New-York tribune., 1912-05-26
ALL IS PEACE HERE
Contest for Presidency of Gen.
eraI "Fed' Divides
No Friends.

Though Mrs Philip Carpenter. of Yon-
kers is New YoIk's candidate for president
OF the General Federation Of Women'S
Clubs. and the convention opens in i
month. she seems much less interested IN
the election than she does in the japanese
garden and the tiny hothouse in which she
potters about in her spare time resetting
plants, at her home just beyond the north
ern boundary of New York City.
II don't much expect to be elected,
she said the other day 1T would be
rather conceited of me to expect it, woulG
II not? I'm certainly not going TO cleo
tioneer The election of a president Of the
national Fed isn't like the election Of d
United States President you know. There 8
not going TO be any wirepulling Yes, /
know clubvomen do pull wires, but Mrs
Percy V. PennypaCker. Of Austin, Tex, the
only other candidate now before the Fed
l. my old friend; I've known her for years
and | know that neither Of us would do
the least mean thing to be president I'd
like to be elected, and if | am I'll do my
best to ill the Office well, but if Mrs
Tenrypacl;,r wins I'll congratulate her with
gusto and say: There's fine woman in
But now, come and let lie show YOU the
plants ! set out this mo-nin2. , DO love
10 dig in the ground said the i;,.e club
woman. as she picked up a tToweI.
Mrs. Carpenter goes to the convention e.,
a delegate from the New York Stc.e FED
Grafton of Women's Clubs. whose president,
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, has been men
toned as a possible head Of the national
run. I've enough on my hands without
hot .bo D1.S "a : I, a.
California, the state in which the conven-
tion is to be held, might have had the
presidency If it hadn't preferred the con-
venton. Mrs Josiah Evans Cowles. Of Los
Angeles, first vice-presdent, is the logical
candidate, but there is an unwritten law
that the state which gets the "bieRniar
must not try TO seat one of its daughters
IN the presidents chair. California thought
IL could. When asked which Of the two
prizes it preferred, Californias womens
clubdom said. with true Western magnif-
cence, Wen take both" But the un-
written law prevailed, and Mrs. Cowles IS
not a candidate
The Golden State is preparing to do It
self proud in entertaining the fifteen hun
dred women who Will pour into San Fran
cisco during the few days preceding June
q, delegates representing nine hundred
thousand women Of the federation The
convention will last ten days which will
give plenty OF time for jaunts and junkets
IN between the business. The entertaining
begins June q, the day before the formal
opening OF the convention. with concert
In the evening by the local people, that is.
Monday. Tuesday afternoon there will be
big reception to the visiting clubwomen
at the Palace Hotel. Excursions galore are
planned TO beauty spots and places of in
terest around San Francisco. On Friday,
June 2S there will be a trip through the
Santa Clara Valley, with stop at Palo
Alto TO see Stanford University, and lunch
con at Congress Springs. The Lisk OBJ
servatory will be visited that night. Tues
day OF the next week the delegates who
wish TO do so can take In Berkeley and
hear some music in the Greek Theatre Of
the University OF California. July the
women will celebrate by playing all day.
Joining in an excursion around the bay and
attending receptions given by local clubs.
And so on, the various groups of women
will be looked after by local organizations
representing their own kind. The Cole
giate Alumna Of San Francisco are going