Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-26

Never have the aims, methods and
results of the Young Woman's Chris
tian association movement been more
clearly and forcibly presented thai in
a talk made yesterday afternoon be-
fore the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union of this city by Mrs. Carrie
NJ. Brott. general secretary of the AL
buquerque Y. w. c. A. Mrs. Brott
said in part:
within the last twenty years the
Young Woman's Christian association
has grown II a recognized move
ment. Very few cities of a population
of $4,000 are without this organiza-
ton and the demand for it in smaller
cities and towns increases its growth
and consequent need of workers.
There is vastly more being done
today for children, young men and
M aged than for young women, so a
thoughtful woman might well ask
herself whether II is not her privi-
iege to leave to Others these more
obvious appeals and give her service
TO the still comparatively neglected
task of studying conditions among
young women and wise provisions for
their protection and development.
I'm this field of young womanhood
the Young Woman's Christian asso-
citation stands as one of the broadcast
and best rounded agencies at work.
There are other agencies doing inn
portant work not possible for the as
ISOLATION, but they are confined to
either a single denomination or neigh
borhood doing some specific work.
There is no other organization which
even claims to admit to its general
membership all women of good char
acter in a city, regardless of neigh
borhood. denomination, occupation or
station in life and to band them to-
gether for the development of their
spiritual. intellectual. social and phys
zeal life.
"a oma could hardly ask a bet
ter medium through which to contrib
ute her share toward molding the
character of the young women of her
city.
THE question might be asked, what
she could expect as her opportunity
for. social service through the -asso-
citation. In answering the question
she will find herself involved in the
problem of providing a proper home
for many young women, who come as
strangers to the city. and helping
them to secure suitable employment.
a more fundamental problem should
be that of furnishing technical train
ing for se~lf-support in cooperation
with other agencies which may exist
for these purposes.
ITO the practical woman was de-
lights in work that shows results there
is no better field of service han the
association offers.
THE travellers aid, for the protec-
tion and help of women travelling
alone; the noon rest with its inexpen-
siye yet nourishing and attractive
lunch, and its quiet rest room where
the overtaxed girl may recruit her
energies for the Afternoon work. But
the edict, man shall not live by bread
alone seems particularly true of the
portion of human life which is young
and feminine. A place to live, a place
TO wrk are not enough. There must
be recreation, education and inspira-
tion for the well rounded life. The
whose nature is essentially
social finds O point of contact through
~ WAtA III IL NAAV0o
lives are starved for social opportuni-
ties or who have turned to question:
able sources for the satisfaction of a !
perfectly normal legitimate longing
for com~panionship and relief from
the monotony of their work-a-day
world. A study should be made of
social possibilities and recreative
needs of girls as a preventive of pres
ent social evils.
The woman to whom the intellec-
tual life affords genuine pleasure
finds in the association an avenue of
approach to many young women who
are willing to be led from one plane,
of knowledge to another. The moons
used to these ends are the regular
classes of the association, lectures and
practical talks, the reading room.
good pictures n music and the SUBJ
tie educational influence of a well or
dered association life in artistic sur
furniture with good lines.
rugs and draperies of subdued c%olors,
the vital presence of n plant or flow
ers, and a cup of tea in the compan-
ionship of women with quiet voices,
cultured minds and sympathetic
hearts.
while 1t is impossible to consider