Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-12

IouoAdIAOA, We Wo1CO"o yOu! we
have nc keys to turn over to you, be-
when you said you would come,
we took the doors of our hearts and
homes from their hinges and stored
them in the attic, We have full
hearts, full larders, but we fear al
most empty pocket books, IS we have
not yet threshed our fax, but all are
yours, 81 without the asking, the
knocking or the seeking. May this
meeting serve to draw us closer than
ever before, that we may stand shoul-
der to shoulder, elbow to elbow, unit
eds cemented together for the best and
highest interests of our state and it's
magnificent civilization.
First, we are here and in the Fed
Grafton to become acquainted. It is
we'll worth while for the citizens of
North Dakota to know each other, not
according to our churches, mol our
social conditions, but just as neigh
bors who have much the same burd-
n and responsibilities, but different
inspirations and ideals, which it will
help us to exchange. As Graham
Taylor says: "We are prone to make
our acquaintance all on our own
plane, horizontally, but We would
gain more if we made them perpendi-
cularly, through ether than our own
stratum" Clubs and decorations help
US to do this. We are here, secondly
for practical suggestions for club
work, which we a each take home
and adopt or modify as best suits our
local conditions. We encourage each
other, when we find they are few,
who mount up with wings, as
eagles" that the. number of those
".who can run and not be weary"
is greater, and we count ourselves
fortunate, if we are included among
tho largest class Of all, ''those who
walk and do not faint" Lastly, tho
federation should be to the individual
club and to the community, vast res
ervoir of moral and spiritual force.
Trace, with me, the little rills out in
Colorado, which spread freshness and
verdure over otherwise barren desert,
to find the source Of it's ability to crop
through valley and over plain, and you
find it high up in the mountain in
that pressure of those fields of snow,
that have fallen pure and clean from
the bosom of heaven.
So the power of the federation
should come from thessaggregation Of
intelligent, pure and lofty purposes,
pulsing through the clubs that form
it, as does the pressure of the eternal
SHOWS through the least rill that
draws from it's vast reservoir.
After an instrumental solo by
Mrs. j. 0. L. Moeller, of Grafton, Mrs.
Powell gave her address of welcome for
the XIX Century Club and the women
of Devils Lake. The response by Mrs.
W.. L. Stockwell of Grafton was an
Ap%preciative one. The reports of tho
officers were brief, the chief interest
attaching to that Of Miss Lulu McVsy,
corresponding secretary, which showed
IN a gratifying way the prosperity of
the Federation due to the we'll directed
and tireless efforts of Pres. Lord and
her associates, especially the district
vice presidents. The Federation has
uow a membership of thirty-seyen
clubs, q gain of seventeen clubs during
the two years term of the present off,
GERS. The membership is over seven
hundred. During the year the courses
OF study have broadened and the in
terest in literature is now being divided
with economics and topics Of the day.
A committee or resolutions was ap-
pointed with Mrs. W.. S. Birch, Fessen
den; Mrs. H. S. Oliver, Lisbon, and
Mrs. F. Merrick, of Grand Harbor, as
members. The closing excerise of the
afternoon was ali art symposium in
which papers written by Mrs. j.
Holiday, Sanborn; on "The Benefits
Derived from Art Study" Mrs. P. P.
Parker, Cando: on "How to build Art
Interest" Mrs. Geo. M. Young, Valley
City, on The Influence of the Public
on the Ceraaic" were read. An instruc.
tive n general discussion followed
that drifted around to the practical
topic of the possibilities of cultivating
civic beauty in the towns Of N. D. At
five o'clock the progressive luncheon
began. The delegates were divided in
groups of twenty five, who went to the
hostessees in the following order: Mrs.
Serumgard, Middaugh, Powell, Thorsen.
Shortridge and Daeley. The delicious
menu was served from small tables, and
each home was attractively decorated
in nile green and white. The evening
was occupied by a musical program as
follows;
PROGRAM
Muslc-Instrumental solo (selected)
.:......Mrs. J. o.. L. Moeller. Mayville
with With SOLO soio Miss Bissel
Vocal Duet ;.:.::.. Misses Clifga pa't Gra mtpe
Veal osa!s solo.........M Ne: Clyde Travis, f MayViile
4nstrpmental Solo. Mrs. Sternberg, Valley CITY
vocal Solo Miss Bissel, Grand Forks
Solo,. Mrs. j. Moeller Mavviila
tocai Duet 1890. Misses Clifgard, Grafton
At the morning session Wednesday
reports were given from the standing
committees on household economics