The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-22

WORK ana the care Oh CntlOfeN 70 IT'S
curriculum. The women's Educational
and Industrial Union OF Boston has
for three years conducted classes for
The state Federation OF Vermont clubs
conducted last year successfnl arts
and crafts exhibit. and through the
work OF club women one MASSACHUSETTS,
revived old hand industries and have
materially prospered.
Loving house cleaning because they
Of to-day, through the GIVES Commits
sion OF the General Fcderatlons, have
asked for. q big municipal house .ciean,
ing day that shall become national. ana
have already inaugurated 4 II many
cities and towns. Through this de-
partment OF ciyics they ask for an In
teiiigent and economical disposition OF
each town with Its electrical power.
and incidentally bring in revenue in
stead OF becoming q dead expense.
They have offered Enforcement ana co
culture in the pure food movement.
and when 100000 women back up a
governmental proposition Ike this IT
Believing Thoroughly in the need OF
open air for children. club women have
urged cities TO build parks and play
grounds and n many ns,aneef In h To
ledo, Ohio. the Of the club women may
be found every day In the school gar
dens takins. turns with her co.wor Rsfs
keep eight Fairgrounds. and In Du-
buque. .iowa, they have purchased
bluff for park keenly interested
| gone after. ieform in aI1nshouse nurs
ling, the state Federation of Michigan
/ and the Association OF Nurses in that
State leading. WITH twenty three states
following closely on their heels
The Immigrant has come In for
| soodiy share OF attention among the
women,s clubs. The Woman's Munici,
the National, Civic Federation had two
| laws enact al in New York last Septen-
Der protecting immigrant g1rls ir Si
unscrupulous tleket,se,ie1rrs, me nr I Rns.
ton. the Research and Protective Az
ISOLATION in Philadelphia, the Womens
Trade Union League In Chicago. ana
4 fering advice and protection and help
10 the newcomers who receive no gov
Iernment Aid after leaving Elils Island.
Education in good eiizensnnp IS r 1a,ss
and Civic clubs composed Of women
/ In the conservation OF me J, nat n,,hs
! are lending a helpful hand. They had
Their Representatives at the meeting OF
j the Governors. they have their DEPART
Of Fores.ry' r ana n s elasses in
forestry. There Is no Carnegie among
the women, but the travelling Libraries;
a score ~ good books In their small
n esss ana goM to remote prairie
J. towns that never would otherwise know
! OF bookland. Colorado alone has 5000
volumes always on the road. and TINS
is not much Of an -over-estlmate i9t
each of The other forty-five State led
erations.
Through the work Of club women.
California's missions viii be preserved.
the Indian mounds of Wisconsin are
!; being projected. the cliff dwellings Of
| Colorado and Arizona have been placed
], under national protection, the desecra-
J ton OF the Palisades OF the HUDSON
: and the threatened destruction Oh
Niagara rails have been brought be-
! fore the public. the homes Of washing.
preserved End the Alamo purchased as
$ 4 perpetual monument TO Texan va!or.
t IThro,igh the oregon women statue
/ has been erected to Sacajawea, the
Y indian maid OF Lewis and Clark's ex-
i petition; the women OF Colorado haye
/ kent Judge Lindsey In once tor me
L good 81 the delinquent children OF the
: State, and the South Carolina tedera-
tion is trying to secure state te i Indrk
y Ing along many lines, some for sut-
i fraEc. some for revision OF State laws
/; on Various subjects, but all with the
n same end--to better the nation They
d seem to have taken Amiel's advice:
y .aTo be patient, sympathetic. tender;.
n look Nor The budding flower ana the
: opening heart; to hope alWayS.
!. Copyright. 1908. BY Frederic i faasR'n''
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