Bisbee daily review., 1903-03-29

The Bisbee Wtoman's club will givel an afternoon tea for Mrs. N. E. Fer guson Tuesday afternoon at their club house on Quality hill. MT. and Mrs. | Ferguson leave in a few weeks for Fl Paso, where they will reside in the future.
 In the absence of the president of | the Bisbee Woman's club at it's last l meeting. Friday. Mrs. Durley, the vice president occupied the chair and pre- sided in an able manner. The reading of the paper by the eassayist of the day. Mrs. Ferguson, brought forth 2
 ~ ely discussion as to ways and mean. of creating a sentiment toward the enforcement of the city ordinances
 pertaining to Bisbee's unsightiy an"
 clear liness.
 It was voted that the president ap-
 point committes with the privilege of choosing sub-committeees to look
 into this matter, which will be done.
 Cn the part of the editor, it may not
 be out of place to suggest that the
 people of the town supply themselves
 with garbage cans with the regu ation
 tight-fittting lid and insist on our free
 soayenger service collecting them. As it is only a favored few have the bene- it of this convenience.
 After reciung the work of Woman's
 cluts in various parts of the Unitel
 States. Mrs. Ferguson continued her paper as follows:
 Almost every we'll organized club
 now has department of civics, and of
 c the work done by Women's clubs, it
 is to me. the most interesting Water supply, schools. clean streets, care of
 refuse matter. parks. libraries. munic'- pal reform, etc, or as it is called-thc
 city's housekeeping-are matters in
 which women are as vitally interestel ! as men. This department of civics is
 the enc thing lacking in our own club,
 ard it is my earnest hope that after
 telling you some of the things accom-
 plished by the clubs all over, from the
 largest city to the smallest village.
 that this club will create department
 of civics.
 "I have read a paper from the re
 citr3city bureau of the Phoenix Wo-
 mars club and chairman of the de partment of civics of the Arizona Fed
 eration. Her subject was, Some Feat
 ures of a Civic Department" Mrs.
 Fowler is very anxious to have the
 Arizona Federation affiliated with
 the National Consumers League, an
 organization for the purpose of abol-
 ishing the sweat shop system and
 for the prevention of factories emp,oy-
 ing children for work; also the Moth CTS Congress, a national institution,
 whose object is the raising of the
 standard of motherhood, all of which
 you will hear more of in the discus
 sion. I will quote to you from her paper on the Juvenile court law. This law appie in some states to children under sixteen years. in other under | fourteen years, and it says that such children shall not be called criminals shall not be detained. tried or pun ished as criminals. These childreE must be brought before a judge. not k before a police magistrate. They ' must be put under reforming infuen ces and not be subjected to punish ment and confinement simp,y. During three years before the adoption O this law. there were in prison in Chi cago l 1.105 children; in two years sine, its adoption, there have been but 24 and the system of caring for the neg lected, dependent, delinquent childrel has greatly reduced the number com ing into court. This has been, ant will be. one of the great reforms ac ! complished by Women's clubs. Tn i city beautiful and how to make it il aro;i CT feature of this civics pape | work done by a club in Keokuk, Iowa They planted 500 trees on unshade; bouleyards and offered prizes for th' greatest improvement in door yard' without regard to size. Also in Dixon H., a council of women was organ ized. A yice-president was elected for each ward; each gathered he corps of workers; each sought ou unsanitary D aces. reported accumu ! iations of rubbish and in all way:
 possible interested the women in hel district tc make their home surround S inss more attractive The Dixon wom v en asked the city council for permis 1 sion and assistance in cleaning up.
 This was readily granted and hell
 furnished to work under the super Y vision of the women. It can readily be . seen that ciVics is the absorbing theme