The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
THE YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION DOING SPLENDID WORK
Secretary Has Faith that
the Proposed Extension
of So Vital a Work
VIII Meet with Liberal
Contributions from the
General Public. N

and otherwise club. composed OF girls
who work at night. and the friendship
club, organized for white domestics.
"The Outing Club was organized for
the temporary employees OF the Census
Bureau, who came from all parts OF the
country. Its purpose was to plan trips
for every holiday and otherwise help those
girls, but this is disbanded now that they
are all gone.
| 'Tt was the Indoor Outdoor Club that
raised the necessary funds for the vaea-
1 ton lodge" Miss Sayre told me, with
enthusiasm for their splendid work. add
ing: And II you ask them how they got
It they win tell you that they just prayed
IL in. And believe they did. Before ask
ing for a specified sum from any firm or
individual they would meet and offer di-
rect prayers for their success. with the
resultant success that is always the out
come Of faith so sincere"
The Vacation Lodge.
Then Miss sayre told me of the Va
cation Lodge. builded on a tract OF land
given by DR.. J. Taber johnson at Cherry
Gale, Va, IN the hye-cent fare zone on
the Great Falls line.
Miss Mignonette o. Buckingham. who is
assistant secretary Of the Young Women's
Christian Association. is 6iso house sec
retary of this lodge. which furnished
safe and happy vacationing place for SO
many girls last summer. During the va
cation month. $500 meals were served at
substantial. health-giying
meals. working girls who remained In
town for lunch had board at the Vaca-
tion Lodge for $50 per week, while
girls receiving three meals per day were
asked but s..
when I tell you that In just a year
the Indoor-outdocr Club raised enough
money to ray for their attractive vaca-
tion home. with the exception OF about
$50. am sure that you will agree with
me that they worked hard and met with
splendid sympathy" Miss Sayre said in
concluding a description Of all the won
derfully happy times these girls had at
Cherrydale last year.
or all her work among Washington
girls there seems to me none which does
greater credit to Miss Sayre than her
pioneer organization which Is the Young
Girls Club OF Goldenbergs, in existence
now four years.
1T began with a series OF personal
talks to the then very young girls who
worked in this big shop" Miss Sayre ex-
planned. Il got permission from Mr..
Goidenberg to talk to them twice a week
for an honr in the morning, and / start
ed in just being their friend and not their
patron"
This is the keynote of Miss Sayre's en-
tire success with young girls. She is
their friend and not their patron" and
she has a peculiar gift of making them
understand ii. She walks hand in hand
with them to such an extent that they
do not lac state to come to her with their
| Joys and sorrows alike.
Had she not possessed this gift Of win
ming their love and confidence. she would
never have accomplished what she ha<4n
the uplifI OF their ideals OF life. Her talks
TO them were SO personal and intimate
such a perfect reading OF the young girls
life in its department store environment
that the girls came TO the feeling that
there was nothing Miss Sayrs did not
understand and when the talks were end
ed. they had a big banquet. and the club
that has meant so much in their lives
was organized, and through 1t they have
developed more normal ideas, a greater
simplicity in tastes, and a truer value of
things worth while.
A little ahead OF the national organiza-
ton, Miss Sayre found her Goldenberg
girls ready for a brighter work and
broader interest, so she organized them
into the camp fire girls, the national or
gaRizRtlon which stands in a way for the
same principles as the Boy Scouts. The
aim OF the Camp Fire Girls is the con-
organization embraces rich and poor girls
alike.
The Camp Fire Girls have to do with
home craft, health craft. patriotism. busi-
ness. camp craft, nature craft, and hand
craft.
The dominant id,a is that Of service
the formation or habits OF service in the
girls of the land, with the noble aim OF
adding beauty to the ordinary things Of
life.
With si0 classes in various lines OF in
struction in tss Young Women's Chris
tian Association building proper, and an
extension work that Eeaches out Its hand
of help TO every girl In need OF II. there
is small wonder that Miss Brown Is con-
fldent that SO vital developrsent OF our
young women will not stop in its growth
scr want OF bigger and better equipment.
but that the new home for the work will
come, because God will touch the hearts
OF those who have. and make them realize
the blessedness Of giving toward the ex-
tended growth.