Show IMPORTANCE II OF WORK I FOR GIRlS EMPHASIZED I Girls Girls' work worl has been een emphasized as the most important field Celd in the Y Y W W. WC Yo C C. C A. A toda today according to Miss Ann CritchloW and Miss Ruth nuth Sayles both secretaries o of the local branch who have returned from Denver Miss lIss Sayles and Miss Critchlow remained in Denver after th the conference of oC field workers closed to attend a a. special meeting o of the girls' girls work secretaries o of the Central Western states Fifty Fity young wom women n acting as heads of or their departments In Colorado Wyoming Wyoming Wy Wy- oming Kansas and Utah attended this meeting The special speakers were Miss Marie national field fieldworker fieldworker worker and Miss Gertrude Gogan na national national national na- na girls' girls work secretary who make their headquarters at New York Aside from Crom the lectures given ghen by these women on the general work be beIng being being be- be ing done by the girls of ot th the association tho the business at the meeting consisted of technical committee work and training trainIng trainIng train- train Ing o of the tho girls in how to better conduct conduct conduct con con- duct their department and its growing Importance as a a. unit o of th the association according to Miss Mss Sayles It was brought out at the conference by b Miss liss Bertha Dertha Conde recently from Brazil South America that the city o of Rio de Janeiro is a century behind the times in the features that the association association association tion is about to ocr offer r its women and young girls In dress and intellect the women citizens are fully as modern as those o of our own country Miss Conde stated but the country has sadly neglected neglected neg neg- th the kinds of or of social improvement and moral betterment for Its women Owing to the conditions of ot ancient origin South America has had only tw two twe classes It was explained by Miss 1 Conde Miss Sayles said These consisted consisted consisted con con- of or the landed aristocracy and the poor but the coming industry commerce and education Is building up upa a strong middle class |