The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-22
WORK OF CLUB WOMEN
ny rREpERC J. HAsKIN.

ny FREDERIC J. HAskIN.
To-day there are assembled In Bos-
ton several thousand earnest, progress
slve women. ready to discuss ways and
means for the advancement OF the ma
p Sa so tSs.r ne, sapport 70 every
end end These are the delegates from the
clubs Of s s.ete s,ubs
Women Won, For six days the twelve dii-
ferent departments Of the genera Fed
sions in symphony Hall. while overflow
meetings will be accommodated IN
nearby buildings.
| Az a measure OF the progresslsse.
OF conveniences Will hedge this meet
Ing about With modern aids to comfort.
1 A branch bank. branch telephone. teic
with physicians and nurses VII ne
established at headquarters A histort-
| cal significance may be attached 10 the
for there the first women's club meet meet
1 ings in this country were held, INA Ina
was in the days when Anne Hutchin-
\ son called together her townswomen IN
/ her home. where the old corner BOOK
i them the sermon OF the preceding sun
day. until, in 1881. the outraged elders
sent her VITO eSi Ser r' Feminine mind.
This is the ninth biennial q the or
sanitation, and reports In the han e,
Of expert heads Of hard, working de-
eeighteen years OF the federa,ion's ex
istence, as well as In the decade back
of that the women OF the. nation have
smeliorato unsatisfactory social condi,
lions and &c promote the CROWN OF
altruism. one OF the most vital inter
Of the women Of , the feaf Sor
j. and stores. whether their influence
was direct or indirect, the fact tina,
eighteen states during the past year az,
ones regarding child labor has been
. largely due to the unhagging Xeai OF
the women's clubs. Report, , WI, sn1 nn
! Mississippi have passed ch,id lapor
laws for me FIRST time. and kentuGky'
. Tennessee. Virginia. North Carolina ,Inls
. amended those already on their statute Vt
! books, while Oklahoma promises inc
I best OF all under her new Constitution.
ehildrens bnrsau VII s nd HIS rs Is
!, the result OF the work OF the, women omen
: who constitute the membership o. nine nine.
/, ty-six cluos In and around New YORK
: q Child Labor Association that Is ma :
!, tionai in its aims and scope the
/. alarming TACT was known to them that :,
j States, 800 die. and through this b BY
!, causes au OF Of mortality. iiiegitimacy; or.
& phanage. dependence and child !abo.
mean to plan a campaign against the
general ignorance prevalent among. a
certain class OF mothers, and by intel
Iligent legislation and training protect
pointed out with ironical plainness thai
the national government, through rs
: Department Of Agriculture, spends mn,
! lions annually In the protection 0f IT.
: game. the Improvement of Its domesti:
: animals and the fostering OF Its ANNA
E and plant Industries, while not PENN
t II life and ia the ameloration Of It's con
$ dftions
t The health of the nation is being
largely taken over into the hands O.
! the General Federation OF Women!
!. Clubs a bill asintroduced into the las
1 Congress providing for an educatlona
e women's clubs have Been foremost II
0 the work ct establishing homes ans
camps FOR tuberculosis patients.
campaign that r Is telling IN rs ta excel e,,
It from the conditions Of which an Eng
h Iltsh traveller wrote in 1890: What the.
e call consumption kills the American
81 But : they hey speak of II as If IT were i,
Sent 1t for some reason of His own.
IDEAS w On she 9ubjeet rhsy rather &C
a cept the dictum Of. the Texas physi
: clan. who lays the disease, not to Divin
Ere ean su state Hea aa
IS recently paid public tribute to the worl
n OF women in the sanitary uplifting Q
n the State.
j. children i, the United States. and clu
J. women Of the country know that whe
The fall term opens there WI! be =
:, y e enier the Schools. TO the Women he
J. GENE the lnomentous question q find
S ing out why they VII not enter enter, an an
cure for the reason OF rhese cnl
Is their own living and that Of other
the schools Ct the land are not givin
q earning a living with their hands al.
20 that thev must go into factories 7
" learn how Less Than 500 elites g Il y
nlt Selr s sohaos hs ana nony asa
Is & cent? Of the Schools Of the Ian
n Is education Of any kind compulso,r !,
q. How to place education Of xxx th eo nes t1;
dreln, and make them Ike advantage /,
NJ II is one at the biggest problems vi
cd which the women Of the nation are no
IL The federation and It's clubs have y =!
"a nearest IN sdueatoTa| lines sc The re f.
eeSa forr American girls at an English un
~, ycrsity The Michigan State Feder'
A. ton has q 5000 fund Tor the use
ny arships, Utah two, Colorado ninetee
E&aand Kansas eighteen, while during e
y .VTf ~. year the New HAMPSHIRE sta
mt Fed&:atnn educated four girls, al
he that 81 Nh ssppi sent eight to schot
Is The old asEHsAsS. that women need lla
no no training sss!itssAS,ne life has be.
1T, swe,t to TIE Wa!jsSMNI1be club Won1t
as az to-day, In Illinois, Il 9E~ss4Ee there w
he established at the Stale 20 sssSaa}SsEs Il Y
OF 1870 the lrst domestic seefSs$gssaas sss 2
as nctiVe In sucl, education The Soho
OR OF domestic Arts and Sciences In cl
lia cage had last year VI H!Iss,inanus