The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
WOMEN'S GOOD WORK.

On Wednesday evening, March Sth.
IN spite of the extreme InClement
weather, a large number of women
from all sections of the city and sub
urban towns wended their way to the
Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church. NJ
street near 10 h street, n. W., to al
tend mass meeting under the aus
pices of the WOmen's Association of
the above church. At $40 O'Clock
Miss Matte K. Bowen called the meet
ing TO OTde and conducted the devo-
tional exercises. Mrs. Julia Mason
Layton was elected secretary. After
which she introduced IN a very pleas
ing maunrG, Mrs. ]. Selone Yates.
President of the National Association
II olored Women. Mrs. Yates is
from Kansas Missouri and has been
IN the ely for The last three weeks.
where she ably represented the rac,- IN
The National Council of Women aud
Mothers' Congress. Before MrS.
Yates arose to spzak Miss Bowen
spoke OF the vices that seemed preva
lent among our young people and
made an earnest appeal for Pare IS
meetings in the schools, and Mothers
clubs throughout the whole District,
SO that our busy mothers who have TO
| bear so maHv burdens may be helped
in many ways.
Mrs. Yates outlined the work being
accomplished through this able
body of COlOred women.
She said the organization was
only five years old and yet it repre-
Sented 10000 active women scattered
throughout 20 states of the Union. In
of them there are State Federations,
and in ST. Louis, Cleveland and few
other large western Giles there are
city FederatiOnS. The Association i,
classifying the work and forming De-
yartmenIs under a general superin
Jendent. Already they have a Deparl
ment OF Literature, one of Arr, a W.
4. +. u. Department, Mo hers Clubs,
"a Art Needle Work Department, a
Department of Music of the higher
grade and endeavoring as near as
possible 10 do away with the
ragtime music, domestic science
Department, and hope very soon TO
form OIheIS She spoke o. the Motto
of the Association, Lifting as we
Climb" Sne SAID that every week
new clubs are joining and that The Dor
drrs are rapidly being spread. She
spoke for about IS minutes and every
hOught expressed was go den one,
Mrs. lnCy Thurman, one of the
most prominent W. {. /. u, workers
IN he country was The next speaker
As usual she IN de an interesting talk
Sne spoke al length upon her travels
and the COndluOn OF our people in the
oouth and the valuable assistance
being rendered and the great good &C
COmplI~ he'd through the WOmen's
christian Temperance Union aud SO
cIal Purity Clubs. She has spent SIX
months Out of each year, save one
since 1894 travelling ahd organizing
Unions. ohe made a special note OF
me excellent work being done by the
Phyllis WheallY Club of Detroit,
Michigan. She spoke OF the club
started by Mrs. Lotue Z. Wilson, who
IS now in Washington organizing an
Art students League and also OF Mrs
B T Washington excellent work
among the women round and about
ruskegee, Alabama.
Mrs. Julia Mason Layton of National
reputation in the Womdn's Relic
Corps, auxiliary TO THE Grand Army
of the Republic. spoke next on the
urgent peeu of united effort in the
city of Washington and made an earn
est appeal that the women of our
race start aireSh and see TO il that
Day Nurseries and KindergaTtenS be
established and main aimed in every
section OF the city, thus rendering val
liable assistance TO the working wO
men.
Mrs. Arthur Gray gave an interest
fng account of her experiences for the
last three or four years in Mothers
Clubs and the great good accomplish
ed through them.
Mrs. R. Lawson, National Organiz
er of the w, { {. u, made pleas
ing report on the good being done
through her branch of work
Miss A. V ThOmpknS of the WO
mans League Of Washington spoke
on tr aiming the boys to DO the work
around The home as well as the girls.
Miss Matte Bowen OF all around
fame spoke of the SoiOuTneT Truth
Home and The uphill work of carrying
il on; how had struggled on
almost alone TO keep 1t agoing She
spoke Of the vice that seemed prevail
ent among our young people.
All the speakers were listened to
and loudly a plaudei. Before the
meeting clio ed the following clubs
pledged that at their next weekly or
monthly meeting 10 bring the matter
/ up Of joining the National Association