The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
Travellers Aid
Plans National
Organization
Cooperative Work by Score of So
cie,ies in Nearly One Hundred
Cities of United States Is Aim of
Directors Conference.

New York. Nov. 6.--Annouucement
is made at the headquarters OF the
New York Travellers Aid Society that
an effort ia 10 be made this fall To
bring about the formation of ma
tionai organization that will unite the
present Travellers Aids scattered
throughout the country.
For this purpose II is likely that a
general conference of directors OF the
various local societies VIII be called in
New York. when detailed plans will be
worked out. Furthermore. IL is the
present Intention to extend the RANT
ficauous OF the national organization
10 every civilized country in which
there is much International travel,
thus making the movement really one
N which travellers everywhere may
be interested.
Since the formation of the first
Travellers Aid Society, the New York
Society. similar organizations have
sprung UP all over the United States
until today they are to be found In
twenty three OF the largest cities.
Each OF these societies, however. has
been conducted independently of all
The rest and In reality their co-opera-
ton has been as much matter OF
courtesy and mutual understanding of
common aims as anything.
f, With the growing need for Travel
'ers' Aids In communities where none
existed, and " hich re-uited In the &C
tive participation In Travellers Aid
work by orgaatzat ens founded FOR
other purposes, It has now become
Gear TO those most interested that
much can be gained H. systematic and
united effort Whereas heretofore K
has been the problem OF rafh local
society TO keep It's affairs going, to
raise It's own funds - outline its OWE
policies, with a national organizatio
operated from single headquarters Is
IN felt that many burdensone prob
lens can be lifted of the shoulders
Of individual societies ard at the same
time more effective service be Of
ford-d 'he public
Ore o the great possthfllties con
y!dered Il plans for national organi.
zaticr IS the turning Of cooperative
organizations In many cities into out
of-town Travellers Aid Societies
Whereas these organizations now de-
vote only part OF their effort to Tra~.
eiers' aid work with such assistance
as national organization could af-
ford. arrsnSements for entirely new
organizations growing out Of the old,
would be made The extent to which
Travellers Aid work In being done out
eibN u NIEHtl1satfJ1S Vi LIS Qi]ltIHl
name Ia shown in the report OF the
current year. which states that, while
there are only twenty-three Travellers
Ala Societies, the work Is being sue
cessfullv carried on In not less than
rinety-fodr cities all over the United
States. IN IL se cities during the yea r
447.a7s cases ct help rendered. were
officially rnported.
Probably ore OF the first things p
national organization would do wotld
he he esta hishmkrt Of n Travellers
Aid Society IN Boston. Though Bos-
ton was the first city to propose the
movement IN this country and though
II WAS tNs Boston Ministers Associn-
tion which sent the first worker te
New York more than quarter OF q
century $50. Boston itself has never
/ had a society. Such work as has
been done for travellers has beer
handled through the LOT al Y. M. G.
/ and 1t ia the understanding thai that
orga Nzation IL the prime mover nov
FOR Travellers Ala Society.