The broad ax., 1912-08-10
Mrs. Booker T. Washington Succeeds
Hiss Elizabeth o. Carter As Presi-
dent Of The Federation.

The first part Of last week, the
Eighth Biennial Convention of the
National Association Of Golored Won.
en-, was held at Hampton, Vay and il
is freely admitted that it was the most
helpful and interesting meeting, so far
held, by the Colored women in this
country.
It is estimated that there are about
eight hundred local clubs managed by
Colored women. A few statistics from
two hundred clubs, making reports to
the n. A. C. W., will show the vast
strength of the club movement among
Colored women:
Total membership, 10,90s.
Money collected in two years $s2,-
424.66.
Cost of property owned by clubs,
$s1,s45.15.
Present valuation of property, $113,-
SS225.
The Association was organized in
Washington, D. c., in 1896. 1t was
affiliated with the National Council of
Women of the United States in 1900
and was incorporated in 1904. Ma.
tional conventions have been held in
Nashville, Buffalo, Detroit, Louisville,
Chicago, st. Louis, and Brooklyn.
Ohiears
The following national officers were
elected: Mrs. Margaret Murray Wash
ington, Tuskegee, Ala, president; Mrs.
lone E. Gibbs, Minneapolis, MINI, vice
president at large; Mrs. Mary Talbert,
Buffalo, n. Y, chairman of executive
board; Miss Ida R. Cummings, Balti-
more, Nd, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Mamie E. Steward, Louisville, KY,
Mrs. jamie Porter Barrett; Hampton,
Va, Miss Roberta Dunbar, Providence,
R. 7, first, second and third recording
secretaries, respectively; Mrs Ida Joyce
jackson, Columbus, o., treasurer; Mrs.
Emma Lindsay Davis, Chicago, H., ma
tiOnal organizer; Miss Halle Q. Brown,
Wilberforce University, Wilberforce,
o., parliamentarian; Mrs. Mary ".
Parish, Louisville, KY, statistician.
Mrs. Booker 7. Washington an
nouneed the names Of the following
heads Of national departments: Mrs.
Sylvanis Williams, New Orleans, la,
mothers clubs; Mrs G. T. DorrSh,
oeala, Fla, children; Miss Mamie II.
Burroughs, Washington, D. c., young
wOmen's work; DR.. Mary FitEbutler
Waring, Chicago, n, health and hy-
giene; Mrs. Bishop Handy, Baltimore,
Nd, humane; Mrs. WiIkerson, Orange
burg, s. c., domestic science; Mrs.
Joseph Brown, Des Moines, Iowa, social
science; Mrs. Maggie l. Walker, Rich
mond, Va, business; Miss Mary s..
jackson, Providence, B. L, suffrage;
Miss Alice Wylie sesy, Brooklyn, N.
Y, associated charities; Mrs. Josephine
B. Bruce, Washington, D. c., civic and
forestry; Mrs. Ella jackson, Lexington,
Ky, rescue work; Mrs. J. @. Napier,
Nashville, Tenn, educational; Mrs.
jacobson, Oklahoma City, Okla, kinder
garten; Mrs. ". I. B. Williams, Hamp-
ton, Va, music; Mrs. AdeIIs Hunt
Logan, Tuskegee Ala, rural conditions;
fSrG. G. W. Posey, Homestead, Pa, art;
Mrs. Bishop Clinton, Salisbury, n. C.,
literature; Mrs. William Alphin, Waco,
Tex religious work; Mrs Agnes Lewis,
Montgomery, Ala, agriculture; Mrs.
II. G. B. Mason, Cincinnati, Ohio,
temperance; AIRS. Sadie 3. Hamilton,
PittsbuFg Pa Juvenile eouEt&
What tbs MA O. ". Is Doing.
The members Of the National As,
soeiation Of COlored Women are TitaIlyI
interested in everything that pertains
to race development, inelnding TIE
study Of better methods Of caring for
children, the improvement Of homes and
home life, the relation Of children to-
their parents and Of parents to their
children. the duty Of young women in
al phases Of homsmsking, the helping
, Of country men and women to a.
brighter, happier lie, the intr0duetion.
Of pictures, books, mnsie, games, and
newspapers into rursa homes, the prOb-
lem q tsaehing older people how TO
secnoni1s time, strength, and matcrizI
products and nse an Of fhsir ssssts =