Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-10-31
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS OCTOBER 81 9-ElyE PAGES

expressed her idea OF club work thus
Among my acquaintance woman |
no less q good cook, neat housekeepe
or devoted mother because she is .
cllb woman. II the club widens bel
horizon, causing her to note the bari
walls and the dreariness cf,the schoo
room wherein her child spends 81
many hours Of bis bright young life
srousing her to seek some way o.
eautifying the place thereby cult
waiting in him the love Of the beauti
full. II she for time forgets self and
places in the reach OF her less forum.
ate sister the circulating library, aids
in fitting up rest rooms, reading
rooms and the various other things
that only club women can devise,
truly believe she is carrying out that
Golden Rule"
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Mrs. May Belleville Brown, Of Sa.
lima, who is known not only in club
work but in literature, delivered the
annual address as president OF the
federation. She devoted much of her
talk to answering the question, Why
have a district federation9 She said
"The state federation, by virtue of
the greater area and diversified needs
Of its jurisdiction, can only foster
philanthropic work in general way,
so that public work that is to be more
than merely local in its scope must
be done BY the district declarations.
As the districts are divided, each one
represents certain portion Of the
state where the needs are much the
same, and can be met in much the
same way. Industrial and climatic
which, in an agricultural
community. largely determine the
are almost identical. The
need that the club woman can supply
in my town is the same as in yours,
SO it is not only possible but feasible
for the clubs forming district or.
ganization to adopt tue same plan Of
work and do it better in our smaller
organization and area than through
The state. 1t is to the district fedora.
ton that we may come to look for
united, philanthropic
work.
1.-THE district federation is not
arge body, like the state federation,
yet in proportion it engenders as
much enthusiasm, and brings the
'ame influence to bear upon club life.
Because Of its limited size, it brings
his influence to the smaller towns,
where it would be impossible for the
tate federation to come, brings it to
many club women, who, because Of
amily cares, or that their interest
las not been aroused, do not attend
he state meetings, and gives TO them
he inexplainable uplift toward the
igher meanings Of life, at the same
ime bestowing on the whole CON-
nunity a better definition Of our aims
nd purposes.
81 have entered plea for the
mailer town, that this kind Of a
Meeting will benefit, but there are,
eyond the town, outlying rural dis
riots where echoes OF our work come
ut family, where women live remote
'om society and intellectual inllu-
noes, and these waste places the ef-
acts Of our meeting will extend, and
trough it we can reach the country
oman with our art library and trav.
ling library and club.
"ln these days Of women's organi-
atoms, when every woman is called
pom at some time, in church, lodge
: club, to fill an office, and writes
lpital letters after her name, partic'
'ation in public meetings officially
on the program, should be a part
her education. For these things
| work together for her develop
emit, and to shrink from such SER
ce is timidity or false modesty,
Their OF which should be overcome.
be state federation programs are {
owing more crowded each year, and
ZEN now cannot give to the individ-
Il clubs the representation that The
could wish, so it is to the