The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-31

month. ago. The president of th' | league is Miss Louise Lee Hardin o Denver, a notable clubwoman. ALSO o' Denver are Mrs. Alice B. Winters, vice president; Dr. Marylee Barnett. core. spending secretary. and Mrs. Mary ' c. Bradford. national organizer. The National Business woman league was founded to aid women wac
 work for their living, chiefly, in pro-
 fessional and commercial life. The or.
 ficers of this league that went out oi
 the west and conquered the east are
 ladies prominent in their respective
 lines. Mrs Mary c. c. Bradford or
 Denver Is a state senator of Colorado
 She was formerly county superinten- dent of schools in Denver and Is called
 the "silver-tongued" by those who know her power as a public speaker. Mrs. Harriet Wood. secretary of the New York state branch of the league
 is a practicing lawyer. while Mrs. Theodora C. Baker is an insurance agent.
 The National Business Woman's league will build a home for retired business women and will investigate conditions pertaining to women's labor and wages In all fields and give aid and
 information in commercial. economic and social fields. It will also endeavor quietly to foster a sentiment in favor of woman suffrage The league expects to establish bank in Louisiana.
 "woman has a great future with such an organization as this" declares Mrs. Isabella Kellogg Church, presi- dent of the New York state league.
 Women who care enough for their own self to watch the growth and trend of the feminine club must be gratified at the broader. more hunant- i tarian and at the same time more prac- tical phase on which 1t has entered. All things for the good of the, race, so far as the members know and understand these things. ire tho objects of their effort Forestry is one of their depart ments of labor. The federated clubs of thirty-four states have committees on forestry, Arkansas clubwomen are appealing to their legislature to pass laws for forest preservation before 1t Is too late California clubwomen are | working heroically to save from des- | tructfon the wonderful sequoia groves If Calaveras, the only ones of their kind in the world. Sixty-five of the clubs of Massachusetts have forestry committees.
 In many states clubwomen. particu- arly. those belonging to the outdoor E lrt league. have engaged in planting rees and otherwise beautifying the andscape in their home neighborhoods. |
 Even the clubwomen of Oklahoma md Indian Territory have forestry working with all the vigor md enthusiasm of the free woman of he west. Mrs. Angelo C. Scott, presi- lent of the Oklahoma federation, Ipeaking of it's work In general, said 1t the last meeting: 'The gra2test jingle thing accomplished during the past year is the passage by the legis- ature of the federation bill providing or the care and education of child criminals and carrying an annual ap- of $S.000."
 The most remarkable organization of vculcn's clubs in the Union, however. s, that of Indian Territory Mrs. Ml- .hael Conlan of Atoka, an Indian wom- Ln of Choctaw and Chickasaw blood. is ,resident of the Indian Territory fed ation. She organized if herself pri- narily for the purpose of giving wo- nen of Indian blood the advantages Of lub life. There\ are now women's lubs in every town in the territory.
 The Chicago Woman's club is pre- ,arInC to build a theater of its own, ,ome for the classic drama. the word classic" to be interpreted in gener- us sense.
 Working women and business women r lavinR shown them the way, fashion ble millionaire women of tho larg" ities arc now organizing clubs and 'uilding gorgeous clubhouses, chiefly ocial. The most magnificent clubhouse n America, not excepting any conduct d by men, will be. when 1t is com 'leted. the Colony club of New York ity It is to contain a restaurant, a 'ar. assembly rooms and splendid The gymnasium will be sed by tho children of club members, nd thus 1t will not be necessary to end these scions of wealth to public Mrs J. Borden Hartman s president of the Colony club.
 A number of New York ladies have rganized il girls. athletic league in the ublic schools "f that city. Clubwo- nen of Texaa ntly sent Mrs. Moore furdock to Europe to. arrange for the importation of girls for domestic work.
 Finally. Mrs Jared Kirtland, of East seventy years old, recently oined her first club
 CHARLOTTE VAN BECK.