Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-14
MRS. Du POINT GIVES
TEA FOR Y. ". c. A.
Mrs. Brown and Miss Young
Tell About Girls in the
Orient.

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Coleman
du Ponf, member OF the local board OF
Managers Of the Y w. G.. A.; Mrs
Charles +. WoIlaston, president Of the
local board, and Mrs. Ohio Rowland,
the treasurer, gave ten and reception
ut Mrs du Points home, sos Broorne
street. The guests Of honor were Mrs
William Adams Brown, chairman 81
finance for the National Board and
Miss Carrie. v =. Young, n recently re-
turned Y W. G. A. executive, in the
Near East.
The meeting, which was presided over
by Mrs. du Pont, WIS p group Of repre-
sentative women, not only from VIII
mington but from the entire State.
Among the out Of town guests were
Dean Winifred J. Robinson. Mrs. RI B
Boyer, state President Of the Federation
OF Womon's Clubs, and Mrs. William
Denncy, who is greatly interested IN
having State Y w. c. a. established.
Mrs. du Pont introduced Mrs Brown,
who told Of the work Of The Association
MS il affects girls in foreign lands,
especially the Orient She emphasized
the need Of work in China where bad
health conditions and the low status Of
woman furnish two problems for the
Association to solve. After resume Of
the work in India, she dwclt on South
America, where very important work
/ is being done She illustrated the far
reaching work Of the Association by
the story Of young South American
girl now in New York, who became 30
| imbibed with American ideas through
the y. w G. A. that when she inherited
money. she bought business college,
which she intends TO model on the Ameri-
can schools about which she learned
! through the association.
An interesting feature II the work in
/ Europe is the maintenance Of butts IN
the great cemeteries in France. where
hospitality is given women seeking the
graves Of their dead, and flowers arc
sold This is another evidence" said
Mrs. Brown, "of the womanly work
which the Association is doing in q
womanly way"
She closed her talk by saying that
| Y. w. G.. A. work is craftsmanship be
cause it involves problems Of race
State, health and industry. A girl once
launched by the Y. w. G.. A. can be
carried safely through any part Of the
world.
Mrs. du Pont then introduced Miss
Young, who already had many friends in
the audience from her recent visit here
Her talk dealt with girls Of the Neal
East, who although like girls every
where, have q special need Of Y. w. G, A
work. The unsettled political eondi
tions keep everything in unrest and only
in the Association can the girls fine
quiet and constructive help.
The first Y. w. G. A. secretary wa.
Miss Frances Gage. who gave her life foi
the Near East In July 1919, Mis-
Young and three other secretariei
followed the one secretary already there
The girls Of Turkey could not laugh o
play until the association, co-operatin,
with the Near East relief which pro
vided clothes, taught them recreation
Four Y. w G. A. centers we're estab
! lished at Constantinople, Smyrna
, Adana, and Pier,lt. At Constantinopl
there is a membership OF 1000 and
boarding home which meant much il
that noisy, dirty city. Constitutional
has the only telephone service in th
Near East, but otherwise it is largel'
medieval. All nationalities meet il
the Associations in the Near East
where French Is the most used language
Sewing stenographic, and nursing classe
are organized among the girls TIL
association cooperates with the Nea
East Relief, and missionaries and doe
not duplicate their work
Miss Young closed with q plea 70
the members Of the Association Il
remember the girls of the Near East, VIII,
have none of the joys and privileges o
American girlhood.
After the meeting Mrs. du Point in
vited the guests to the dining room
where a delicious repast was serve,
Hollyday s. Needs and Mrs. Douglas
Buck assisted in serving.