Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-29

TWO thunQf6Q ana IOuT WOHSH SOllA-
ing from Arizona, California, Utah,
Nevada and Honolulu, H. l., are just
returning to their homes after
week crowded full of inspiration, in
formation and recreation at the Y.
W. c. A. community conferences held
YEARLY at Asilmor, Calf, for these
states. A large proportion oG these
delegates were business girls and
women, but committee and board
members of local associations and
secretaries were we'll represented. The
hong distances proverbial IN the
southwest seemed to deter delegates
but little, though the thousand miles
travelled by the Douglas and Blsbee
delegates was exceeded by the Homo
lulu delegate only. Nationality work
ers from several international insti-
tute Y. w. c.. AS, plus several for
efgn born delegates made the confer
'eence international in feeling as we'll
as inter-state.i
Among those attending the con-
ference of particular interest to Doug
las people We're Miss Ida M. Dodd,
former general secretary in Douglas,
and now of San Pedro Calf, ana
Miss Jessie Brown. formerly foreign
community wso r.k in PirtleviIle
and Douglas Miss 81 Marjorie Will
liams, local general secretary, was
the official delegate from Douglas
and attended the conference on her
return trip from vacation in Seat
tie, Wash. Two business, girls from
Bisbee, four from Phoenix and the
service secretary. Mrs. Sine of Tue
son, made up the Arizona delegation.
A very full morning program left
the afternoon quite free for recrea-
ton for which Asilmor offers such
splendid opportunities, and the eve
ming was given over generally to
informal meetings, several of which
were International in topic, Setting
the tone of the conference for the
day, the whole group met each morn
ing for a short service of worship
followed by addresses by Miss Anna
V. Rice of New York and DR.. Booth3 3of
Long Beach, on fundamentals of
Christian religion and living. The.
conference then divided into three
groups for tlleYstudy hours following
meeting as business girls, volunteer
workers and secretaries for the ais
cussion ofeproblems particularly per-
tanning to eacI group. A particular
timulating hour was that occupied
by Dr. Frederick Woellmer Of the
southern branch 1Iniversity of Calf
fornia, with% the topic Of ''The So
cial Engineer" Dr. Woellmer is both
and entertaining and able speaker
and gave his hearers much to think
about as to their places in the world.
A trip along the Seventeen Mile
drive around the Monterey peninsula
through Carmel by the-Sea and tout
to beautiful Point Lobos was one Of
the high points Eof the conference.
After an afternoon spent climbing
around the rocks at the FONT, pie.
mic supper was served followed some
time later by a. vesper service while
everyone watched the sun SET out on
the ocean. The glass-bottomed boats
gave a splendid opportunity TO sesS
the marine gardens of the peninsula
and trip through various historic
points in the old city of Monterey
proved interesting to many.
Most fascinating of the evening
programs was the international fiesta
which started with an International
dinner at which everyone of the 20
tables represented "a different country
with appropriate decorations ana fav-
ors and a hostess who had actually
spent some time,s if not born there.
Foreign foods made up the dinner,
particularly good one, running from
Russian cabbage soup to its cons
clusion of Japanese rive cakes ana
Chinese candy. Immediately follow
ing dinner the conference adjourned
to the chapel" where was repre-
sented in dramatic form the seasonal
festivities of the year, including the
Chinese festival of the Harvest Moon,
the Mexican posada christmas festi,
vaD, the japanese peach blossoms or
"Feast of Dolls, and the midsummer
Russian customs. The international
institute has this. in charge ana gave
a beautiful production.
other evening programs Included
shorter talks on Japan and Mexico
by people from those countries, an-
other talk on the old missions OF
California with stereoptfcon views
and the lovely closing service in the
chapel when over 200 candles held
high reflected In the great window of