Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-20
LE.C FUND PASSES YARK
Mars Thaa Amount Asksd Is Flsdgsd h5r
the Esv EuldinE
GREAT ENTHus sAsA At me CLOSE
Exeired Girls Toss the Secretary In
the AIR and All Take Part
An n JabtIaat Demon
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Seldom II ever has an audience 1I
Omaha representative women became en-
Unused 70 the extent Of tossing its members
in the air. but thar is what happened AZ the
Young Womsns Christian ASSOCIATION Tues
day evening when ~ 81 was announced a.
t1e result Of the two weeks campaign for
the remaining a5.oeo OF thp a0aBa fund Tor
tHe new association building
Well girls. DO you realize it, asked
Ms ". P. Harford. president u the as
@ociatiun. when the noise had subsidized. as
she stood upun the rust-um wfnktng hard
% Keep back the tears. Il Is doubtful II
one small Omaha auditorium has ever been
taxed 10 hold such hilarious enthusiasm as
attended the rally az the rooms in the Pax
uun block Tuesday nighr az hte close OF the
campaign
Prayer and Tossing
The meeting opened with a brief prayer
service. winch was frequently disturbed hy
the noise of one 1f the business women ,
gymnasium Glasses. Just finishing its hour
in an adjoining r5om. emphasizing the fact
thar the association has outgruWn its guar
ters and demonstrating 10 the audience Of
Interested friends -1e difficulties under
which the young women have long carried
on their class work Isaac Carpenter Of
the Young Men Christian association was
lAAAt1l AAAll ~ -AEAl= anu az a AF1AAA ia Ms
suggestion that the women might celebra1s
their achievement as the men had done.
bv tossing its officers. the gym girls
rushed in rom their ciasse and before she
could escape. caught ID the general seCre-
tarT, Mrs. Emma T. Byers. and three times
lifted her above their heads amid cheers
such a. even the association girls had
never heard before
Not satisfied with this they turned %
Mrs. f. g. ShRffsr a member OF the board
OF directors and raised her in the air, then
ret-aaring again 70 the gymnasium with the
yell Of that enthusiastic department Of the
Association
work Of the Teams
Al OF the teams have completed the Ss-1s9
they had set out % raise The blue team.
captalned by Ms. George Tilden. raised
the largest amount. G.652. s2-5o5 of which
was the gift OF M. and Mrs. Guy Barton.
The red team. captaiued by Mrs Emma 2.
Byerz. came next with s4-y7s, the pink team.
Ms. J. 4 Durnunt- captain. -. ..ZI. lavender
team. Mrs. W. P. Harfori. captain S.2s4.
and the Yellow team. Ms Clement Chase,
captain. Sz,dZ5. Owing 70 illness in the fam
lilies Of all the yellow team members. they
fen a urrle below the boai. but the defci-
ency wasTnade up at the last minute BY
their husbands. Clement Chase. DR. J P
Lord and Isaac Carpenter
Much exCitmenr prevailed as the subscrip-
Z tons came in between and 2 o clock rass-
ing the fund frum 81. 00 70 S20-5s7. Mayor
DahIman was among the men present and
extended his congratulations 20 the wun1er
for their success John C.. Wha-tun as
syrred the association thar IL had demon.
strated in this campaign. begun after tbs
men had canvassed the town for other en-.
terurises. thar what men have done wumsr
can accomplish J. Il Dumunr, Isaac Car
pentsr and ". P. Harf0rd were among uhs
other speakers. The women did little Talk
tug-they had exhausted their strength Il
canvassing, they explained.
Life Membership for MIS-. Byers-
pleasing incident Of the evening wa
the presentation OF a certificate OF nf'
membership IN me association % Mrs
Bvers the general secretary, BY the wumeI
Of her Bible class Mrs. Harford closed rn'
meeting with a short talk expressing M
aupreciarion OF the association uf the hearJl
cooperation OF the men friends who haT'
assisted. The business men who have gtveI
space for the team headquarters and al
Others VINO have contributed money o.
other help. A rising vote OF thanks was ex
tended % the press of the city
Additional list OF donors Sz-o and over