The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-22

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and then the awful danger of contract
ing disease is enough to make ones
flesh CULVER at the bought.
And so 1 might go on with these
quest tons, speaking of the cruel and
| inhuman way they have of disposing
of the unmuzzled CANNES that are un-
fortunate enough to come within the
vision of some powerful policeman with
a gun; of the filth and dirt that I'LL our
allies and vacant lots: OF THE UN-
DESIRABLE FOREIGNERS BEING
ALLOWED TO LIVE IN THE SAME
VICINITY WITH RESPECTABLE
PEOPLE; of the condition of some of
the groceries and meat markets; and
other questions and conditions that
confront us and which as club
ought to recognize If we are not able
to do anything to improve. We, how
ever might do a good deal if we could
only know our strength to do and feel
that we are as capable as we really
are.
On the other hand we have very
much to be thankful for and to enjoy.
Where Is there a town of our age with
} | as fine streets and side walks and as
; well lighted as ours? With excellent
sewerage system as we'll as the use of
t good gas? We are privileged to have
all the modern conveniences that
progressive town can have and in time
let us hope that there will be more of
the enjoyable and less of the things
r that are undesirable.
So much for an outward look, let US
I turn our eyes inward for few NOM
ents and see what kind of an organiza-
ton this is that we are members Of
{ the great army of women who are
r standing together for the betterment
Il of conditions all over our land are of
: the very first and best women that
: this great commonwealth affords. They
: are women who know what to do and
i do it and the work that they accom-
e plish is nothing less than marvellous.
r There is not an important branch of
e work anywhere that does not have a
committee whose business it is to see
q that work along that especial line is
: done and also to give any help asked
y for.
10 The following Is taken from an open
~ letter to club women from the Board
OF Directors They say that a new
note. which means for women liberty.
Is breadth and unity. was struck by the
Womans Club.
ID To the term club" as applied to, and
by women, may be fifty referred the
W words in which John Addington Sy-
NJ monds defines Renaissance" This,
III he remarks, is not explained by this
Ne or that characteristics, but as an effort
III for which at length the time had come.
Ms 1t would be here impossible to give
au even in the smallest manner and idea
re- of the growth of the Womans Club
iu movement and so about all that ] am
III able say is that from the union OF a
up few small and scattered clubs in New
SO York in 1889 came the organization OF
the General Federation of Woman's
er Clubs in 1890, and then followed the
ny organization of the State Federations
sm whose members sometime number more
or than 10000, and the organization of the
zee individual clubs which on the in.
M crease every day.
ne There are today about soc, 600 womer
gu who are members of the General Fed
nd Grafton. These women come from al
iat most every town and city of our owl
OF land as wei from nearly ever,
foreign country.
I'm Gradually but surely and firmly i
zen the movement growing and extending
= its usefulness into every household, a
or, 1t were. in our own United States a
leu well as in the countries across tn
sze water.
yes Just a glance at the committees tina
OF 1 spoe of before. There are ten stand
IL ing committees and two sub-commit
ing tees To be able to give much OF tn
Sc work that they have done would be
'ou pleasure but as time is limited l WI
led only give YOU the names of the com
IRE mittees and let them suggest the wor
ON as best they may. Suffice to say tina
wn t.a,- have left no stone unturned an
IRE are very willing to give any club VIII
go may ask any assistance that they cai
ms The first one is the Art Committe
ood has not only done work along tn
csc lines of art but are responsible fo
ers erection of monuments and park gate
not and drinking fountains, etc. Secon'
zen. the Civics Committee which will sus
we gest the work that they have in ham
age Third, the committee of Civil servic
reform whose business is to study ii
Err conditions of the dependent. the delir
CHI quent and the defective. The Educf
OR tional Committee and the Pure Foe
RE Committee are suggestive of the wor
WV that they are doing. Then there al
IAN the Forestry and the Household Econ'
HIS mics committees which are doing
1T great work along their lines as we
I'VE as the committee whose business It
AS to look into the conditions Of childrt
ley who have to work for a living as we
CE. a many other things and known as Il
IR- Industrial and Child Labor Committe
Is And lastly the Legislative and Liter
IN ture Committees.
ING The federation may become mig
OR " factor in the civilization of the ce
OF fury. if welded a whole-an arm
AS of builders, ready, alert, systemat
led and scientific, not only a potent for
THE in this generation, but transmittil
] to the next a viior and strength viii
lake have never been given by any race