New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-13
STREET SIGNS DISCUSSED
THEIR SCARCITY CONDEMNED-WOME
URGED To PAINT NUMBERS
on DOORS.

Ny husband said this morning that If the re-
form administration didn't hurry up. il would die
and leave no signs" said Mrs. Philip Carpenter, at
the Federation convention. in Brooklyn, yesterday.
and the clubwornen who had been under a severe
intellectual strain all the morning and afternoon.
laughed. II was in the course Of discussion on
civic beauty TN town and country. and Mrs. Car
penter's theme was signboards. Continuing, she
said,
Under Tammany the street signs used to be
cut bias The signboards placed by President Can
tor are hne. what there are Of them. but there
aren't enough. 4 friend Of mine went 10 the gro
Gerry 10 get a cereal for breakfast. Oh advised
the grocer. you want so-and-so oats No don't
said M friend; I viii not buy anything that dis
figures the earth with its advertising so-and-so
oats does Personally. ] don't want biscuit Il
the sky has 10 he marred for me 10 get il. one
thing you can all do: Go home and hire "A painter
70 paint your number your outside door and
the storm door. when you get II. Keep offending
signs OF your country property; don't buy things
that dishgure the landscape; agitate for legible
street signs"
Yesterday lull in the proceedings Of the
State Federation Of Womens Clubs assembled i'm
Brooklyn. Not till late in the afternoon was there
a resumption Of politics, and then many Of the
women had gone of TO the Barnard Clubs tea.
During the afternoon a ruuOr sprang up that Mrs
pore Lyon would be nominated for the presidency
bur Mrs Lyon said il would be impossible for her
n stand. and nothing came ~ IT, Amid consider
able mild excitement. the nominations which were
declared closed Tuesday afternoon. were reopened
and Mrs. Norman 2 Mack Of Buffalo: Mrs
Charles r. Naething. Mrs. Charles II Brush. OF
New-York Mrs s NJ Lindsey Of Utica and Mrs
cornelius Zabriskie, II Brooklyn were nominated
Tor the executive board The election takes place
this forenoon.
Tho lecture educational agency IN Amer
icau life" and The need and the opportunity for
cooperation between the womans club and the
romans college with papers and discussions,
0co 9pled the forenoon. In the afternoon Public
"a he fhrea h
yN-slols OF besuty- safety and conscience. Miss
louise Klein Miller. director ~ the Lowthorpe
interested the women by her description the
MODEL city. which is form part OF the st Louis
Penn had beautifed ,tsSif .epYor Gity @
50 much that is artistic, interesting and pictur-
most n their opportunities said Miss Miller
hen our trees were threatened by cater
school children helped in the determination of the
pes 10y bringing in 500 pounds OF caterpillars At
- should Ike 70 enter my protest against the
employment Of children 10 destroy caterpillars.
said woman from the floor
That's 50, She's right" said several women.
'Jne ~ he most interesting things Of the after
noon vas the talk window decoration by Miss
trated her points With model window boxes de
signed for bay windows stoops windows with
s.NI5ler5 flower pots for lodges. and 50 on
a al with an admira ole presentation Of The
socal Conscience and the Immigrant Population
Miss Ciapaorn dvselt on the public school as the
most important means ~ command Tor ma king
80 ne immigrant into an American. and urged
her hearers 10 drop the idea that the Democrat tic
ideal could BE- preserved by giving exactly the same
instruction 10 every child What was wanted was
q system that would bring all tn the same stand
point n character
Mrs Clarence Burns. in speaking Of public play:
eIolnds. said: If were not in the City OF
,.aerches ] would say viii say it,it would be
seetsr Il we kept some Of the money that IS raised
many women murmured their approval
rss5, ne evening an entertainment o. author :
was given. 81. Clair McKelWay presiding