Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-12
STATES ADVANCE
IS FEDERATION
WOMEN S THEME
Annual Convention of Clubs
Opens Today at AS.
bury Park.
MAYOR APPLEBY AND
OTHERS GIVE WELCOME
Rabbi Wise Speaks Upon Moral
Power of the Public
Press.
LFrom a STAR correspondent.

ASBURY PARK, May 12.-Sunshinc
and bright skies and delegation from
the Saturday Club, which is acting as
hostess greeted the members. of the
various organizations which make up
the New Jersey State Federation of
Women's Clubs. as they alighted from
the incoming trains this morning TO
attend the seventeenth annual meeting
which is TO be held here today and to-
morrow More than one hundred clubs
from all parts of the State were repre-
sented in the throngs which gathered
in the First Methodist Episcopal Church
at 10:30 o'clock, and listened to the ad-
dress of welcome extended by the mayor
of the city, T. Frank Applehy. One
thousand four hundred club women in
New Jersey are interested In the meet
ing.
"The State" Is Topic.
THE State" is The general topic to
be considered ut the conference ty'
members and speakers, and ways and
means of aiding in the progress and
advancement Of the commonwealth
through the women's clubs and through
the efforts of the individual women
themselves are being discussed. 1t is
the judgment of the ciubwomen that
more can be accomplished by concer-
trating efforts upon II few certain prob-
lens than by a scattered interest in
many. For this reason, the range of
topics to be considered Is not large, but
each one will be thoroughly dealt with.
Following the opening prayer, offered
by the Rev. DR.. Stockdaie, pastor Of
the church, and music, formal well
come was extended by Mrs. R. Albert
Tusting, president of the Saturday
Club, and by DR.. Ella Prentiss Upham,
chairman of Monmouth county. Mrs
Frank Amber Pattison, of Colonia, the
retiring president of the State Fedora
ton, responded, and then commenced
the business of the session, under the
direction of Mrs. John r. Schermer-
horn, of East Orange, chairman of the
program committee, when the reports
of the officers were submitted.
Recording secretary's Report.
The report of the recording secretary,
Mrs. Frank S. Hampton, showed that
nine new clubs have been admitted
during the past two years, making the
total number of federated clubs 1877,
with a membership OF $4,000 women
Announcement was made through
Mrs. Harriet N. M Pancoast, of Pal
myra, chairman of the household econ
omies and pure food department, of the
opening of the New Jersey State Fed
Grafton experiment station at Colonia
on FRIDAY Tune q on the grounds If
the retiring president, Mrs. Pattison.
A building has been equipped with
modern appliances for cooking, laun-
dry work, etc, and 1t is hoped to make
this a housekeeping experiment station
that shall prove of inestimable value
to the club women of the State. 1t is
planned to hold an all-day session on
June Q, and club women and their
friends are invited to attend and bring
a box of luncheon.
Ms. William T. Ropes submitted the
report f the corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Ezra DeForest that of the treas
urer and Mrs. Howard c. Warren OF
the auditor. Other giving briefs of the
work of the year were Mrs. Joseph II.
Middleton, general federation secre- !
tary; Mrs. Spencer Weart. of Jersey
City. chairman of organization, and
Mrs. John r. Schermerhorn, chairman
of the committee on literature. The
presidents address, was an important
item of the session.
People" was the subject OF the
morning, and the featur, OF the pro-
gram was furnished by the Rev. DIR.
(Oontinued on Seventh Psgs.)