The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-23
OFFICERS CHOSEN BY
 THE WOMrNS CLUBS
The Next Meeting of inc Federation Will Be Held Here the First Tuesday in Next A
 December.

hope of the ignorant. If the edueanon l of the negro is the, fad among our Nortn- | srn men and women and rev ot VuI
 Southern men. so let 1t be. bnt let tne fad of the womer's clubs be the educa- 1 tien of the white girl I am not here 70 plead simply for scholarships in the oa,m .s,. Industrial School have asked for tnls means to the end for which we seek. but ! do beg and plead for the white sIr,s in our rural districts Suppose that eacn of you deny yourself one neck ribbon tn.s year, the small sacrifice of 70 centa. Plcdee this s cents to education in Ala Az. bama. With 1.500 enrolled you nave sozo. Take this amount and donate 1t 70 the Girls' Industrial School as your mission ary work
 in all China, all Africa, or foreign fieid of any name I know Of no missionary work more needed than this at your own doors, touching of ycIr own hearth. stone and dwarfins to certain extent
 Now I presume that every woman has come here with some purpose ana sufcy the purpose of wcman's fedefasaon s, scsd scs ,, De ens Ssa1pnF fhs m 's age, this age of intense ccrnmercfalism. improperly called advanced civilization. has forced woman to earn her bread in business pursuits, 1t Is not her fault The necessities of the. times have taken her from the parior and the kitchen. she is willing to earn her bread by the sweat of her brow. if man will not earn at home as mans companion, The place for which by nature she Is fitted. Tnen the girls of our State have either or two missions to fill. the houesmak.r or the Booker washington is doing for his HOO coIored girls is 1t not time that we awak- en? Let us make this year the great edu- cational year of our Federation. Let our watchword be education. let the Federa- ticn of women's Clubs be synony0ious with the federation of educatiors
 Mrs. Goodwyn of Robinson Springs. made her report as Treasurer of tho Ed ucatlonai Committee. It showed that the club women of Alabama have educated two girls at the Mon.evallo school the second one being done by the return or the money donated to Miss Anna Dun can,-she having returned 1t to the club women out of her first years salary
 Miss Fitts delivered a strong appeat for the Montevallo School. bringing It as a message from Dr. Peterson. the Pres. much discussion on the subject was that almost all the clubs In the division pieog. ed an amount for Montevallo Sshooi scholarship. ranging from sa to $la
 The claims of the Boys Reformatorv were put before the Convention by MtS5 Julia Clarke of Selma. and some Wnis< pered objection to the placing Of these tions. as one is Reformatory for way ward boys and the other is school TOT girls.
 Mrs Orr of Birmingham. called atteI,. ton to the meagre appropriation ot $o.pu made by the Legislature. as $l5.u0 nad been asked. and to the general false i'm precision that the State has liperaily pro yided for this institution. Several urged that the next Legislature be beset ny the p-ettiest and best clothed club of the State.
 they will look at the prettS iwefuen and then go and vote for the small appropria- tion.''
 Miss Clarke of Selma. begged that the Boys Reformatory not he forgotten ana many club and individual contributions were made