Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-17
CONFERENCE OF WOMEN
ON WAR ACTIVITIES
Meeting of Representatives From All
Parts OF "tnte to be Held Here
on ErIdny

beginning Friday morning and con-
tinuing through Saturday there will
be held at the Jefferson Hotel n meet
Ing OF picked women from all sections
OF Virginia, the object being to organ
lie state war council for carrying
out more effectively the war emer-
gcncy program OF the Young womens
Christian Association. Nearly fifty wo-
men from other cities and about nifty
Richmond women have been asked to
serve on this war council. Many of
these have not been previously connect
ed with tho Y. w. G. a.. but are quick
to recognize the need Of work among
girls In the vicinity Of training camps
and in industrial centers and to ac-
knowledge that the association pos
seSses already the machinery, the
equipment and the motive to make
the task effective.
1t is expected that out of this meet
Ing Will grow a number of local war
councils in tho cities and towns II
Virginia. The conference here is but
part of Il well-planned campaign To en-
list the interest Of women in the
work that Is acknowledged by leaders
OF both sexe. to be q crying need for
the preservation OF the social body
of the American people. DR.. John
Il. Mott, secretary OF the international
committee OF the Y. NJ c. A, writes:
profoundly interested in your i'm
portant plans. In spite Of all pro-
visions being made to create a zone OF
moral safety around tho camps the
moral and religious welfare of the SOL
diers Will still depend in large mea-
sure upon the social conditions in the
adjoining communities. The attitude
and conduct OF the girls and women
go far to determine the controlling
spirit of these communities. The
Young Women's Christian Association
,tat.
Is pre-eminently fitted to meet this
situation. We are most eager to have
the Women's Association meet this re-
sponsibility for the protection of girls
and women. just as we are seeking to
meet it for the men. The work for the
girls should be done in closest CO.
operation with that done for men.
borrower in my Judgment one Of the
'reatest opportunities your movement
will ever have is that OF helping us In
he mems camps along the lines fol-
Owed BY the Christian women In the
British and Canadian armies where
such a remarkable service has been
accomplished by them.
Among the prominent women who
will come 70 Richmond from tho ma
ional headquarters Of the Y. w. c. a.
20 help in organizing the committee
end in raising the funds necessary for
carrying the work Is Mrs. Dave
1icnnep motifs. n BranoQauBhter Oh
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. Morris Feels
the need OF this Kind OF work SO
strongly and is so enthusiastic over
the plans as proposed that, although
fsail in health and having the respon-
sbility OF large family, she has
volunteered to travel through the
South In the interest Of the war coun-
Gil. Mrs. Morris is Il charming speaker
and will have prominent part on
the program OF the conference. Other
leaders will be Miss Mary McElroy,
who will spend two months In the
South organizing and cooperating with
war councils, Miss Helen Davis, exc
cutive for the field work department
OF the national board, Miss Ernestine
Friedman. war executive for tho South
Atlantic Field; Miss Margaret McKin-
ley, executive OF the Office department
OF the national board. and Mrs. will
liams Adams Brown, Of the Union
Theological Seminary, New York.