Bisbee daily review., 1904-05-26
Farewell Address
 of Mrs. E 6. Ord
READ AT LAST MEETING OF THE efseEE WoMAN's ClU6 AT THE CLOSE OF THE eusi- NESS OF THE YEAR-A MODEL OF THOUGHT
 AND DlcTION.


 iators of old gave their farewell to the multitudes assembled to see them die. We, whose official existence ends today, echo their kindly thought As we return our honors into the hands that gave them, we salute yon. wishing yon growth and prosperity For any deeds of omission or commis- sion, it were vain today to crave late indulgence, but we may ftly ex- press our hope that we have proven not unworthy of the confidence re- posed in us. Personally. I may say that, however unprofitable my term Of office may have been to the members it has been to me an eniighteDing and helpful experience. To those who by their courtesy and thoughtful kind ness have striven to make pleasant the path before my unaccustcmed feet. ] express my warmest thanks. There is nothing SC kingly as kindness. and memory of kindly deeds keeps the heart warm through many an after time.
 Ere We say good-by to the year that is slipping so swiftly into the silent hollow of the Past" let us stop to count cur treasure, to see what store of good We have gathered to help us in the coming year. For myself ! feel because of the work of our kindergarten and Civics committees, that we may well exclaim Our barns are filled with plenty. and our presses burst forth with new wine" The kindergarten is so nearly an accom- plished fact that I can bnt consider it's success assured, and if We had done nothing else, yet should We have brought homer to our Club and our WomanhOod by this one thing of the many children here, yet we have made a beginning: others will be es- tablished and a hundred years from now ourselves forgotten. our thoughts will still be help ing an unknown generation. Such small beginnings are beth great and strong, for They build the Future fair. they conquer Wrong" not through the costly agency of courts and jails and gallcws-trees, but sy planting good betimes that good may grow. For a time. the kindergarten committee walked check by jowl" with Failure. bnt
 When a woman wills she will, yoJ
 may depend ont.
 And when she won't she won't. and
 there's an end ont
 and your committee are true daught- CTS of Eve. They refuse longer to recognize Failure. and an adverse vote at the coming voters meeting. will only spell Try again" They interested the Board of Education in the work. and from it received first help. The value of its constant sym pathy and practical support is fully re- alized and deeply appreciated. The assets of the committee are duly set forth in a bank-book The liabilities are heavy. but not being payable in coin of the realm do not affect the balance sheet. They must be met with the truer gold of gratitude to those friends who gave financial aid. And what has the Civic Committee done to demonstrate its right to exis- tence? It has accomplished, in the matter of the County jail, Grand iur- ies, Health Officers and others for years past have tried but failed to do. It is doubtful if any committee of men could have received the cour- tesy of hearing such as was granted to our womanhood. With this for en- couragement. let us remember that a greater need remains. the need of sewage with underlying need Of water. Uuder existing circumstan- ces. the best efforts of heaiIh and sanitary committees can be but mere makeshifts. Efforts are now being made to accomplish some thing permanent along these lines, and give these efforts the encour- agement of our sympathy and interest. we can talk of it fin season and cut of season. if need be, till we are anxious to avail them selves of every opportunity of fered. Given water. sewage and no smeiter smoke (which may be 2 doubtful blessing with no sewerage) and Bisbee, scorned and 6espised fer her unloveliness, may yet sit home like among her encirchng hills. And what effect might not 'homelike Bisbee have upon character? Is there some substrata of truth in the tbcughtless but energetic remark of the little club woman who wondered how any one could be expected io be Christian in Bisbee?
 In speaking of the needs of the Clut in the future, it Is naturally a need Si my own of which feel must speak "a need to do more along the line of intellectual improvement. A blend ing of social pleasure with intellect ual. with the culture which is neces sarily the offspring of such a union has always been recogni ed by oul