St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-10-05
WoMAN's CLUB MEETING.
Three Practical Addresses = State
President Present-Social
Features.

The subject of civics and the pres
ence of Mrs. o. G. Ashton, president
of the State Federation of Women's
Clubs at the October meeting of the
Woman's club Monday afternoon,
combined to bring out the largest at
tendance at any meeting this year.
The president announced that at the
executive board meeting the chair
man of the forestry committee, Miss
Bridget Rooney, reported having
held eight meetings with the child
rem, had visited the schools at Pad
docks Village and Summeryllle, and
given her talk on nature study to
total of 425 children. During her
visit to the Summerville schools the
seedlings exhibited at the fair were
planted in plot of ground back of
the school building.
The committee appointed to inves-
tigate the matter of a new club house,
represented by the chairman, Mrs.
Rebecca Fairbanks, reported the
matter unsettled, and it was voted to
hold a special meeting of the club
Tuesday afternoon at 4 O'Clock to
consider the matter as presented by
the committee. Two new members
were reported, Miss May Billiard
and Mrs. Richard Ram. Mrs. J. F.
Puffer, chairman of. the education
committee, reported at the board
| meeting that swings, teeter boards
and other means of amusing the
children were to be inaugurated.
| Three Mcdowell numbers by Mrs. G.
| M. Richmond were much enjoyed.
Mrs. Elisha May very happily ex-
| pressed the pleasure afforded the
| club by the president in entertain
| ing the members at her home in
| honor of the state president, and a
| rising vote of appreciation was taken.
| Mrs. /. w. Mclaughlin, president of
| the Lyndon-Union club, was present
| and gave a word of greeting from
that club, extending an invitation to
| the members /of the st. Johnsbury
| club to attend a meeting at Lyndon
| vile on February 16, at s o'clock in
| the evening, when Miss Bertha Ter
rill will speak on Household Man
agement. = Mrs. H. NJ Cross fav-
ored the meeting with a SOLO,
Heaven Has Shed a Tear" by
| Kucken, with flute and piano accom-
paniment by Mrs. c. M. Richmond
and George G.. Felch.
The program for the afternoon
was in charge of the civics commit
tee, Mrs. Rebecca Fairbanks, chair
man, who presented Miss Caroline
Woodruff, whose subject was, What
ST. Johnsbury Owes to Her Boys and
Girls She spoke as one especially
interested in the welfare of the boys
and girls, and of a serious subject.
Not only the parents but every citi-
zen should be interested in the child
rem of today, as in them lies the
wealth of the nation, and we owe
them every influence that will make
them stronger. The children of this
town are not driven to the streets
because of the crowded tenement
districts, but there seem to be at
fractions to draw many of them from
their homes, one strong allurement
being the moving picture shows. The
members of the club should use their
influence to make these elevating and
educational. Other serious matters
in which the citizen should interest
himself are the use of cigarettes by
minors, profanity, and obscenity.
The children should be fortified
against the dangers awaiting them,
the recreation problem should be in
vestigated, and parents and the COM
munity should be awakened to the
needs of the youth of the town. 1t
is community duty not alone par
entail duty.
Mrs. w. P. Smith was presented,
her subject being, 'The Powers that
Work for Civic Betterment" She
has borne, but said we were not as
good as we should be, and that there
is no such thing as moral insurance.
Among the things suggested to her
upon inquiry as to the things ST.
| Johnsbury most needs are a gym
nasium for the schools and academy,
| physical training, swimming pools,
doing away with profanity, curfew
| law, society for prevention of cruelty
| to animals, a lecture course, high
| class concerts, a woman's exchange,
| electric railways, less profanity, and
several other improvements, showing
| the wide difference Of opinion of the
needs of our town. There are laws
| existing concerning many OF these
She recommended that committee
| be appointed to investigate the
matters but they are not enforced.
charges of immortality in this town.
| She expressed the thought that there
were none of these things that could