The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
Federation Of Women'S
Clubs and Its Presidents

Alaska. One of its founders and eh,eP
members is the Alaskan commissioner
20 the worlds fair. Mrs Mary Hart
mere were also delegates one each
from Mexico and Hawaii. Thus II an
pears that the woman's club idea
distinctly American one. has bean toI~
eraoly well planted throughout the
world. 'h0
Altogether there are S6s clubs in the
general federation. The whole nupo-
Der or delegates and alternates at the
meeting was 1.243. OF these S97 were
ehtltled TO vote. The largest delegation
ninety went from Illinois; the second
IN size fortynine) from Ohio. Several
OF the state delegations had snectaI
trains. That from New York citv went
out with fourteen cars attached.
One looking in at session NJ tho
teueratlon In st. Louis might have mis-
taken 1t for big political convention
except for some points of differences
Ihe delegates were grouped by states.
as Is usual in the national political
convention. Each state had its mama
and banner fixed aloft where all might
see. Admission TO delegates was nv
ticket and badge. So far the man or
1t. But no haze or odor of stale tobac-
CO smoke 1oated on the ambient air NJ
that convention hall. The ushers who
led the delegates to their seats and
Kept out those who had no claim to ad-
mission were beautiful, refined Young
ST. Louis girls dressed in shining white
ana this was the woman of 1t. No.
come to think, that assembling Of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
could not have been mistaken for a
mans political convention.
Thara ,,O.-
women in America. A comparison of
the proceedings at their earlier fedora
ton meetings with those at the last
clubwomen in twelve years has been
equal to their numerical growth In
those first biennials the social feature
was especially prominent. There were
Junketings, pretty receptions and how-
ers and feathers and fig and fuss The
social feature first, then the mild ex-
/ citement of electing officers, costituted
the main part of the program at the
/ early federation meetings. Women
were oh, so afraid that they would
touch some live wire Of a question and
burn their fingers. So they thrashed
over the dead ashes of questions, cold
and canned. The directors of the or
ganization managed to steer II quite
away from the great sociological and
political topics of the day, and espec-
| tally away from the discussion of the
legal and civil disabilities of women
| lest perchance they should be mistak-
| en- for some of those horrid women's
| Fighters.
The program of proceedings al
this last federation meeting tends to
make the believer in human progress
! thank God and take courage
| At this meeting the burning ques-
| lions of today were boldly launched
and oftentimes discussed in a mastery
way by the federated ladies To begin
! the ladies first changed their own cleo
! ton rules and chose their officers un-
der the complicated Australian ballot
! system. originally evolved. by the way.
| by one of their own sex, Miss Cathe-
rine Spence of Australia What is more.
the federation members voted under
the new system with perfect under
standing and success.
The federation women put them
] selves on record in favor of a uniform