Arizona republican., 1910-05-13

. 1 ucdl eNerNudN cOuTSeS III HouSeHOiu economies. dressmaking. bookkeeping, stenography. etc.
 The leagues univ iNersty art. schools
 and business courses, together with the honor courses. are open to every member and her minor children free. The local chapter house becomes a branch of the Central University and Academy of Fine Arts. where it's members may study in classes those courses in art and other higher educa . ton which would otherwise only be
 available at great expense by personal
 attendance in some great metropolis.
 This whole plan and organization.
 now spread in over eight hundred
 chapters and tens of thousands of
 members throughout the nation. is
 founded on a simple. self-respo cting.
 sound business. self-supportins basis.
 which in itself is the greatest possible
 educational influence-thc wider
 spread of god literature and useful
 information in the shape of standard and well-known magazines and jour nals of the best class. Each publisher listed by the league gives towards the support of it's institutions and the erection and maintenance of it's chap ter houses. one-half of the subscrip ton income of his journal derived through the, organization. together with liberal space in it's columns for [ the use of the league. The subscrip tlon business of these well-known journals is thereby being lifted from a former basis of prizes. premiums
 and schemes to the high plane of q
 
 inent. opening to tens .f thousands of 1 homes. advantages. and opportunities
 which would otherwise he Impossible
 to obtain. and in place of subscrip- i tion premiums. prizes and schemes.
 the vast sum formerly so spent. now Iinder the league plan, becomes per manent yearly income for the main
 tenance of splendid institutions for 1 the use and benefit of their readers. There is nothing in the league plan which appeals to anything but the de- ] sire for culture. refinement education. self and civic improvement and | wider opportunity for women lt k not a charity or philanthropy. but q simple business cooperation through which the league. acting as great 1 permanent national subscription or ! ganZation. renders a valuable service ! 10 publishers and receives in return | vast permanent income in which every
 member is an equal life long beenfi- ciary. Its form is that of trustee l ship. all income being administered and all property held in trust by q board of trustees for the equal life long be l ncfit and service of every person com piy:ng with the simple reoui,emant oi membership. It is not secret society. has no dues or assessments, but its meplbership is an open door 10 the highest self culture and opportunity. Although but year old. the leagues l income has already reached the vasf sum of n:nre than n million and a half
 dollars per year: the payroll alone of the famous masters. artists and teachers at the head of its university and art courses. exceeds sS100o per annum. Thousands of members are enrolled in it's classes. while it's great central buildings and beautiful local chapter houses constitute a national university in the highest sense. It is rapidly eElisting the best in American womanhood and is the only sclf-sup- porting. hence sclf-rcspccting. inde
 
 ing all that it receives through sound business principles. in place of former methods of polite social higliwayman- snip such as bazaafs. fctes. etc. For every dollar of its income q full anc Frompletc return is at once given m the best magazines and journals pub 1 Ilsbed. at their regular prices. of which the league receives one-halc for | the sales service rendered the DID fisher. and the publisher the other ! half for his publication.
 The average expenditure for maga- zines and journals of general circula- l tion is estimated at one dollar Der .n- hsbitant, Under former methods the publisher expended tbc greater part ot each dollars subscription in pre- rniiinls prizes auG commissions Under the league plan he pays half the doi- lar into the leagues funds. while the circulation of his magazine is i'm nensely increased through the organ | izcd. national sales force of the leagues membership. A careful record for months past has shown that fully n per cent of the subscription business of the league has been new business for the publisher: new req .eIs for h!s publications. a powerful new force m the spread of good literature.
 No grander. higher mission could be conceived than that of the American Woman's League. and no greater serV- ice could be rendered than that which its members enjoy. It places in the reach of every woman and her family the best in education. culture. self and wider opportunity in her home giving her the indehend- ence. protection. assistance and ad- vantage of a rich and powerful na- tional organization. great educational institutions and beautiful local club houses. backed by the power of great press. Yet it is all her own. created by her own effort and con trolied by her own vote. F;ich mem Der is equal n opportunities and en- .oys the benefits of membership fer Efe'