Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-17
IovFS SWEET SONG
q NOT SILENCED IN
pARLORS OF Y. W. C. A.
fven Though There Are
only Seven Sofas There
the Devoted Wooer May
plead His Cause Every
S4th Night.
younc Men Welcomed as Visi-
tors Until IL P. M, and
on Departure the vestibule
offers Opportunity for Tell
ing of the Old, Old Story.

v,be only place that you've got to en-
.,a The Young man OF your choice
~. ~ three parlors that are open wide
- sirIs all in the same plight what
~. has the burbling youth got to
,cp the question? ...
I, ,be said parlors contain total of
,-.r sofas-almost as necessary to a
..,o.al as the young man himself-how,
,.,ao of fourth dimension mathematics,
,hs seven be made to accommodate
= .rd thus further the business of
Ia, which questions have been
...,oted bv the beau problem now agi-
I'm. tho Young women's Christian As
,cation world.
,,oording to Miss Blanche Geary,
.oclologist, courting is as necessary
!. ,be Young American woman as meat
.Da drink itself, and instead of thwart-
,.r romance those associations where
,rrdreds of girls are living under one
-, should do everything in their power
!, make things comfy for the little blind
"a The establishment Of beau parlors
.,,d in her estimation, solve the prob
lem. ., ,A
- three parlors-sizes, big, medium and
,,raIl-yIth seven strong. stout sofas.
Two hundred and forty women of mar
.,.roable age are housed there BY wait
Inc their turns, each of the young women
eorld have "whack'' at the sofa every
IAN night. Is this enough?
According to Mrs Joseph a. Hudson,
rrssident of the association, II is, If the
ilite nooks and Granny holes scattered
around In the halls and offices are taken
into consideration.
rBut I'm willing to admit" she added,
fhat on rainy nights the beau question
h A problem, even in this big place"
The brave young man who wants to win
aYw. c. A. maid for his wife can call
,s early In the evening as he desires, but
be must leave at eleven. No blatant gong
advises him of the hour nor does the
,lectrcity go to bed as subtle warning.
Instead, the night-watch, in the person of
tall firm but withal kindly supervisor of
the name Of Miss Riley, walks around. 1t
Is enough He knows.
II may be that all the others have re-
tired; II may be that the words which
would bind him for life had been that
very minute on his lip. His doom is
come Next time-34 nights hence-per-
haps he will be lucky or more courageous.
But in the meantime the night-watch Is
around again.
Co. George CO." the damsel of his
heart cries in softened, not to say disap-
panted, tones.
And pessmistically George prepares to
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But wait All hope is not yet aban-
tcned. There is the vestlbule.
What a haven for blighted hopes that
Iestibule Isl
Quick! Quick! The night-watch once
more is around the corner.
Mary, will you be mine? I've been try
ing for the last six rainy Mondays to
ask you!'
Yes, George. dear; but CO."
The vestibule has saved the day.
The above being proof of the old adage
that love laughs at locksmiths, and at
paucity of sofas, too. And despite all
Obstacles colncident with counting In the
open. romance is said to thrive up at
18th and Arch streets, and marriages
here are a-plenty, though no statistics
have been kept.
We approve of counting most heartily"
4 the statement Mrs. Hudson is sponsor
ior Moreover, we do everything in our
power to encourage our girls to have their
men friends come. They do come. too;
ne parlors are usually filed, and the
onces and halls and stairways, too. Our
elm has been to make this as much like
home as possible"