The Lamar register., 1905-10-04
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS

furnish S a discharged man with :lain
clothes and a small sum OF money. II
\ does nothing for a paroled man. and
there are men in prison who haven't
the garments or the means to come out
| If their paroles Were given them. ne
| Society for the Friendless, OF which
Judge II. " Johnson is the president,
and Rev. William Collett is the secre-
tary, can tell you of tragedies which
will touch your hearts. and IL 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 If 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
81 o;icss. but the dull. interminable
days. with nothing to do. and oaly II
/ very menger little library to browse
over, are enough to drive any one
melancholy mad.
THE institution whose needs have
| received the most generous response
so far is the Soldiers Home. There
are gathered there l75 men, nearly all
of them old many of them feeble and
without relatives 10 assist them. 10
them we owe a debt we can never
pay, AMI II we would show apprecia-
tiun, we must do 1t soon. In a few
years his institution will be vacant.
| Speaking of Christmas. do try and
remember the man who has the hea-
West Santa Claus task in the state.
| There are enough discarded toys and
dolls that would pay for redressinS ly-
| ing about in this state to give the chill
dren at the home for dependent little
| folks n gorgeous Christmas, and Su-
| perintendent COwan Will be the most
grateful man that ever wondered what
he was going to put into 1850 empty lit
tie stockings. They need books and
pictures.
| 1T is not necessary to speak at
| length of the work of Mr.. Argo. 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 II,
talk about 1t in your clubs. and lend II
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 wei
fare of The school.
Your committee therefore recon-
mends that this federation nolify the
governor that II Is in favor of the rec
concentrations adopted by the joint
meeting over which he presided; that
\ We indorsr 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 Womans Clubs Thursday.
| Judge B. B. Lindsey expressed his be
lief in woman suffrage.
II thank God for the womans club
| thank God for woman's suffrage out
here in Colorado. II you are going 10
take suffrage away from anybody. for
Gods sake take II away from the man
and give it to the woman" These are
some of the declarations that Judge
Lindsey uttered In the course of his
talk on Children" at the yesterday ar
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 today Is the relation OF
the home and child. Unlike the ordin-
AIRY public ofiiceholder. President
He knows the real problems Of the
nation ard that is why he is the man
that he is.
"In the last few years we have Sc
cured many measures for the protec-
tion of the child found that the
woman's c:tib was back of all thesr
measures
In speaking OF what a great force
| sympathy Is In the bringing out OF a
childs hest 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. II 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 Womans Clubs yesterday
elected the following named delegates
to the National Federation of Woman's
Clubs at ST. Paul next year:
Mrs. Harry Churchill. Greeley; Ellis
Meredith. Denver; Mrs. A. NJ. Hawley.
Fort Collins: Mrs. T.. A. McHarg. Boul-
der Mrs. j. II. Gordon, Pueblo: Mrs.
l.. c. Stevens, Denver; Mrs. w. f.. Rid
die. Colorado Springs; Mrs. A. NJ.
Welles, Denver. Alternates selected
were: Mrs. George Thompson, La
Junta; Mrs. Edward Napier, Glenwood
Springs: Mrs. f. A. Peters, Trinidad:
Mrs. NJ. A. Conine. Denver; Mrs. Hag
CART Durango: Mrs. Heron. Long
mont; Mrs. Sarah Plslio. Denver; Mrs.
| r. A. Lewis. Pueblo.
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