The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-02
VISITING GIRLS
GIVEN EVERY AID
Bureau at Railway Stations
Helped Many Strangers Who
Were Lost in City.
ONE DELIVERED TO POLICE
Young Womcn's Christian Asso-
citation Ready to Help Lost
Ones During Fair Week.

For the purpose OF making the visit
of out-oftown girls and women at
the State Fair as free as possible
from the petty inconvenienoes that
are likely to confuse and annoy them
during the strenuous week, the Trav-
eler's Aid Department OF the Young
Women's Christian Association will
conduct bureau of information at
the Fair Grounds. At this booth Wis
itors will be able to find city, hotel
and clearinghouse directories, rail-
road time tables. street car schedules
rs well as much interesting informa-
ton bearing on the life of working
girls in the city.
This department of the association
is rapidly growing in Importance,
and, considering the limitations under
winch 1t Is forced to operate. is doing
work not done by any other organi-
cation in the city. 1t has rendered
valuable service to hundreds of girls
coming to the city In search of work
assisting them to find employment and
helping them to bridge the gap be-
tween the loss of one position and the
finding of another.
Helped Many StrnnEers
The Travellers Aid work of the
summer. while of the usual variety,
was largely augmented this year by
the tourist traffic. occasioned by tho
numerous excursions which affoNed
many opportunities for help to
strangers within the city Among the
services performed for these by the
aid committee were: Directing to
boarding houses and hotels assisting
to transfer to other stations, admin
isterinS othe sick and helpless, as
sisting In the location Of lost children,
helping girls to find their relativ
| and friends who through nisunder-
standing had failed to meet them and
! In many other ways too numerous to
| mention. The report for June, for
] example, shows that twenty Ave girls,
/ thirty women and seven invalids were
| assisted 100 calls made and positions
| found for eight.
The following cases taken at ran
dom from the records of the COM
mtttee are typical: A little girl failed
to make the proper connections and
had to spend the night in Richmond.
Her father had provided her with
plenty of money, but, girl-like, she
had reserved only SO cents out OF
the sum for emergencies. She was
taken care of for the night and placed
on the right train the next morning.
In another instance. girl who comes
daily to her work in the city was
persuaded to accept the hospitality
| OF the society when she found that
she had missed the early train home
end would have to wait until IL
o'clock for another.
Gave Her Over to Police.
| young woman. claiming to be
seeking runaway sister, was tal1en
to the emergency room for the night.
Subsequent investigation proved that
| she was herself the one that was
wanted by the police for enticing a
younger girl to Richmond. and was
promptly turned over to the chief of
detectives. At another time two girls
were permitted the use of the emer-
gency room for several nights until
they found employment.
September proved a busy month for
! this department OF association work
Fifteen applications were received for
employment, and from FIVE to ten calls
| a day for direction to lodging places.
Numerous calls were received for aid
to women and girls at the various
railroad stations. The association is
experiencing difficulty in taking care
I of this phase of its activities with
only one worker, and hopes to be a BILE
10 add to its efficiency by securing as
| sistance. The Travellers Aid Depart
mont is at present in charge of Mrs.
| c. Fl. Urner, chairman; Miss Constance
MacCorkle. general secretary, and Miss
! Helen L. Beardsley, secretary.