Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-14
Commend the Approaching
Building Campaign to
People Of the City.
ASSISTING PHOEBE
DR.. Barton and Rev. Ncfl'
Deliver Especially Force
ful Appeals.

A THE time draws near for tho
4 n opening of the Sl50.000 cam
pnicn for !. W. G. A. building in
Tulsa interest steadily increases.
The Y. W. c. \. shared with Tenn
perance" IN the pulpits OF Tulsl Sun
day and strong endorsements fer the
building were made by all tho min
listers.
Appropriate Text.
Reverend rarton OF tho Boston
Avenue Methodist church preached
a special sermon from the following
scripture:
I commend unto you Phoebe our
sister that ya receive her in the
Lord and that yc assis; her in what
Soevcr matter she may have need Of
YOU"
He said
I'VE live in an age of rapidly
changing conditions II our grand
fathers should come to life they
would hardly recognize thc conditions
as they exist today Nowhere tx
change more apparent than the place
that woman has taken In modern bus
| mess life The census Cf 1900 re
Vealed the fact that out of n few
me re than three hundred vocaiions in
which men were engaged, women had
entered 295 of them. II Is not for us
| 10 discuss today whether the number
of women leaving homo Is good or
an evil. We are not dealing with ideal
states. but with conditions as we find
them. Multitudos of young women
arc crowding into our cities each year
TO take their place by the side Of Their
brother men in winning their daily
bread. This. OF course, develops 4
condition that must be met by the
| Christian worker. For n great many
years the Christian church his felt
that 1t must deal with our young mor
who arc coming to the cities but the
| church has been slow I'm taking car
of this large army of girls. II IL estf
mated that in Tulsa alone we have
about two thousan young women ir
our offices, stores and shops. An in
vcstiPation reveals the fact that q
large number Of these girls are In
| boarding houses and not residing al
home. The Young Women's Chris
tiar association has taken upon IT,
self the task Of taking care OF these
homeless girls say homeless girls
because | would not say for mo-
ment that the Y. W. G. \. car tak'
the place of Christian home, th'
ideal place for any young woman as 4
matter OF course. the home with thu
Influence Of father and mother
brother and sister, but with these girl
laway from home, the problem arise
that the Christian church and tn,
Y. w. G. A. is now dealing with in
business-llSo way. A study OF th
question reveals tho fact that ther
are four or five dangers to which tn
girls of tho city are subjected. Anon.
these are the cheap board ing house
| Il nttfa Inc hA gtf 4
Cften receiving low wage, must fin
piece where hcr board will b
cheap and this often places her Il
surroundings where temptations or
many, and at this point. thousand
have been sweeping down into tn
maelstrom OF sin. Friendlessness
another condition with which W
must deal. God has made woman 70
: mpanionship lie has given her IN
bloom of the rose upon her cheek, IN
light OF the stars IN her eyes. tn
els s,icity OF the fs'Vn in her step-
she IL Gods mos beautiful creature
She must have frien1s IT may read
lily be seen that IN 8 hear boardin
house her friendshinS are often sue
that are conducive 80 % good thinl
Another thing thai eals the dan
gers to which our si' re exposed
the low wage which tfey receive fo
their services or thE Ihltlons OF VIC
4 mon who are now laDoring III ou
e cities. statistics reveal the fact hs
n the average wage Is $3.50 per wee
3 and II Is estimator that three-fifth
receive $3.50 per week. II is furthe
}, estimated that no woman can I've
r modern city life for less than $50
: per week A moments reflection re
4 veals the fact that there must b
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