Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-14
Years. WORK
Women's Club Holds Annual Meet.
ing and Goes Into Summer
Quarters.
Reports Of Omcsrs and Chairmen
Of Departments Rsad-Good
Showing.
Mrs Robbins and Miss Halbert on
Milwaukee Biennial New
President introduced.


month when the women who have all
winter long done faithful work in their
clubs close the books just as the chill
dren have done and lay them aside un-
til the fall shall. with Its promise of
cool and pleasant days, make them de
sire to take up their studies again. No
one who is at all acquainted with the
work expected and done in the women,
clubs would ever doubt but that this
going into summer quarters is wise
custom, for the renewed activity Of the
fall more than makes compensation foi
the days of idleness. Yet there never
is a .'last day" which we do not dread
to have come, and this feeling Is well
appreciated by club women. The pleas
ant companionships of the year even
more than the intellectual joys, are
not easy to lay aside even for few
months. tits this fact which must in 6
measure justify the club life to any one
who believes in the spirit of reciprocity
and fraternity, for 1t proves that the
club does more than to teach literature,
art or science, for there is nothing after
all which can compare to the qualities
gained from mutual weaknesses and
mutual strength.
Most of the smaller clubs have all
ready chosen their officers and held their
last meeting, and Wednesday afternoon
the Women's Club met for its annual
meeting. The first order of business
was the reports OF the officers, which
showed uniformly good work in all de-
IL rf - no aOfs thae
l5retary it was learned that the member
| first meeting of the year. Then there
seventeen for various reasons have
Withdrawn and eighteen have Joined.
Mrs. l.. w. Robbins told Of her i'm
pressions Of the biennialo Of the G. F. w.
c., held laet week at Milwaukee. to
which she was delegate from the club
The meetings were Of course much en-
| joyed and the seeing and meeting fam
GUS women Were no small part, OF the
| pleasure. Mrs. Robbins rather depre-
cated the number OF social honors which
had been provided, which, in her judg-
ment, We're apt to take time and
Something CT the much-mooted talk and
6SOllSSIllilS llOil d.
told and, by request, Mrs Robbins told
lalittle of the color discussion, which she
iconsldered had been much exaggerated
lin the press reports. Miss Mertie Hal
bert. who was Mrs. Robbins associate
at the biennial, then talked for few
minutes of the great meeting. speaking
A OF several affairs which had been yer,
Interesting but which Mrs. Robbins hac
]not mentioned. They were agreed or
1.-THE worth OF the meeting and proud Of
1.-The part taken in it by the women OF
i Iowa.
The reports of the chairmen Of the
various committees we're read ant
ladopted, during which the young ladies
under the direction of Miss Mary yyelles
Served ices and cakes.
Mrs. Robbins. who has been the faith.
lEful president of the club for the pas
two years and who has never missed (
meeting Of the club or of the board
made no farewell speech as she left TIL,
sIichair, except to thank the ladies fol
their hearty cooperation and to bespeal
1.-THE same for her successor, Miss Merit,
4 Halbert, whom she introduced to tn,
4 clubas the next president. "A few words
4 of appreciation forthe honor shown he
!. land of her desire to do what she coult
n for the clubs welfare comprised Mis-
A Halbert's inaugural speech. and after /;
4 few announcements she declared TIL
a years work Of the Women's Club at al
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