Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-25
Y. w. C.. A. Notes

I. w. l.. a. NOLGS
When Miss Julia T. Lee, national
secretary of the Y. W. c. A. war work
committee. arrives next Tuesday, the
campaign for the Warren district quo
ia of the 100000 which the asso-
citation has been asked to contribute
by the government will be formally
commenced. When the war was de-
clared and the first drafts taken far
sighted women saw the demand that
would be made on girl labor in the
Yarious activities which formerly be-
longed to men. One of the best known
examples of this transition has been
the munition factories, especially the
many plants of the Dupont Powder
works. all over the United States. In
many factories two shifts are run,
making il necessary for the girls to
work at night. In these crowded in
dusrial communities the problem of
housing has been a difficult one
problem that the Y W. c. A. has been
called upon to solve.
There are hundred or so training
camps for men all over the United
States. and to these women visitors.
wives. mothers and sweethearts are
coming at the rate of several hundred
day to say what may be last fare
we'll to a loved one. The towns adj
jacent to the camps were unprepared
for this onslaught, and were unable
to furnish adequate housing for the
visitors, or convenient places for them
to meet their friends or relatives. The
resulting confusion can well be i'm
agined. This problem. too, was left
to the Y. W. c. A to solve.
This is only very small part of the
work that the association must do.
There are many evil conditions in
France and Russia that must be recti-
fed. The Y. w. c. A. cannot do all
these things without the cooperation
of every man and woman in the Unit
ed States, and certainly it is work
that deserves all the encouragement
that can be given it,
Mrs. C. o. Ellis. Mrs. Alfred T.
Paul, Mrs. II. T. Cuthbert and Miss
Margaret Rowe of the Douglas Young
Women's club were visitors at the
Y. W. c. A Thursday afternoon.
The party to the new members on
Wednesday evening was thoroughly
enjoyed by those present. Miss Mar
garet McConaughy rendered several
very acceptable piano selections.
At the Wednesday afternoon At
Home. Mrs. Z. A. Crocker talked on
wheatless menus. Refreshments of rye
bread sandwiches and oatmeal wafersl
were served.
The Owaissa Campfire girls met on
Thursday after school and worked on
their ceremonial costumes. and then
enjoyed a supper in the club room.
Miss Julia T. Lee. national score
tary of the Y. W. c. A. will arrive in
Bisbee Tuesday on the Golden State
Limited, and with her arrival the cam
paign for collecting Bisbee's quota of
the 100000 for war work will be
commenced.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid met with
Miss Meyer "Wednesday afternoon and
sewed for the French orphans. Mrs. |
c. S. Thompson spoke to the ladies' on
Y. w. c. A. work, especially in regard
to the need of work among the young
women employed in crowded indus
trial centers. such as the Dupont pow
der works.
The employment department an
nounces that the ads in the Review
asking for positions have brought
quick harvest. and it may have 10 ad-
vertise for girls to Gil the positions.
Tuesday afternoon girls of the Pol
lyanna club of the Lincoln school will
entertain their mothers at the Y. w.
C. a. with Thanksgiving program.
At the vesper service last Sunday
afternoon a playlet was given. repre-
senting an episode OF Y. w c. A. work
in Shanghai. Miss McCurdy took the