The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-02-25
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7 . Larger audiences I have, greeted.
lecturers in this eity but none nom : has has;
been more attentive por more rep
resentative than tthst watch KatiiIssrrl
| ed at Simpson M, hurch Tuesday
evening toi$ hear NH Fannie Bar
rier Williams, Of ghfd go, who came
here on the i1fyitatiox Saf the Char
}leston -: WotnaMss: II Inaproyemept5
League to tell thsIQs il; their friends
what the womep tnaotber centers are
Edo1ng and toTIstYe gfeater impetus
, 70 the work OF: the local organiza-
ftion, ;. ~. . .%.% 81
The evening 8 seated tainme emit was
begun wlth chqgu9 composed of
Mrs. F. H. H1gkins, Hrs. A: NJ, Da
Wis, Miss. Eath eg ssIlHs, and Messra.
re. p. James, AS 2Ess enney and g !,
L, Cuzzens,. Miss Lizzie Hopkins ac-
cempanyfng. !. Mrs.. j.. M. !. Halle
EEwoody who pres19ad, Introduced AZ
torney T.. G. : Mntter% who having
tnatd a. glowing: tYibntef1n a speech Of
few minutes'uEsti4 To- the work
being :il done by thsy az hgue. in turn
introduced Mrs. wilt 49,, ~.
Mrs. williams said HI parf..;: ~
II "The most signffSnat: ana dmnor-
;>tant thing in the History OF wouan,s
progress, is that, slie iis ;s er, oil ave-
being organized. TThAre is, no. hat
ter sign of the dutahess andpyper->
haps, the general sdakeneracy3 Of. "a
community than the fact that, 1T, Is
without a won1an Isl Club <of some
Kind. Women by: Che hundreds OF
J thousands in every ;pgB of this cuun-
TRY are organized lRtn aclu hH.T leagues
or guilds; in which they are training
themselves to - become more (. and
more, a: social force In their respec-
tive communities The club spirit
mas reached our Z women :. and the
most Important thing foe us As to
ma re, The most OF t.3 There. fts only,
s one; danseE and thA8 Is tE8 ten enGy
= ss MS end K raE$ alef4
Ifhan means to an end. = "a Fpfnan's
| etnD organized without serious pdr4
pose, without lntellfgeIeeg without
| stuay> is not destined to add much
70 the welfare OF: a conan unity; II
"a ciuD FOSTERS Yanities,} false ambi-
tlons', rivalry, and petty 5ealousies,
sucn 2 club Will contribute nothing
! TO the moral and sootfla forces that
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| speaking OF the; purposes Of the
woman organization, Mrs. Will
t'ams lald special stresseon their ef-
Lotus 10 discover whether children
are oelng properly trainedp whether
tne girls are being protected; wheth-
Ter ,they are dressing beyond their
ineahs' ana whether there Is any viz.
Tue IN temperance. calculating
'hese inquiries, Mrs. Williams point
eu o"' some or soclety's evolution on
ing training OF the young; how their
"etiare IN the nome as&:#ell%as the
t I scnool Is receiving attention AID eff f-
ior's are oelng made to- better home
s,ioanu'nes. she dWeit at. length
upon the handicaps which aurfound-
! eo 'he siri OF color VINO Is compelled
~ earn her hV1ng and contrasted
'ne Sales"aros thrown around the
m"t'e siri compeiled to seek dotnes7
-. sehvice WIN the neglect which
si.s .ne negro girl IN the. very: be-
VI heF ehoeaVor To- earn an
'1o ''e' 'n''ns' 3t'.<a' .. :, -. . -
There is no reasoh,, said the
speaker why woman of eharac-
TER grac'ousness and skill should
not make her work as d, domestic as
Respectable and as highly regarded