THE Y.W.C.A. IN TOLEDO.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 132, 10 July 1914, Page 4

THE Y.W.C.A. IN TOLEDO.

The "Bulletin's" invaluable "Hop" has been enjoying, amongst other diversions of his American tour, a glimpse of a Young Women's Christian Association in his former town of Toledo, says the Sydney "Bulletin." The Toledo "Daily Blade,'' which interviewed '' Hop'' during his stay, mentions that, after 44 years' residence elsewhere, the famous cartoonist returned to find Toledo's population had grown from 15,000 to 200,000. "I had lunch to-day with a niece of mine, the daughter of a late soldier, brother. She is a bachelor maid and lives in an apartment house occupied by unattached women. So we lunched at a neighbouring institution — the Y.W.C.A. It is promoted by women, but apparently popular with both sexes. The meals are conducted on the Help Yourself plan. You help yourself to a tray about 2ft square as you enter the dining.-hall, and place upon it the tools you require, knives, forks, etc. I watched my niece, who knew the ropes, and chose vegetable soup, a # portion of meat pie, and a piece of huckleberry ditto, by way of dessert. We then passed on to tables, the helpers giving us 'chits' for the amount. I could hardly keep a straight face I followed my niece, fearing that my tray might spill its eontents" down her neck, or ruin the costume of some female potentate of the establishment. Both sexes seemed to take their food seriously, if not sadly. I must say it was of excellent quality, and the novelty of the experience to me added piquancy to the meal.''