New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-09
OBE-G|RDL|NC PRAYER
FOR Y. NJ. CA. CAMPAIGN
Moment of Supp|ication To-
morrow All Over Universe for
$4,00O,00O Fund Success.
HARD WORK ON NEW PLAN
Mails and Gable Used in At
tempts to Apprise Secretaries
All Over Globe of Orig
inal Scheme.

A universal minute OF prayer for the
success Of the combination Young Mems
Christian Association and Young Wom-
ems Christian Association campaign to
raise 81. 10000 for new buildings Will begin
at Q o'clock tomorrow morning.
At that hour (New York time) 1t is ex-
pected that this unusual feature OF a
money raising plan will inspire quiet,
world wide demonstration that has never
before characterized any movement 1t
will be recalled that twelve years ago.
when William Mckinley was buried, the
wheels of traffic were halted for five
minutes in the United States.
In addition. number Of sermons taking
in this campaign will be delivered to-day
in this city.
The sixty-second prayer will be uttered
in the same minute in New York, Lon
don. Paris, Berlin. Berne, Rome. Con-
stantinople, Port Said, Calcutta, Shang-
hal. Hong Kong. Yokohama, Toxic, Ma
Mia, Honolulu. San Francisco. Denver.
st. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and scores
of cities In between.
To make this possible, powerful, far
reaching and in some cases extremely
complicated machinery had to be set In
motion. The idea was born less than a
fortnight ago. 1t was approved immedi-
ately by George w. Perkins. executive
committee chairman Of the joint cam
palgn committee; William Fellowes Nor
gan, president OF the City Young Men
Christian Association; Mrs. James 5.
Cushman president of the City Young
Women's Christian Association; Charles
5. Ward. director general Of the 100000
campaign; Henry NJ. Orne, city general
secretary OF the Young Mems Christian
Association: Miss Cora l.. latham, gen.
eral secretary for metropolitan work.
Young Womens Christian Association;
Miss Grace II. Dodge. president OF the
national board, Young Women's Christian
Association, and by the international
Committee Of the Young Mems Christian
Associations of North America.
Then came the operation OF the ma
chinery. To Fred B. Shipp executive
secretary Of the International Committee
Y. NJ. c. A., was intrusted the task OK
communicating the plan to members OF
his association all around the earth. Miss
Dodge herself directed the work for the
National Board of the Y. w. c. A., call
Ing on Young Womens Christian Associa-
lions everywhere in the world TO CO.
operate. The mere task of communica-
ton In the short time remaining before
the opening of the campaign was gigantic
Hundreds on hundreds Of letters had TO
be mailed at once to city general secre-
taries. field secretaries. missionaries and
other members OF the associations in both
hemispheres Simply writing and mailing
the letters taxed for two or three days
the resources OF the international COM
mittee and the national board
But the mails would have been TOO
slow for many of the cities, towns ana
missions that had TO be reached. The
cable was brought into play. Both asso-
Citations have codes, but II was difilcult
10 codify this message. Experts IN
.cable-ese" were set at work and at last,
after hours of experimenting, they pro-
duced dispatches which told the story
vet were not long enough 10 be extrava-
CANT In tolls nor dangerous to their own
clarity.
Owing to the wonderful organization OF
the two associations. IL was not necessary
TO await an answer from each of the
persons addressed. It being possible for
a general secretary in given district
10 respond, not only In his own behalf.
but for his fellow officers in neighooring
regions as well Even so. further days
OF delay were unavoidable, and II was not
until yesterday that the joint campaign
committee was able to announce positive
ly in its headquarters, No. . Broad street.
that arrangements had been completed
for the globe-girdling prayer of sixty
dynamic seconds as an official beginning
of it's movement In behalf Of the local
associations.
Carrying out the plan will be almost as
difficult for at least half of the two
million persons as was it's arrangement.
IL will be night IN half the world at 3
o'clock tomorrow morning. OF course
perhaps half OF that half Will find itself
In the hours of evening or early morn
ing when il would not be asleep. anyhow.
But It is safe to say that fully hve hun
dred thousand Of the two million women
and men who have been pledged to make
the prayer must awake to do So Unless
they take precautions to remain awake
or to be aroused at the precise hour set
9 a m. tomorrow, New York time, will
ind them in slumber. Many thousands
will have to leave their beds In the small
hours for the minute through which the
prayer is to last