The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-27
NEW HOME OPENED
FOR YOUNG WOMEN
DR.. S. c. Mitchell Makes Adj
dress at Dedication of
Building.
PRAISES UNIFIED EFFORT
Says Nations Destiny Is Pushing
1t Into Serious Tasks
in Mexico.
PRAISES UNIFIED EFFORT

Filled with tho women who have
| consccrated their effort to build out
OF steel and stone n home for those
young women who have no home or
their own. and n gathering place where
| they may enjoy the amenities of life
and the benign influence Of the lead
crs OF their kind. the new central home
I of the Young Womcn's Christian AS
/ ISOLATION was dedicated yesterday aft
! tcruoon. Every seat III the gymnasium.
where the dcdc2tory exercises were
\ held, was taken. and many had to ind
seats In the gallery. Clear skies ana
calm weather brought out hundreds,
and lent an air OF conservation TO the
4 simple ceremony.
i The principal address was delivered
by Or. :. c. Mitchell. president of the
Medical College Of Virginia. lie was
4 assisted In the exercises by tho Rev.
\ William J. Young, -. d.. tho Rev. Rus
\ sell Cecil, ID. D., the Rev. Il. Il. Nc
/ l'aden, IL. D., and the Rev. w. Russell
4 Bowie. a large chorus, under the d.
rection OF Professor Mercer. led IN the
singing. After the services many
fingered to go over the building and
inspect the various rooms in which
the members will meet for social
pleasures or for the more serious
I things which the institution will pro-
Y vide for them.
4 Led by tho chorus. the audience
Joined In singing the hymn. Lead On.
\ . King Eternal" after which the in
vocation was read by DR.. Young.
| DR.. Mitcheli's Address.
In an address marked by it's simple
) terms and kindly reference to those
whose united efforts had resulted In
the rearing of the new home. DR.
| Mitchell pointed out the great things
| which have been accomplished by wo-
i men. and impressed them with the
! thought that the lives of thousands of
young women would be sweetened by
loves mutual expression rs shown in
/ this association. Team work and CO.
! operation, such as had reared tho Y.
\ NJ. q. A., and brought the regional
bank to Richmond. were responsible
for the erection. he snid of the y. w
I. ~, and to him II meant the dawn
of new era in the social order
when we look out into the flu
turc, he said, Eve come to understand
that the first work OF supreme import
ance is In giving us the morality OF Z,
new social order. And IL ia upon such
u work mat the women Of to-day are
engaged. l must thank every one who
contributed, not merely In money, but
/ a,so In sympathy and in kindly express
/ sion. We must thank the board of d.
I rectors. those who laborcd in the field
\ Tor this structure. and those immedi-
ntcly charged with tho accomplish
| mcnt of the great task"
pr. Mitchell reviewed the work done
I by the Southern women I'm the days of
| '6l and 81, ard the achievements of
tho Richmond women of to-day in the
held of literature in giving the world
I n new Interpretation OF aspirations
! and ideals Of the South.
Result of Unified Effort.
/ Think" he said, "of their achieve
| mcnts in education, not only in pub
= schools IN In yfrn CAL
fccting the state and the entire ma
/ ton. | was told recently that people
I OF the North would have to come to
/ tiA South to learn how closely the
| school may be related TO tho COM
inunity." lie satd that IL had taken
him forty-nine years to learn that the
4 whole is greater than tho part, and
| that this building OF the Y. w. C. A.
was but another evidence of the truth
! of the maxim. in that IL was the re-
suit Of unified effort, Of all working
/ together for tho same end and towards
definite purpose.
! 1T is, he said ''compactive OF love
reared out of ideals and constructed
or high aspirations. 1t is built out of
the love OF women for their kind, for
their city and their God. 1t shows us
that this city can be made practically
perfect; that we can build out of il an
ideal for all others to follow. There
is Il. deeply religious impulse in our
modern science and in our democracy,
and we can abolish ignorance and pow
erty and fntempcrance and preventabie
disease. South of us there is a certain
aspect of our destiny. Forces that no
man can control arc pushing us into a
serious task. heard Mr. Taft say that
II was not the Tampico incident which
IL impelling us forward. That was but
the last straw. 1t Is destiny impellin.
us to address ourselves to the task of
restoring order and society in Mexico.
Mr. TAFT said that IL would involve
calling out 100000 men and maintaining
them ut 81 .00o. 900 a day In the case Of
the Philippines he said that it was an
easy matter but that TO combat gucr-
rillas would be AN intolerable process.
And after that has been completed our
task VIII have but begun. We shall
nave 10 restore order and government
and maintain them. We shall have TO
tax" up the work as trustees if neces-
sary and the country will need and
nave the moral support of It's women"
Open i:nch Night This Week.
The \. w. G. a. building VIII bc omen
every afternoon and night of this week
ior Inspection. and visitors will be en-
tcrtained by special programs ar
ranged for each day. To-day has been
set aside Tor the members Tomorrow
the building viii be turned over to the
subscribers 10 the fund, through which
the home was reared. and at night
there Will be gymnastic exhibition
Wednesday VIII he visiting day for
members OF all women's clubs and thot
night an entertainment will DO given
them by the Campfire Girls. Ministers.
members of charity and religious Or
carnations and Bible classes have been
invited 10 inspect the home on Thurs
| day and on Friday the home will bo
inspected 10y schools and colleges Fri
day night the members have arranged
to give costume dance, representing
; all the nations of the earth. on Satur-
day All the school children have been
invited TO view tho building
Imlnuf Men to Rnlly.
meeting Of the friends OF Jacoh
Imlauf. candidate for the nayoralty
has been called to be held in Smith :
, deal Hall tonight at o'clock Plans
/. for the Mnrknrs nrnIlnl hn