Arizona republican., 1902-11-23

inspiration and direct profit from what is now universally conceded to have been the greatest and most notable convention of women ever held-the sixth biennial. Application for admis- sion to the general federation resulted in d most cordial welcome by the presi- dent, the vice president, and the cor responding secretary.
 We had in all about fifteen club members in attendance, ten of whom were delegates and their alternates, and two, l believe, were delegates from eastern clubs in which they still held membership.
 Concerning the convention I reed not here dwell upon the munifcent hosoi- tality of California club women; upon the splendid tact and skill displayed by the officers and committees in the management of the conventions. upon the strengthening of the bond ofOnity between the women of the east and oi the west; nor upon the intense de- vction to a chosen work for the public veal. A few months or years spent in sys- tematic study through definite lines. and in acquiring the ability to CO., operate through organization, usually ! serves to reveal to woman inherent but hitherto unsuspected powers and possibilities, and to so broaden her | horizon that she is impeiled to seek wider fields of activity. Then comes the recognition that as the individual | is helped by the club, so should the club be helped by utilization with oth- CTS; and federation follow, thus mak- | ing possible the broad philauthropiC and civic work for which women are today proving themselves SO eminently adapted.
 The new phase, social service, which almost invariably follows federation means not that sclf-culture is to b. neglected or relegated to a secondary place. but that according as the Clut elects a greater or less proportion of it. | self culture is to be acquired thrC1gf q study and investigation of the great sociological problems of the day, anc through endeaVor to adapt the results O. such study aned investigation tC existing social needs. In harmony witl the educational spirit of the age, th' general tendency of clubs is more to-
 ward that seIf-CultUre which leads tC direct practical results. But, whateve the subjects chosen, definite and sys tematic self-culture must ever be th' chief work of the club desiring to at
 tain to and maintain it's maximum capacity for efficient social service.
 As clubs, we have in Arizona, passed
 through the purely self-culture stage and have by federation signitied oul
 readiness to begin broad work in socia
 service. As I said a year ago, th
 problems involved in advancing anC
 establishing the material interests O
 our territory are more than sufficien
 to wholly absorb the time and energ!
 of our men, and it therefore devolve
 upon us in large measure to see to i
 that science, history. literature, music
 art and all the refinements oi civiliza
 tion be not neglected amid the stres
 of new environment. More than this
 municipal housekeeping, developmen
 of our educational system. equitabl
 legislation for women and children
 care Of the immorally defective, scien
 tific housekeeping and home making
 and the preservation of our archaeolog
 ical heritage of our Indian legends, an'
 of our pioneer history, all await an'
 greatly need the attention that it i