The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-08-07
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| women. -
The work of the clubs included IN
this general federation is as widely
| varied as the many sections ~tney
represent. Every possible movement
that initiates for the good OF the
4 people finds echo in some one, or per-
haps all of those clubs. Emperor
William has declared that woman
should be interested only in her
three Ks-her Kinder, her Kuches
and her Kirchie. American women
also believe this, but they 60 ABOUT
i proving that is is broader thlns
i than even his majesty knows, TOT
they are using every effort to make
not only their own but all other chill
dren happy, useful elements OF So
ciety by throwing around them bet
ter laws, better educational POSI-
bilities. and healthier environment;
they mean to have not only their
own, but all their neighbors Kitchens
4 well kept, under competent nands
and stocked with pure foods, for
they know the health of the nation
depends upon this; and they mean
4 to make their own and every other
church stronger, broader and more
i powerful by having it go hand In
il hand with practical charity when per-
picking social problems must be
II solved.
4 There have been good many
n bitches in club work, and no small
\ amount of adjustment has been ne
cessary. An early idea that more
charity was needed away from nome
than at home had to be lived down.
This sometimes brought ludicrous
complications. For example, a good
Boston woman went down to south
I ern state to offer several hundred
books to start library for a club,
only to discover that the organization
had already placed three or four IL
braries in the field. At the same
time a letter reached that section
from the naval prison in Boston ask
: ling that. the charity of the south be
| directed that way, for the prisoners
!. were in sore need Of books and
something to amuse them! The same
error recently arose in relation to the
child labor question, many we'll
meaning clubs of the north and east
laboring to eliminate child labor in
Southern factories, while Southern
women were equally jealous in the
effort to help the Consumers league
stamp out the sweat shop evil in
f, New York and eastern factories The
!. General Federation of clubs has
brought these earnest workers all
together, through it's committees it
: has Investigated the needs OF all
!. sections, and it Is now prepared to
. offer unprejudiced help in a syste-
! matte fashion.
! 1T has been the women's part
. since the beginning to put into the
: world beauty, regeneration, and up
: lifting, said the president of the
General Federation of Women's clubs
! not long ago while the men have
been quarreling over the money
question and the tariff, the women
Il have been safeguarding humanity"
said a New England man. This is
: true of the General Federation 1t
: has come through process of evo-
luton, but the work it does is good
: and far-reaching and lasting. The
: force of it's membership of 100000
souls is felt through twelve compet-
!. ent standing committees, each COM
w
: are about, and who are capable of
achieving the things they attempt.
The committee ON art, for exam
$ pie, has established travelling picture
libraries, has plannel loan exhibits,
$ has encouraged the decoration and
: identifying of schoolrooms, and has
waged successful war against the pos
ter and advertisement evil. One club
in the west has spent $4,000 on the
decoration of schoolrooms alone. The
:, committee on civics has practical re-
suits to show on the Hudson, the pro-
lection of the famous Cliff dwellings
: in the Mesa Verde National park,
and in creating greater interest in
hygiene throughout the country.
: The committee on household econ
5 omics form has been instrumental in
. having laws enacted that provide for
: a better care of the dependent, the
I delinquent and the defective wards
I OF the various commonwealth. 1t has
! also undertaken a two-years cam
4 pa1gn to secure state laws that shall
place all officials and employees of
the charitable institutions of the
: United States under the merit sys-
:. tenn of appointment. The education
: al committee is having women placed
9 on school boards and is bringing the
g mother and teacher in closer rela-
ton through the education of the
. child.
The committee on household econ
: omics Is home-making in it's high
4 est and best sense. The pure food
committee proved its potency in the
passing of the recent pure food law.
The committe on forestry has cor
respondent in each state, and will
use every effort to enlist the interest
OF the people in the preservation OF
the forests throughout the country.
The committee on industry and child
labor is investigating the industrial
status of women and children in the
country, and devising means OF i'm
: proving it. Twenty-Five states are
fighting for juvenile court laws, and
: the committee on legislation Is still
working for statutes that will por-
tect women and children. Through
the library extension committee 300.-
900 good books have been sent out to
the poorly-educated Of the country.