Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-01-21
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
Delivered in Prescott by President of Federation of WOman's
 Clubs at Recent Session.
An Able Document Which Will Be Found of Interest to All
 Club Members.

| The following IS the annual address delivered by Mrs. McClatchie, presi- dent of the Arizona Federation of Woman's clubs at its recent session in Prescott. It is published at the request of large number of ladies, and will be found interesting to all who take an interest in club work:
 Tomorrow marks the anniversary of our meeting in. Phenix for the pur- pose of endeavoring to awaken a more widespread interest in women's club work, and of federating the clubs of our territory.
 That a much greater interest in club work was created. in Phenix at least, succeeding events have abun- dantly attested. From membership of eleven our Woman's Club has in- creased to almost fifty, and to singl department-anthrOpology-have been added departments of education, civ ics, music and art. True, this growth is mainly the result of logical devel- opment, but the impetus given by the convention did much to hasten the good work. That this is the usual result is evinced by the history of most if not all such conventions. But that which especially impelled us to convene and federate last fall was that we might, by joining the central fed eration, secure representation and de- rive our quota of inspiration and di- rect profit from what is now univer- sally conceded to have been the great est and most notable convention of women ever held, the sixth biennial. Application for admission to the general federation resulted in a most cordial welcome by the president, the vice president, and the corresponding secretary. That you may understand more fully the interest of the officers of the general federation in our growth and welfare. 1 quote from the welcoming letter of Mrs. Dennison, then acting president. and now presi- dent of the general federation: 'You are several days since a part of the great body Miss Rhodes called upon me few weeks ago, and our talk brought your clubs and their work, and yourselves. much nearer to me. althuogh 1 had felt a nearness since our correspondence last summer. I congratulate you most heartily upon the success which has blessed your efforts Through the distance l feel that it is because you have put your hearts into the work One of the strong arguments in favor of Los Angeles as a meeting place for the biennial. was that so many western clubs could come to us that could not go to Boston. It is the isolated clubs that need us. and nothing, in my mind, can take the place at the pres ent time of the club in the sparsely settled districts, as a means of devel opment and good cheer, and fedora tion means that you are part of the worlds work. Until my heart ceases to beat l shall never lose this feeling of the bond of unity, and clasp at this moment your hand in cOngratu- lation for what has been accomplished and what in the years to come is yet to be.
 May we both live to see the Arizona Federation one of the planets in the federation Armament. Hoping to greet you at Los Angeles, I am. fra formally yours. g Thus we were born into the greater federation.
 A more courteous and cordial greet ing could not have been given than that which was extended to our Ari- zona delegation at the biennial.
 We had in all about fifteen club members in attendance, ten of which were delegates and their alternates, and two. believe. were delegates from eastern clubs in which they still held membership.
 Concerning the convention l need not here dwell upon the munificent hospitality of California club women; upon the splendid tact and skill dis played by the officers and committees in the management of the convention; upon the strengthening of the bond of unity between the women of the east and of the west; nor upon the intense devotion to chosen work for the public veal. revealed in such per sonalities as those of Jane Adams, Florence Kelley, Jean Hamilton, and others too numerous to mention. All these features have been amplified to you by your respective delegates, and some of them will be reviewed by an other member at this meeting. l wish to say. however, that the seed sown at that convention has been undergo ing the initiatory stages of germina tiOn, and will. we hope, at this con vention develop into vigorous young plants that will in the future bear much excellent fruit.
 In their incipiency clubs devote themselves solely to self-culture. This is, of course, natural since in most cases clubs are born as result of the hungering of the individua. woman for that wider fellowship, and that deeper knowledge and broader culture that can be attained only un der the stimulus afforded by inter change of thought and by attrition.
 A few months or years spent in systematic study along definite lines, and in acquiring the ability to CO., operate through organization, usually serves to reveal to women inherent but hitherto unsuspected powers and possibilities. and to so broaden her horizon that she is impelled 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 others; and federation follows, thus making possible the broad philanthro- pie and civic work for which women are today proving themselves so emi- nently adapted.
 The new phase, social service, which almost invariably follows federation means not that self-culture is to be neglected or relegated to a secondary place, but that according as the club