The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-11
MAKE READY FOR
GATHERING OF A
FEMININE ARMY
Preparations for State Meet
ing of Indiana Federation of
Women's Clubs Progresses
Rapidly.
GRACE JULIAN CLARK
ISSUES A STATEMENT
President of Organization Tells
of the Work Progressive
Women Are Doing-Mrs.
Bishop a Speaker.


to open In this city on October 20 for
three days session, are rapidly be-
ing completed. Every club woman in
Richmond is active in this preparatory
work and the hundreds of visitors
from all ove- the state will be giveL
a most enthusiastic greeting. Grace
Julian Clark OF Irvington, Ind. presi-
dent of the state federation, has just
issued the following statement:
Amy thoughtful! observer OF the
trend Of the times cannot fail to rec
ognize the tremendous force woman is
proving in these revolutionary days ot
social reforms. Many of the reform
movements which are beginning tC
bear fruit can be directly traced TO
agitation started by women's organ
iZations.
Among the strongest factors to dc.
complish these reforms has been the
womans club movement whose first
concerted action dates back to late
in the sixties, upon the organization
OF Sorosis, of New York. The early eff
forts of this woman's movement have
within the past twenty-five years been
crystalized through the formation of
national and state declarations. Under
these organizations woman's work for
reforms has steadily gained in its in
fluence and diversity of usefulness.
Its Splendid Work.
The splendid work which these or.
CARNATIONS are accomplishing is only
realized by those who are watching
this growing constituency. 1t needs
not the eye OF critical observer to
discern that a great woman's move
ment Is on foot. The time has come
when he who runs may read.
This movement is simply feature
OF civilization; natural result of the
reimbursement necessary to the great
economic and moral awakening of the
age--a readjustment which places
woman upon a higher plane where her
intellectual and moral strength WELD
the influence which is the outcome of
her broader educational advantages,
and OF her awakening sense to the
need of becoming vital force in
the reform current which is seeking
to adjust social and moral inequalit-
les. Time was when the woman's
club idea centered In the desire for
self.culture; but today women's clubs
are organizing for larger work; for
those beneficent movements for the
welfare of the state, carried forward
en- masse, and bearing wonderful re.
salts through the agency OF federation.
A Recognized Power.
In this great woman's movement
Which is sweeping over the country,
finding definite results in our own
state. the Indiana State Federation of
Clubs is a recognized power, standing
for cooperation among women of the
state for better homes, better schools,
better moral conditions. better care
for the woman and child who tolls.
Not only is 1t a power as it stands
in its present strength. but it is in
creasing its usefulness by reaching
out to isolated clubs and by drawing
them into the central organization,
giving them a broader vision how best
to enlarge their own horizon and be-
come stronger factors for good in
their own community.
THE times are ripe for earnest
minded women to grapple with the
many problems which menace the
commonwealth, the community, and
the security and sanctity Of the home
in it's many relations. Service is the
watch-word of the hour. 1t is only as
a woman realizes her relationship and
responsibility to others that she
reaches her highest development,
whether in as individual or associated
capacity. In works Of reform combin-
ed efforts bring larger and more po-
tent results. In club life this is best
accomplished through federation. Iso-
lated clubs find strength and associa-
ton with central organization. BY
becoming an integral part in a great
body which is endeavoring to rid the
state of the evils which menace its
best interests. individual clubs rise to
a feeling Of larger responsibility
which they find reflected in their
power for good in the community
which they represent. Federation is
In the air. In union there is strength.
In the great woman's movement
which is dawning federation is a nee
essity II the highest good is to be OBJ
tanned.
Mrs. Bishop to Speak.
One Of the most interesting speak.
ers to appear before the federation
is Mrs. Emily Bishop. All that she
does IS TO read from the Compression
al Record. known to fame as the most
deadly dull publication in the country,
est IL is not dry under Mrs. Bishops
inte. probation; it becomes one of the
most interesting OF publications. BY
reading verbatim repo Is from it she
can sweep an audience up the whole
gamut of emotions.
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