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8 EALAMAZOO TELEGRAPH-PRESS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1918. MUCH GOOD IS BEING DONE IN AN UNOSTENT.iTIOrS WAY BY ORGANIZATION. Supplying a need which is filled byno other organization in the city, supiplementing the work of every other religious and social organization, the Young Women's Christian association Is one of the most worthy, most worthy while, most commendable organizations in the entire city. | Quietly, without ostentation, yet persistently and continuously this organization pursues its work, that work, the work of helping girls. Few people in Kalamazoo realize the extent of the work this organization accomplishes In the course of a year, and few If any even of those most jclosely associated with the work realize the scope of the work which the faithful secretaries of the organization carry on. ^Y. W. C. A. Does Good Work. From giving lodging to the girl stranded in the city, finding employment for her if need be, to guiding the girl in her literary and religious studies the work of the Youny Women's Christian association In Kalamazoo runs the entire gamut of social service among girls, and through its various departments does an amount of work which would be surprising to the ordinary person. Handicapped though the Association Is, through its lack of a Y. W. C. A. building properly equipped, neverttieless It makes most excellent use of every Inch of space, and every bit of effort which is possible under the present circumstances. Four secretaries are in charge of the work of the association, Miss Ida Mary Hoebel, general secretary is In charge of the business end of the organization and Is In general charge of the activities of the Association. Miss Hoebel Is at the head of the Triangle Girls, a club of young business women who are doing excellent work along educational and social lines. Miss Hoebel is likewise in charge of the religious work of the organization which includes the Bible classes, and the vesper services which are held regularly each Sunday afteraoon. One of the most interesting features of the work of the Young Women's Christian association, and withal one of the very most valuable features of the work is that which is done by Miss Annie G. Clements, Travelers Aid eecretary. This little woman so as-, suming, yet so reliable is tho one to whom hundreds of girls owe cheir safety, and their protection from designing men. Guard Traveling Public, Faithfully, and conscientiously this little woman keeps guard over the traveling public, particularly the young girl, and the helpless mother with a little family. To estimate the value of her work would be impossible. For one minute she is helping a tired mother and her little brood to the right train to reach their destination, and the next minute she is taking the unsuspecting young girl to a place of safety far from the reach of those who would entice her to her ruin. Indeed she Is the guardian angel of the stations and many is the girl whom she has brought to the Association rooms to keep her there until sufficient funds could be procured to send her to some relative or responsible friend. Hers is the most unassuming yet most valuable pieces of work which the Young Women's Christian association docs in Kalamazoo. And then thetre is the extension work of the association, the work which goes out to the girl from out of the city ftmployed in the factories and offices ol the city, and gives to her a homelike atmosphere, and an opportunity to meet other girls, and ioin with them in worth while, endeavor. These ohibs are organized in several of the factories of the city. Once each week the various clubs meet at the Association rooms, where they have social houra classes of various kinds, and team to do the practical worth while things of value to the most capable woman. Aid Colored Girls. Nor are the colored girls forgotten In theso clubs, for one of the most interesting clubs in the extension department is lha Let Us Be Friends club connposed entirely of colored girls who are most enthustastic in their Jnteaest In the Young Women's Christian association. Miss Mliiinle H. Smith, the new extension secretary, who has recently come to thy. Association is in charge of the works of these clubs and has some 'tnteresitlng plans under way for the wlater saaaon. In addition to all these is the work among the young girls who with their Camp 1'ire and their Colonial clubs are moslt enthusiastic supporters of the Association. However one oif the most patronized teaturas of the Association work is that of tha luncheon room which under the dlirection of Miss Imogen Fletcher serves nundreds of luncheons and ah many supper every day. It is not proposed to make this an especially profitable proposition, since the point of the Y. W. C. A. lunch room is to serve to the business girl, whether a member of the Association or not good wholesome luncheons at prices which they can afford to pay without in any way proving a loss to the association. In this way the girl feels, and in fact it is true that she receives onty what she pays for, but she is getting it at a margin which makes it possible for her to live on her salary If It happens to be small. Right soon the Young Women's Christian association will ask the people of Kalamazoo for contributions to a big building fund. Already they have a considerable fund as a nucleus, and they have now an option on the Cornell proirerty, one of tho best locations for such an institution In the entire city. Equipped with, a building commensurate with their need, and the work of the Kalamazoo Young Women's Christian association will be enormous, for no city of its size offers bettor opportunities for the activities of such an association than does Kalamazoo. MUSIC FESTIVAL IS OPEN AT 'EXPOSITION (By the United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 29.—"The Autumn Music Festival" opened at the Panama-Pacific exposition today, and will continue to Oct. 3. The exposition chorus of 400 voices, under the leadership of Emil Mollenhauser of the Handel and Haydn society and the Apollo club of Boston, and the exposition orchestra of 80, with Max Bendix as conductor tonight will present Mendelssohn's "Elijah." arid Sunday, Verdi's "Requiem." Distinguished soloists from New York, Boston, Chicago and elsewhere have been engaged for the festival. Some persons are buried under such a load of trouble that they can't get up in the world. D.GRAFF & SONS " x y. ' *>
I Is .THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1915c KALAMAZOO TELEGRAPH-PRESS. 0 m OF ORIS" PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS WHO INDORSE PETITIOX IS DE- CLARED GREAT. (Special to The TelpRraph-Prew.) LANSINO, Mich., Sept. 30.--Mich- Igan Anti-Saloon league headquarters Is assuming the outlook of regular political headquarters in. point of people employed and literature and work >eing prepared. Major Arthur P. Loomis of Ionia, Rrho has charge of gathering of petilions, is displaying with enthusiasm a mass of petitions already signed and has made a comparison in several townships in the state, selected at random, showing the percentage of signers to state-wide prohibition petitions compared to the vote of that particular district. For instance, in Springport township, Jackson county, the vote in 1912
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