People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-26
Federation Of Clubs Meeting.

The City Federation met in the
parlOrS Of the Presbyterian church
"wednesday and hel1 an enthusiastic
session. A fair sized audience was
- Seut. After beIug called 10 order
~ Mis-. hitchcock, President Of tne
i,uolGtiOL, tLo AUDIENCE JOi.td III Tue
stirring stratus Oi America 1uuOw.
ca b! "" lu'UC,,iUu oy Ms. I. j.
JarIoHu.
| Tue PRESIDENT delivered a short ad-
ire>s, thcu bliss Maud Barrett Of the
freutls cIuD, read az interesting
papet on "helpfuiueSs Toward EIch
Other"
Tnis was followed by Mrs. Carson OF
! the Cary Circle, with au aUle talk On
/ tie "Suclai Features Of the City Fed
cratiUn."
Miss Ute Kirk of The PuarOS club,
reaG an amusing paper Oh yelling
ton City Improvements, " from the
standpoint Of dream-alr castles, Of
course, but they afforded Il great deal
ofpleaSure and do not come high"
Just as The program was huished,
the committee on location, w. NJ.
ReaGy, Geo. H. Hunter and w. H.
| Maddy, maze their appearance aud
intimated that they were ready u
submit a report. Accordingly, the
president announced a recess and
called the board Of directors into SEES
sion 10 an adjoining room, where the
committees report was heard, and
after being submitted to the audience
and discussed by various people pres
entail having been called upon tC
\ express an opinlOn-there seemed tC
be perfect unauimity, and the com
mittee'S report was accepted in full
together with their recommendations
which we're as follows:
That the City Federation board N
directors purchase lots - and IA, block
-, original town OF Wellington, for Z
site for their proposed club house ant
reading room, paying therefor $3.50
| These lots are directly east Of tint
old skating rink, and quite central.
Also, thatthe building be constructed
Ipf brick.
The president appointed Mr.. Hun
TOR. Mr.. MaGdy and Mrs W. NJ
Ready to draft pans tor the ciul
house. Also appointed Judge Herrlcl
10 draft constitution aud secure tn,
Charter for the federation.
This completed the business Ut TIT
meeting, and to the credit o the so
ciety we would state that there wa
not a dissenting vote; perfect unan
unity prevailing throughout
Then followed q luncheon and
genuine old lime social, during whici
time ev- rybody was happy aud re
solved ro'Como again.
The federation Of cubs new oul.d
Ing will without question be credl
to the town. TIE ladies' propose /,
have none except a tirSt-class ciui
room, aud will park the grounds ant
stree, making it most beautiful
spot. Reading rooms, club rooms
l0unging rooms, etc, will be provided
for aud handsomely furnished. In,
new club house will BE- place whert
everyone is welcome, aud ciiQues VII
nOt be allowed 10 gather and stare a
Others as if they were intruderS, an(
mouOpoIiZa the comforts of the place
The r,iQueS are responsible for Wei
ling on not having city library
when the library was started, tht
cljQueS took charge IF il and made
pr,y4'e club house of the place, anC
it was not long before only certain
faces were seen there. When lht
lQurS became tired Of the libra
nv, they quit meeting there. and i
ceIStd to exist. People Complained
th&tthe c'iQugS acted in manne
which showed plainiy that ONLY Ger
tain Teapie ere welcome at th'
library. I'D lt'v soon Ceased Ia l0ul
HHou j. aea r'liir place. Nothing 0
thi, kid viii rr allowed a. the new
club hui'dinr. The person il rharg
will be a "miyor." and VII h'yP tn
happy faculty e. making ver'One Zee
welcome and comfortable. There vii
he no Urls in charge there ofthe kinr
that stare and turn IN their noses j
a man happens to come in withOu
his dress suit on.