Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-03

selves to derive any benefit from the
Y. M. C. A.
MIR. Bawden's Address.
Rev. William Bawden, who made
the address at Saturdays noon
luncheon, spoke as follows:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentle
men:
IF any of you needed any war
rant for going out tomorrow and
working for the Y. M. C. A., you
might gain it from the words of
One who said: 1t is lawful to do
good on the Sabbath day and l
trust that many of you will be able
to spend some time tomorrow in do
ing that particular kind of good.
When l tell you that during the
past week l have spent the great
est part of my time upon the train,
you Will understand me when | say
that L feel today as thought | ought
to rub my eyes. l have been away
two weeks and during that time l
haven't even seen a Perth Amboy
paper; l have heard indirectly of
what has been going on In this cam
paign, but had no idea of the re-
suits that have attended your eff
forts. | did not know Of the great
sum hat has been subscribed, and
| trust that before the campaign Is
over 1t will go far beyond the ex-
pectation Of any of US l feel as
Aladdin must have felt-as though
! ought to rub my eyes and see what
has been going n l have been gone
two weeks and this has been going
on and see these splendid results
results that mean the bringing to-
gether of all the Christian forces in
the city for the spread of righteous
ness.
Il believe there Is great need of
this in this city. We should come
together to do this work-a work
that no single individual or organi-
cation can do by itself, and l am
sure that bringing us together in
this fashion Is going to spell sue
cess for our Y. M. G. A. In the flu
ture
Life is not a time Of tdleness-
1t is a preparation for life hereafter
and the Y. M. C. A. will hold up be-
fore the young men of our city this
high ideal.
Il am glad to bring a message
from DesMoines, where l have been
the last two weeks. While there I
was an inmate in their new $780,
600 Y. M. G. A. building, which was
dedicated the evening before l
reached the city. While we may not
have such a fine building as that we
shall be proud of having gathered
this money to put up a building
worthy of the manhood and woman
| hnnI nP Darfh Anhnu And whjlo
I have not had a share in this move
ment-although l am m outsider
and haven't had a finger In 1t, l
want to congratulate you all on the
splendid work you have done and
the great opportunity you have had
of seeing what team work will do
in Perth Amboy."
Among the donations to the fund
was a picture by F. Luis Mora with
the suggestion that money be rails
ed by railing 1t off. The committee,
however, told Mr.. Mora that his
painting was valued too highly to
be disposed of and it would be &C
cepted gladly to be hung in a per-
manent place in the new building.
The following letter has been re-
ceived from Mr., Mora in reply:
"Mr. D. P. Olmstead,
Secretary Y. M. G. A. Committee,
Perth Amboy.
my Dear Mr.. Olmstead:
Your very kind note accepting
my offer Of one of my paintings re-
ceived.
81 am delighted, and appreciate
the manner In which your commit
tee have accepted my donation. 1t
will give me great pleasure to be
well represented in your building as
l am decidedly in sympathy with the
splendid work you are all doing, and
expect yet to do.
MY hearty congratulations to
you all, and my thanks for the re-
ception accorded my future contri-
button.
Every cordially yours,
"F. LUIS MORA.
May 81et, 1912"
Miss Laura Ramsay with her
committee, composed of Misses
Florence Ciani, Margaret Wight,
Gladys Savage and Blanche Gr1eve,
have done yalient service in dispos-
ing of the Y. NJ C. A. souvenir pen
nants. These remnants will be good
reminders Of the great campaign and
they have sold nearly twenty dozen
already. Only five dozen remain
and these should be disposed Of very
quickly.
mi manor 0TTTnO uTllI