Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-06

please help me I never trarled any
and by my self will be thankful OF
any 1nfamatior
YOUR FRIENDe
With this pathetic little note in the
pocket OF her MILDLY" blouse. showing
tho absolute confidence in which she
held all humanity. a little girl came
into the city last week seeking en-
ployment.
'.Anything" she said II could work
at most anything"
hut as for any particular kind of
work. training she had none. Luckily
q representative Of the Travellers Aid
Society was At the station. and she
+ Was taken to tho headquarters and
= looked after until work was found.
by advertising and by asking members
of the society, place was offered
where she could go into domestic serv-
ice.
She found lois OF friends coming UP
on the train from South Carolina and
talked to many persons. She was hat
less, and had only n scarf about her
head. No friends no clothes. no money
and no employment. What were the
possibilities for this child of less than
twenty? That is the question the Trav-,
3 ciers Aid is asking. She had not even
the natural timidity:that an older per-
son would have had In facing an un-
certain future She was seeking the
big adventure. She had faith In hui
manity. .l..-
How badly that faith might have
been received tho records of this or
ganizatton and many other welfare so
cietfcs could show. These girls by the
hundreds are coming into the cities,
and a big percentage. much too big,
are never heard from again The
great number of organizations in Rich
mond are trying to see that the belief
of such girls IS justified. They have
organized employment bureaus. con-
Quoted by the y. w. c. A. The Nurses
Settlement is reaching out and taking
care OF some by allowing them to board
{ in the boarding home. The Civic Fed
Grafton IS overlooking tho places In
which the girls will be given employ
ment. The Social Service Federation.
which includes seventeen welfare or
ganEations. has some excellent plans
on foot which Will assure the young
traveller IA clean welcome. And one of
the best plans. as all welfare workers
agree. Is that two or more policewomen
should he added to the agencies that
are striving to make Richmond one
of the safest cities in the country.
VIRGINIA DANES TO GIVE
PICTURE TO SULGRANE MANOR
Virginia women are not only doing
pioreer work. but the traditions thar
makes Virginia stand where she does
are being carefully preserved by tho
/ organizations that have that as their
object The Colonial Danes OF Viz
work Of rehabilitating Sulgrave Manor.
the old English home of the Wash
ington family. and has, contributed
handsomely toward a picture of Wash
ington for the house! IT has been de-
cided to have copy made OF Peales
Washington. a2Gr
Sulgrave Manor was presented to
the United States by the English gov
ernment, and Americans abroad are
free to go there at any time.
William Rufiin Cox is president. re-
Gently gavc s100 to the Red Cross fund.
WOMEN APPEAL FOR
GREATER COOPERATION
On all sides the cry for more CO.
operation Is heard among the women's
organizations. Richmond seems to
stand alone In having no clubs be-
longing to the State Federation of
Womens Clubs. although the invita-
ton has been extended from that or
& ganization many times.
&, The Woman'S Club at ell East
Franklin Street is organized for purely
social purposes and, as II was the first
IN the city. no other club has vcntured
to affiliate with the state body. Many
excellent clubs are doing splendid local
, work, but their influence does not OK
tend beyond the borders of their city.
An appeal has been sent out by the
State federation. Of which Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Caldwell, OF Roanoke. is president.
II
State IL women would learn co-opcra-
tion. II says:
ITO all women of Virginia we would
say: Como and join our club movement
and help us work for the best there Is
in educafion; liz. civics, and In sane and
improved social effort for better con
ditions for all people. If. as many
prophesy. equal suffrage is coming.
whether all of us wish II or not then
let us he getting ready to use 1t wisely
nlI nv nfa
the habit OF thinking broadly, of diff
ferlng amicably. OF working together.
OF arguing impersonally. which con-
s;itutes the best preparation for cit
izcnship. Meanwhile, our waiting time
Will not be lost. nor opportunity to
serve our State and country be lack
ing. Women working side by side with
their sisters OF all beliefs for measures
:. of real progress constitute n power OF
greater force than the workers them
,--selves can ever realize"
The federation Is made up OF depart
nlent clubs. clubs that are purely self
cultural. like the Richmond Women's
Club; civic clubs, suffrage clubs and
antisunrage organizations. In fact.
every type of woman's organization is
represented.
NOTES OF INTEREST no
RICHMOND WOMEN
The Art Club OF Richmond will close
its exhibit Of the pictures of the late
w iIli0Hl H. Sheppard OH wednesday,.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Kate Langley
Bosher will address the club aad the
public on The Art Alliance Of Amer
lea" This organization is working to
increase public interest in art and to
create field for young workers in
this country. Miss Nora Houston Will
be hostess for the afternoon. and tea
will be served. as usual. after the lee
turc.
'1Iookworm In Virginia" will be the
shbject of lecture 10 be delivered by
n w. A. Picker Monday afternoon before
the Richmond Nurses Club In the club
rooms of the Young Women's Chris
.ian Association. The meeting viii he
held at O'Clock.
The regular weekly meeting OF the
Equal Suffrage League of Richmond
ts-iI1 ha hr1l