Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-10

erping these import SUBJECTS"
IN thus bringing before you these
Important questions in which all wo-
men should be interested, wish to
emphasize the fact that their import
ance to women is because each Is Tor
the betterment OF the home. Every
woman should realize that the posit'on
OF homemaker and mother Is tne
sweetest and noblest of any on earth
and this meeting here today or the
club women of Iowa to confer together
how to make our homes more comfort
able and more beautiful. how 10 give
to our children strong bodies ana me
characters, how to secure wise ana
Just laws for the women ana cnlidreh
not so fortunately situated, Is OF great
er Importance than any business mem
Convention where only commercial ln-
terests are discussed, for the home is
the center, from which strength ana
courage are received by men to meet
the problems which confront them In
the business world. We constantly
hear quoted, the hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world too often over
looking the fact that the brain which
directs this hand should not be left IN.
entire Ignorance. of how the world
should be ruled Think what 1t would
mean If out OF the 100000 women who
compose the membership Of our great
National Federation of Women's Clubs,
even half Of them would send into the
commercial and political life OF the
United States, sons who would faith
fully carry out the principles of honor,
justice and moral rectitude. Emerson,
the philosopher of a generation ago,
said: What Is civilization I an
swer. the power Of good women w.
T.. Rodine, the business man Of to-
day, writes:
81 believe in women's clubs because,
being in an official position as superin-
tendent of compulsory education in
Chicago, / know the vast amount OF
good they have accomplished In child
saving work, In securing legislation on
compulsory education, parental schools
and Juvenile courts, and in the sup
preston of child labor. Women's clubs
,Are not theoretical. They are practi-
,.al They act. They do things" for
the good Of society. for the good Of the
community and the country. Once upon
III time. in days Of old, women met, and
talked, and rocked, over their knitting
needles They were officially persons
Ned then, by the name Of sewing socie-
ties. Nowadays they do their sewing
ut home, and meet as women's clubs,
not only to discuss problems of intel
slectual advancement, but to take
timely hand in perfecting reforms for
The betterment of child life In palticu
lar and humanity In general The
greater women means the better ma
tion. While men have been busy quar-
leling over the money question and the
tariff question women's clubs have
teen busy giving moral and material
,plift to humanity
ut Is a great responsibility to live
up to the faith that the best and wis
est men Of our country have In US. Let
lis try to Justify this faith by proving
that we have clear heads as we'll as
well as sentiment. We should never
attempt to influence legislation until
we have carefully considered in de-
tail the conditions surrounding the re-
form for which we ask, and feel very
sure that 1t is a needed reform both
wise and Just. When success crowns
our efforts our work Is only begun for
1T is duty to help enforce the law
which we have been influential IN Sc
curing. Even the men or women who
are always proclaiming that woman's
place is In the home can not believe
that it is unwomanly to interest our
selves in seeing that our state gives
protection to it's children. No one can
gainsay the words Of the artist when
she says:
No artist work Is SO high, SO noble,
SID grand, so enduring, so important for
all time as the making Of character in
a child
Club women OF Iowa, can any Of us
then doubt the value Of federation 2
When we realize that we are organized
to work together to give answer to
these vital questions which begin and
end with the home"
Fraternai Greetings.
The Iowa federation Is honored for
the second time in its history by the
presence Of Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker.
Others present are: Mrs, D. N.
Cooley, Dubuque; Mrs. w. N. Bailey,
Des Moines, president Of the Iowa
branch association of collegiate alum
MI: DR.. Margaret Clarke, Waterloo.
for the Audubon Society for the Pro-
lection of birds; Mrs. Charles Nc
Nider, of Mason City, representing the
woman's Out Door Art League; Mrs.
Towner of Corning, president Of the
Iowa Library Association. Miss Lake
gave list of greetings from a num-
Der of state presidents of declarations.
Mrs. e. L. Buchwalter, president Of