The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-31
MlSSBUCK DELIvERSADORESS
Federation Discusses Child Labor Laws
And Padrone System And Sane
Fourth of Ju1y.-Next Meeting
Will be at Milwaukee.


on the recommendation of the feder-
atoms new policy committee. The
resolution was submitted BY Mis-.
John B. Winslow of Madison, CO.
operating with E. Mose1y, secretary
of the Monona Lake assembly in ar
ranging for federation day in con-
nection with the asse bly, next sum
mer, Endorsement of uniform divorce
laws, of the peace movement, and Of
the Wisconsin Home and Farm school,
and renewed endeavor to secure la vs.
urged by the Consumers league com
mittee. 1t was also recommended
that the executive board be authorized
to incorporate the Federation
Milwaukee, as has been predicted,
will entertain next years convention.
Miss L. e. Stearns extended the invi-
tation in behalf of the Milwa ukee
clubs and the Citizens Business
league, and the invitation was i'm
mediately accepted on motion Of Yrs.
I. E. Balding of Milwaukee, seconded
by Mrs. c. S. Morris of Berlin and the
presidents of Fourth district clubs.
Miss Stearns' worded her invitation
in maritime language, her references
to the good ship, the Wiscou sin FEEDER
alton, its launching at Milwa ukee,
and its return to it's port of entry as
long overdue being appreciated keen
ly by an audience which had listened
to a morning generously supplied
with routine reports.
The place of meeting decided upon,
today's business was chiefly action on
the reports of the policy committee
and of the committee on the revision
of constitution This latter report
was deferred from Thursday in order
to secure. a rewording of the amend
ment providing for the ten cent per
capita tax. Members of he city
Federations felt that the wording of
that part Of it which prote cted their
component clubs from a double tax
was obscured.
Late Thursday it seemed certain
that the committee would report for
the ten per cent per capita tax tomor-
row and that the Milwaukee College
Endowment Association would sub
NIT an amendment providing that no
club shall pay dues aggreg ating less
than 81 nor more than SIS.
This will affect the Twentieth Cen
fury Topic club of Oshkosh is we'll as
the Milwaukee club, but delegates of
the Oshkosh club have been in
structed to vote for the ten cent plan
Reports that the Milwaukee College
Endowment association may with
draw if the ten cent tax is adopted
are not having much influence in the
convention, especially as it is known
that the associations deleg alton was
instructed to vote against it as long
as there was any possible chance of
success in defeating it with the spe-
cifc understanding that the associa-
ton would not withdraw in the event
Of its passage.
The basis of presentation in the
Federation's conventions and the
definition of what shall constitute a
club member on whom dues must be
paid are also phases of the problem
which will come up in connection with
the much discussed per apita tax.
mo more Christmas trees" is the
cry which was raised today in the in
terests of forest preservation, atten-
ton being called to the millions of
fine young trees that are annually
sacrificed to the custom.
1.-THE club women wear aigrettes
and dead birds, not because they are
cruel and heartless, nor because they
are vain and selfish, but for the sole
reason that they allow the milliners
and hat makers to do their thin king
for them" is the message from Mrs.
Sarah S. Plat Decker, general Fed
Grafton president.
The abundance of feathers used
this year on women's hats escapes
condemnation, as the majority of
them are made" articles, for which
the barnyard fowls contribute the
material.
''Yellow journalism will flourish SO
long as the public hasan appetite for
it, said the Rev. Florence Buck, Of
Kenosha, IN the practical lessons
which she drew from the works of
Mrs. Edith Wharton, Henry James
and Bernard Shaw in brilliant ad
dress on "Our Three Social Satirists. y
IF you want to attract attention in
an address before a Federation. do
not be accurate, logical or sensible.
Oppose the presidents policy, ally
yourself against the nature faker.
take slam at the trusts or CORPORA
tons and see how quickly the news
pa pers take it up. The mod EN- news
paper word story shows how large
ly the dramatic if not the fictional
enters into the newspape idea. and
both newspapers and the pubic de
serve the medicine which hey receive
from our satirists.