New Britain herald., 1916-02-15
30 YEARS WORK FOR
 G|RLS' RECREATION
Anniversary Of Branch Being Ob- served by the Y. ". C. A.

The observance of the thirtieth an- niversary of the recreation department | of the Y. w. C. A. is now in progress | throughout the country, and judging from the interest that is being mani fested in the event it will surpass the previous celebrations in connection with the anniversary exercises. Thir- ty years ago mothers began to think about the needs of younger girls for recreation, entertainment and inter esting study, and in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. in 1886 the first meeting to take up this work was held. Today there are 13S associations having organized work, and in the local association there are clubs consisting of girls be- tween the ages of 12 and A years which obtain these advantages.
 The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was started in 1886 and this has proved to be one of the most successful works carried out at the local association. Mrs. Wilson Hume, nee Carthcart, the first secre- tary of this branch, is now located at a Y. M. c. A. camp in India.
 There are four clubs for Industrial girls, also an association which CO., operates with the Travellers Aid Work of the association. Visitors at the Pan- American Exposition were greatly pleased with the treatment received at the cafeteria conducted by the as- sociation and through it conspicuous service was rendered to thousands of people daily. It's nursery reading and rest rooms proved advantageous in faj n
 To realize the significance of the Y w. c. A. as a national movement, one must get glimpse of the student work, the foreign work, and all phases of association work in addition to the city associations. The Y. w. C. A. is the biggest Woman's organization in the country.
 Coming Events.
 The Silver Bay club will hold a dramatic performance tomorrow evening entitled "Rebecca's Triumph" The affair is for the fund to send delegates to the Y w. c. A. confer ence at Lakes George, N. Y, next | The cast is as follows: Mrs. Rokeman, a wealthy lady .
 ........... Mrs. John Stadler i Mrs. Delaine, a widow ....
 Mrs. Robert NuSS | Rebecca, founding .......
 ..L.......... Grace Wainwright Ilarissa Goldman, a spinster w
 ........... Ruth Clark Dora Gaines ........... Anna Bray ;adie Morrell ...... Dorothy Scotton imma Stevens ..... sEmerett Wright trace Greenwood 7...4.a.- :, Marion H oar daria Gray ... v. Amy Chapman 1ioc
 .. Anna Holleran typ, a colored girl ..... Rose Fox leg, a vagrant ... Isabella Jackson
 There will be a Washington's birth lay party on Tuesday, February 22, or the entire membership and for friends of the members of the Y. w. ;. A. There will be special pro- { ,ram of colonial type, dancing and ! reshments
 At the vesper service next Sunday | Miss $. C. Jones, Miss Mary Hall, Miss l E. R. Andrews, and Miss Elizabeth | Rogers will speak, and tell what the Y. w. c. A. is doing for girls in foreign lands, and what the associa- ton is also doing for the immigrant girl in this country. This will be interesting, since the Y. w. c. A. is quite as popular in China, Japan, India and other foreign coun- tries as here in America. ...
 Algot and Anna Peterson sold land and buildings on Linden street today