The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-11


Following the interesting. report by
Mrs. Bats, Miss Anna b. Orr, the gen.
eraa secretary OF the Y. w. C. A, adj
dressed the meeting, and the atten-
ton given her was in keeping with the
Importance Of the twenty minute talk
she gave on what have been accom-
plished. and what is going to be ac-
compiished by the Y. w. c. A. in the
next year.
Miss Orr said in part:
THE Y. w. C. A, has taken care,
from time to time, OF from five to
twenty young women at one time. and
seats usually from eleven to twelve
at dinner time.
1.-THE Y. w. C. A. is now conducting
q membership campaign, with head
quaEsters at Goes Book Store.
IF any one doubts the need of
7. W. c. A." said Mrs. Orr, impress
sively. L wish they could be with me,
as / sit at headquarters from nine in
the morning to one or two, and some
times three in the afternoon, and see
the girls go ainlessly by up and down
Palafox street"
What we want" continued Miss
Orr, els something for these girls to
do to keep them off the streets. We
want a restaurant down town, we
want gymnasium. We want clubs
flor them. These young girls have no
business in public restaurants. They
are too young and too ignorant.
GIRLS PAY BOARD.
zone of the reasons that we have
not yet reached the girls as we wish
to reach them, and expect to reach
them. is that they do not understand.
They think the Y. w. c. A. represents
charity. The Y. w. c. A. is not a
charitable institution. The girls pay
their way. Forty per cent goes for
board, according to the salary earned.
The girl who earns but three dollars
week, for instance, pays forty per
cent Of that three dollars. Where else
could girl find a home at such a
price?
'The girls who have much should
be brought into this work TO help the
girls who have little. They need each
other. What is needed is for the girls
to wake to q realization of what the
Y. w. c. A. stands for, and this is
what we are trying to show them.
AT this time there arp five girls
boarding at the Y. w. c. A.-business
girls, who need the comforts and sur
roundings of home. Fney want a piano.
They want q gymnasium. They need
these influences, and the other girls
we want to reach need them.
How can men and women see the
girls who are constantly on the streets
and not see the need for this work.
Miss Orr cited instances of a num-
Der Of girls and women who had been
helped through the Y. w. G. A, not
only as boarders. but as transients.
I'VE are making a campaign in Pen
sacola," she said, ''for the women and
the girls. The women are making this
campaign. The cost of membership in
the association is only one dollar a
year. Think of it, not ten cents q
month! If we could get twelve hun
dred women in Pensacola to join we
would have twelve hundred dollars a
year. Think of that! Twelve hun
dred dollars steady income. We would
not need then to ask the men to help
us. They could give their support
all their support, If they liked-to the
Y. M. C. A., and we could fight our
battle alone. The women of Pensa-
cola could look out for the women"
Miss Orr was interrupted here by ap-
plause.
She closed her talk with a tribute to
the splendid work of the two house.
mothers of the Y. W. c. A. Mrs Dom
who is now in charge. and Mrs.
Mary Preston, who was with the as
sociation for the first six months.
Under the able direction of Mrs. Nita
Osborn Benn and her pupils, several
choruses We're very delightfully."- rem
dered during the evening.