Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-25
CITY FEDERATION
DO HOLD OPEN DAY
Mrs. James G. Berryhill Ex-
pected to Be Present For
an Address
MAYOR lNeLEDuE WILL SPEAK
Will Talk on What the City Should
Do in the Way Of Civic Improvement
DIR. II. L. Getz, DR.. Jones, and
Henry Stone Will Also speak-Fed-
Grafton Working For Rest Room.

The annual program day of the City
Federation Of Women's Clubs will be
held on Friday afternoon at the pub
lie library lecture room, and program
of unusual interest is being prepared.
The federation has two open days dur
ing the year, the other one being the
annual meeting, when officers are cleo
ted. Mrs. d. r. Denmead, president Of
the federation, has extended an invi-
tation to Mrs. James G. Berryhill, pres
ident of the Des Moines City Fedora
ton of Womens Clubs, to be present
for an address. No reply from Mrs.
Berryhill has as yet been received, but
If it proves impossible for her to be
here, she will send a paper, in which
the work accomplished by the capital
city federation will be recited at
length.
Mrs. Denmead has also invited sew
eral local speakers to take part in the
program, which will deal largely with
civic Improvement. Mayor o. L. Ingle-
due will present his views as to what
part the city should take in the mat
ter of civic improvement, and Hon.
Henry Stone, of the library board, will
speak of the proper cooperation of the
city and the library board. DR.. H. l..
Getz will present the sanitary phases
that should be looked after in civic
improvements, and how the improve
ments will affect the sanitation of the
city. DR.. Elijah Brown Jones will
speak on the ethical value Of city i'm
provement.
In addition to these addresses pa
per from the reciprocity bureau of the
state federation, on civic improvement
will be read The presidents of the
different federated clubs will be ask
ed to take part in the discussions OF
the different subjects.
Planning For Rest Room.
The city federation is planning for
the establishment of rest room, and
that will be the next work, toward
which all efforts will be centered. A
committee from the federation has had
an audience with the board of super
visors, to see what could be done to-
ward securing a room in the court
house to be used for this purpose. The
board favors the idea, and has promis-
ed the committee that as soon as there
is a room vacant 1t will be turned over
to the use of the federation, to be fit
ted up for rest room.
The federation is not monied in
stitution, and for that reason it is not
able to pay the big rent that would be
necessary for room centrally locat-
ed. A vacant room in the court house
has been looked upon as happy solu-
ton of the problem, and when it can
be secured. will be made ready. A
matron will be in attendance during
the day, and the necessary conven-
fences for visiting women in the city,
who are here shopping and oftentimes
want some place to go for a brief rest,
and to arrange their toilet, will be pro-
while their mothers are shopping, will
also be afforded by the rest room.
The federation will keep up the flow
er beds on the court house lawn again
this season, and the supervisors will
also assist in this. The federation
planted the beds two years ago, and
so beautiful have the flowers been
that they would be greatly missed were
the beds not replanted each season.
A complaint has been registered, how
ever, and Mayor Ingledue has promised
the ladies that he will bring the mat
ter before the council. The women OBJ
ject to the use Of the court house lawn
by ball players, who trample the grass
in many places, and spoil the pretty
effect that would otherwise be afford
ed. If ball playing is continued the
women do not believe that it will pay
them to go to the work and expense Of
keeping up the flower beds.
An effort will be made this year to
get into the federation more Of the
city's clubs. Marshalltown has prob
ably more women's clubs than any city
of its size in the state, and yet there
is only a small per cent of the clubs
members of the city federation. If
all Of the clubs would join the fedora
ton. and pay the small annual dues,
an organization of much greater
strength could be made out Of the fed