The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-12
Miss Sebbelov Has Distinc-
ton of Being First Woman
to Speak Before the Or
ganiZation.
GAAR-SCOTT PLANT
TO BE ENLARGED
IL. w. Ellis, Publicity. Man,
Shows Relation Between
Industry, the Farmer, and
Machinery. =

The honor of being the first woman
to address the Richmond Commercial
club fell to Miss Girda Sebbelov, sec
retary of the Ladies' Campfire, former
lily of Copenhagen, Denmark, now re-
siding in New York, Miss Sebbelov at
tended the meeting of the club last
levening in company with Mrs. S. E.
iSwayne, this city, Mrs. A. J. Rumely,
Mrs. e. Rumely and Mrs. John E.
Winn, all of Laports. Miss Sebbelov,
when called upon to made an address,
spoke on the Relation of Woman to
Industry"
Other speakers were L. w. Ellis,
publicity man for the M. Rumely COM
Ipany; J. A. Rumely, president of the
M. Rumely company, and S. S. STRAIT
tan, former secretary of the company.
The main addres of the evening was
that of Mr.. Ellis, who spoke on "In-
,dustry, the Farmer and Machinery"
President Swayne, of the club, well
scomed the new members that had been
gained in the membership campaign,
and felicitated the city on having a
, commercial organization which in pro-
portion to the population of the city is
the largest in the United States.
He read a letter from DR.. E. A.
Rnmely, general manager of the M.
Rumely company, in which he said
that the company intends to make the
Gaar-Scott plant one of the most i'm
,portant ones in the combine. He point
ed out that the plant now employs 101
more men than it did when the plant
was absorbed.
Miss SebbeIov's Address.
The short speech of Miss Sebbelov
was warmly received by the club men,
bers. Her residence among strange
peoples and her knowledge of the con-
dition of woman in far off lands added
interest to her address. She said in
part:
Industry owes women great debt.
I lived for long time among the Eski-
mos of Greenland, and there learned a
great deal about the nature of woman's
work in primitive times, for in Green
land they have not advanced much. In
summertime, the men go out each day
and kill from ten to fifteen seals and
walruses. They bring these home to
their families and turn them over to
their wives and other female relatives
ito dress.
''The women, from the hides of the
laninials, make boats, clothes and 9TH
,er things necessary to mans comfort
and pleasure. They dry the meat Of
the animals for use during the winter,
even using the bones for stretching the
skins, and wasting absolutely nothing.
Through the long winter nights she
embroideries lace, makes Iderdown
Ecoats.
1--WE find the men of today building
kept pace with men. The women Of
today are fast losing their chance for
achievement. They are not preparing
themselves and their families for So
ciety. We are too apt to measure a
woman Of today by her wealth, beauty,
lor diamonds. Do not judge woman
by the smoothness of her hand. Con-
lsider what she has done for the COM
immunity. would rather take hold of
Ia woman's hand which is rough with
honest work than one which Is smooth
from lack of work. The women in low
ler society are overworked, while the
women higher up are not working
enough"
Address Of Mr.. Ellis.
Mr.. Ellis said in part:
Power centered in the factory has
created great industries, and it's in
ifuence on transportation has expand
ed the community from a struggling
Village to city Of skyscrapers. What
power and machinery have done how
ever, has not been confined entirely to
the great centers of capital and popula-
rtion. The farmer uses more gas en-
gine horsepower than all other indus
tries combined, carries an investment
iof $1.300,000,000 in farm machinery,
and buys annually a product greater
in value than the enormous total that
people spend in making themselves
miserable with all sorts of patent medi-
,cines and drugs.
Nearly six hundred millions of dol
lars have been added to the country's
farm machinery investment in a de-
cade-over 60 per cent to the invest
,ment for each acre-and so fast as the
need for greater production arises, in
vestors respond with machines that
keep the farmer that can afford them
in control Of the situation.
A Potent Factor.
Farm machinery is nothing If not a
fnost potent factor in the conservation
pof human energy. life and health. And
as such it belongs in the front rank of
agents making for national efficiency,
,playing more important part in the
advancement of civilization in the
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