The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-25

After the cough begins Peruna win
Offices begging" another exclaims.
81 just can't ask for money-but I'll
do anything else that you want me to-
a third announces.
So you have the situation in a nut
shell.
Now then:
Have you ever stopped to think that
there's different phase of this mat
ter?"
No?
All right, suppose you listen for a
few minutes and hear what Miss Nc
Elroy says about THE Psychology Of
Giving"
She knows more about such things
than you and I could ever know in
life time, and she makes it all so clear
and easy and simple that not even the
most old fashioned brother, or tyran-
nical huband, or timid woman could
object to begging If you wish to
term it that way, because Miss NIGEL
roy's Interpretation of begging" or
asking is not that at all; on the con-
trary it is giving-giving of the very
best and highest in your nature
giving because it requires some sacri
fee on your part to do it.
Miss McElroy gave me a few mo-
ments' time between her busy en-
gagements to talk with me about the
campaign" yesterday.
Stacks of documents, letters, papers,
accounts, checks, piled high on her
desk showed the immense volume Of
business that she and her constituents
are transacting during this "WhirI-
wind Campaign of the next few days.
why do 1 find it difficult to secure
the services of women in such mat
ters?" Miss EIroy repeated my ques-
tion after me, and then answered:
Merely because women are afraid
of finances. They have not been
called upon to do things in the finan-
cial world. Men have had that field
almost exclusively to themselves.
Women have never had the joy from
the asking for gifts, as we logically
feel that there is Joy in giving. When
a woman hesitates to offer her ses
vices in asking she is usually convert
ed by the fact that we are able to
make her see the worthlness of the
cause, and they in turn ask others. BY
taking this stand, a woman gives far
more than mere sum of money which
she might donate, because while she
may give a thousand dollars herself
by asking others she makes the way
possible for ten thousand dollars to be
given"
Miss Helen Gould, whom 1 consid-
er one of the greatest of philanthrop-
| lists" Miss McElroy continued when
some one was thanking her for a gift.
| that she had made, once said:
"'Giving is the least I can do; they
who give time and service give most
and best
THAT is the situation in a nut
she'll 1t really means far more to the
woman who asks for a donation or to
girl who gives SO out of her small
income, and by the doing deprives
herself of a new dress or bonnet than
to the f1nancier, who casually checks
from his bank book $4,000, which he
never misses.
"The times are changing, however" T."
Miss McElroy said, 'in regard to wom-
EMS attitude toward finance. At no
time in the history of the world have
women come to the front as they are
doing now, and asking for money for
philanthropic purposes. They have
become cognizant of the social needs
of the day, and this has made the de-
mand upon them very imperative. This
fact overcomes the prejudices of ask
ing for money, when brought side by
side with humanity's needs The
Young Women's Christian Association,
it seems to me, covers, the broadest
field for women Of any organization in
the world.
The average girl who must make her
own living enters the business world
at Is years of age. This is the most
critical period of her life. It is the
psychological moment in life when she
loses her poise. 1t is that period be-
tween childish innocence when she is
under control of her mother, and that
Of responsible womanhood It is moi
the girls fault that she has arrived
at this time of life. At this period
proper social life means most to the
girl, and the first person who is pleas
ant to her is the person who wins
herr
Miss McElroy told Of a girl on the
western coast who came up against
one life's serious problems, which she
| did not know how to handle. So she
told one of her girl friends about it
ank asked her what she would do in
her place The girl friend told her to
go straight to the Young Women's
| Christian Association to a certain Sec
retary, whose love for the girls was
widely known, and to tell her her diff
Iculty. saying that is where they care
| for girls.
Miss McElroy says that the younger
a girl is the sooner she expects to be
married, and for this reason she sees
no necessity for any special training,
as her work is only a stepping stone