The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-22
The New President of General
 Federation


 Federation
 Tn the midst of a reception where sev- eral hundred women are present to have a telegram handed to one saying: House injured children all right; stand by the convention" would be enough to shake the mental equilibrium of the most self possessed woman. And yet this is pre- cisely what happened to Mrs. Philip N. Moore, the new president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The incl dent occurred in 1896 when the Louisville biennial was in progress, and Mrs. Moore's home in St. Louis was ravaged by the terrible cyclone which swept over that section of the country. Mrs. Moore was the corresponding secretary at that time, and was most conspicuous figure at the biennial Her self-possession in the face of such calamity was wonder ful, but she stood at her post like a Tro- gan, and the brief message from her husband, which meant so much to her, was a trying situation which few women could so well have conquered.
 Mrs. Moores recent nomination as pres- ident of the General Federation has made her most conspicuous figure. little history in regard to her career in club life is furnished by a well-informed east ern correspondent, who begins with the various offices which Mrs. Moore has filled with so much dignity and grace
 Besides serving successively as secre- tary. treasurer and first vice president, Mrs. Moore has served on the finance committee and the biennial committee for the Boston convention and filled admir- ably the position of foreign correspond- ent. She it was who organized the reef procity committee and made it work ing power for good in drawing the clubs into closer fellowship. When the Gen eral Federation was entertained in St. Louis in 1904 Mrs. Moore was president of the Missouri State Federation, and from 1892 to 1894 she was at the head Of the "Wednesday club of her home city, be- sides being prominent in musical and philanthropical associations. From 1899 to 1903 she was vice president of the Ma tional Federation of Musical clubs, and from 1903 to 1907 she was president of the National Association of Collegiate Alum- nae. Of the latter organization she Is St1l1 secretary. oHt WdS 6i - >-- Vassar college and was a member of It's board of trustees in 1902 on the gradua- ton of her daughter and the 20th anni- yersary of her own graduation.
 Mrs. Moore, it will be remembered, was nominated from the floor by Mrs. l.. R. Ernst of her own state, who called at- tention to the fact that she had de- clined nomination at the time of the St. Louis biennial, adding an earnest tribute to her fitness for the office, in that she had good health, leisure, great executive ability and a wide experience in execu- tive work. "She can make 20 appoint ments in day. Mrs. Ernst said, "and keep them all"
 At a luncheon given in New York for some western club women shortly after the close of the Boston meeting the president of one of the New York clubs said:
 of the election of Mrs. Moore as presi- dent was qualification to the western women, we think her ties in the east will appeal to New York club women as we'll, for Mrs. Moore spent four years at Vas sar college, and is well known in this city She has been president of the Col legiate Alumnae.. and Is now the general secretary of that body. and is trustee of Vassar She has studied in foreign universities. and is associated with va- rious movements of social reform in St. Louis" Even the defeated candidate, Mrs May Alden Ward, said "I think the con- Vention has chosen wisely. Mrs. Moore has all the necessary qualifications and she has my best wishes.' The consensus of opinion seems to be that her calm judgment and wise counsel will make Mrs. Moore helpful guiding power in the deliberations of the great body whose members have elected her to fill the high est office in their gift.
 Recently Mrs. Moore expressed herself in a letter to a friend as follows:
 .'I understand fully the attitude of the New England women toward a woman of their own section, and have no thought other than to expect just as great loy- atty from them now as they would have given the New England woman" This faith is borne out by the club editor of the Lynn Item, Miss Clara B. Adams. "Those who voted for Mrs. Ward" she said, "were not opposed to Mrs. Moore. If she was not the first choice with many of those who did not throw their in- Huence for her, and they will Loyalty serve the federation under her guidance, which they know will be both wise and help full"
 Continuing, Miss Adams took up an- other phase of the situation, noting that 1t is frequently asked why New England ~>~aafvea m recounftion m the board of