The Elbert County tribune., 1905-10-05
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS

does nothing for paroled man, and
there are men in prison who haven't
the garments or the means to come out z
if their paroles were given them. The
Society for the Friendless, of which
Judge H. " Johnson is the president.
and Rev. William Collett is the secre-S
tary, can tell you of tragedies which
win touch your hearts, and If you are .
willing to help they can make use of
your efforts for these unhappy men,
outcasts, but still fellow creatures.
I'VE must have an asylum for the
criminal insane, and ii the prisoners
are TO come out better men than they
went in, they must have employment.
"At the insane asylum they need
amusement and employment. The
long. bare corridors are as clean as
possible; the bare little rooms are
spotless. but the dull, interminable
days, with nothing to do, and only a
very meager lStle library to browse
over, are enough to drive any one
melancholy mad.
1.-The institution whose needs have
received the most generous response
so far is the Soldiers Home. There
are gathered there 175 men, nearly all
of them old, many of them feeble and
without relatives to assist them. To
them we owe a debt we can never
pay, AMI If we would show apprecia-
tion, we must do it soon. In few
years shis institution will be vacant.
Speaking of Christmas. do try and I
remember the man who has the -
West Santa Claus task in the s t.
There are enough discarded toys Nnd
dolls that would pay for redressing In
ing about in this state to give the chil4
dren at the home for dependent little
folks gorgeous Christmas, and Su-
perintendent Cowan will be the most
grateful man that ever wondered what
he was going TO put into 100 empty lit
tie stockings. They need books and
pictures.
1T is not necessary TO speak at
length of the work of Mr.. Argc, Super.
intendent Paddleford or Mr.. White
head They have spoken for them
selves, and their work speaks far more
loudly for them. Learn more about it.
talk about it in your clubs, and lend a
hand. especially to the bureau for child
and animal protection.
"Of the Girls Industrial School
there is an honest difference of opin-
ion In regard to its present condition.
Not in this committee, but among
many other people quite as intelligent
and as earnestly devoted to the vel
fare of the school.
Your committee therefore recon-
mends that this federation notify the
governor that it is in favor of the rec
concentrations adopted by the joint
meeting over which he presided; that
we indorse his position, and trust that
he will take such action as may be
necessary to bring about the desired
change in the administration of the
school
In his talk before the Colorado Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs Thursday.
Judge b. b. Lindsey expressed his be-
lief in woman suffrage.
Il thank God for the woman's club.
thank God for woman's suffrage out
here in Colorado. If you are going to
take suffrage away from anybody, for
Gods sake take it away from the man
and give it to the womap." These are
some of the declarations that Judge
Lindsey uttered in the course of his
talk on Children at the yesterday af-
ternoon session. In part Judge Lind
sey said: THE salvation of the chill
dren depends not upon the courts. not
upon the school, but upon the home
The greatest problem this country has
to deal with to-day is the relation of
the home and child. Unlike the ordin-
airy public officeholder, President.
! Roosevelt understands this problem
He knows the real problems of the
nation and that is why he is the man
that he is.
In the last few years we have Sc
cured many measures for the protec-
ton of the child l found that the
woman's club was back OF all these
measures
In speaking of what a great force
sympathy is in the bringing out of
child's best tendencies, the Judge said:
only sympathy wins children. You
can never win children through the
doctrine of fear or through the doc
trine of force. 1t may be the shortest
path but its winnings are not perma-
nent. The greatest good a state can
do for its children is to furnish only
opportunities for good and to take,
away the opportunities for evil"
| Denver. = The Colorado Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs yesterday
elected the following named delegates
to the National Federation of Womans
Clubs at St Paul next year:
Mrs. Harry Churchill, Greeley; Ellis
Meredith, Denver; Mrs. A. M. Rawley,
Fort Collins; Mrs. T. A. McHarg, Boul-
der; Mrs. j. r. Gordon, Pueblo: Mrs.
E. c., Stevens, Denver; Mrs. W. q. Rid
die. Colorado Springs; Mrs. A. NJ
Welles, Denver. Alternates selected
We're: Mrs. George Thompson, La
Junta; Mrs. Edward Napier, Glenwooe
Springs; Mrs. L. A. Peters, Trinidad,
Mrs. NJ. a. Conine, Denver; Mrs. Hag-
CART Durango Mrs. Heron. Long
mont; Mrs. Sarah Pisko, Denver; Mrs.
I. A. Lewis, Pueblo.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.