Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-23
QUEEN MARIE or ROUMANIA
fAyORS AMERICAN
GYMNASTICS
Two American Girls, Whose Royal
Classes Ran Relay Races In Pal
ace Throne Room, Return.

reaching gymnastics to the royal
children in the palace OK Bucharest, |
opening shelter for the half-fr0zen |
and hungry women and girls travel
ing in the windowiess and heatless |
cars of Roumania's crippled train |
service. running hostel for the little
forctionnaires struggling to live on
l,S00 lai (Slo-Sl5 per month"; the some
OF the versatile experiences tina. Miss
Villa Haynes and Miss Lillian jack
son recently brought back on the
-Aquitania.'
Both young women arc returning
from two years work with the Young
Womon's Christian Association in
Bucharest.
Queen Marie is much interested in
American ideas" said Miss Jackson
yesterday. Al our bazaar exhibition
OF health work, she asked us TO start
eymnastic classes for the royal chill
dron. After formal notice from the
Notwithstanding. we sailed up
the marble stairway. footman pom
pously carrying our American Indian
clubs and basketballs. The throne
room was turned over TO us twice
weekly and our balls used TO bounce
up and of the throne in q most demo-
cratic fashion. Yet there were diff
culties. The king and queen would
invariably enter when the class were
fiat on the floor doing mat exercises.
Nevertheless, according to court ETH
quette. they would have to leap up
and curtsy. Not until then could VIC
| proceed with the lesson"
'The Y. w. c. A. work in bucharest
is the pioneer in organized Social
Service and Il being watched with
much interest by the Ministry of
labor" said Miss Haynes. "They
have given generous grants for its
| support. Tho need for boarding
homes is acute. For instance, take
lie forctionnaires at $10-$l5 per
month. These young business girls
nc expected TO support themselves
Room rent takes nearly two-third- OF
their meager wages. Most of them 20
hungry as result. Until our hostel
opened there was no help available.
We oifer room and board at GOO laI
monthly"
Incredible tales OF hardship were
related by both young women in
speaking OF travelling conditions
When the Germans withdrew. four
Teen locomotives were all that Ron
mania had left TO begin anew her rail
road schedules. explained Miss Jack
son. When we first arrived in
bucharest train- were 80 few and far
Between that women and girls ag well
as men rode on the tops of the cars
In the bitter cold Ii was quite COM
mon occurrence to have these unlucky
passenger fall off. half-frozen. and
gct killed. We opened q shelter at
ne station, offering hot soup and a
warm place 10 sleep during stop
overs. Conditions have now greatly
! improved, but the government is TAX
ing over the shelter, convinced OF its
need"
Miss HAYNES is from Centerviile.
|; Iowa. Miss Jackson will visit her old
home in Wilmington, Del
9Picture Ahead
Superseded and superorganization,
born and bred of the war and its
grim imperatiyeness. arc certainly
with US in these later days of bal
: incing the suddenly lightencd loaf.
Things arc to tie done by rote - hy
committees and boards and bureaus,
and at hours and minutes and places
previously concluded.
; Indeed. Mr.. and Mrs. Tourist. in
lear that your eyes are not properly
educated TO such selection. and to
save you the trouble CT fretting about
1t, there shall be signs placed at prop
sr spots along the highway warning
in changing letters a foot deep that
there is Picture ahead"
Without giving the innovation an
excessive quantity of thought. we are
firmly convinced that this is the
height of something.
Il 1t is well to advertise public camp
ing grounds or dangerous turns or
detcurs or things of tho sort. but
when our scenery has to lee lat eled
as such We suggest that trees lie tag
ged as such and that cows should
nave their scientific monickers paint
ed upon their running gear
Next thing We know they will tie
marking goIdcnrod patches for hay
fever victims "Sneeze here!" =
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