The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
Y,W.C.RS WAR
WORK ON LINES
OF RECREATION
Special War Worker to Give
Demonstration Tomor-
row Night.
REGULAR MEETING
OF ART LEAGUE
st. Augustine's Auxiliary
Of Red Cross Making
Fine Record.

Tomorrow evening those who are
interested in the work of the Y. w
G. A and those who would like an
insight into some of the methods Of
the association will have the chanca
to observe how the recreational work
is carried on. Miss Edna Geister.
who is special Recreation Worker for
the War Work Council of the Ma
tional Board of the Y. W. c. A. will
be at the association and will con-
duct a demonstration of the sort of
recreation which the association is
promoting under it's war work,
Miss Geister did graduate work in
physical education and last summer
she was recreation leader at Alta
mont, the camp run by the North
eastern Field for se1f-supporting
women in New York state. In the
fall she was sent by the War Work
Council to Charleston, S. c., to helm
solve the community problem of rec
reation for the girls of that city. She
established a recreation program
there and is now being used for
special pieces of recreation work
elsewhere in the country.
The next step in the DEVELOPMENT of
the Y. W. c. A. in this city has been
taken, in acquiring a new home for
the association.
No one who has had a share in as
soc1ation life in the Old quarters where
clubs and classes met in the office or
IN the kitchen OF any other square
inch which some other class or club
had not already appropriated, can ap-
prec1ate what it means to the girls
VINO have moved into the temporary
building on Golden Hill street.
Last Monday evening some fifty
girls met in the new home on the hill
for their Club night" First came the
club supper, then a recreationa1 half
| hour with games and folk dancing
after which the girls all gathered in
the big living room for their "Char-
acter Standards discussion, the first
real 'tfreside TALK ever held IN the
| Y. w G. A.-beside a fire! At eight
o'clock the girls separated into theil
own club groups, for the study course
whic his part of every club program
At this time also most of them knit
for the Red Cross.
This is a typical picture of an even,
ing at the Y. W. C. A. Except Wed
nesdays and Saturdays different clubt
meet every evening in the week, will
programs much the same as that out
lined above. Girls of all types and al
ages make up these clubs. There ar,
those in factories and IN Offices, thost
the city who depend upon the asso
citation to provide their only touch o
home atmosphere.
All meet together, all play, worl
and grow together. And because tf1es
girls Of the Bridgeport Federation o
industrial CLUBS realize that through
the association they are given oppor
tunity for self-development and socia
service that other girls are missing
they are setting themselves the tasl
this year of increasing their member
ship to 500, (at present there ar
about 200 in the federation), for nov
: they have a new building and room t
grow.
J New clubs will be organized and tn
memberships of the old ones will
Increased to the maximum, in orde
) that the federation may help tn
I1JT1QR0pOTI 1ouIIS "O14AC4 . CAlA 4SCAoe
kAssociation to take its place as 9Th
) House of F'riendliness" in the heart
this great city, reaching out to al
and giving al chance to develop tn
5 life which shall be four-square, sc
. ciaTly, physically, intellectually an
spiritually.
! St. Augustine's Auxiliary of tn
a Red Cross is still living up to the fir
! record that it made a few weeks ag
:, Last week over 2900 surgical dres!
ings were made which is accomplish
- ing a great deal and speaks very we
= for the speed of the workers. Tt
rooms in st. Augustine's hall are ope
Tuesday afternoons, Thursday ever
ings and Friday afternoons. Mrs. '
u H, Beirne and Miss Irene Lever
have charge of the surgical DRESSING
work and Mrs. T. F. Kelley has charG
of the sewing. In this last mentione
department the sings, bands, p;
iamas, boots. sweaters, helmets. etc
" are made. Workers are always we
p come and the more VINO are lnteres
W ed the more work will be turned OF
and this work is most important Ju
r now.
g Members of the Summerfeld Soho
Parent-Teachers Association met We
terday afternoon at the school al
:. heard a very interesting address
- Dr.. Walter H. Brown of the Heal
> Department of the city.
On Thursday there will be the re
y ular meeting of the Bridgeport A
- League in the rooms in the Stapl
II building, The program, which W
open at $3.50 o'clock. will be patriot
in nature. There will be literary al
musical selections. Mrs. Holzer W
preside at the business session.
st Tomorrow evening in the rooms
70 the Bridgeport Philosophical Societ
a 1925 Main street, the members are
10 hear an address on the Ethics
is Jesus, Mill and Spencer" by Hen
lie RowIev of Brooklyn, N. Y. Lilli;
B. T. Kelley is to be the chairman
the meeting.
70 Thursday evening is the date set I
r. the Get-to-Gether supper at the VI
le versal church under the auspices
at the Trniversalist Woman's Club.
,p fine menu has been planned. The eli
is is also arranging for its annual f
to be held about Easter time.