Christian association began a shop Bible class a year ago. and seventy-1ve men attended the class each noon. At a colored men s bible class in another shop, the noon class had sixty-one men. Nothing was said about legislation. but at the election the vote for good government against the saloon was carried by a majority of thirty. The preceding year the vote was lost by sixtyfour.
 In the mining town of Ashland, ohio a town of less than 4000 people a mems Bible study banquet was attended by TAO men, with as much enthusiasm as a po- litical rally. In this town S1S,O0O was pledged in two weeks for an association building.
 When the council at Morristown, N. J., refused to renew the license for saloon in the Italian quarter the Young Mems Christian association rented the saloon building for an Italian branch to supply the place of the saloon In the social life of that section.