Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-02-28

county organization are: l. A county
board of about 80 women from all the
county, which is the governing board.
2. A county secretary employed to
supervise the work, and train leaders.
8. A local branch in the larger towns.
4. Clubs with their leaders, in small
Ter towns and country communities
'The provisional committee voted
last Friday that any woman or girl
may join the Y. w. G. A. by signing the
association pledge, which lembodies the
principles laid down in the purpose of
the Y. w. c.. A. There will be no
membership dues as such, but each
member will make financial pledge
according to her ability
"Baraboo is to be headquarters for
the county. Rooms : have been en-
gagged which will afford county office,
a place in which meetings may be
held, and athletic work done. A rest
room will be fitted up, where women
may go whenever they choose. This
will be place where ladies and girls
from the country may go to meet
friends and to rest. The budget for
the entire county is $4,000, and Bara-
boO's share is $1,250. The work is CEN
tered here, and cannot spread over
the entire county at once. The finan-
cial drive will be made on Tuesday of
this week. Now, some will say at once
that we should put all our energy and
money into the war Do you know that
the Y. w. G. A. is carrying on a five
million dollar work for war purposes?
There are about so hostess houses at
the camps, hun by the Y. w. G. A,
which were asked for by the camp.
commanders. Multitudes Of American
girls are working in the munitions fac
tories and 10000 girls are in Washing
These women and girls must be cared
for, and places provided for them
where they may live and eat Mr.
Taft and Mr.. Wilson have urged the
people to Support the Y. w. c. A. Or
ganize local associations as fast as you
can so as to train and prepare the
girl for whatever she may have to do
in the future What makes a nation?
The home. What of the the home of
tomorrow? England and France have
made the mistake of allowing boys
and girls to work in munitiOn factories
and on farms, taking them out Of
school, and they have seen their mis-
take. They plead with us now, not to
repeal the child labor laws, but to safe
guard the young lives, for the future
homes of the nation. What will be
the use of our boys going over there
to sacrifice their lives, if necessary, if
we at home do not keep our ideals
high? Mr. Whitman, international
secretary for the Y. M. G. A, states
that 95 per cent Of the American army
boys in France today are physically
clean. Another leader says that the
men are going into the trenches with
high ideals Hundreds are being turn
ed to Christianity When the boys come
home, shall they find that we have
kept pace with Them or not?"
Mrs. Baring6r, chairman of the fl
nance committee, read a list Of the
leaders of the various districts into
which the city has been divided, and
also the names of the other ladies who
will carry on the drive The entire
force will meet at the library at 1870
Monday to receive final instructions.
The final word to Baraboo is, "Be
ready to do your bit, for this is just
as patriotic as Liberty Loans and Red
Cross. Let's go over the top"
Mrs. J. J. Brooks sang, the usual de-
votional exercises were given by the
pastors, and Secretary G. III. Cop1ey in
trOduced the speakers.