The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-10-30


OF club women actually in attendance,
for, as usual, only very small frac-
ton OF the visitors took the trouble
to register. Many hundreds came
daily from New England towns, and
the number of individuals who at
tended one or more sessions would
mount high among the thousands. 1t
was without doubt much the largest
convention OF club women ever held.
GREETING FROM NEW GENERAL
FEDERATION PRESIDENT. /
My dear Friends Of the Federation:
Nothing could have pleased me
more than the introduction to you in
Boston as 1.-THE new president, but
your old friend.
Our beloved past president has
given us thought and work Of a mar
velous scope, and 1t rests with us In
the next two years to justify her be-
lief; not to be content in taking mo
step backward" but to keep step and
press forward
Not every president can do what
she has done, in going to your homes
and in giving inspiration from such a
magnetic personality; but we would
not be worth the four years she has
given, were we not ready to stand
with utmost loyalty for her principles
of work, with and Tor each other and
for humanity.
This may be slime for correlation
of forces, for helping steadily for
| ward the enthusiasm that sometimes
wanes l beg you therefore to re-
| member that no two people are
! alike, no two methods of work are
| exactly similar; and therein lies a
charm in diversity, provided we work
| toward the same ends, and never for
get the underlying principle of right
You should not depend entirely up
on the persons you have placed in Of
flee to make your platform, pro-
yided you have chosen the right ones
to whom you can intrust the various
planks of the platform, that they
keep them sound and strong.
| Let my firsst message be one of
persuasive force. We call ourselves
100000 in number, and with such a
body we could accomplish anything
that was right and expedient.
Why do we not accomplish all we
attempt? Because there are many
| clubs unwilling to respond to the will
of the majority. They are practically
weights around the necks of those
who follow the principles of such an
organization. When the chairman,
whom your officers have placed in
authority over the work of the Fed
GRAFTON, present their plans, many
clubs think it futile to consider them.
They do not realize that they might
at least study them, as an apprecia-
ton of the work of their own Or
ganization, to gain the knowledge
necessary for an intelligent vote.
Numbers give fictitious value unless
every club understands the questions
under consideration, even if not in
4 dividually working along those lines.
Let us make our organization so
thoroughly understood that the ques-
tion need never be raised as to what
we do, or, if raised, easily answered
by every one in membership.
The report of the Ninth Biennial
with addresses from distinguished ex-
perts, reports of committees and
state presidents, and the business &C
ton of the federation, is nthe hands
of the retiring recording secretary
Mrs. John D. Sherman. 70 East 47th
street, Chicago. Copies are sent to
every club, but any individual mem
Der may obtain a copy by sending rs
cents to the address above.
1t will be a pleasure to hear from
you with a question, a problem or a
suggestion, and I shall promise a
prompt reply. | may refer you at
times to committee or to our Blu
reau of Information, but you will be
glad to know exactly where to find
the word you are seeking.
/ With cordial good will and serv-
ice, Sincerely yours,
EVA PERRY MOORE, President
!. I. I.
MRS. GROO RETURNS.
4 Mrs q. III. GrOO of MONTPELIER