New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-20
FOR A WOMEN'S FEDERATION
nrIEGATEs FROM CLUBS THROUGHOUT
THIS STATE MEET.
A NOTABLE GATHERING At sHERRY'S-ScoPE OF
THE PROPOSED ORGANIZATION WHAT SOME

Work state completely filed the whitcand-goi pail
room a. Sherry's yesterday Afternoon at the OPEN
| ing session of the conference foi the for"a.'" "
, Ncw-York STATE federation Of woman's clups ana
eocic,ics sorosis was Almost fully represented! ana
| t,s Delegates from other clubs and societies. re-
| sponded 10 the ro.lcaI The address OF We''o'".
| wa made by Mrs Fannie !. Hemuth, preSihe' o'
| Soross. who said in part:
Sorosis bids you welcome. Welcome TO tne P' ~
Of Your state the metropolis % your country Inc
Greater New-York Welcome to the city tnat mas
inc mon new career Of purer politics and better
m nicipal government. Welcome 10 the p,rthp.acc
Of the , rst wom samc e'S ny "sRed You to
with Ms to consider ,he measure, necessary Ior f"s
great state organization OF women Who's ad ,
t"raUv and Improved by the interchange OF .housn
and Inc mutual consideration OF their aims am
f, n d,viJns and subdviding the work into groups
wherein every interest may ind paEe. ~" ~ ncr
E orm and soross desires place her S;ate in the
advance guard and 70 harmonic me har sex
mems G in common interest women Of all ranks
professions. Industries ana falths'
PLAN or ORGANIZATION StGGiSIEp
Mrs Ielmuth's popularity was plainly snow" ~
tho rroonred applause which both preceded and
followed her address. When quiet was restored Mrs
! G. Croy. chairman OF the Committee on New
York state Federation. read the call. when III
short was a summary Of the proposed plan the
main idea being to organic in groups-lerarS' en"
cational scientific. professional INDUSTRIAL REFORM
phanthropic political and village Improvement
clubs II was declared that the growth ana deVel-
opent OF the club idea during the four years OF 'he
General Federation justin It's existence. but thit
he'd become so large-t already covers thirty-seVen
States-that local questions found no pace anu
small clubs no representation, so tnat state reu-
GRAFTON had become necessary. Mrs. Croly then rean
the reasons for issuing the call when were d. 'o'
lows:
III. hot her
formed has answered itself Maine. MASSACHUSETTS,.
Iowa Kansas Missouri Michigan. ohio. Kentucky
and %rw-Jersev ali have responded to the demand
for a STATE union on IN" federated clup pass tlh.
can establish relations with local clubs and all them
i'm WAYS not possible To 80 large body as the zen
cral Federation. Minnesota, PennsyNahia, Ngn
tDnon Of establishing local fele-ations In the near
future and the Empire State must not lag behind
- a. ~h1 sinn'ls alone today bc she woman or an
organization ~ women IS missing her ka'e III IN, ~,
~ the state Federation TO the General Federation
is one ~ aliatlOn. not Of control u - eNeinpleu
hy union Of States under the tedeia ,'iV ,
ment. The groups In a state federation would bear
hears 20 the General Federation. The practical IN
ter.sis Of women are multiplying 50 ralldN thtt
only In this can We follow them ana give th''r
value to the world.
Mrs. Lozicr. ~x-prcsiient OF SoroSis gave eu."-
Cystic account If wha, that club has accomplished
and Of how much more may be done under the
broadening and strengthening influence Of state
federation. She declared that IN the past women
had been buried beneath avalanche OF shirts ana
pudGlngs and hat they had been mentally starved
but that the present day an epoch in the history
OF woman. and much ~ tie Advancement was attn
buted 20 club work
MIST MOVE TOWARD PRACTICAL ENDS.
Mr. l. \ Goodic chairman OF state corre'pond-
.ncc TO- Now York. ~ the General Federation 81
Wom,n's clubs. declared tina, State federation
must b. made 20 move toward practical ends. 'nat
women may r.a.ze that u l. worth all II costs
SIR, thau gave a practical review Of woman WORK
and status both IN and oui II clubs. ana told IN
what NAY women might be benefited by state
federation
Mrs Mary = Mumford vce-president o. the
q T. " c. amused her hearers b. giving as nm
argument iu favor ~ the proposed organization
that {, would be well for city and country TO meet
that the country women might bring In some Of
in.lr pure air ana sound Ideas. ana might III turn
f.t,. some ~ IN" self-sltisfactiOu. when was lie
,lai,l io grow and strengthen n small places. re-
moved by rubbing Mp against TIA" wicked New
Workers" Mrs Mumford also advised AL the
worn-n - "frlyoi' We'll a. 10 work. a. II would
be- COOL for them
Mr.. cl,in,r sal that me had Away thought
inat She should have been preacher. ana she
pointed her remarks with texts Among the
delegates Who gave some little history of the work
accomplished 10y their club or society were Mrs
Sage Mr. %orthrop. MIR. Kat Epson clark
Mr. Eoscrf~a. M.ss richardson. Mrs No>". MIS-
Goodrich Mrs Danforth. Mr. hiddcr. Mrs. Par
Mrs. " 'r. tl-f lAtilrhNi MISS .N''f4f III
Newton. Mrs Croiy. Miss Sands, Mrs. Tomptins
Nh. Damn. Mis- Ear-low and Mrs. Edward y
Greeley
THE DELEGATES WHO WERE PRESENT
The delegates Aho answered 20 the rolcali were
Nrs j de Ii VI Lo1icr. Rutsers Alumni Asso-
citation Mrs Alice Gardiner Monday club. Mrs
Ruth + Russell. Woman's Alumnae Association
of the Law Glass of the University Of The city OF
New- York. Mrs. Mary T. Warner Ethical club.
Rochester. Mr. Mary clinton H. Duo and Dr Mary
r nsscll Berkeley Ladies Athletic club: Mrs Mary
u swonson Eastern Association Wells College Mrs.
Fannie ; Low. Womans Press club. Mrs q j.
Gicii and Miss Cornelia r. Andrews. Fortnightly
club Hudson. Mrs Frances Macdonald. and Mrs.
\. -. hoardman. Womnn's club. I.rhmond COUNTY,
League. Mrs g. II Russell Eastern Association
Wells College, Miss clara Mason. Monday Even,
Miss Jeanette y. Lcepcr. Political study club Mrs.
bernard Peters ana Mrs. - Fars. Portia Reading
Gun. iirookyn. Miss Clara !. Lawrence Travel;
lcrs club Wat"rylllc. Miss Lockwood. Graduates
Association, Hpnalo seminary Mrs. Laura =
palmer Professional womans league Mrs.
iicIi Ladies' Health FroicctI.c Assocaton; Mrs
H. AIumford General Federation OF Woman's
clubs Miss Frances Z. lubbell Scribbers. Buffalo.
Mrs Alma calder johnston X. /. VI Nssoclaiion:
Miss Elizabeth Racburn Hoy Ncw-York Associa
Ion Coesac AlSmnac Mrs Marion Il lsWrsncs
\. Monat IhaIo club: Mrs l. Seliesburs, Won
ans Conference Society Tor Ethical Culture; Mrs ,
Ralph l.. Shainwnld Alumnae Womsu's Law |
class. Miss Etorna VI. psbrow. Rutgers Alumnae !
Association. Mss Ellen .. Parsons ana Mrs. t. f. !
Ward. Mount Holyoke hlumnae Associa tion; |
Mrs James Srrlmgconr and Mrs \. ]. Perry |
Woman's Health Protective Association Brooklyn: |
Mrs. William Thornton. Brooklyn Heights Seminary |
club; Miss Wager. Woman's cub. oneonta. Miss |
Felcina Canrrata, United Italian Charities. Miss |
carolyn ITalstcd and Mrs John J. Amory. New |
York iranch Vassar students Ala Society; Miss
Elizabeth cutting New York Branch Nassar Alum |
nae Association. Mrs Edward \. Greeley. Womaus !
Legal Education Society; Mrs. Is. : r. Dunn. |
Womnn's cub. Jamaica. Mrs Kate Epson Clark |
and Miss *. White Wheaton club. Miss \. I. |
Nyr clio club. Miss J.. Rolko and Mrs. &. +. |
Townc. rhotcreone club BROOKLYN; Mrs. Russell
Sage and Mrs. Allen &. WashiI gtOn Emma willard |
Associations Mrs 4 Briggs. Womans Literary |
cub. DunkrK, Mrs T.. Fowler and Mrs ". Spcck. |
Nineteenth Century club. iiaverstraw; Miss Mnna