Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-22
QUARTERS SECURED OVER NO. 2s
EAST MAIN STREET, IN
DOWNS BUILDING.
WILL START CANVASS
FOR FUNDS NEXT WEEK
Want to Raise $1,000 to Defray Ex.
penses Of Operating During First
Year-Mrs. Ella N. Mckim Elected
secretary-Rest Room and Noon Day
Lunches for Women.

A Young WOmen'S Christian Assoc |
citation for Marshalltown is to become !
a reality. and next week those interest
ed in the success of the organization
will start a canvass for $1,000, which |
will defray the running expenses of the |
association during the first year of Its
existence.
Association rooms, three in number,
have been rented in the Downs build |
ing at IS East Main street The rooms |
will be furnished for comfort, and will
comprise a reading and writing room.
a parlor or rest room, and a dining
room, where noon day lunches, on the
caffateria plan, will be served to bust
ness women and working girls at a
nominal cost
Mrs Ella n. Mckim. former assist
ant pastor of the First Methodist
church of this city and a woman who
has had much experience in Y. w c. A
work, has been chosen as secretary OF
the organization and Will be in active
charge of the mana gement of the as
sociations aaffirs.
Result Of Sunday Campaign.
The movement to establish Y. W.
c. A. is the result of the evangelistic
campaign of Rev. William a. Sunday
last spring, when there was organized
the Business Girls Christian Club. This
org nization, however. was only pre-
liminary to the final establishment Of
a Y. w. C. A. to be affiliated with the
state and national organizations of
christian work among young women.
Expect Membership Of 500.
Those in charge of the plans believe
that the time has come to launch the
new organization. and feel sure that
the young women of Marshalltown are
in need of just such an organization
for mutual helpfulness. A contest for
membership has been started, with
view of enrolling 500 girls and women
in the organization.
Any girl of good moral character
over Is years of age may become an
and have all the privileges of the asso-
citation With the exception of right to
vote or hold office. The active mem
bership will consist of women over Is
years of age, who are members in good
4
The membership fee has been placed
very low, at 81 per year, payable in
advance. The contest for membership
| is already moving along nicely, but the
girls need not only the moral inspira-
ton. but the financial backing of the
people of the city
Expense Will Be Moderate
The expense of conducting the or
loo,
organization of this kind. and the ST.
1000 which the women will start out
TO raise next week will, it has been
| figured. carry the work along nicely for
| the year. in addition TO the dues from
membership. The money raised will go
| toward paying rent, heat, light, and
incidental running expenses. together
with the salary of the secretary
The work Of the secretary, aside
from being the business head of the
/ associa ton, will be the overseeing Of
the bible work in the city There are
already organized bible classes in
nearly all of the twenty-five districts
where prayer meetings We're held dur
ing the Sunday campaign These bible
classes meet weekly, and the teachers
receive their instruction in training
school which meets Friday afternoons
in the club rooms. The life of Christ is
being taken up now by the classes.
and the study is the same in each dis
trict
Social Features Predominant.
In the association rooms social fea-
lures attractive TO young women will
predominant, and the home like influ-
ences afforded will no doubt appeal TO
many of the business women of the
city.
The rest room VIII be at the dis
posal of the public, and visiting wom-
en- will be welcomed at all hours
Chairs and couches will be placed in
the rooms, together with books from
the public library, magazines, newspa :
pers and stationery. AT noon lunches
will be prepared and served with the
idea of furnishing the meals practically
at cost.
While the association is carried or
independently of the churches, 1t works
i in hearty cooperation with all the
i churches, and has as one of its aims
e the aid to all pastors in their work
v with young women.
It In the Police Court.
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