The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-11-06
MISS JANE HUNTER VISITS
HAMPTON
rhillis Wheatley Association of
Cleveland : Victory for Colored
Leadership-"Better Girls"
Better Homes-Example
of Inter Racial
Cooperation
champion Institute Pres. serviee)

HAMPTON, Va, Nov. 6-Northern
industrial centerS are becming bet
her organized along social service
.Ined To care properly for Colorcd
migrants. The movement of Negroes
from the South to The North the
East and the West continues in spite
of The industrial depression. What
/ Cleveland is doing to help young col
ored women and girls, many of
whom have recently come from
small Southern rural communities,
was recently presented TO some Of
the Hampton Institute workers by
Miss Jane Hunter. founder and gem
eral manager of the philliS Wheatly
/ Association which has won the ac-
tive financial and moral support Of
. Cleveland'S white and Colored ciii-
zens. Miss Hunter said:
THE Phillis Whcaily Association
building is not adequate to meet the
needs of Colorcd girls in Cleveland.
We reach. on an average, probably
eight or nine hundred girls month.
With our veSper services included
we probably reach $4,000 girls =
year. Some girls are educated some
are uneducated, some are poor, and
some are in good circumstances.
Our CHIEF aim, however, is to help
the working girl. We have never
lost sight of tn girl who has never
had a chance.
I'VE have an employment bureau
through which we help about 700
people every month. Most of the
Jobs are in domestic service, facto-
jobs are in domestic service, facto
ricS and stores.
I'VE found that we were getting
hold of lol of unframed. ignorant
girls who did not know anything
about our customs and the things
they were being aseked to do, so we
started an educational department
two wears ago. 1t was not a rca
success until last year, when we
secured the services of an Oberlir
graduate to start that work properly
She had building all to herself. il
which to teach modern housekeep
ing, domestic service, sewing anC
some handicrafts.
I'VE also found another problem
to solve. The mothers whom WI
sent out 10 work were leaving a
home a lot of little girls who wer
at the age to be led astray. A lot o
complaints had come to the Philli
Wheatley Association and we tho
/ we ought to do something. q
course if we did not do it, some on
! else would; but there was no on
else to do it, We organized what /
known as the Girls Reserve, in or
i der to help girls from 8 to 10 year
of age. We were fairly Swampe
1 with children. We started wit
volunteer help and what little
knew about children. In less tina
4 six weeks we had over $50 it'll
girls. The Y. w. C.. A. loaned Il
one of their worbers who mappe
out a program for us. A fine whit
friend gave us money to send glI
off for special draining for this wor
We now have over 200 little girl
enrolled The mothers are happ
10 have US have ,heir girls.
"In 1913 we had one workel
whom we paid S25 month an
{ gave her room. The work ha
Z crown. until now, we have thirtee
: secretaries. Our salaries averae
\ $4,000 wear. Our annual budget
i now $4,000; last wear it was S32,Oo
, We feel quite sure that we can 50
wre money for our budget Whi
--e want of the white people is n
1lbenerit OF their training. If whl'
llpeople will give us a chance, we wi
| do the rest"