The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-07-06
DEPARTMENT GLEANINGs.
Busy Workers and Notable Events All Along
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Busy Workers and Notable Events All Along
the Line.
The ninth Department Convention of Colo
RADIO, WR.C, held st Pueblo, May Is and 10. is
described as one of the largest and most har
| monious ever held in that State. Laura S.
Dodge, Boulder, was elected Department Presi-
dent, with Janette L. Todd, Denver, Treasurer.
lisa E. Crosby, of Boulder, has been appointed
Department Secretary.
Dister Corps, 2s3, Dayton, O., reports much
| activity, with regular relief extended to the
poor and suffering soldier classes of that city.
An all-day sewing circle meets twice a month,
when noon lunch is served to business men
and all who desire at Is cents each, netting the
Corps a nice little sum. President Mary J.
Hinton is commended for her ability, and
Chaplain Maggie McDar and Isabelle Parsons,
Chairman of Relief, for looking after the sick
and destitute.
The Iowa Commission, Worlds Fair did
themselves proud in the reception rendered
Clara Barton, President of the Red Cross, and
Past National Chaplain, W.R.C, at the Iowa
Building, Worlds Fair President Crosby, of
the Commission, in introducing Miss Barton
paid her a magnificent tribute, particularly
mentioning her work in receiving and forward
ing the shjpload of corn sent by Iowa in aid OF
| the Russian famine sufferers. President Ora
E. Miller, of the Iowa Lady Managers. pre-
sented Miss Barton with magnificent bouquet
ola France roses, to which was attached a white
ribbon bearing the red cross In pleasant
response to these courtesies, Miss Barton said:
Iowa is known to be enc of the first States in
the Union to recognize suffering and to do good
in whatever capacity she is able"
Beautiful programs were prepared for the
18th annual commencement Of the Ohio Sol
diers and Sailors Home School June 81, on
which occasion Gov. Mckinley was present to
confer the diplomas upon 90 happy graduates.
Cantwell Corps 1873, Kenton, o., deserves
special mention for its excellent work on Me-
mortal Day, first in assisting the veterans in
their decoration observances, and then in
ranging and carrying to completion fine pro-
gram in the evening at the rink. The receipts
of the evening amounting to $115, were used to
defray the expenses of Memorial Day with a
surplus of $40 credited to- the monument fund.
W. II. Russell, Corresponding Secretary, writes
that each year witnesses greater enthusiasm in
the observance of Memorial Day.
Past Department President Ida W. Moore of
Kansas now National J. and ]. Officer, WR.C.
has issued the Journal of Proceedings of Ninth
Annual Convention, Department of Kansas,
WR.C., in neat and business-like form, with
all extraneous matter eliminated, and the bust
ness of the Convention carefully reported in
brief. When the committee from the G. r.
Encampment visited Convention. the Chair
man, Comrade Miner, as found on page IS, paid
Kansas deserving compliment when he said:
your W.R.C. reports are simply models, and
wish the women's societies of the churches
were carried on similarly to yours"
There is saying, as true as old, that Evil
communications corrupt good manners" and
we may add morals too. Past Department
Secretary Efiie r. Kennedy enlarges upon this
very effectively when she says: :" Cut loose at
once from friends who may be in any way ex-
erting an evil influence over you. 1t may cost
an effort to do this but you neglect it at your
peril. Go over your list of friends and put the
question plainly to yourself: What is the in
fuence upon me of each? p Wherever you find
it to be evil snap the friendship at once. You
may say, My friend is no worse than l am
This may be true, yet it is no reason for con-
tinuing it,"