The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-17
OPENING GUN FIRED IN
The Y. W. G. A. CAMPAIGN

know whether your Y. W. c. A Is in
terestei In such work but IL should
be II Il Il not. You look at a girl that
has had no raising and you have %
look on a ruined life. We should do
something to change these conditions
II we 40 you have 10 begin with
the mother everytime. A woman can
always influence her child IN spite OF
the father. The father may be
worthless man yet the mother can
influence Her Children
to become good men and women.
What kind of mothers co some OF
these girls have? What ars you go
ing to do for these mothers and the
girl that goes out aud works nine
hours a day? II comes back TO us to
be responsible. Unless you do aid
this great movement Wheeling Is de-
Ginning despite her other records
(Applause.)
There is another kind OF a girl ]
want to speak OF, That is the girl
who lives in idleness: a girl who
thinks Of nothing expect how many
parties she attended last week, how
many fellows she entertained and
what she is going 10 attend the com.
ing week. That is the kind OF a girl
that the Y. W. c. A. can help. she
should be made useful and stop think
ing OF how many flowers are being
sent her. IL is up TO the Y. w. c. A..
10 aid this kind OF a girl to become OF
some use TO her city.
You should give your women a
chance. / did not know people could
be SO ignorant until | took up the
Y. w. c A. work. | think ignorance
and sin is. the same thing. Who is
going to help this class OF girls? The
Y. w. G. A. In our Y. w. G. A. you
can see the power of womanhood
There is nothing greater than the gift
of city's citizens TO women than a
Y. w. G. a. The giver acts as a dis
tributing agency. was in a western
city the other day and noticed one
woman who attended the Y. w. c. A
meeting who was very attractive.
was talking about the girls that had
met in a factory. This woman got
up and said. Yes. know those girls.
I used 10 work there She told me
after the meeting that all she was and
all her family was she
Owed TO the Y. w. c. A.
She said that a woman in that city.
who had taken mp this great work be-
came greatly liked by the working
girls. she became so interested in
her work that she used to have the
girls take breakfast with her before
going to work. Her kind acts drew
the working girls to her and she was
idolized by them. Her kindness
aroused the girls and many became
prominent business women. The
woman who told me the story was
herself a prominent business woman
of that city and was respected by
every one.
"One of the great things OF Y. w.
c. A. is to unite women and to break
up factional differences. II unites
them into one great sisterhood II
seems TO me as though we are all
tossed together like a party OF people
on a big ocean liner Now see that
Wheeling does her best for the Y. W.
c. A. See that she does her best for
her girls. Aid the next generation 90
Much applause followed her address.
Following the address OF Miss
Simms. Miss Elizabeth Hughes. Of Gin
cinnati. made an address that was
very interesting Miss Hughes. IN
opening her address. spoke OF the ef-
forts OF the Youngstown women ia in
augurating their campaign for a new
Y. w. c. A building.
One Of the Finest
In the country. In part. she said L:
After these few women told others
OF their plan 10 raise funds 20 build a
! Y. W. &. A. building they all united.
and last Friday / saw their dreams
come true as / sat in their beautiful
building The women and men I'm
Youngstown got together and raised
the necessary money in nine sdays
J Nine thousand persons raised $751; 600
for the building. which Is great cred
[ Il 10 Youngstown. The men left their
| business TO aid in this great work
| The building IS a fve-stOry affair. and
| has beautiful reception rooms They
are going TO serve meals there for the
business women. On the second floor
are cheerful parlOrs There are three.
smaller parlOrs where the girls can
entertain the young men without
meeting them on the streets 20 do 90
Young women who have no homes and
reside az boarding houses are often
comp lied 20 entertain the Young men
3 on park benches. meet them in dance
halls and hveceg fheafcrs These
. business girls can now entertain 40
the Y. ". g. a There Or also "a little
kifcheneffe. where fhe girls ran cook
little Fuppars and entertain with par.
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