Evening star., 1915-02-28
Y, VIC, A, CAMPAIGN
IS GREAT SUCCESS
7O4 New Members Are Added
to Local 0rganiza-
tion's Rolls.
MRS. JOSEPHUS DANIELS
IS PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
This Is Woman's Day Says Wife
of Secretary of the
Navy.

Seven hundred and four new members
We're brought into the Young Women S
Christian Association IS a result of the
two-week campaign. which was formal
ly closed at the headquarters last even
ing with supper. Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels. wife of the Secretary of the Navy
Department. was the guest of honor and
principal speaker. Secretary Daniels
had been invited to be present but was
| unable to accept. Mrs. Woodbury. Pull
sifer, chairman of the membership com
mittee, acted as toastmistress. The
"Aeroplanes" won. bringing in 1926
against 277 by the automobiles
Mrs. Daniels pointed out that many
spheres of useful endeavor are now
open to women, but. she said, "the
great place of woman is in Christian
work" She said she hoped to see the
Christian associations all over the
country continue to grow, and urged
her auditors to pass on kind deeds to
other persons" Taking the initials of
the words. Young Women's>Christian
Association" Mrs. Daniels said she
often felt that they stood for "You
Will Cultivate Altruism.''
This Is Woman's Day.
This is woman's day." said Mrs. Dan
iels in part. I'VE often say this of
our age, and think it peculiarly true.
And we are right in saying that never
did woman occupy so high a place as
now. But she did not reach it sudden
ly. Appreciation of woman has been
an evolution. a growth. because it has
taken the slow moving mind of man to
translate into womans life the pre-
cepts of the Man of Gallilee.
The world was a mans world before
the Creator set a little child in the
midst and made Him the greatest in
the Kingdom. Woman, till He saw IN
her all that the Creator had made her,
was 100 often a slave or dependent
for favor. The Christian religion gave
to woman her proud place in the world.
and to the Christ she owes most that
makes life sweet and makes the world
a place in which to help those whom
she loves
Promises New Building.
Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly, pres
popular chord and brought forth ap-
plause when she said she hoped that
work on a new Y. w. C. A. building
all lnclT OWL III oC StdA tSu iiot
later than next fall.
Mrs. Pulsifer gave an outline of the
history of the association. She is the
only member at present on the board
of directors who was on tthe tempo
rary board when the organization was
first started and who has been mem
ber of the permanent board continu-
ously since the association was formal
" incorporated ten years ago.
Mrs Pulsifer told of the early meet
ings at the homes of Mrs Rodney True.
Mrs. W. H. Hoeke. the Portner and the
Ebbitt She dwelt on the influence OF
Mrs j. Ellen Foster, one of the early
and most interested workers.
Portrait Is Presented.
A lfe-size portrait of Mrs. Foster was
formally presented to the association
last night by Miss Elisabeth F. Pierce
first vice president.
Miss Florence NJ. Brown. general
secretary of the association, who has
held that position since January. 1907
said that many good results had been
obtained through the campaign. In
one way, she said, it had acted as a
revival and had renewed the interest
Of many of the older members. IT