The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-14

| tf4t ann OF Stuua ms VIC maj nv .oi-
ditions and reducing the cost OF liz
irg. In New Jersey the home eco
monies department of the Federation
has established a !iousekeepers' En-
| pertinent station.
Quite as interesting in their OWL
way as the big movements are the
isolated efforts in a State or town tn
obtain some particular good things,
| however small. For instance, ] note
that one district in Minnesota re-
ports ,he closing of all department;
stores at 6 o'clock on Saturday even
ines. which is a step in the direc-
ton OF the Saturday half-hOliday. In
Newark. New Jersey, there has been
successful crusade against men and
Toys carrying lighted cigars on the
trollcys, and against women veal
Inc long hatpins In Huron. South
Dakota, good literature has been SUP
piled for the waiting room of til"
prin pal railway station.
Behind all this practical. uscf |
work there is the BACKGROUND n
study but always and this is the
noteworthy thing vitalizcd stud !.
studs related to the life and environ
ncnt Of the student. So the art ana
literature courses are correlated
vita d study of modern conditions
instead of reading Browning and
getting up he history of Chippendale
with a view to the old-time culture,
club women are now working at
books on industrial and social sub
jects with view to applying their
Principles
IN many sections there ccems TO
Be one tendency to concentrate On
Il y; .ticular thing. Thus in the
SOutll there is Il persistent effort for
compulsory education; in the Yves.
much work is done for libraries; in
california, Pennsylvania and Ncs,
York the clubs are studying the i'm
mi"rtion problem; in Massachu-
sets they are making an cXtensiv"
research into the conditions OF chi,
life; in Ohio they are going to devote
themselves particularly TO social con
tors; in Wisconsin they specialize IL
the use of schools, both as social cet
ters and as branch libraries. Every-
whore, however, they stand ready,
in addition to the special work they
have taken upon themselves, to NEE.
some particular need
Put i is obyous tina, the 2sea,
est work doue hy womcn's luhs !
opinion and public sentiment, eut q
which all reforms must grow. VII
! ind OF work Is being done atl -
time, though il IS not always &p8a
Gated ninth tangible results a
+ ached. HHt dnrin% the twelve d
last summer at the Suffer street p,
,llion and the Golden Gate Comnlau-
dcry there We're brought forward
nough solid results to warrant erea,
faith in the power of the Fcderation. |
Indeed those days under the ever
green festoons and gay red lanterns
Ji the Pavilion were like an inter- |
Iude between the acts of a grca, |
luiet revolution. There was much |
ak by persons we'll worth hearing, |
here were endless minutes and ~
orts and business transactions, ana |
ONE good entertainment, but il was |
I'll OF the nature of an interlude. The |
real drama Of achievement had been |
Going on steadily since the last hi |
'nnial and will 20 on steadily in the |
.htNi 'tlNttH WIS Ollt anu tilt /
text.
One might marvel at the dignity. |
II the parliamentary knowledge and |
kill with which these meetings wee
.onducted by the president. Ms. |
Fhilip y. Moore. and the chairmen
the different drnartmcnts Br'
,r real significa; IL of the @athcrin1 |
ay in its total impression of an i'm
'1"nsc fore. working with splendid
y organized machinery. co-cperatina |
\ it'll all other existing associations |
or the same purpose. adapting itself |
10 immediate needs as they pressed |
here and there. but on the |
/" hole moving with magnificent sane
irssii unanimiiy and irresistible |
.orec toward clearly defined, far
and noble ends
QcAIITlr|II LAID