The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-20
Y.W.c.A. THANKFUL
THE WORLD OVER
YOUNG WOMEN ORGANIZE AND
DUILD IN VARIOUS PARTS
OF THE EARTH.
FUTURE IN RICHMOND
IT IS HOPED THAT THIS CITY CAN
OFFER THANKS IN NEXT
CALANDER OF
PRAYER.

1T Is exhilarating---it is sublime.
by" says the well-known newspaper
man, William T. Ellis. SO say also
the women and girls who are MEM
bers OF the Young Women's Chris
tian Association the world round.
Saturday concluded what is known
as the Worlds Week of Prayer"
special calendar for which is issued
by the Worlds Committee in Lon
don. AS one Chances over It the mag
ination Is fired and the thought Cir
dies the earth. indeed One finds
to their surprise that in over forty
countries there We're during the week
gatherings offering up special prayer
for the soeiations in the lands
named in each days program. Such
week binds together women of diff
ferent races. from homes and schools.
from Offices and stores and factories.
One OF the noticeable features of
the calendar is the frequency with
which Thanksgiving is suggested for
funds given for association buildings
Cairo. In Egypt; johannesburg. In
the TransvaAt; Toronto. in Canada:
Italy. and many cities In the United
States.
Covers the World.
The association grasp facts
concerning the conditions OF women
In the world to-day is another fact
that impresses one reading this pro-
gram. 1t gives an educational and
Industrial survey of each country.
which makes one realize that times
have indeed changed for women the
world round. We quote from the
calendar.
I'm Shanghai alone a5.oA0 women
arc employed in mills under foreign
management. Indian women are
employed largely in agricultural pur-
suits and In Homework; but thous-
ands are now getting work in pre-
pairing cinnamon and other raw ma
terials. and on tea and coffee pianta-
tons. In a few centres increasing
numbers are in factories; in Bonn
bay alone some 50. goo are SO en-
ployed. and among them the Y w.
c. A. is working through Bible wo-
men
Twenty per cent of the female
population earn their own living in
Australia and New Zealand. Wages
and board in Australia and eompul-
sorry arbitration in New Zealand do
much to raise the standards of EN-
ploymen.-"
Twenty and per cent, Of the
female population in the United
States are engaged in wage-earuing
employment. fully one-haif t2s16.-
$50 OF them being under twenty
five years Of age
Bucnos Ayrcs.
THE chief centre of association
work In South America Is Raenos
Ayres. with .1.ao0.eo population.
Here hundreds OF young women are
employed chiefly as clerks and sales
women. Women OF all nat!onalitles
are to be found there, and make all
Sorts of demands upon the Buenos
Ayres association"
Such survey shows the adapta =
bility Of association work to all races
and interests among women; and the
fact that leaders recognize the pow
err Of prayer In work with women
makes one realize that such work
is vital and attended with increas-
ingly large results.
In Richmond there are two Y, w
G. A. 's~-one nj the Woman's College
and the other the city Y. W. G.. A.
now centered mt the rorner Of Fifth
and Grace streets. their temporary
quarters. But the friends OF the as
ISOLATION are praying that soon Rich
mond will be able to enter her new
building In prayer calendar as u
cause for thanksgiving,