The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
v. C. A. At THE
PANAMA EXPOSITION
-. Building Erected Is Convenient
y for the Women Who
Attend the
Event.
a BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
with Information Bureau and Other
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lo-
cal Notes OF
Interest.
a BEAUTIFUL BUILDING

Just inside the main entrance OF
.be Panama Pacific exposition is a
hu,,ding erected for the use and COM
Fort or the thousands OF women who
will visit San Francisco during the
exposition.
Two years ago the national board
If tho Young Women's Christian asso-
stations were invited by the officials
~ the exposition to erect and equip a
suitable structure. The result is a
beautiful building in the south gar
tens, facing the tower OF Jewels. It
e directly to the left Of the Scott
street gateway where 1t Will be con-
yenient for visitors entering or leav-
Ing the grounds.
There is an information bureau in
the center OF the main lobby where 1t
ran be seen the moment one enters
the building. A staff OF trained wom-
On is in attendance. The visitor who
wants In know about train schedules
or car service. Or the woman who Is
anxious to find a good place to board
near the exposition grounds. will be
s,yen the desired Information. Facts
shout the CITY and bay region will be
furnished here. Directories OF the ex-
nositiop officials and employees. OF
churches and social service agencies
will be available for all who apply.
An emergency service and trained
Aurse are part of the equipment OF
this department.
On this same floor is a large quick
service lunch room, where both men
ana women can obtain well cooked
"a 4s-J hmm
dred people can be seated here at one
time. A mezzanine balcony extends
around the room, and from the tables
laid here one can overlook the south
gardens and the lagoon. The tower Of
jewels Is only a short distance away
and the central features of the won
derfnl Illumination scheme are with
= ina stones throw. The view from
these windows will make the balcony
tables most desirable. Aside from the
regular lunch and supper there is an
Z afternoon tea service. This lunch
room is particularly convenient for
the psople attending programs in fes-
tival hail.
There are comfortable reaGing and
writing rooms just off the main lobby
where strangers in the city may read
the news from their own home paper,
CT write a letter to their friends.
On the second floor is an assembly
room which seats two hundred and
fifty people. Motion picture apparatus
ha; been installed. This hall is avail
ADJ without. charge for suitable or
Plantations desiring to use 1t for con-
ferences and meetings. MANY organ
izations whose work is educational In
character Or along lines of social ser
vice will hold sessions in this build
Ing. 1t has been estimated that an
average of three or four conventions
day will meet in San Francisco dur
ing the exposition year. Many OF
these will be OF especial interest to
women.
The Young Women's Christian asso-
citation is planning strong program
6, speakers drawn from its own ranks
and also from prominent men and
women whose work is related to the
broader lines OF association activities.
Problems in home economics. hygiene,
physical training and recreation, ques-