The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-30
Y. ". 6. A. SENDS HOMELESS GIRL
 OUT INTO NIGHT
Emily Enmet's Search for Shelter Takes New and Un- expected Turn When She Visits State Street Boarding Home Seeking Shelter.
Less Consideration There, She. Says, Than at the Average Furnished Room House Where She Was Refused Ad-' nittance.
(By Ernily Enmet1

,N1oSl. E4II4l4y nAAA4lAOS(
 ''I was a. stranger, and ye took me not in''
 Between the package counter and the door to the ladies' room at the railroad station there is a. neatly framed sign about one by two feet in dirnentions which bears the fol- lowing message:
 The Young Womet's Christian As #sociation will be glad to help women who are strangers in the city to find Elodging and board and will also assist them in securing employment Office 1087 Broad street. Boarding Home 629 State street, The message is is repeated in Italian and Hun ngarian.
 To begin with, the sign is an ex- ample of poor advertising as the words in large type which are lconse- quentIy the ones to catch the eye are: 'The Young Women's Christian Association and the average rravel- Ter does not read further. To be eff lcient, the catch words should be Isomething which, would appeal to every woman traveller.
 While I did not know of the ex- istance of this sign on the evening of my attempt to find a room. my atten- tion was called to it later and so I resolved to again effect the meta mQrphosis of Emily Emmet, news jpaperN oman, to Emily Ernnet, shop girl
 Reasoning that the line, tBoarding 1 home, 629 State street, would be the most attractive to the girl stranger and that of the two addresses in a town with whose streets she was to- I tally unacquainted, she would most l naturally seek out the one which of fered the home directly, went to the boarding home.
 1e It was just about ten minutes be- fore nine Q clock when rang the I fr r- rrrrl < -.- I evidently not a secretary of the insti7 tutions nor did I think her one of the
 maids as she appeared to have 1enough authority to take the respon-
 sibility of dismissing me without Ereferring me tq anyone else in the word for word:
 ! Can T get a room here ?''
 ssNo we haven't any here'', the Itone was pleasant but not en- Icouragfng.
 Gan you tell me where can get |I ssYou might try either np there :. sl lleaningsout from the uninviting space lat which she held the door open and I tpoInting to the right. 'sor down there, '' lrepeatfng the motion to the left.
 Well I haven't much money to pay for it'' 'H+m. h-m.'' from the doorway.
 Isn't this the Young Women, ,s ICHRISTIAN association ?''l I asked in a, new vain of Thought
 Yes,i' and still the tone gathered , Ino warmth
 s They told me that since this was a s| |CHRIST1AN association I might find 2 a place to stay here,'' said in a Z lp1eading, questioning way. Him, H-n, we'll of course if we had room, but we haven't any at aIl 2 : apparently the subject was dismissed in the naind of the speaker. And. you cant tell me where can find any ?" was giving her 3 2 chance to suggest the Protective As g sociation.
 g ssNo.' The door closed and I turn. s led away and walked out from under ? that sign which is supposed to spell z a haven of refuge for any girl in al
 decidedly new interpretation of its e meaning
 ] Apparently, after nineteen hun e dred years of Christianity, we have < not changed greatly. for still there Q is mo room at the tnn'', and the lone f late conner, particularly if she be 2 e woman. must lay her head in some
 out-house- worse . It is not with any thought Of cen. [ soring the Y. w. G A. that I writs ]; this as myself attend some of it: : classes and and no one could have : been astounded than I at the recep. e,d ton r received.
 There was less interest shown il s my welfare at the door of this insti 2 2 tutfon than at any of the roonlinz ' houses to which I had applied in m,
 previous search for lodging Even ii
 the cabaret roomtng house distric the proprtetors had at least definiteI, directed me to another place where [ ! might find a room.''
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