The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-11-03
GIRLS PLAN
ASSOCIATION
MANY MEMBERS ARE ASSURED
Y. NJ. G. A. in Which Needs for
Organization Are Set Forth.

With a signed up membership of
over hundred, with promises of sup
port from club women, business men
and the Northern Pacific railroad,
prospects for the formation of
Young Women's association in North
| Yakima are bright. At well attend
ed meeting at the Y. M. c, A. building
Monday night Miss Francis Gage, Sc
attic, state organizer for the associa-
| ton, outlined its scope and suggested
| the preliminary steps. She thought
| without a membership of 400 young
| women at 81 each in dues, of SO sus-
| tanning members, composed of club
| women and the like, who will pay
Is5 year, and without subscrip-
| ton list of $500 from the public, it
| would be inadvisable to organize an
association. AS in a single day fully
quarter of the necessary number of
young women had signified their in
| tention of joining, it was thought,
however, that the need for the asso-
citation here was apparent.
Committee Named.
Three committees were authorized,
| the chairman of the membership
committee being Miss Ruby Bullan;
of the finance committee, Miss Sue
| Lombard; and of the rooms commit
tee, Miss Katherine Van Slyke. For
the membership committee Miss
Gage suggested 10 young women each
of whom should try to get ten others,
and so on. For the girl who gets the
largest number of members, Miss
Gage has offered a prize of the very
pretty association pin, gold and blue
| enamel. For temporary quarters
Tieton hall, Holstein's pavilion, and
the old Baptist and Christian churches
We're suggested, but there is posi-
bility that permanent quarters may
be in the new Miller building. Miss
| Gage has talked the matter over with
Alex Miller and finds him not unwil-
| ling to fit up one of the floors to meet
| the associations needs. AS the new
block will not b. finished. however,
until next June. .,.cre is need to look
elsewhere for Il. prcscct.
| Railroad Viii Help.
| General Manager Mutt, of the
Northern Pacific with headquarters at
| Tacoma has been in communication
with Miss Gage in regard to a woman
| to have charge of the waiting room at
the new station here, saying that he
would rather have the travellers aid
and protective department of the Y.
w. c. A. in charge. than a regular
depot matron, and if North Yakima
had an association, the railroad would
be glad to contribute to this end
Many Working Women.
There are 100000 young women
| earning their living in the United
States today said Miss Gage. "This
| is twice as many as there were five
years ago, eight times as many as ten
years ago. The reason for this is not
what is so often given, that is, ex-
travagance, restlessness, etc. 1t is a
situation which arises necessarily out
of change in economic conditions.
My great grandfather took his young
bride on the pillion of his saddle and
rode off into the Maine woods to make
his home and rear his family. 1
have forgotten how many children
they had. but / think it was about ten.
Well it took all those children to do
the work of the farm. The boys
ploughed the field and gathered the
crops. The girls kept the house, made
the butter and cheese, carded the
wood and made the homespun from
which the mems garments were made
That is all changed with the introduce
ton of machinery. The girls are now
compelled to earn the money which
they saved under the old system 1t is
economic necessity and often not
the girls choice at all"
Pin Money Bad Idea.
Miss Gage said that one of the most
inf
considered, was the habit of girls who
did not need to work, yet did so for
pin money which they spent on
clothes and trinkets, living at home
and paying no board, thus spending
all they earned on themselves. 1t was
not earning a living, but earning
responsible for the charge of ex-
travagance against the women
There are some 100000 members of
Y. w. C. AS in the United States and
100000 in the world, said Miss
Gage making it the largest organiza-
ton purely for women there is. The
needs here in North Yakima at
present she thought were four.
good restaurant, a noon rest room. a
gymnasium and travellers aid. The
first characteristic of a good citizen
she believes to be good health; that
every one needs and has a right to
amusement, and that the gymnasium
furnished the happiest healthiest
kind of recreation.
In the afternoon Miss Gage met
with number of clubwomen at the
home of Mrs. f. c. Hall, and it is
likely that the SO or more sustaining
| members will be recruited from their
ranks. The city council will probably
be asked for its help, as in every
city in the northwest, except one, the
city councils are contributing to the
work of the Y. w. c. A for work done
for civic betterment
| Miss Dotha Varker was presiding