Y.M.C.A. IN EGYPT.
In a letter, a Wellington Volunteer Sister writes ;—‘.'The tea rooms are situated in the Esbekiah Gardens, under the Y.M.C.A. The tables are all outside. The Y.M.C.A. has a roller-skating rink, just like a large tennis court, with a stage at one end, and along one side writing and reading tables, fitted up for the soldiers, under a shelter.. At the other end is the tea place in which we do our work. Along the fourth side of the rink are the tea tables for the men, for whom the tea-rooms have been started. They skate and have skating hockey matches, and in the evening there are moving pictures, entertainments, concerts, etc. The tea rooms are just supposed to pay for themselves, not to make anything. The soldiers come in at all times, in hundreds, from 3 to 9 o’clock. Numbers of them say how much they enjoy seeing white women, and the ones just back from the Dardanelles especially enjoy it. There is no question of its not being appreciated.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1514, 24 February 1916, Page 3
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174Y.M.C.A. IN EGYPT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1514, 24 February 1916, Page 3
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