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Show SESSION OF THE NATIONAL Y. W. C. A. it Richmond, Va . April 11 The na tional convention of the Y w . C A Is considering todav the assertion of M Mis.? Mabel ( ratty, of New York, general gen-eral secretary of the national board l that this is the women a hour ' as ' irast the Btatemenl of Grace n Rodae of New York, thai the home breaking up and that 1,600,000 women wo-men in the United States are 'adrift" or homeless 200,000 of them, according accord-ing to the estimate ol Miss Ella Bcbooley, being e)cu'd to move to-ward to-ward the Sim Francisco exposition in 191 5 The morning session loda ln-u.in with n hvmii and prayer, after whbli the convention plunged into arious recommendations from th national board. Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson I was an earnestly attentive listener Miss Mary Louise Wilson of New York, secretar of the bii:ird read tho recommendations, w hich were taken under advisement, with a discussion |