Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-11
"Wednesday Mornino.

Inc invocation at lHe opening VI LIE
sixth biennial of the Iowa Federation
of Womens Clubs, was delivered by
Mrs. e. d. Adams, of Waterloo. The
addresses Of welcome were as follows:
For the city, Rev. Effie e. M. Jones;
for the Ladies' Literary Society, Mrs.
Matt Parrott, president; for the local
biennial board, Mrs. Ellen II. Brown,
chairman. The response was made by
Mrs. j. w. Cory, vice president. I. F.
w. G. Reports given, aside from the
credentials committee, by Mrs. Z. l..
Johnson, chairman, Waterloo; ), land
rules and regulations committee, by
Mrs. H. B. Gratiot, chairman Dubu-
que were those of the recording sec
rotary, Mrs. r. q. Burke, Oskaloosa;
corresponding secretary, Miss Harriet
Lake Independence; treasurer, Mrs.
B. B. Clark, Red COAX; auditor, Mrs.
T. F. Cooke, Des Moines; badge COM
mittee, Mrs. d. H. Tucker Brooklyn:
and extension committee, Mrs. William
L. Culbertson, chairman, Carroll. Mrs.
Stephen A. Swisher, Iowa City, of the
historian committee, Mrs. Max Israel.
Cedar Falls, of the reciprocity, and
Mrs. r. M. Walker, chairman Of the
exhibit committee, of Des Moines, be-
ing absent their reports were not Civ
en-.
Two other features were very great
ly enjoyed. They were the talk on "a
General View of the G.. F. w. C. BIZ
ennial at st. Louis,'' by Mrs. Jessie
Mallory Thayer, Of Charlton. and that
of Dr. Margaret Clark, Of Waterloo, on
Louisiana Purchase Day."
Opn of tho y1oS jopc odnrfed n q
read by the chairman of that COM
mittee was that delegates representing
more than one organization shall be
entitled to one vote for each club rep
resented.
In the report of Mrs, Burke, record
ing secretary, she paid a very pretty
tribute to several features of the home
of the federations president, Mrs.
Fletcher, of Marshalltown. Mrs Burke
told of the homelike hospitality enjoy
ed there by the board on several oc-
casions, and added, in touching upon
the subject of husbands of club wo-
men, that in the Fletcher home dwelt
an ideal club husband, which evoked
delighted applause.
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker, of
Denver, Colorado, president, of
the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs, who spoke Wednesday evening,
also Mrs. Cooley. of Dubuque, when
interviewed by representative Of the
T.-R., expressed themselves strongly
on the question of the attention given
to the club movement by newspapers.
Mrs. Decker said she would very much
like at the coming national federation
meeting at st. Paul to have one corner
of the reception room devoted espec-
tally to newspaper girls. of which she
would love to see hundred or more !;
that she felt it would be a source of
sentatives and the federation, as a
means of getting closer in touch with
each other. Mrs. Decker believes that
as the newspa pers of the country are
coming to realize the necessity of rec
ognizing the work being accom- plished
by women's clubs, they should do it In
the best fashion and suggested that in
stead of devoting their "Women's coll
umns" to foolish advice, the way to
dress, etc, that they print newsy items,
of woman's part in the worlds work.
In this opinion she was heartily sec
onded by Mrs. Cooley. 1t was suggest
ed that it would be splendid idea for
the newspapers to put on their ex-
change lists the Federation Bulletin,
as means of keeping them we'll post
ed. Mrs Decker said she recognized
that extensive reports of important
literary society programs could not be
printed as a rule, but realizes what
the power of the press will do in
strengthening the movement and earn
estly advocates the sensible co-opera-
ton Of the two forces.
Speaking of the Iowa Federation
Mrs. Decker said it is in the first rank
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