The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-27
MANY REPORTS TO
FEDERATION WERE
PRESENTED TO-DAY
These Reports Covered a
Wide Range Of Endeayoe
and Showed that Clubs
Were Doing a Great Good.
A AREF0RESTATI0M' OF
THE STATE PROPOSED

RiIey's Birthday to Be 0bserv-
ed and Work Of Bettering
the Conditions Of Children
Agitated.
Thursday Evening, Eight o'eleek.
Music: Piano
(a) Masurka, q Minor saens-Saens
(b) Prelude ........... .Scrtabine
(c) Caprice .Stavenlagen
Miss Alice Knollenberg.
The Best Feature Of the Cincin-
natl Biennial 80. Mrs. O. p. Kinsey
Vocal Solo
(a) Bird Rapture e............
.. .......... Edwin Schneider
b Good Night. Sweet Dreams
80 ............s....s.. .bssnou
Mrs.. william Kruger.
Reading-Dramatic Scenes from the
United States Senate.
Emily n. Bishop. New York.
Presentation OF new officers.
with the presentation Of the pro
gram @ sivsn above for Thursday
evening the Indiana state Federation
of Clubs win close what probably has
booo the most successful convention
in ~ history and one In which the
federated clubs Of Richmond. with the
cordial cooperation OF others, have
proven themselves most successful
and delightful hostessss. II there IL
any one who has no dsanite knowl-
edge Of the great work that u being
carried On hy the state Federation. or
who has the improGnDoa that the feder.
alton has u0e16ng more serious ON
hana than q a1acuaoion OF the styles.
such Q one should have heard
the reports submitted Thursday morn
ing BY the various departments OF
work. These come from . wide 0eld.
In which the range 10 from civil SER
Vice 10 the library extension and with.
that much effective endeavor has bean
made through the year. Some OF these
departments are Of surprising import
ance. especially those Of forestry. ed
ucatiou and child labor. and In al
these there has been IN earnest effort
70 educate the public 20 that better
conditions may bs brought about
A Rspere on oadess.
The time allotted 70 the chairman Of
such divisions was % short that she
could only give . partial idea Of the
work that has been done. Mrs. John
r. n. Mitchell, Of Greenfield, present
"a the report Of the badge and pin
committee. showing that . number OF
the women have bought the Fedora
ton pin. All were urged to do 90.
Miss Katherine d. McIlvaine. Of Vim
cennes. presented the report ON civil
service. The county institutions have
been found generally In good hands.
While some OF the officials are NAM
Cd for political reasons. a. rule they
are named both for political reasons
and fitness. Some OF the clubs give
one day on their program to consider.
ation Of the civil service work. Sarah
P1att Decker. one Of the best known OF
the General Federation women, has
written 70 this committee that the rea-
con the Indiana institutions are In bet
ter condition than those In most states
10 that the State Board Of Charities
The committee asked for greater CO
operation.
A Report on Forestry.
The report on forestry was pre-
sented by Mrs. Virginia 8. Pittson. Of
Kokomo. She showed that fourteen
clubs have responded to the appeal for
work along this line and some
have provided for forestry day.
Now. said the chairman. Is the time
for action. She referred to her success
In stopping the destruction OF trees
at Kokomo and also to her contri-
button 70 the cause In the nature OF
m entertainment entitled "The Lady
Of the Green Scarf" an exercise for
the schools In which the need for con.
serving our country's natural resour.
ces 10 prominently developed. The
tion by and the cooperation 'of the
newly organised body that plans . re-
forestatiou Of the state. This IL the
movement headed by Charles w. Fair
banks and others Letters have been
sent to the congressman urging them
10 support the Weeks bill. which
deals with the subject Of conservation
In certain aspects.
a Report on hygiene.
DR.. Martha H. 0ri6ith presented the
report OF the committee on health.
showing that the subject Of social hy-
giens has been presented In many ci.
ties and that the Twentieth century
missionary work must b done for the
bedy and that Il will then b . much
easier matter to save the soul. She
declared Il foolish to b silent on these
great subjects that involve the child's
bin Of rights and especially the right
70 b we'll born. which 10 the nrst re-
Quisite. She believes the remedy for
the evils that prevail. evils that result