Abbott's Guide to Ottawa and Vicinity/Y. W. C. A.
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Y. W. C. A.
The Young Women's Christian Association, which has its headquarters at the south-east corner of Metcalfe st. and Laurier ave., is primarily a boarding house for self-supporting young women. Classes are held for physical training, Bible study, elocution, French, German, cooking, dressmaking and millinery. There is also a night school. Social life is developed by means of entertainments, lectures, clubs and social gatherings. A public reading room is open from 9.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.