The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22

how each day-each week-makes
history. The State Federation is now
"a thing OF the past-the National Bi-
e1nial Convention at St Louis in May
and the QuinQuenniaI InternationaI)
Q Convention in Berlin IN July are the
events OF the immediate future.
international convention" Doesn't
that ring rather confidently Almost
as confidently as the announcement Of
-. congresses Of men-but why not? Does
not life In its broad sense mean as much
10 women as 10 men? Then why should
we not grapple with the problems that
'erise in our lives-which. Of course, are
differentiated from mems lives by the
Snnipotent Will-just as men do, when
Interchange Of thought and experience
show them how?
What wonder is it that women, taken
generally, are deficient IN logic. fnan-
o cial sagacity and depth Of thought
likewise power OF public expression
when working out sampler do you
know what this is-ask your grand
mOther) and strumming a ballad
on a spinet-consututed the education
Of q girl To be sure, she learned how
10 smile and TO toss her pretty head
and lOO1 sweet" Then DO YOU wonder
That the mass Of women are to-day
such incapables from the training they
receiveo-or rather the training they
didn't receive. The boys were sent TO
college, where they were trained and
talked TO as God had intended they
should be. but the girls were sent 10
seminaries' where they learned TO
fs. "a -
And il was just these superfcialities
that, constituting a ''ladys" education,
have retarded her mental and spiritual
g. development-that have kept her
child in intelligence. but an adult
physically and socially. And it is just
d this crime that clubs. State federations.
national federatiOns and international
efederations are striving TO overcome.
Are they succeeding Do rivers make
their rocky beds in a DAY? At the
biennial at St Louis there viii come
the chance TO compare feminine prog
ress in the worlds work with the pre-
sentation Of IL at the last Worlds Fair
I'm 1888 For one, I would wage a week :
salar5--and that means something to
d. an inlzsuer-that the women at the
biennial VIII be heard" and that they
viii be heard to say something. Now,
al tins late day, its ancient history
TO state that the women at Chicago
. couldn't be -heard''-they were afraid
of their own voices and therefore ten
derly refrained from frightening 9TH
ers with them. A four hours session
with continuous pantomime perform
ance such as this is what Kipiing would
call a poem without words.
Therefore. much can be-and is-ex-
pecJed from the women at St. Louis:
and those that so from Caiifornia-the
gods be thanked ~ can, for the most
part. talk well Our State president.
3Irs. George Law Smith, is an accom-
-plished speaker. with a charming per
sonality, and surely cannot help i'm
pressing our national club women
favorabl
j.. Mrs John r. Swift, the president of
the local WOmen's Council. likewise
national president. has covered her
P. self with glory at Indianapolis, where
the latest women's convention has been
held.
Mrs Swift is scheduled to go on to
Berlin, and. with the International
president, Mrs. Nay Wright SewaI,
America viii be cleverly represented.
The Forum Club held its election last