Y.W.C.A.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2932, 18 November 1916, Page 3

Y.W.C.A.

There was a very full attendance at the Y.M.O.A. on Tuesday afternoon, when the Young Women's and Young Men's Associations combined for the opening service in connection with the World's Week of Prayer. Tea—entirely arranged by the men—was afterwards partaken of in the lecture hall, and it was a unique experience for the girls to sit quietly while the men became their waiters. A very impressive, meeting of friends and relatives of boys at the front took place in the club-room on' Wednesday. One mother had given her five sons, one. sister had fivo brothers in France, and many had wounded friends. Yet all were ready to do more. The lunch hour meetings for business girls have also been well attended during the Week of Prayer. An interesting lecture on Korea and Japan was delivered by Mr. 15. K. Lqmas, .M.A. Koreans, the lecturer said, arc different to either the Chinese or Japanese, and although they are now part of the Japanese Empire, it js a great sorrow to the Koreans; they do not show the same respect to the Japanese that they do to the Chinese. The Korean women, it was stated, are down-trodden, and have no say in public affairs. A girl has no say in her marriage arrangements, but tlie men are in a similar position. Pictures showing typical scenes of the common, life of Korea and Japan were shown, with illustrations and lantern slides, made interesting by a graphic account of actual experiences in hotli countries.