The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-08
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF STATE FEDERATION
<oF IDAHO.
Edited by Mrs Byrd Trego, Of Rackfoot
Echoes Of Woman's Clubs
"E.udrach, ma.h mach "A United Pull Give.
AFTER A SUMMERS VACATION

AFTER "A SCMMEkS VACAIlON.
The Occur d'Alene Womans' Club
are holding regular meetings with
renewed vigor and activity.
With Mrs. June Mcfarland as pres
ident, Mrs. Shaver, vice-president,
Mrs. Miner, recording secretary,
Mrs. Parker, corresponding secretary.
and Mrs. Campbell, treasurer, the
members feel they have an efficient
corps of officers.
The program committee consisting
of Mesdames Fleetwood, Davis, Shaver,
Parker and Miner have been untiring
in their duties Of preparing the pro-
grams for the year and the Year
books presented to the club at the
first meeting are very neat and at
tractive.
The course of study for the year
will be the Pacific northwest and
many instructive papers are included
in the course.
At the meeting on September oath,
the geography of the northwest at
the beginning Of the 18th century
and the Lewis and Clark expeditions
were interesting subjects.
The first fifteen minutes OF each
meeting are to be given to parliament
tary drill and response or roll call
by current events.
Plans are under discussion for ad-
vanced lines of work including books
to be presented to the public library,
domestic science in the city schools
| etc.
The membership is increasing at
every meeting.
MRS. J. M. ELDER,
Club Reporter.
PRESIDENT TAFT ON
PLAYGROUND
Letter sent to the playground con-
ventioh at Pittsburg.
do not know anything that will
| contribute more to the strength and
morality of that generation of boys
and girls compelled to remain part
of urban population in this country
4 than the institution in their cities of
/ Fairgrounds, where their hours o.
/ leisure can be occupied by rational
and healthful exercise. The advan-
| tage is twofold.
In the first place, idleness and con-
finement in narrow space in the city
I in houses and cellars and unventi-
lated dark roms, are certain to sug-
1 gest and bring about pernicious occu-
patton and create bad habits. Gamb-
ling, drinking, and other forms of vice
are promoted in such a restricted
mode of life.
In the second place, an opportu-
nifty for hard, earnest, and joyous play
improves the health, develops the
muscles, expands the lungs, and
tea hes the moral Lessons of atten-
ton, self-restraint, courage and
patient effort
think every city is under the
strongest obligation to it's people to
furnish to the children, from the time
they begin to walk until they reach
manhood, places within the city walls
large enough and laid out In proper
form for the playing of all sorts of
games which are known to our boys
and girls and are liked by them.
sincerely hope that your present
convention may be success, and
that the work which you have begun
may go on until no city in this coun-
try is without suitable Fairgrounds
for the children of those who but for
such city assistance in this regard
would be without them.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) WILLIAM H. TAFT
| j. i. 4.
GIVE THEM A PLACE TO PLAY.
Plenty of room for dives and dens
| (glitter and glare and SIM;
Plenty of room for prison pens (gath-
er the criminals inn;
Plenty of room for jails and courts
(willing enough to pay),
But never place for the lads to
| race--no, never a place to play!
Plenty of rooms for shops and stores
(Mammon must have the best) !;
Plenty of room for the running sores