Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-22
MASSACHUSETTS
WOMENS CLUBS
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Boston has no cultural classes, as
that term usually Is applied, but all
of its work is cultural. A large part
of II Is strictly educational as applied
to the schools. Last autumn II began
to put into practise the result of sew.
eral years research by starting an eX,I
pertinent in school extension work In
East Boston. II proved 80 successful
that the Boston school committee has
taken IL over and the director selected
by the league has been appointed to-
continue the work for the city. The
league is experimenting with an out.
door summer school for the children
of the tenement districts, hoping that
this undertaking, also, may be taken
over by the city in time, but II wishes
to devote another year or two to the
work before that is done. 1t has ar.
ranged some vocational charts that
have been an invaluable assistance in
vocational work in the schools, and
the league prepared a report on voca.
tional guidance that has been issued
by the United States Government.
Among other things II has organized
the women in the different localities
of the city for the promotion of SAM.
tary conditions. AS an illustration, ~
went into a tenement district inhabit.
ed by negroes, organized the women
among them as a part Of the league
and Interested them in making the
neghborhoud more attractive. Per.
sons living in the district would re-
sent the appearance of alien white
folk who came to tell them to clean
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| from one of their number, and II is
made neighborhoOd affair, then II Is
a different proposition. One result Of
the leagues work is the proposed es.
| Establishment of modern, sanitary
market that shall be within easy
reach Of must parts of the city. The
/ idea of the league Is to have the mar.
| ket located and conducted so that all
classes of people may be assured OF
the cleanliness of the food they buy.
| II IL being planned carefully, so that
the fancy and high.priCed cuts of meat
may be obtained by those who are
able to pay for them, and the cheaper
cuts DO found at prices quite as rea.
sonablc as they are elsewhere.
The Boston section of the Council
of Jewish Women has devoted itself
largely to preventive work with chill
dren, and has accomplished such eff.
| fectiye results as to bring a voluntary
letter OF praise from Judge II. II. Ba.
ker of the juvenile court. Informal
cases with Jewish children are turned
over to the council and II looks after
children while they are out under sus.
pension of sentence and also after
they are released. II does great
work for incoming immigrants and has
opened little suite on Charles street
where young girls may find suitable
recreation and stay temporarily while
seeking employment or good boarding
houses.
N. e. Woman's Club.
The New England Woman's Club
with Mrs. May Alden Ward as its pres
ident: the Professional Women's Club,
Mrs. Guy Currier president; the New
England WOman's Press Association,
with Mrs. Ida May Pierce as president,
and dozens of other organizations
have been Jealous In promoting the
welfare and happiness, intellectual and
otherwise, of their members, and
have reached out, through their own
homes, all along the highways and
byways Of human experience, extend
ing a helping hand to those who wish
to come up higher, and reaching down
both arms to the little children and
other helpless ones who appear sub
merged by the stress of human en-
deayor. The women of Boston have
lust formed Boston City Federation
in order that they may act together
and quickly, whenever the occasion
arises.
Addressing a body of clubwOmen re-
Gently, Mrs. Henry Coolidge Mulligan
president of the Massachusetts State
Federation, made the statement that q
good clubwoman never would neglect
her home; that If 1t came to choice
of duty between the club and the
home, the home came first, but that
in most instances a wise woman could
so arrange her household affairs that
she could attend to both, and this
would tend eventually to the better
ment of the home.
1t Is estimated that there are in
Q, Massachusetts 10000 women belong
ing TO the Massachusetts State FEEDER
talon of WOmen's Clubs; but this es
innate by no means covers all tn,
club organizations within the State.
number OF important clubs, as well ag
many little ones, prefer for one reason
or another to keep themselves entire
ly distinct. The power for good they
have proved IL shown by the way
town and city officials have sought
their cooperation in much of tho
work that calls for influencing public
opinion. MANY requests have come &c
the executive board of the State Fed
Grafton for cooperation with National
State and local organizations that are
doing work along similar lines; and II
has been difficult problem TO dete
+, mine how far this could be given with
!, out weakening its own work.-Moni
tor.