Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-10-13
ADDRESS OF WELCOME

On behalf: of the five Federated clubs
of Devils Lake Or. Anna B. Shortridge
formally welcomed the club women Is
this city. She said .s5: sF / :
Madame President and Women Of the
Federation ~. %S
It"is with much pleasure we greet
you this morning. Nine years ago,
Devils Lake had the pleasure of en-
Pertaining the North Dakota Fedora
ton of Women's clubs. At that time
only one club, the Nineteenth Century
club had an existence in our town. To-
day represent five federate clubs. AS
look over the audience I recognize
with pleasure a number of the ladies
who were with us nine years ago. The
many new faces, however would indi-
cate that progressive interest in club
work has not been confined to Devils
Lake. I should think this would lie
encouraging to our president, Mrs.
Young, and the many other noble WON.
en- present who have done so much for
the mental, moral, physical and social
uplife of the women in our state.
While the Devils Lake clubs have not
done all they might have done, we con-
sistently point with pride to our beau
tiful library, monument of what
may be accomplished by the United
harmonious and well directed effort of
our club women and while our library
is still in it's infancy, we have a fine
collection of books Of reference that
will be of inestimable value to the stu
we are proud of our library and we
hope our guests may be interested to
visit it. We have lovely efficient lit
tie librarian, Miss Sprung, who will be
glad to receive you.
Another great and benefcient insti-
tuition is the Associated Charities
which had it's origin in the women
clubs OF Devils Lake. 1t has been car
ried beyond the critical experimental
stage and we hope an institution has
been established which is here to stay
as credit to the magnimity of Dew
lis Lake people.
Browning says, women were made
to rear up children-to be just, they
have simply knack of tying sashes,
fitting baby shoes, and stringing pref
ty words that make no sense and kiss
ing full sense into empty words, which
things are corals to cut life upon al
though trif1es." While we all love
Browning for his devotion to his wife,
we feel he had not proper concep.
ton Of the full duties of a mother for
she may imulate herself upon the al
tar of her affections, her horizon may
be bounded by the four walls of her
home and that home may be beautiful
and artistic, yet if the surroundings
are not sanitary she has failed. She
may prepare meals, palitable and dain-
tily served, but if they are not we'll
balanced, If not comprised of those
constituents properly proportional 70
the nourishment and capable of build
ing up both body and mind, she has
fallen short of her duty for we may
surfiet with good things and yet starve,
and while it may be more her misfor-
tune than her fault that she has had
no course in ventilation, sanitation,
hygiene and kindred branches-to re-
main in ignorance is criminal since our
clubs open up an opportunity to recti.
fly these errors in our early education.
Buxton says: Intercourse and COM
munity of thoughts is progress" and
| would appeal to every woman In Dew.
| lis Lake to avail herself of this oppor-
tunity to come in close touch with the
broader phases of club life for I am
sure to hear the reports of the various
committees, to listen to the reading
of the able papers on subjects of vital
interest, to hear the annual address Of
our most worthy president, will prove
of lasting benefit to all and with an
abiding faith that this, the fifteenth
anniversary of the Federation of Won
ems clubs in North Dakota will inspire
and enthuse the club spirit that many
noble women will be added to our
ranks and that what we have done in
the past will be but an introduction to
what we will do in the future" In the
] name of alr cluh u1onon and tho kinG