Arizona republican., 1908-10-28
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
 OF MRS. JOS. H. KIBBEY
Large Attendance at the Weekly Meet ing of the Woman's Club and Much Business Disposed of.


 The particular feature of the weekly
 meeting of the Woman's club yester-
 day was the address of the newly elect ed president, Mrs. Joseph Kibbey. There was an unusually large attend
 ance and Mrs. Kibbey's address was
 received with profound attention. Ex- tracts from her address follow:
 Our different departments, at the close of our club year, met and elected wise and efficient chairman, who elect ed an executive board which is not
 only willing. but competent, to decide
 the questions that will be presented to Fthem, and with each individual doing
 her full share of work, whether she is
 an officer, serves on a committee, or
 departmental member only, we cannot
 fail of success.
 Remember, a chain is only as strong
 as its weakest link, and l would like each one to feel the full responsibility ! of making the weak link strong. .I wish to say a word about the so- cial side of our club It is true We are not organized especially for such a purpose. but in our work for mutual | Improvement must we necessarily elim- mate the social features? New mem bers come to us, perhaps the majority of us know them not, save as new faces-it would be discourteOus to try to make acquaintances during the club hour-and before we are at liberty to greet the stranger within our gates it is perhaps too late for that pleasant duty; and so it follows, sometimes for several months.
 @"In making plans for the coming year, the executive board and the pro- gram committee desired to allow the club members an opportunity to be- come better acquainted, and so one meeting each month was set aside for the fulfillment of this purpose: and it is earnestly desired that all will avail themselves of the privilege. We want to know you as our friends, not simply as names on our membership list, and if you will come to these soCials we will do our best to receive you courte- .ously and cordially.
 Goethe says, the eternal womanly draws us upward and on,' and what so nobly wOmanly as the care Of our fu- ture women, the tO-be mothers of the human race, (are now, perhaps), our too-often neglected young girls.
 Al honor to our Arizona WOmen's Clubs who were the means of having our Juvenile Courts established; but should we stop there and care for our boys only2 There is such a vast field for work here, such a pressing need of it. so eminently fitting that it should be undertaken by women, and busy burden bearers as I realize you all are, yet what grander or greater work could you do?
 There is aso urgent need of it, as the only provision made, so far, in our territory for our wayward girls is in the Boys Industrial School Anyone can see in a moment how undesirable this is, not only from a moral, but from a financial standpoint. An entire dor mitOry must be set aside for the girls separate living and dining rooms, double the number of attendants than if the girls were in d separate building, and then the constant danger to which both sexes are exposed by their inevit- able proximity. No matter how keen ly our officials feel this deplorable state of things, it is impossible for public money to be used for an especial | for our girls until laws l are passed to that effect, and appro- priations made.
 While the plan for this work and its | and details will properly | be under the civics- education depart | ment, yet it is a question of such vital | importance that 1t will need the sympa- l thy and the best aid of each one of us. | This is one of the gravest and most i'm pOrtant matters confronting us. and I | hope the civic education department | will consider it carefully. and that each | ,lub-Woman will cheerfully and will | ngly do what is required of her.
 Perhaps We may not be so fortunate |