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' THE OREGON ; SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY HORNING, MARCH 9, 1319. TRAVELERS' AID . CARES FOR 9346 CASES IN 1918 Gives Greeting to Strangers Who Stroll Within City Gates and Makes Their Welcome Warm. PROTECTION OF GIRLS IS THEIR MISSION In the Tiki s Portland faces sure failure in the present Armenian-Syrian Relief Drive unless hundreds of new volunteers respond immediately to this urgent call for help. - Thoiisandsof patriotic citizens who will gladly give to the cause cannot be reached because there are too few workers! in the field. unnwiwn at; aii rrATinN; Girls, i Children and Aged Are 12 ' .... j.: A. - .f ,r .J.--.'- :S ;. Mood Cry for Help I 85 i:-u-. Is 1- ?'V V . i Women of Y. W. C. A. Corps. I i - '' . To the stranger within her gates, par ticularly the young and unsophisticated girl, Portland, through the travelers aid department of Its Young Women's Chris tian association, extends a welcome, the very , nature of which carries with - It the interest, the understanding, the guidance, and the protection vso much needed. by girls and young women un familiar with the city and its wr.ys. At the; Union station, the North Bank, Jefferson street and Alder street, trained! workers are kept In attendance tinder the general supervision of Mrs. ft It. Allen, the individual "workers be ing Miss Amelia Foshay, Mrs. Cora Bul lock, Mrs. Nina B. Templeton, Mrs. May Mi. Snyder and Mrs; Minnie Crowe. The purposes of the traveler's aid cover four points, as follows1; Investi gation ion request of the many and va ried Inducements that cause persons to leave their homes, including questionable Influence, such as deceptive letters, ad vertisements and' offered positions, also dangerous addresses, etc. ; protection and aid of travelers, - especially girls, women) and boys, in the many varied emergencies and temptations of travel until they arrive at;their proper desti- 1 Front row, left to: right Miss Amelia Foshay, Mrs. Cora E. Bullock, Mrs. Minnie Crowe, Back row, lert to rightMrs.-, Sophia Allen,, Mrs. -Nioa B. Templeton, nTraTelers Aid workers for the Young Woman's Chris tian Association,', who devote themselves to the protection and guidance or young girls in the railroad sta tions!", the ;cityv V r : - . - nations; placing the names of strangers with, "the organizations which; will de velop them socially, mentally and re ligiously lor-, their proper assimilation in the community ; assist travelers to respectable and suitable lodging houses, responsible institutions or back to their "town homes. ; . - Thonsaadi Cared , Foe . , During the past year 9346! persons were assisted by the traveler's aid work erfs. Of- these 516 were children alone; llfe8 wert girls alone and 1189 were elderly people. The scope and variety of problems which , the workers are called upon to solve can no better be described than by a dozen typical cases taken from the diaries of the workers. . Two girls, about 13 and 15 years of age, their hair down I'.ieir backs, wear ing short sleeved aprons and without hats, runaways from Seattle, were taken in charge, local relatives located, the Seattle parents notified and one of the mothers - came and took both . girls home. A, California .girl, who had married an Oregon soldier who later died, brought his body to Portland for' burial. Dazed with grief she sought the help of the traveler's aid in locating her husband's relatives. miii . mrn wivi l I' 'i m i-M .m. w-' mi -m . l ta m w mm- . ,. . Um I ' A i iii I B I " 1 -A I'-llff. " Tni I .r , m M r. . - H greatest emotionmlct .r8? K I nflTy 'tT1? "i1 ' " $f Vsuceess lntt" film projjC yVt"jSaff TV " ''i'TV ' ' ' ' c-urT1? -1 ' 'rjft An aged Canadian woman in the last stages of tuberculosis, arrived at the Lnion station and collapsed. Rest, food and medical care had to be provided before she could continue her journey to California. Befriends Elderly Womai An elderly woman had come up from California on the boat. She had been very seasick and in stepping off the boat had sprained her ankle. She hobbled into the stction she was on her way to Montana sought the trav eler's aid worker, who took her per sonally to the ticket window and when she went to count out the money for her ticket she was $10 short. She had a book showing a savings account in a email California bank. This the worker brought to a Portland bank, the money was forthcoming'and a claim sent to the California bank. Two Finnish children.; a girl of eight and gL boy of nine, arrived from the iiaeL wiuioui uio icm t iuoauLiuiuuu or indication as to their destination. They refused to speak a word. After keeping them at the depot for several hours In an effort to find out who they were and where they wanted to go the worker took them to a Finnish commun ity which she knew of, where the "hotel proprietor had given her assistance, and again 'he came to the rescue With the knowledge that one of his friends was . expecting his children from Min- nesota, where their mother had - died. Finally the father was located and the tongues of the children were at once loosened. Fktd Belatires of Runaways Two runaway boys, having walked In from the .country a distance of five miles, arrived at the depot late in,' the evening, Insufficiently clad. Coats - were found and : finally the names - of Port land relatives were secured and the lads were taken to them, who gratefully re funded the money qpent for the boys' dinners and took the boys in. A young girl from, a small town, who was going to San Francisco to be mar ried, had never before been on a sleep ing car and asked the worker- to go with her and show her how to go to bed and J In response to her request a telegram j was sent to the San Francisco traveler's ! aid and later a card was received tell- j ing of the marriage to which the San j Francisco worker had been a witness. Our hearts have been touched many times during the past six months by the heart broken fathers bringing their little ones to Portland relatives, the mothers having died of influenza," said Miss Amelia Foshay, the worker at the Union station, j "Children without a mother are so piliful and in most cases the father seems pathetically helpless. "The number of children traveling alone Is surprising, usually they are tagged or labeled, but sometimes they are not. We give them stamped and addressed post cards and ask them to write to us when they reach their desti nation and many and curious are the missives we receive. . Often the little if eUows forget to sign their, names and Ve puzzle for hours over which partic ular one of our little charges the mes sage is from. s'The Young Women's Christian asso ciation is, of course, our greatest asset in helping those whose lives we touch. Through it we try to secure suitable Hying accommodations for " the' strange girl ; we help her to secure employment or training as the case may be ; we try to introduce her into the social life of the association through its recreational clubs and we try to direct her toward the religious affiliation to which she has been- accustomed. Then, too, we have the sympathetic cooperation - of the woman's protective division of the department for public safety, the juvenile courts, the rescue homes and other institutions." Mrs. William D. Wheelwright is the chairman of the traveler's aid commit tee of the T. W. C. A. and the other members of the committee are : Mrs. F D. Chamberlain, Mrs. Max Hirsch, Mrs. William C. Morgan, Mrs. j, C. Costello Miss Amy RothchUd and .Mr. Corbett. ' - ' ' . . Seasoned slabwood and Inside wood Co. Main 358 A-SZsi.-JiAi-11" EASE THE PAINFUL RHEUMATIC TWINGE Sloan's Liniment will relieve it on one application It's the world's most popular conn ter irritant for the shooting, darting pains and aches of those numerous ex ternal attacks which every, man. woman and child suffers from at one time or anoiner. By penetrating . without rubblne-. it helps to scatter the congestion, resulting in a warm,: ungung , glow or comfort i and ease.- Takes little to turn the trick I quick.-1.' Won't; stain i the skin, ; Get a i big bottle today for economy's sake. All i druggists everywhere sell it. JOc, 0c, H1.20 Adv. - - r Portland Must Not Fail ! . She has never yielded place to any communi ty in deeds of mercy and benevolence she can not do it now. Yet she has barely reached one half of her required quota of $73,200 after one full weekVof arduous effort; The drive must therefore be carried on through the coming week. Will you Fathers and Mothers and patriots allgive three days, two days, even one day of your time to aid the little band of heroic voliin-' teers who are striving valiantly for Portland's honor and glory?. LeL every man and woman whose heart is .moved by the world tragedy of the millions of starving women and children in the Near East come to the front at once. "I AM VARTAN One of tha 400,000 Orphans' "You won't let ma starva, will you?" "$5.00 a month will sav my lif." Report at the Unitarian Church, Broadway and Yamhill, at 9 o'clock tomor row (Monday) morning and give of YOUR TIME AND SERVICE as well as of your money. . j Portland Must Not Fall Down She Will Not Fall Down If - We AH Do Our Duty AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF IN THE NEAR EAST J. J. HANDS AKER, State Director for Oregon, BEN SELLING, Treasurer. - I JOHN T. DOUGALL, City Campaign Manager Headquarters Unitarian Church, Broadway and Yamhill Phone Main 4 2304 tiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiititiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiititiiiiitiititiiiiitiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiiuiiii Private Exchange Main 1786 Connecting With All Departments. Orders Promptly Filled For Wash Day No. 8 All-Copper Wash Boil- Qff er. for No. 8 Copper-Bot- flQ flQ A K torn Wash Boilers DO d DO0 All-Metal Clothes Wringer.; df Off cuaranteed rolls D.60 JC2MT. 8SO0KD AMD JLLDE3 STS. For the Kitchen No. 8 Aluminum . Tea r Kettles . . 7-Cup Alumi- ?Oi $2.89 num Percolators Monday and Tuesday Shoe Bargains MEN'S SHOES Lace an button styles; - some with Rio ex fiber soles t some with leather ioles. A number of good styles to be closed out at S2 AEL MEN t YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE Tomorrow Morning We Place On Sale Hundreds of Dozens of Men?s Dress Shirts This will be the largest disposal of men's shirts we erer have attempt ed. The quantity is enormous, yet the values are so much greater, than those of the ordinary shirt sales that we do not anticipate the supply will last long. You will do well to be on hand early in order to get the patterns and the style yon wish. Splendid fabrics; attractive patterns; new styles; ; all sixes for all men; values that simply , are astounding Grouped for convenience in selecting into two great lots. Every garment a bargain extraordinary! Lot 1 Shirts Lot 2 Shirts $1.15 ' $1.39 See that yon et your. Ther will be a rash for them! WOMEN'S SHOES Kid Shoes t button . styles f ome with patent tips. Value to $4 $1.98 BOYS' SHOES . School and dress lace and but- ton j short lines, but nearly all Worth 93.80 the pair sixes. $2.15 CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' SHOES Kid or patent coltf tot dmt or chooL Values to $3.50 the pair. $1.98 CHILDREN'S SHOES - ". . - Many styles, but not all sizes. Value ..as . high as S2.50 the pair ' 1 9Sc Regular $1.50 to SI. 75 High Quality Corsets Only!9Sc; Broken lots from regular stock offered at a sensationally low price. Made of good quality coutili medium bust. Nearly all " sizes in the lot. While any re main only 98c Hemmed Napkins (Mercerized) 5c Good quality) beautiful designs; slightly soiled by ' smoke and water..'.. Children's Wash Dresses Values to $3.50 Only 79c Remaining from great fire sale; made of good ginghams and per- cales. Sizes up to 14 years. Choose while any remain at 79c. White Outing Flannel . Values to 50c ; Only 1 9c 27-inch and 36-inch outings at a wonderful reduction. Buy freely at this amazingly low price.. Fine Dress Percales 35e ' Values 25c 36-inch ' percale in a wide va riety of pretty pattern and col : ors, plaids, stripe and figures. Good ' material underpriced. Do You Smoke? TIsit ear tobae - aepartiacat aad yoa will sickly sec that we sail . teaaeees at aargam erlecs prices that sav yoa real mteaey ea yoar tebaeee sapply. Crockery Bargains W show a eomplt stock of crockery aad dinner wars. Toa will sajoy seleetlas; from par stock. .Many bargains throagh. Oat. m :':r Hal 1.' i: .H : : i ) i i I - if ,iinilllllliinilllHllllllllllllllllilllHllllllllllllllllllHlillillllllllllllUlllllUlllHIHIUHIIIiniilllllH