The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-22
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sistance.
Last year LOO young women. who
left homes In small towns and in the
country in search of employment IN
the larger cities, disappeared from
railway stations at points between
New York and Chicago. Had the earth
opened and swallowed them their loss
could have been no more complete. I'm
til recent years Richmond has been
free from the perils which beset young
women In other large cities of tho
North and East Now, however, with
the great increase in the number Of
industries employing female help to-
gether with the natural scarcity Of
such help here, the number of women
coming In from other places has cor
respondingly increased, and 1t Is in
recognition OF the needs Of this great
army of women workers that the as
ISOLATION desires to be in position
where it can offer adequate assistance.
Demands Are Pressing.
For the first time in its history the
association finds itself unable to meet
the demands made upon 1t, and never
We're demands SO imperative. AS the
weeks pass young women and girls
continue to pour into the city, while
at the present time the association IS
taxed to the limits of the accommoda-
tons 1T has to offer. with its present
limitations sooner or later the associa-
ton must face the situation where it
Will be compelled to refuse assistance
to those who apply for it, where 1T
VIII be brought to an abrupt stop In
the noble work 1t has been doing.
1t Is to meet this imperative demand
of growing city--a demand that
young women shall be adequately shell.
tered-that the association has set on
foot the present canvass by which II
hopes to raise $4,000, which sum is
needed for the extension of the work
Total subscriptions up to last night
amounted to s4,600-less than one-half
of the amount which is needed. The
campaign closes tomorrow night and
In the meantime the canvassers will
put forth every effort to secure the
amount needed to complete the fund.
The Mayors Appeal.
| Governor Mann and Mayor Richard
son have written letters to the officials
of the association commencing the
work they have undertaken The
Mayors letter is herewith reproduced:
Il say without qualification that
there is no institution in Richmond
which offers greater opportunities for
doing good, or which is more good,
than the Young Womens Christian AS
| ISOLATION.
"In these days of progress 1t is a
sad fact that many women are COM
PEELED to go out into the world and
earn their own livelihood, and often to
support others dependent on them. All
honor to these brave women, but still
it is to be deplored that so many who
are fitted to be queens Of the house,
hold are compelled to bear the rude
shocks Of competition In their strug-
| gle for bread.
4, MANY of these women are young
and inexperienced, and are often sub
jected to temptation. Others are
strangers in great city with no
| friends to encourage or olter kindly
admonition. The Young Womens
Christian Association offers encourage
ment to all these brave workers. 1t is
help to the helpless, and a shield to
the innocent and unwary. In the
home of the association they may find
encouragement and sympathy.
This association. managed by q
most competent corps of officers. and
directed by some of the noblest wo-
men of our city, is now seeking funds
to enlarge it's usefulness. No more
worthy cause has ever appealed to the
generosity of the people Of Richmond
: and 1 am sure that these ladies will
not appeal in vain"