The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
Club Federation Members
Hold Interesting Election.
MRS. MAIN NAMED PRESIDENT
Contest for First ONCE Spirited and
Result CIOse-PresidentsA All Report
TO OrEanizattOn-Next Years Meet
ing 10 BE Held in Jewish Temple.
Officers Who Were Named.

EiSALu street. GGAS lOE eENef were ire
quent. but to no avail and nearly three
hours were consumed in the election Of
seven officers There was no particularly
heated discussion, but the buzz Of ccuver-
sation made it difhcult to hear. and sew
eral points of constitutional law were
raised and debated to the limit
Objection was raised to the habit Of
some Of the ladies present. moving to
close the nomination as soon as a friends
name was mentioned. Owing to the diff
Guilty in hearing there was considerable
misunderstanding as TO the nominations,
but they were finally Strengthened out.
The voting system was a laborious one,
each vote being called and counted sepa-
rately. Great interest attached 10 the
race for the presidency between Mrs.
Lucia Z. Blount, the incumbent. and Mrs.
Charlotte Emerson Main. vice president.
Mrs. Main won out on a close vote.
Officers Elected.
The other elections resulted as follows:
First vice president, Mrs. Loretta w. Nc
CreeTy; second vice president, Mrs. Jessie
l. Engle: corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Grace Porter Hopkins: recording secre-
tary. Mrs. Addie ". Foster: treasurer,
Mrs. Helen R. TindaI; auditor. Mrs A. L.
Jackson, unanimously, and General Fed
Grafton secretary, Mrs. Ellen S Cromwell.
the incumbent. An effort was made to
have some Of the elections declared unani-
nous, but after discussion the motion was
ruled out
All records for attendance at the annual
conventions were broken yesterday, near
ly 200 delegates, representing thirteen
clubs, with an aggregate membership Of
1000. being present when the meeting was
called TO order by the president, Mrs
BlOunt
officers Of the federation and represent
atives Of the various clubs reported on
the work accomplished by each organlza-
tion and its financial condition. Reports
were heard from Mrs. c. Z. Main. frst
vice president; Mrs. Loretta W. McCree-
~, second vice president; Mrs. Laura V.
Mccullough, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Jessie L. Engle, recording secretary;
Dr.. a. E. Portman, treasurer, and Mrs
Joel Hillman, auditor
Many Presidents Report.
The presidents Of all the clubs. with but
one exception, reported as follows: Mrs.
Ellen S Cromwell, that June I has been
set aside as Womans National Press As
sociation Day at the jamestown Exposi-
tion. She invited all club women Of the
District 10 meet the Press Association in
Virginia on that day. when the council Of
the General Federation viii be in session
there.
Mrs. Helen r. Tindan told of a record
breaking year for the District branch OF
the Woman's Suffrage Association.
In her report for the Kindergarten Club.
Miss Susan Plessner Pollock called atten-
tion to the meeting of the Social EdGca-
tional Association in Boston, Mass, dur
ing Thanksgiving week
Mrs. Charles ". Pepper, director for the
Aid Association for the Blind. announced
that the Home for the Blind, on E street,
is now almost free from debt.
The Woman's BinderY Union. the aux
Hilary of Local No q, international
Brotherhood Of Bookbinders. reported
through its secretary, Miss Laura ].
Graddick. who lauded the cause Of labor
unions. and quoted Secretary Taft's re-
cent speech. when he declared that they
were necessary to maintain proper rela-
tions with capital
Mrs. Ella S. Knight, Of the Ladies
Union Veteran Legion, cited the fact that
two members Of the organization had
been appointed to important public po-
sitions-Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, as q
member of the board Of education, and
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, appointed by the
President. to look after the enforcement
Of the national child labor law.
Other Reports Submitted.
Other presidents reported as follows: Le-
gion of Loyal Women, Mrs. Margaret A
Knapp; Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. Mrs. Clinton Smith; Excelsior Lit
eTsry Club, Mrs. NJ. L. Willis; Columbia
Heights Art Club. Mrs. Elizabeth Ayres
Stokes; Council CT Jewish Women, Mrs
Charles A. Goldsmith, and the Woman's
Clinic. Mrs. Emily Lee Ragan. The Pro
Re Nata report was not delivered.
The annual message was read by Mrs
Blount, president Of the Federation. Just
before adjournment for luncheon. She
dealt with the work Of the past year. and
discussed at length methods for improving
the work
An elaborate luncheon was served to tht
delegates by the Council OF Jewish Women
in the Temple. The early part OF the af-
ternoon session was taken UP with a mu.
sical programme and an address On self.
Expression by Mrs. NJ Landon Reed. OF
New York.
Mrs. Mira F. Rosenau. OF the Council
Of Jewish Women. speaking for the Wash
A4-6 to44 ~ dAil1A VI lle lllleE-TnunlclDai Pub
lie Research Committee, asked the Fed.
GRAFTON TO approve its crusade against thf
illegal employment agencies in this city
The movement was approved by a unani.
nous vote.
Memorial Services.
Memorial services to the memory o.
Mrs. Nero L. Tanner. past president. anC
wife Of Corporal Tanner. commander o
the G. A. R. were held Mrs. Mary S
Lockwood, Mrs. Laura V Mccullough
Mrs. Hannah B. Sperry. Mrs. Ada H
Weiss, Mrs. Fanny Pomeroy Mrs. Joe
Hillman, Mrs. Ella S. Knight, Mrs Car
RE E. Kent, Mrs. Emily L. Ragan. Mrs
Charlotte Z. Main, Mrs. Lucia F.. Blount
and Mrs. Catherine G. BoIlenger all mad
addresses.
When the subject Of the next meetln,
was brought up, Mrs. Charles A Gold
smith, president OF the Council Of JewIsl
Women, cordially invited the convention
to meet again next year in the Temple OF
Eighth street, and her kind invitation wa
accepted.
Mrs. Main, the newly elected president
announced that she desired the presenc
or all past officers and newly elected Off
GERS at her home, No. . Massachusett
avenue northeast, Friday evening. Il 1
probable that she will not appoint tn
new committees before Christmas.
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