The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-17

tablishment of a Young Women's
Christian Association in this city, Mrs
John Whiteman, a member OF the
provisional board, delivered the fol-
lowing address at meetings of the
Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions clubs, dur
ing the past week:
In the war that has just closed
there was one leading participant on
the side Of the allies, whose praises
1 have never heard sung.
We have read endless instances Of
the bravery OF our boys overseas, who
faced the jaws of hell with a cour-
age that thrilled our very souls; we
have grown faint with fear at the
exploits OF the daring aviators who
hovered over the battlefield. while
cannon belched an angry defiance,
and the smoke and the poisonous
gases rose above them like the
breath Of death; we have blushed at
our own temerity, when we read of
the Red Cross nurses and the sur
geons who went ahead with their
delicate operations with steady
AcINt, Wutil lllc SlI WdS lllltu WIN
bursting shell; have even read
tender lines addressed to the army
mule; but, l have yet to read q
poem, sonnet, or even a triology,
addressed to the Business Man who
stayed at home and faced the drives.
And yet at all times, during that
period Of extreme tension, the public
-rn rNnfSna in, oil "
10 write your epitaph if you didn't
come across. Raising money by
means OF a drive became one of our
most popular forms of entertain
ment and these drives were conduct
ed with an efficiency that, at times
seemed almost fiendsh.
If there was some banker, who
was enlivening your daily correspond
ence, with stern, typewriter remind
ers Of note due at the bank, the
committee would never dream OF send
ing him to you to solicit funds.
Never. They would select some other
banker, whom you were tentatively
considering addressing for a loan,
and whom you particularly wished to
impress favorably with your finan-
cial affairs.
your bosom a penchant for a pretty
face, the committee would send the
best looking woman in town to call
on you, whose words fell with honey
ed sweetness upon your enraptured
senses, and you just naturally had TO
come across.
Or If you were bomb proof, when
1t come to feminine charms, they
might select a woman with face
like n nut cracker and a voice like
a cross cut saw, but even as you
looked at her and marveled thai such
n specimen should be permitted to
roam around loose, you were reaching
to the bottom Of your trousers pocket,
for you realized that she represented
that very cornerstone of good busi-
ness-one of your bes. customers.
There were drives for war charities,
for national charities, for local chari-
ties, for the orphans abroad. for the
orphans at home, for the Armenians,
for the Belgians, for almost every
thing under the sun and when the
arnistice was signed, Pershing for
got to say a word in the world 10
these committees at home about ceas-
ing hostilities and they stayed right
on the firing line. But the worm
has turned, as all we'll regulated
worms will do, and you business men
are expecting these people who go
around asking for funds TO show
you that your money will be wisely
invested.
Some committees have adopted
what they call a community chest
and have worked out 4 plan whereby
in one big drive they raise general
fund from which all benevolent pro-
jects for the year are financed.
II is with this idea of efficiency
In giving that l am presenting 10
you today our proposed plans for q
Y. W. c. A.
These benevolences will interest you
most and will be most worthy OF
your assistance that benefit the larg-
est number Of our citizens.
The Y. w. c. A. as you know, is
devoted exclusively TO the interests
OF the young women and girls Of the
community.
The preliminary survey OF Ardmore
shows that there are 279 young wo-
men employed in the strictly down
town district that there are 3O2 girls
in high school, 225 girls In junior
high 55 young women school teach
ers. and while we have no estimate
showing the exact number Of young
women who are at home unemployed.
We will make q very conservative
estimate and say that they number
fifty.
This, gentlemen. outlines the field
covered by the Y. w. c. A. and
totals 9.ll and no matter how little
inclined We are 10 admit Il on, In
company, right here In the midst of
the family We will confess that this
represents one fifteenth OF our total
population.
Now, any project that concerns one
fifteenth OF our citizenship Is worthy
your careful consideration
Also IL you think an instant you
viii see that while the men have
their clubs, both business and social.
while the married women have vari-
Gus clubs; while the boys have
most excellent organization IN the
10y Scouts. there Is no organization
IN this city devoted exclusively to the
interests OF these young women.
So, while our field OF endeayor IL
large Il is also undeveloped.
The Y. w. c. A. has devoted Go
Years 10 an untiring study Of the
needs OF these young women and has
developed n program that the world
recognizes as the best yet offered
hyfany organization, along these lines.
II has long since passed the ex-
detrimental stage and IL is not our
purpose to experiment in Ardmorc.
We eNpect 10 aecurp tho yprv hast