Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-28
LITERARY SOCIETY
BEGINS ACTIVITY
Y. w. c. A, BOY SCOUTS AND
SALVATION ARMY ARE
PRAISED

The Ladies' Literary society of this
city held its first meeting OF this sea-
son at the Wausau club Monday aft
ernoon, enjoying program that pro-
vided extremely interesting and en-
| Tightening information. Mrs. Roscoe
B. Young, the new president, whose
reputation as a student is city-wide,
presided, and Mrs. S. ]. Pent-
Ter whose work with other or
CARNATIONS in this city has won
much prominence for her, as
sumed her place as secretary. An
excellent percentage of the member
ship attended.
Miss Elgin Burke, the new secre-
tary of the Y. w. G. A, gave talk in
| which she declared that although all
plans had not been formulated as yet,
the work of the Y. W. c. A. will be
for girls so that they will feel and
know that someone has a vital inter-
est in their welfare Personal super
vision of girls will be one of the fea-
lures of the organization. 1t is antici-
pated, she declared, that factories will
cooperate and that much will be done
for girls who work in them.
Scout Supervision
George c. Driesbach, the new Boy
Scout executive, gave a most inter-
esting address on the Boy Scout
movement. He emphasized the fact
that when you save a man you save
only person, but when you save a
boy you save a multiplication table.
That a regulated gang is much bet
ter and preferable to an unregulated
gang, was another point he made. Mr..
Driesbach concluded his speech with
brief sketch of the history of the
Boy Scout movement. His enthusiasm
and interest in the work assure him
success in his field in Wausau, sew
eral women emphasized after the
meeting. Boys will be carefully SUI
pervised according to Mr.. Driesbach,
and every mother will see and know
the boys with whom her own are to
associate, as meetings will be held
frequently at various homes.
Mrs. c. w. Magee presented her re-
port of the convention of the FEEDER
alton of Womens clubs, which held
its national meeting at Des Moines,
Iowa, recently and at which she rep
resented the Ladies' Literary society
SaIVatlOn Army.
Mrs. E. F. Stockum, field secretary
for the Federated Charities, spoke on
the Salvation Army. She declared that
there would. be no street soliciting as
the work of that organization has
grown by leaps and bounds. One in
teresting fact she gave was how the
Salvation Army, when it found it
could be and must be of service over
seas, mortgaged its buildings in order
to perform services to soldiers and
sailors. This the organization did in
preference to raising a fund by popu-
lar contribution at the moment, so
many other campaigns being on at
the time that it was felt undesirable to
attempt one. Part of the money which
the Salvation Army is now hoping to
raise in campaign scheduled for the
! near future, will be used to pay off
these mortgages. Recently a Saliva
ton Army imposter appeared in a
| central Wisconsin city, collected $500
| and disappeared. 1t is hoped this
kind of thing will be made impossible
in the future.
Several vocal selections were rem
dered by Mrs. Sisson who was ac-
companied by Miss Wanda Hopp. Fol-
lowing the business meeting delight
full refreshments of chocolate and
sandwiches were served in the par
lors of the club by a special commit
tee.