Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-21
BY MARY L. LEARNED.

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BY MARY L. LEARNED.
The Y. w. C. A. of Omaha mum
bers 1900 members. A board of q
prominent Omaha women with Mrs
George F. Gilmore as president
guide its destinies. There are IL
secretaries, and the departments OF
instruction are immensely varied
They include classes in history, Eng
lish for foreign girls, choral classes
under the direction of Henry Cox,
physical and gymnastic exercises,
esthetic dancing, domestic science,
making and trimming of hats, dress
economy, modern drama, psychel-
ogy, French and English classes for
business women and for religious
education. There is a great choice
and women may find that for which
they have the greatest need.
The club house, on Howard and
Seventeenth streets, is large and at
tractive, with sunny living rooms,
we'll equipped study and class
rooms, a pleasant auditorium seat
ing several hundred people, pool
tor swimming, a modern gymnas-
lum, an emergency rest and night
room containing 18 cots, and cafe
terra.
Of the special features the cafe
terra engages our main attention.
During the month of October 81
448 people were fed. Nearly every
one has had the experience of stand
ing in line on the floor beneath the
dining room, and gradually NOV
ing along up the stairs and on to
the place where one chooses ones
tray, knife. fork and napkin and
begins the mighty task of trying to
decide which of the delicious foods
to eat. A placard says no food ex-
changed so the decision must be
final. Besides there is line
block long waiting behind. One
may not linger. The fat girl i'll
~" which played so delight
fully at the Boyd not long ago,
said she piled her tray till it crack
ed and only succeeded in spending
48 cents. I spent "a cents yester-
day and better lunch I never ate.
1t gave me food for thought as we'll
as sustenance. AS sat looking out
of the west window at Clarkson
hospital and making a picture
against the sky, this plan seemed a
true coupling of need and service
with no waste to be accounted for.
If Mrs. Phoebe Fullaway, the cafe
terra director, does not win her
crown, the rest of us may not hope
for one. She says that many 60
away on account of the long line.
but she trusts that in the near flu
ture- to be able to handle all who
come. 1t is interesting and en-
couraging to note that i'll the re-
ports the class in cooking is the |
second largest. Cooking used to be
a pride and a fine art with all wo-
men. A dear friend of mine says
good food makes bright BRAIN"
and no truer word was ever
spoken.
A report which is of very great
interest comes from the Travellers
Aid Worker at the Union station.
During the months of July, August
and September, LIZ people were !
definitely assisted. Very often the
Y. w. is notified by wire to meet
4 woman, young girl, or child trav-
cling alone, who must spend the
night IN the city and wishes proper |
protection. One aid is not enough,
and cannot possibly cover the hours
that an aid is needed, neither can
she attend to both stations, but it
S hoped that a second aid may be
added at the Burlington station to
1elp in this vital work. The rest
and emergency room at the Y. w.
With its cots is used for sudden calls
when it is not possible to take late
to the Y. M. girls home.
t is not intended to serve for more