The Washington bee., 1907-11-09
GOOD WORK
FEDERATION OF CHRISTIAN
WOMEN.

WOMEN.
The Second Annual Convention of
the Federation of Christian Women Of
the City of Baltimore and State of
Maryland, at Leadenhall Street Baptist
Chrch, Thursday and Friday, October
Y and Is was indeed decided success,
notwithstanding the several conventions
in different churches and Home Coming
Week among the whites, our sessions
were will attended. Quite every section
of the city. and nearly all the churches,
irrespective of creed, were represented.
Effective work was done.
Resolutions asking for better facili-
ties for the colored schools in rural dis
tricts, and for a legislative enactment
prohibiting our women and girls from
buying beer at the saloon were also
presented. Thanks were also extended
the Superintendent anf Board of Public
| Schools for putting all of the colored
schools in Baltimore under control of
colored teachers and for the large ap-
preparations made for new school hous-
es and Improvements to others.
About sixty organizations are now un-
der control of the Federation and We
hope at the next meeting to be able to
report at least a hundred.
Able papers were read and discussed:
What Shall We Do with our Girls?"
by Mrs. E. J. Truxon; Our Nearest
Duty" by Mrs Pendleton, of Washing
ton; Shall Women Be Wage Earn
ers?" by Mrs. Susie Love, Mrs. Helen
Cooper and others.
! Spirited discussions were made by
Mrs Belle, of Washington; Mrs. J. T.
Jenifer and the president, Mrs. Mary
Handy
The Temperance Question was pre-
sented by Mrs. A. R. H. Miller, and
discussed by Mrs. E. J. Cummings, Mrs.
Basil, Mrs. Burke and Mrs Harriet J.
Hilliard.
The report of the organizer, Mrs. J.
T. Jenifer, was fine A number of
neighborhood clubs, day nurseries. par
ents' meetings and entertainments, as
well as instruction for the betterment
of the condition of our boys and girls,
were also presented.
! The Empty Stocking and Fresh Air
Club made their report through Mrs.
| Florence Owens. They have purchased
place of ten acres near Baltimore, as
a summer country home for poor chill.
dren.
/. Seven hundred dollars have been paid
and plans are now on the way to equip
j it
! Mrs. NJ. J. Murphy president, pre-
/. sented the needs of the Y. w. c. a.
We have paid $45oo for our building,
{ not owing one cent and have nearly
! hundred dollars in bank We intend
to erect back building for a laundry
plant
Devotional exercises were led by Mrs.
Edith Brooks, Mrs. Cornelia Anderson
and Madame Cooper; Miss Jeanette
Jones, pianist
The Federation of Maryland voted to
enter the National Federation of Chris
p tian Women.
Mrs J. T. Jenifer was elected presi-
2 dent; Mrs. A. L. McQuinn, secretary;
Mrs. A. R. H. Miller, organizer and
- LECTURER, 557 Freshman street. Balt-
more, Md. Mrs. Harriet a. Hilliard,
chairman of the executive board; Mrs.
p E J. Cumming, treasurer.
The Federation of Women of Balti-
e more is doing a great work for the up
Y building Of the race. A great future is
y looked for for this organization, with
y such noble women at its head as Mrs.
II. T. Jenifer, Mrs. A. R. H Miller,
Mrs. II F Handy Mrs Hearst, Mrs.
Harriet Mlllard and others.
Miss R. F. Bell had the honor of ad-
dressing tnis noble body of women on
last Friday night She urged them to
. preach race unity among our people,
and to come together and help the peo-
pie who help us, particularly those who
stand for justice-Hon. J. B. Foraker.
He did not help us because Of the
race, but for the cause Of justice. He
: would have done the same for any other
race that had been unjustly treated.
She urged them to direct their hus-
bands, brothers and sons how to cast
their votes in the right direction