Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-16

formations as at Devils lake and the
dells? Do not, | beg of you, allow
commercialism to destroy your treas
ures. You have suffered the destruc-
tioD OF your pine forests, but you still
have timDerlands which should be pro-
tected Your cities have done much
Madison's famous lake drive is known
all over the country not only for its
scenic beauty. but for the public spirit
of its citizens who gave generously of
their land, ruoney and time to conserve
forever a picture unequalled in this
country"
Mrs. Upton spoke especially of the
work done for the preservation of
Niagara, of the forest and of the big
trees of California, 'the oldest living
things in existence"
| Reports were made during this ses-
sion by the committees on forestry,
civil service and transportation.
Shortly after the dinner hour the
ladies were provided with hacks and
private vehicles and drive was taken
DER the city. This they greatly APP
preciated and to many who had never
before visited here, it was a great sur
prise to witness what beautiful city
Wausau really is.
Returning to the church, the after
| moons work was taken up. Four more
district presidents reported.
Mrs. Geo. Bass, of Chicago, addressed
the convention on the topic "The
Juvenile Court System as Applied to
| the Smaller Cities" She traced the
origin and development of the system
and urged that the small towns need
the juvenile court as much as the
larger cities and that the truant and
probation officers are most necessary
to the success of the system
| The nominating committee reported
during the afternoon, but officers were
not elected until the following morn
ing.
| In the evening the Ladies' Literary
club members escorted their guests to
the high school, The building was
lighted from basement to top floor,
and the city school teachers aud board
of education were on hand and acted
as escorts III showing the ladies through
that handsome structure. All pro-
nounced it one of the best arranged
and neatly appointed high school
buildings they have yet visited. After
they had conducted their inspection
they repaired 70 the assem- bly, room to
listen to the lecture on scenic Colorado
by Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert McClurg, of
Colorado Springs, Col Both were for
mer residents of Wisconsin. 1t was
Mr.. McClurg's father who gave Racine
its name. Mrs McClurg, at the open
| ing of her lecture, mentioned her
| former residence in this state and said
| it gave her great pleasure to talk to
such representative body of Wiscon-
sin women Mr. and Mrs McClurg
| brought with them about $50 lantern
slides and used the high school lantern,
which was manipulated by Mr.. G. g.
Parlin. Mrs. McClurg spoke first and
dwelt upon the cliff dwellers, their
cities, their religious rites, burial cere-
monies, and ruins. SacrilegiouS people
Eave blown up their burial places with
dynamite, but through the instru-
mentality of women's clubs much of
| their ruins have been preserved Mr..
McClurg confined his remarks mostly
to the Colorado of today. Both are
very fine speakers and the address of
each was very instructive as well as en-
| tertaining. There was a very large at
| tendance
One of the features of Thursday
afternoons session was sending tele-
grams of greeting to the Indiana and
Wyoming conventions, which also were
in session, and Mesdames Foster and
Elmore, of Lacrosse, were delegated to
carry greetings to the Minnesota con-
vention which will be held later.
On Friday morning the revision of
the constitution was up. The principal
change recommended by the committee
and accepted by the convention was
the elimination of the clause, "Only
clubs that are members of the state
federation shall be eligible to member
ship in district federation" thereby
releasing the state organization from
any appearance of exercising jurisdic-
ton over the management of district
federations and protecting the state
body from suffering financial loss.
Following this came the election of
officers and those reported by the
nominating committee were elected
with few exceptions. Those chosen
were:
President-Mrs Chas. Buell., Madi-
son.
First presidential Edward Nj.
Theirs, Kenosha.
Second vice -president-Dr Margaret
Trevitt, Wausau.
Recording secretary = Miss Jennie
Mallory, Milwaukee.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs w. w.
Tichenor, Waupun.
General federation secretary-Mrs. E.
P. Sawyer, Oshkosh.
District vice-presidents = First, Mrs.
Charles Tarrant, Janesville; Second,
Mrs. j. H. Rogers, Portage; Third, Mrs