Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-20
LINE OF THE Y"
DAILY ROUTINE
AT HEADQUARTERS
Spirit Of Cooperation And Help
fitness Which Had Its Incep-
ton During The War Has
Now Fully Developed With
Organization
BRINGS TOGETHER ALL
GIRLS AND WOMEN HERE

Although the Young Woman's Chris
tan Association was started in An
aapolis over a year ago, it is fairly
we'll established The further organi-
cation of the work in the county will
be taken up with renewed vigor as
soon as weather and road conditions
are more favorable.
Outside of the growing circle of
friends and supporters of the Associa-
lion there are still many. however,
who think of the Y. W. c. A. only as
a cafeteria. because they have heard
most of that department; others who
know only of the Sunday afternoons,
because these affairs have received
much space in the paper of late; and
still others who believe that it exists
only to support a Room Registry Blu
'eau.
The Association is all of these
.hings-and much more.
Y. w. C. A. headquarters for the
.cwn and county are maintained at the
corner of State Circle and Francis
street in the building recently pur-
ehtsed by the Provisional Committee
This is open seven days of the week
with a Secretary or a member of the
House Committee always on duty.
In the office is desk for each of
The three secretaries employed to take
charge of the work of the Association.
Miss Grace McGregor is General Sec
reary, Miss Leonard, Recreation Sec
rotary, and Miss Chandler is the Di-
rector in charge of the Cafeteria.
A splendid cafeteria is maintained,
which offers meals to all at reason
able prices. and hot lunches for school
children at special rate. A room is
also provided where children may eat
their lunches brought from home.
some buy one hot dish to eat with a
cold luuch.
On the second floor there is a COM
mittee room and rest ROOM and six
bed rooms, which are rented to school
girls from the country. and to girls
engaged in business here.
The coy living room contains books
magazines, games and piano. The
Girl Reserves, patrons of the Cafe
eria, and many others enjoy the use
)f this room daily. and on Sunday af-
ernoons there is open house for all
young people, young men as well as
girls, when special musical program
IS given and tea served. The Y. w.
g. A. provides convenient headquar-
.ers for county people and visitors TO
he city.
The building is quite we'll adapted
the use of the Association. 1t has
oeen entirely renovated and furnished
with the exception of the hot water
heating system by the War Work
Council of the Y. w. C. A, all of the
equipment an furnishings to become
he property of the local association,
# the organization is continued here
The War Work Council has spent in
all $12,41093 on the Annapolis ~
The Room Registry Bureau puts
strangers in touch with comfortable
living places and has been widely
used by those seeking permanent as
veil as temporary quarters.
A business girls club has been or
ganized which will maintain educa-
.ional and gymnasium classes as we'll
IS recreational features.
During the winter there were class
IS in mending, typewritfng and gym
lasium.
New work along this line is being
planned.
The girls work is one of the most
important branches of all. The beau
tif1l pageant given recently has
brought the Girl Reserve Clubs to the
attention of the public in most favor
able way.
The Y. W c. A. is here to serve.
1t has made a good start. but this is
only the beginning of what the Asso-
citation can do in this community for
the girls and women of Annapolis.
They have no other organization which
is interested in all the needs of a
girls life physical, mental. social, re-
ligious. There is no other organization
which brings together all OF the girls
and women of Annapolis. and which
can so well keep alive the splendid
spirit of cooperation and helpfulness
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