YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 107, 29 January 1908, Page 3

YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday.:afternoon,'in'tho-Mayoj's Room at' tho'Town Hall tho .cbmjriitteb ■of '-'.the Y.W.C.A. had. a pleasant .littlo' gathering-to M'Leari, the the Association,"back-'to .Wellington.'..'; ' . -.'After, afternoon, tea had. : beeh/.sqrybd fl)y girl:members' of" the'Association^,Mrs/'T.-W. Hislop made a happy, littlo speeclv'.tfelc'oirijng Miss,; jJl'Lean,. aihtt congratulating, .her on 'tho delightfiir.-h'pliday. trip she ,had (had: ryThbh Mrs'. M'Clay,.' who ■ had - acted , is ; during .Miss "MfLeari's - J..G. AY. lAitkeu, M.P.; the' President ,of 'the Y.M.C.A. ■ .. In welcoming; the President 'Of tke,. : sister society, Mr; Aitkcn'. spoke 'of ; tfibj,necessity that- existed, for-w.ork' among the >yburig women ...of tlio city, as -well, as iftin'ijiig-. the young,'meniVand express<Kl;.the' j hope,that..tli'e two societies'would bo' of assistance, to each oth'er.v, -Mr.- Holmes," ■' Secretary■' of;'Jhe Y.W.C:A;, gavo:an -in which the, > two '• societies might' bo:, expected to helfvarid said that recently tho Y.M.'C.;'A. fcadWliscussed "a suggestion ,;to forTft/ii tQiiiiis club -in : withv,thcir..»A'ssb<;i'atiqn, arid members'' of such a club 1 should '-contd fi;bm 'the'.YiW-.e.A::'; •. ,'Mifes .'M'Liriin spoke of tho .'great:-,.pleasure, she had had- in rbtufriing to Wellingtbri to find that - the . Assobia'tion hid made great, strides during -her absence, till: it, how had a 'membership ,of over 800. She then :gave'. a vory .interesting account 'rb'f;. h'er .visit -to .Y.W.C'A.'' inst-itutidn's iir Great BHtain and tho C.ontiiieiltv: :Sh'o .'h'i'djrib&ehjihi'L'bridbn at the time of. tho World's . Congress .of Y.W.C.A., arid had been prcsfeht at one of the'meetings, wliqn she was 'deeply., ihiwith tho importance of tho spiritual work done by, the . leaders. ,Sh'o bad visited the .-Association's promises and, offices, and had been very miich 'interested, iii the niiin:agentent of the restaurants', where a good dinner was supplied at a very low cost. Tho hostels interested her particularly, because of -tho hope tho 'Association has that a hostel, ■may be opened in Wellington, whoro \Vorking busy girls may,-find eongpmal dompaniqh'ship. Miss M!Leaii 'also visitbd various Y.W.'G.'A.'s in Scotland, ,ihd was p'artibujiirly: pleased with tho flourishing Association iii Glasgow, which has 2000 members arid twenty-seven 'branches.- Tho 'hostels -here are -furnished -so artistically that one feels it is an education 'for-tho girls to go. to thpin. Miss M'Leari was- present at a'Bible-reading oil orio weekday, wheh the -large hall belonging'to the building was filled with a crowd of interested girl listeners. In Genoa and at Milan Miss •Jl'Lean also visited tho Y.W.C.A.'s, and at .Genoa slio addressed the, 'girls,-, speaking through an interpreter. In 'all these places it -n-as'delightful to feel that the - Associa-; tions: throughout thb'world y©reiunited by- a bond fellowship.' 1 i.• , : 1. : .. At'tho conclusion of 'tho meeting a resolution was:, carried thanking Mrs. -MJClay "for tho lielp she had .rendered'to ith'o-Association during Miss .M'Lean's'absence., r . '« -