. The Street railway journal . FIG. 4.—THE LIBRARY families. The receptions were largely attended and the utmostgood feeling prevailed. The following quotation from an afternoon paper is expres-sive of this good feeling: ITS MISS HELEN ON THE CAR LINE NOW. Presto, change! The building where, not so many months ago, the call of thetrumpets echoed and the jangle of side arms was to be heard, wherethe walls were covered with racks of rifles and shot guns and menpaced uneasily all night and all day, not knowing what the hourwould bring forth-—this building is to-day as handsome and ascozy a resort
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 4.—THE LIBRARY families. The receptions were largely attended and the utmostgood feeling prevailed. The following quotation from an afternoon paper is expres-sive of this good feeling: ITS MISS HELEN ON THE CAR LINE NOW. Presto, change! The building where, not so many months ago, the call of thetrumpets echoed and the jangle of side arms was to be heard, wherethe walls were covered with racks of rifles and shot guns and menpaced uneasily all night and all day, not knowing what the hourwould bring forth-—this building is to-day as handsome and ascozy a resort for men with Christianly feeling one for the otheras ever was dedicated to the broad cause of the Young MensChristian Association. A little lady with a smiling pair of eyes and a good, strong hand-shake for all, was the presiding genius of this new and welcome. FIG. 6.—BATH ROOM change of affairs. The half hundred and more of the employeesof the company assembled to meet Miss Helen Gould, showedhow they felt and appreciated the new and goodly order of things. The handsome parlor car, especially prepared for the visitor,whose reputation is national for her good works and her deep lovefor humankind, was named the Virginia. The men havechanged it, and when it approached the new Y. M. C. A. Build-ing at the Reservoir this morning, they hailed it as Miss HelensCar. It is safe to say that it will always be Miss Helens car,and that in Richmond Miss Gould will always be Miss Helen. The work thus most auspiciously launched is moving alongsmoothly and successfully, 440 members having been enrolledout of an available membership of 700. The management ismore than pleased with the result and the bearing which the
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