The Washington times., 1921-01-29
LET TENDANCE,
|SAYS Y'" HEAD
Keeps Girls From Being Wicked.
Mrs. Rockefeller Makes GIFT
of House and Grounds.

With Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller,
jr., as guest OF honor, the Y. w. G. A.
held its annual meeting last night.
increased its property holdings, put
on a program of stunts. freakish and
otherwise, and incidentally took a
hard fall out of the reformers who
would ban the shimmy and such-like.
MAKES PRESENTATION.
The increase In property holdings
came when Mrs. Rockefeller. who ID
chairman OF the housing committee OF
the national Y. w. c. A. board, Tor
mally presented the local organiza-
tion with the house and grounds at
Twentieth and B streets northwest.
known as the Blue Triangle R-crea'
tion Center. Judge j. A. Van Orsdel,
OF the District Court OF Appeals. and
chairman OF the associations board
OF trustees, accepted the properly for
the directors.
The following were elected to the
board of directors for three-yesr
terms each: Mrs. william Hamilton
Bayly. Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs
Fred Il. Wright. Mrs. c. w. Richard
son. Miss Elizabeth Eastman, Mrs
Frank Casey, ard Miss Mildred Bart
Hollow.
The defense of old Pan, well-known
God of the Dance. came In the annual
address of Mrs. Bayly, president OF
the association. Instead of being sim
full, Mrs. Bayly declared dancing real
ly tends to keep girls from being
wicked. To back up her statement
she quoted the head Of the depart
ment of psychology, at Boston Uni.
Iversity, who recently declared: Dan
cling is an instinct which Is very much
better expressed that suppressed. Un-
less normal instincts get an expires.
sion. or have some compensation. they
are apt to burst out in unusual form
CAN DANCE SHOES OFF.
Following out this view. Mrs. Bayly
| said, in effect, young women Of the
Blue Triangle are given every OPP
portunity to emulate the girl In the
| fable, and dance their very shoes of
Not only may they one-step and fox
| trot, and all that sort of thing. but
| there are classes in that art which
should only be pursued by young
| women with good figures: towit
| classical dancing.
| Mrs. Bayly gave a detailed account
| OF the activities of the association
| during the past year. She noted the
fact incidentally that the association
had unwittingly housed an unlimited
guest at the Elizabeth Somers home
at Eleventh and NJ streets northwest
The guests name was Cupid. When
he left, he took twenty-three Of the
| resident girls with him.
The two cafeterias run by the asso-
citation, in the headquarters at 1881
F street northwest and at 614 K street
northwest, both proved paying ven
lures, Mrs. Bayly said. The former
served 361, ,0SS meals during the year
at an average cost of 3S cents. The
latter served 3O7, ,402 meals at an aver
age cost of 81 cents.
47,4SO QUERIES ANSWERED..
The information desk at headquar-
ters answered 47,450 questions during
the year-an average OF 130 daily. and
these questions ran all the way from
curiosity as to whether the Follies
was fit for a young girl to see, to a
man who asked earnestly IL the in
formation clerk could advise him
where and how to secure a wife.
The room registry department. the
report showed. directed 3.2S4 young
women to quarters during the year.
has listed 531 available rooms. each
vi oCCH ihNCStiSot anu
given an official o. X.
The Educational department was
kept busy last year. 1t enrolled S9S
young women, who were taught all
sorts of things, from cooking. dress
making and millinery, to art and
languages.
Religious education wasn't neglect
ed, either. Twenty-four Bible classes
were conducted with an average at
tendance of GI3 girls weekly. Relig-
ion. incidentally. was linked with eco
nomy by the association. 1t served
every Wednesday 2O-cent luncheon
for business girls. AS they ate the
girls listened to inspiring talks.
One of the biggest successes of the
association-and this despite the fact
that the plan was originally cried
down-was the swimming pool in the
building at 614 + street. Figures
show that during the year the pool
was patronized by 20.269 girls and
women. Those who know how to
swim played around in the water,
Those who didn't were taught.
GIFT TO VACATION LODGE
Announcement was made of the ad.
ditional gift of three and one-hali
acres of land at Cherrydale. Va, to
the Vacation Lodge there. The gift
was made by DR.. Joseph Tabor John.
son.
Despite the loss in membership. due
to the departure from the city OF
Thousands of war workers, Mrs. Bayly
asid the association still has a paid.
up membership of 9,S10, and that
during the past year, it was 80 pei
cent self-supporting.