Evening journal., 1919-03-15
A. WORKERS
START CAMPAIGN
lsns Discussed at Mrs. /.
{. du Points for
$4,000 Drive
ELL OF WORK DONE
DURING RECENT WAR

Mrs. C. F. Wollaston. president OF the
|ilmlngton Y. w. C. A. told Of the
IDrk Of the association al a meeting
I ID at the home OF Mrs. T. Coleman
P,nt last evening. II was a booster
,etlng for $4,000 which is the amount
sed by the "Y' workers from the
izens Of our city. and which cam
lgh begins next Monday to last one
seE.
Mrs. dupont opened the meeting and
esidcd. She told OF the work The
" did during the war and said while
| might sound strange yet the ~
IS now in Germany with the United
ltes troops.
F Dpe Of the first announcements made
Mrs. Wollaston was that before the
ming summer was over the local \.
s.. 4. hoped 10 have a new building
the old site at No. 906 King street.
F Mrs. Wollaston said that every penny
the money given IN the building
. lilpalgn was being safeguarded. \
mmittee consisting OF Mrs. II.
I etcher Brown. Henry p. Scott and
. wiam Winder Laird had invested
money in short term securities so
al interest was accumulating on T..
e then went on to outline some NJ
7 SPLENDID ventures Of the y. w. e. y.
the past few months.
| |Wollaston Hall, at Twenty-ffth and
'rket streets, established within the
| i wear. has proven all that its pro-
kQters hoped It would. There are ac-
mmodat.Ons for 20 girls. where the
oVer home atmosphere Is provided
III where they obtain excellent accom-
odations at reasonable figure. It's
ne was shown during the influenza
| demic, Mrs. WOllastOn said, when
hough 81 girls were m with the dis
Sc, not one case resulted seriously.
g she believed, to the great quanti-
5 Of fresh air and sunshine that the
l-lents obtained.
J holiday House on the Shellpot road
IS another venture undertaken last
Iinmer to give those girls who were
mpelled TO remain in the city over
hot period, an opportunity 10 get
Inc suburban air and living During
summer upwards Of 800 girls were
| is at Holiday House.
Mrs. Wollaston then told OF the third
/ 2Dture-the clubrooms at No s5s Mar
street. There was no place except
movies, where q girl boarding or
oming could 60 II she visited the
klncss section Of the city during the
y or evening. Mrs Wollaston found
fault with the movies, but said that
J. with others believed that there
1ould be some place where they could
and rest. The clubrOOms were pre-
red and have proven to be a happy
-piration.
(The cafeteria, Mrs. Wollaston said
! indicated lis worth 70 the commu-
~. Il has been a good thing in9ncisl-
for the association, although the
ices are reasonable.
8eferring 10 the fact that the associa-
m is the only one in the state, Mrs
ylaston said that the students Of the
| emen's College had pledged SID
m which 20 provide a county worker
r down State sections.
Miss Dennison, Of the Women's Col
se. was presented by Mrs. dupont, and
hi of the work that the Y section at
NJ college is doing. She outlined work
Y the various committees, and how
ev were striving TO educate the stu
MS mind towards religious things.
Miss Helen 4. Davis. executive secre'
ry of the National Y. w. G. A. board
|bo came from New York city las'
eht. TO speak Of the Y field ana ma
mai work. told the workers what the
tional body was doing for the rs oi
a country and the world at large.
Nf-s dupont closed the meeting by
planning how the $4,000 asked for IS
be expended.