Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
FEDERATION CLUB CONVENTION
Women's clubs Meet In Audubon
Tuesday.

Women's clubs Meet In Audubon
Tuesday.
The Ninth District Convention of
Women's Clubs met in Audubon We'd
nesday of this week. Most of the
guests arrived Tuesday on the even
ing trains, were taken to the library
where they were met by the various
members of the Columbian club who
took them home for entertainment.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Leet opened
her beautiful home for the Columbian
club reception to their guests. Here,
after an hour of social converse, in
Productions, handshaking, ETC., Mrs.
Hildreth, of Atlantic, favored the la
dies with two fine musical selections.
Our Audubon ladies' quartette also
sang in their usual pleasing manner
clubs represented. Refreshments were
served by the young ladies of the Co
lumbar club.
Wednesday morning after the open
ing exercises consisting of music by
Mrs. Dietrich and prayer by Mrs.
Delahoyde of Extra, Mrs. Phelps ex-
tended cordial welcome to the visit.
ing sisters. Then Miss Tyler, of Des
Moines, secretary Of the Iowa Library
club, was introduced. She is thor
oughly in love with her line of work
and made a very inspiring address.
She thinks the Columbian library
should be supported by municipal
tax, the ladies having controlling
majority on the board. Mrs. II. j.
Fletcher, president of the Iowa FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs, was then
introduced and won all hearts by her
gracious manner and her enthusiastic
setting forth of practical club work.
She holds that "the ideal club" should
be unlimited, the only qualification
being the desire to belong and the act
of registering. A town should have
but one club, comprising practically
all the women Of the town. 1t should
be divided into many departments,
taking up different lines of work ac-
cording to taste or inclination. The
musical should take the music, the ar
tistic the art, the literary the litera-
ture, etc. The influence and power of
such club, the united womanhood of
the town, would be much more eifec-
tive than many small separate clubs.
She spoke of the inclination Of the
general federation to take up civil SER
vice reform and gave it as her opin-
ion that there was no need of 1t In
Iowa. She presented o map showing
the plan for re-districting the state
and one sparkling with gold stars
showing the clubs of Iowa.
After a good luncheon served in the
basement, Mrs. Dietrich gave dem
onstration of sight reading of music
by little children, Mrs. Bamford, of
Council Bluffs, read an excellent pa
per on kindergarten work, Mrs. Fl. G..
Montgomery, of Council Bluffs, read
an interesting paper on the plan of
industrial education in our public
schools. She exhibited number of
articles made by school children in
Council Bluffs and advocated pro-
longing the schooldays to take in in
dustrial training for both boys and
girls. MAKE the schools a part of
life rather than preparation for it"
for in educated housewifery there is
no drudgery.
After delightful musical numbers by
Mrs. Hildreth and Miss Caldwell, of
Atlantic, Mrs. Hallam, of Sioux City,
gave a most able address on child
study. She said that the true mother
received with the gift of her child n
universal love and responsibility for
all children. IL she was interested
solely in the child she had bourne,
she was not worthy the name of moth
err. She said that the object of child
study was to make better mothers,
better teachers, better children, better
men and women, better world. She
spoke al length of the difference be-
tween psychology and ethics, asserting
that there is always physical reason
for mental dullness. AS a rule, five
out of every thousand children are
found deficient. Often the deficiency
may be remedied If taken in time.
Mrs. w. /. Smith spoke of the st.
Louis Biennial and the convention ad-
vote of thanks to the business men
and carnations so cOurteously sent.
Following is list OF visiting ladies
who We're present. Mrs. w. /. Smith,
Mrs. Banford, Mrs. Kimball, Mrs.
Cutler and Mrs. Montgomery, Coun-
Gil Bluffs; Miss Temple, Mrs. Quint,
Miss Caldwell, Mrs. Hildreth, Mrs.
Hedges, Miss Sitter, Miss Hedges,
Mrs. Carey, Mrs. Childs, Mrs. Har-
Ian, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Pattee and
and Mrs. Curtis, Atlantic; Mrs. Cot
ton, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Riley, Mrs.
Riley, Mrs. Voorhees,, Mrs. Fisher,
Mrs. Conrardy and Mrs. Powell,
Extra; Mrs. Woodrow and Mrs.
Hill, Glenwood; Mrs. Besore and
Mrs. Dinwiddie, Macedonia; Mrs.
Bower, Mrs. Weeks and Mrs. Ashton
Guthrie Center; Mrs. Wyland, Mrs.
Cobb and Mrs. Potter, Harlan; Mrs
Bingham and Mrs. Reed, Shelby;
Mrs. Finley, Missouri Valley; Miss
Tyler, Des Moines; Mrs. Culbertson,
Carroll; Mrs. Myers, Greenfield; Mrs.
Hallam, Sioux City; Mrs. Boughman,
Griswold; Mrs. Brookfeld, Manning;
Mrs. Merritt.
Mrs. J. G. Fisher left last evening
for Colfax to visit relatives.