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SALEM Y. W. A. 
From many parts of the state 
people are watching with interest a 
unique social experiment being tried 
in Salem. This is the Salem Young 
Women’s Association, an organiza- 
tion established. along the broadest 
possible lines. It includes all 
women and girls, without regard to 
race, creed or color. Over its doors 
is written a welcome to those of all 
religions, and the big sisterhood 
closely banded together there, has 
one ideal embodied in noble woman- 
hood and unselfish service. 
In the three years of the existence 
of this association it has grown tre- 
mendously. Starting as a_ lunch 
room and rest room for the shop 
girls, many other lines of activity 
have been developed; and it now oc- 
cupies a house where lodgings are 
provided, industrial classes are 
taught, a girls’ orchestra is trained, 
a womans’ exchange is doing a good 
business, while other rooms are hired 
for gymnasium classes and_ larger 
assemblies. 
The success of the whole program 
is largely owed to a band of earnest 
women, who saw that the young 
womanhood of Salem was being ne- 
glected. They had spent their ef- 
forts for years on the young men 
through the auxiliary of the YMCA, 
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and when a splendid new building 
was completed for the men and boys, 
this same group turned their atten- 
tion to the needs of the girls and 
women. Philanthropic men then 
joined the YWA as associate mem- 
bers, and in many other ways have 
assisted in this good work. It is a 
work that is only just begun, and 
a great future is promised for it. 
As I visited the association rooms 
the other day, I learned what ser- 
vice can be done there for travelers, 
in this particular case, for automo- 
bilists. By the way, the rooms at 2 
Church street, are on the direct line 
of travel for the North Shore, as one 
turns the corner around the quaint 
Gothie church of St. Peter’s Parish, 
with its memorable epitaphs in the 
grave-yard. Around this corner 
spins a never ceasing line of autos, 
pleasure-seekers from many states of 
the union, shoppers returning to 
Beverly with their purchases, or 
business men on their way home 
from Boston. 
One lady, starting out with her 
husband from a Boston suburb for 
an auto trip to the mountains, was 
suddenly taken ill and fortunately 
she was directed to the rest room of 
the association, where she had a 
physician’s care and remained until 
she was able to resume her journey. 
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At such atime as this, the associa- 
tion is considered a haven of refuge 
and there are many such occasions 
for service. For women travelers 
who are delayed, have missed a train 
possibly, or for any other reason are 
without quarters for the night, the 
YWCA’s all over the country are a 
great boon. In Europe the same 
service is provided by the Evange- 
lische Hospice. 
A most encouraging feature of 
this organization is the spirit of eo- 
operation among its members. From 
the youngest girl who joins, on up to 
the governing board, each has the 
idea that she owns a share in the 
home, and each wants to do her part 
to support it. No one joins for what 
she can get out of it merely—but 
for what she can add to it, if not 
financially then in some form of ser- 
vice. The staff of workers are try- 
ing to foster this spirit and make it 
grow. It is like a big co-operation 
elub, with reading rooms and social 
rooms, a chance for one to prepare 
meals in the co-operation kitchen, a 
rest room for invalids, an _ office 
where troubles will find a sympa- 
thetic counsellor, and lodgings where 
any young woman may feel safe and 
comfortable. The active member- 
ship fee is the same for all, with 
and is 
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