The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Attractive Fall Opening Of Y. w. G. A.
viii be Repeated This Week.

Saturday AFTERNOON ana evening
amidst pretty profusion of decora-
tons and an impromptu program Of
music at night, the annual fall open
ing of the Young Woman's Christian
Association was held, many visitors
participating in the delightfulness OF
the affair, which always affords much
pleasure and marks the beginning Of
both social and student activities in
the association.
Arranged about the auditorium and
in the parlors In very attractive
manner, were the booths, done in their
representative colors and each afford
ing something of interest for the
visitors.
That large number who were UNI
able to see the display Saturday, may
have an opportunity Of doing 80, the
opening will be held again on Tues
day evening, it is thought. Invita-
tions will be issued to those who may
| not have learned through the press or
| members of the event and the num-
bers attending are expected to be
larger than Saturday.
Among the booths, presided over,
each by chairman with assisting
committeeman of those particular de-
partments were the following:
| Bible study-Misses Harriet Fulton
| and Isabelle Herbert, chairmen. This
booth was decorated with purple and
white crepe paper. Rev. R. w. Lilley
| will conduct the adult Bible classes
| during the fall and winter and Miss
Porter will teach platform work for
| prospective Bible instructors Miss
| Porter will also have charge Of the
l,gym. class in biblical studies.
The High School Girls Bible club
| will be in charge of General Secre-
tary Miss Edna O'Harra.
| Social work--Miss Maude Immegart
and Miss Meta Hummer, chairmen.
The social work booth was decorated
with lattice of lavendar and green.
1 remnants were hung upon the interior
and posters on the exterior of the dec
orations, showing in pictures, the va
i rious social events which will occur
| in the months as they come. These
/ occurrences as enumerated on the
pIacards show that there will be
| witch party in October, IN November
a harvest moon party, December,
somethin' doin' Leap Year party FOR
/ January, February sweetheart party,
i March, character party, All Fools
Night in April, and an open air fete
for May.
Membership booth-Cards showing
the three kinds of membership OBJ
tainable in the Y. w. G. A. were
shown. Sustaining, helpers and regu-
lar memberships are for sale and the
/ young women will increase the en-
rollment Of the association to six
hundred in a whirlwind campaign
they will institute some time soon.
Finance committee Loaded" mon
ey bags with dollar marks on their
white sides in red letters, were ex-
hibited at the financial committees
booth. Tie color scheme in use, was
red and white One of the thoughts
which causes buoyant spirits among
members and officers of the Y. w.
/ C. A. is the fact that the association
Is sixty-fve per cent self sustaining
and only thirty-five per cent is con-
tributed by friends to keep the good
work going" Mrs. G. NJ Coyell and
assistants were in charge of the
financ, booth.
Geneva Club--Sweets, toothsome
and of the variety, that melt in the
mouth, were sold at a handsome little
booth in charge of the Geneva Club
Miss Ferne Hood was chairman OF
this feature and she, with her assist
ants, had little difficulty in pleasing
the many persons who INDUCED. The
booth was decorated with color
scheme OF yellow and blue.
Devotional committee-Miss Edna
Porter, assistant secretary and ply
steal director. Miss Ella Pearce and
Mrs. Zinn, presided at the devotional
. work booth. Old rose and white was
the color scheme. Announcement was
made of the coming Sunday meetings,
the first of which is to be held today.
Echoes from Geneva will be heard
| tulS dlLtInCoI, NHifIO lJdNio
general secretary Of the Cedar Rapids
Y. w. C. A., will be here next Sunday
the Marcia j. Stevenson club will
| lead the meeting on October Is, Miss
Porter, the twenty-second, and the
Shamrock club on the twenty-ninth.
Educational committee-The booth
! of this department gave the visiting
friends and members an idea of the
large number of features of an edu
cational view which will be carried
out in the Y. w. C. A. this season
Among the numbers announced, were
the lecture course, German ane
French classes, free to all members
shirt-waist class, Christmas idea
/ class and most important, the cosmo
politan club, Of which every woman
in Keokuk may become a member
This club will be organized some
time in the near future. Mrs r. M
I.apsley and Miss Mildred West were
5 in charge of the educational booth.
Recreation booth-Miss Parsons