Milford chronicle., 1905-05-26
STATE FEDERATION
OF WOMEN'S CLUBS.
Eighth Annual Meeting Held in Milford
Last Thursday and Friday.

Every train that arrived IA mliIOfi
on Thursday last brought delegates ant
visitors to the Federation. Committee
from the Milford Club were busy st tb
.depot. the club house and the hotels re
,ceiving their guests and looking afte
their comfort.
At the request of our new chairman
of Civies, Mrs. Sanders Truitt, tn
merchants decorated their places o
business with the club colOrs, yellow
and green. The Central Hotel and thu
depot were also beautifully decorated
in honor Of the bright women whC
came to enjoy the good things prepared
for them.
Most Of the visitors were entertained
at the Central. Mr.. and Mrs. Kramlich
made them comfortable and gave them
the best table fare the market afforded
At2 D. m. Thursday large audience
that taxed the seating capacity Of the
club room assembled there. The exer.
,eises began with an earnest invocation
for blessing on the work the women OF
the State are trying to do, by Miss
Serena J. Hall. Then Mrs. william r.
Aldred, the new president of the Mil
ford Club, welcomed the visitors in her
gracious hearty way, and the president
.ofthe Federation, Mrs. Robert G.. HOus-
ton. responded with an address full of
good cheer, encouragement and whole
some practical suggestions. She i'm
pressed upon the women the necessity
of relaxing, Of living more simply and
naturally and thus gaining time for the
enjoyment of the pure and more lasting
joys of life.
The Federation song, written for the
occasion, was sung heartily by the
whole club and each club was recOg-
pized by some special work done. The
sentiment of the verses was received
by the visitors with smiles Of approval.
The greetings from the clubs came
next. These are always an interesting
part Of the program to all club mem
bers as we learn through these reports
lust what work the clubs have done
through the year and are thus able to
guage the progress Of the club move
ment in the State. The greetings were
all good and proved that the work is
growing in interest. After the greet
ing the audience had the pleasure Of
listening to vocal solo by Mrs. Frank
McCloskey which was enthusiastically
applauded.
Through the reports Of the officers
and the State chairmen which came
next, we learned what special work
has been done through the influence Of
the club women. The Social Service
Committee, chairman, Mrs. R. ]. Lin
dale Of Wyoming, works in the interest
Of social reform such as regulating child |
labor, compulsory education and other
social questions, and we
were assured Of progress in our State
by her report.
The earnest and admirable work done /
by the State Committee on Education,
Mrs. A. D. Warner, of Wilmington,
is known to all who are in
crested in this subject. Mrs. Warner
and her committee worked streNously
his year to get new charter for the
schools and to influence
egIslation in favor Of the consolidation
# the rural schools in our State. Her
eport Of the years work was very in
eresting.
The Library Committee, Mrs. @. G.
fulton Of Dover, chairman, reported
progress and an ever increasing interest
n the State library work in which we
II have an interest.
The State Forestry COMMITTEES, Mrs.
dary E. A. Williams Of Milford, chair
nan. reported the work done by this I
to create q sentimenti in favor
+ forest preservation, tree planting and '
he preservation Of our native ever
reens, especially the holly, and was
BILE to assure the women Of good prac.
cal Fesults-a law for the protection I
+ the holly and other forest trees, and q
decrease in the amount Of holly cut +
nd shipped. t
The chairman Of the Reciprocity Com b
littee, Miss Cora Tschudy OF Smyrna. I
.ported that this branch Of the work v
as taken on q new phase instead Of Il
interesting papers, the c.
ubs now have reprocity days and
,eciAl papers prepared for the Oeca- o.
ons, thus taking the work from the "
BHreau. ol
After these reports Mr.. Lollis Queen cS
ng beautiful solo which all enjoyed. 81
1ls was followed by bright, breezy fe
ID humorous talk on impressions re- 81
lved at the General Federation Of g
-omen's Clubs at st. Louis last year II
: the Pennsylvania delegate, Miss IL