El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-04

] W omen S GlTlSllal aSSOCldl4un
= as an institution ready t.
stretch a helping hand to a girl or
woman at the physiological mo
ment." was emphasized by DR.. r. B.
Won KleinSmid. president of the Uni
versity Of Arizona at Tucson. in his
address at the formal dedication Of
the new Y. W. C. A building on East
Franklin street Sunday afternoon.
In order to illustrate his point that
| the help OF the Y. ". & a to the girl
! needing il must be ready at the psy
no avail, DR.. Won KleinSmid told the
story Of the young man on the farm
/ who wanted a violin for Christmas
Year after year he had tod mis- father
/ of this wish but year after year he
! had been refused due to one cause or
Mustn't BE Too Late.
AT last one Christmas the father
asked the boy what he wanted" DR..
Won KleinSmid said. The young man
replied. Father. still want a violin
An right the father responded. I
will get you one; the children are all
| through school, the crops have been
good and we have plenty Of money
/ They hitched up the team and went to
the store and purchased the violin
and brought II home. Although II
had only cost $5-75, no room IN the
house seemed good enough to open
it in and they went in the parlor and
opened the box. The family all came
in, and the young man tuned the vio-
lin and screwed up the bow. Then he
drew IL across the strings and the re-
suit was a horrible screech. enough
to drive everyone away. The young
man dashed the violin to the floor,
breaking II in a thousand pieces, ex-
claiming. Father it's too late"
Teach What Schools Don't.
Help offered by the Y. W. c. A
must come at the right moment.
the speaker urged, to be of real value.
mo institution outside Of the church
and home has caught the spirit OF the
teen age like the Y. W. c. A. and
the 7. n c. A." he declared These
Institutions have done what the
schools have failed to do. The great
question: Why Am {? is never placed |
before the children in the schools.
An amusing story of a suffragei
lecturer in the early days repeatine [
the question, "Oh, why was I bornT
TO an audience without answer. until I
she challenged the peanut gallery"
was related by DR.. Won kleinSmid.
We'll. I give it up was the retort +,
OF lad in that section Of the house."
said the speaker.
Question For To Solve.
Thousands Of young people have /
T.
KleinSmid added, but have given II 1
up" This was a question for the /
". c. A to solve for young women
he said
The true value OF the individual !
was recognized in an impressive man
ner by himself one time, the speaker /
declared, when he had visited the
great gorge Of the Grand Canyon, ano \
had been tempted to hurl himself
down precipice, in response to o
turning and fleeing back from the
edge to safer ground
young people are not clods. trees
or stones he said.
Biscuits Superior To Tea
The value Of work. OF hand work,
to the young woman was also touched
on by Dr. Won KlenSmid- When the
girl comes home from school, il is
quite as honorable for her to go 10 tht
kitchen and make biscuits as for hef
sister to go into the parlor and serve
pink tea to the nelghbOrs- Dr. Won
i&lenSmid stated. Il like pink tea very
much. but 1 think that baking powder
biscuits are of a whole lot more good
to the world"
The monotonous life Of the house.
however.
In. closing he touched on the special
problems Of the busy woman, in
which the Y ". c A could be of aid
sees Many bad Men.
so long as woman holos tight 20
the Instinct Of motherhood. she is a
good N.oman. So long as a man holds
tight TO the instinct Of fathcrhood, he
is good man. have never seen
very many bad women, but / have
seen a great many bad men"
Help rendered at the right time,
such as given by the Y. ". {. A. was
important in solving the problems OF
the city girl and woman, he said. As a
closing statement. he made q beauti-
full smile, comparing the Y. NJ C A
Of the cities to the sunshine stream.
ing through cathedral windows"
Mrs. Bow &c Gives Address.
The Introductory dedication ad-
dress was given by Mrs. Henry 7
Bowie. president Of the Y. ". c A.
we regard ahis building as a
scored trust which you have put into
our hands for our young womanhOOd.
Today We dedicate 1t to the. Glory Of
God and the service Of young women,
she said
"On this first week Of February
1918, the Young Woman's Christian
association OF Il Paso stands al the
Threshold OF a new opportunity. II
enters upon a new life. For the first
time in the eight years since its or
santzatton, II is adequately prepared
to fulfill the purpose for which il was
ssta ollshed- The door Of this house OF
Il loneliness Is today thrown ODen to
all women and girls OF FL Paso, of all
creeds. OF all ages; to the home won.
an. to the business and professional
woman, to the high school girl, to the !
younger girl in the grades. 1t has been ,
built for all Of you with special
thought for your various needs. Tax I
t and use it,"
Gives Religious Phases.
The religious phases of the asso-
ciation, expressed in practical Chris /
ian service, were also emphasized by j
Mrs Bowie. who showed in detail the ]
many ways that the new building Z
With its many kinds Of service might
De useful in the truest religious sense.
The special thanks Of the assOcia-
Ion was returned by Mrs. Bowie 10 ali
VINO had in any way contributed TO
he success Of the building-the COM
nittees III charge, the 1000 subscrib-
rs. the captains of the teams in the
to raise funds for the
'uiloing, the hundreds Of workers on ,
he teams, and all others who had ,
helped in any way. ,
Begins Happy Week. !
The present week was declared by
ne president TO be a most happy one,
he fulfillment of the object for which 9
work was started February 1, 1917.
1t was the biggest task that FL