Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-06-19
W0MAN'S LEAGUE
 TO DOUBLE QUICK Delegation to First Conven- tion Pledge to Increase
 Body to 100000.
SESSION HAS CLOSED
E. c. Lewis Shakes Hands of Seven Thousand Women From All
 Sections of the Country.

With the convention of the Amer ican Woman's League at close, St. Louisians are pondering on the won der of a movement two years old, which has a membership of 100000 in the United States. Even more won- derful is considered the feat of bringing 1000 of the plumber to St. Louis for the first annual convention.
 That any institution two years old could attain a strength such as that evidenced by the league in two short years would, before it was accom- plished, have seemed impossible. The fact that one out of every fifteen members came to the first convention of the league evidences in a small measure the great force which is behind the women of the United States in a movement for the eleva tion and education of women. It took thirty minutes to get close enough to B. G. Lewis Saturday to learn what he thought of the first convention of the American Woman's League. With Mrs. Lewis he had been standing in line for an hour shaking hands with the departing del egates. When the hand shaking stop. ped it took another half an hour be- fore the line dwindled enough for him to get away, and another half an hour to get five minutes conversation as he walked west on Delmar 'boule- l yard toward his home. At every step he was stopped by delegates, who shook his hand.
 The Net Result. What is the net result of this con- yention to the American Woman's League?'' was the first question ask ed Mir. Lewis.
 ."The results are almost incalcula- ble.' he replied, because in the first place the league was changed from a department of the Lewis Publishing Company, as it had existed before to a separate organization, and put on a definite basis, with an income as- sured, and a reserve force enough to carry it along.
 q asked the convention this morn- ing how many would pledge them selves to double the membership Of their chapters within two weeks and every one in the hall stood up. And they will do it, see if they don t,
 "That means that within the next two or three weeks the league will have gained by 100000 members That means more chapter houses and more strength
 "Of course. The delegates mace tat pledge this morning. aai less than six hours afterward woman who lives here in St. Louis introduced two new members she had already enrolled. That looks like they will do it, doesn't it?''
 Objects of the League.
 Section 1, of the Final Plan de- fines the purpose of the American Woman's League as that of promeS irg the well-pelng and advancement of it's members through system ol cooperation Aclween the league aoe publishers of periodical literature who became associated in the league plan. Part of the proceeds Of sup scriptions will go to the publlsner' and part to the league for invest ment, in order to develop various forms of educational, artistic, socla and financial advantages for then benefit
 The membership comprises tW' general classes, active and honorary and any member of the Caucas'a' race of legal age, good character an ) health upon payment of the nomi nal fee of $52, is entitled, with the1 minor children, to all the benefits c the institutions of the league through &1