The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-27
PLISHMENTS
OF CLUB WOMEN
Secure Passage of Pure
Food Laws
SAVE NIAGARA FALLS
Also Secure Passage of Much Legis-
lation Looking to Welfare of
Women and Children-Scores
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sunday IONIC supplement-
San Francisco, June 26.-what the club
women of the country are doing today,
what they have done in the last four
years. and what they intend to do In the
future. were the general outlines OF the
valedictory delivered today by Mrs. Phillip
North Moore of ST. Louis, retiring presi-
dent OF the General Federation OF wom-
ems clubs, now in session here for its
eleventh biennial convention.
Il believe" she said. that the gem
eral federation now is united as never
before. We have learned to know each
other an dto work together wonderfully
well. The great task of this conven,
ton is to live down the generation that
still lags behind the times
Force Pure Food Law
Among the accomplishments listed Mrs.
Moore said the country at large had the
club women to thank for the pure food
law, the preservation of Niagara Falls;
passage of the Weeks bill for the conserv-
alton of forest lands, and much legislation
looking to the welfare of women and chill
dren.
For the future she urged that women
address themselves particularly to inter-
national and Industrial peace, regula-
ton of the press and DRAMA education.
inspection of factories and a closer watch
on national legislation affecting social
and civic life
1t was fiattering to women that nearly
every national organization looking for
power came to see the federation, she
said.
But this joining of many organiza-
tions," cautioned Mrs. Moore, helpful
though 1t may be, brings added RESPONSE
bllity and great expense
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Her advice was that state divisions of
the federation, as we'll as the national
body Itself, hold to their own educational
purposes. allowing departments and in
dividual clubs to affiliate as they choose
The Sunday comic supplement came in
for sharp scoring as actually vicious 2
Cannot we have a supplement" asked
Mrs Moore. that is actually artistic and
truly humorous?'
Details of divorce, scandal and crime
she thought, were less and less tolerable
to women.
IAN item of news" she said, 1--WE must
dCCtptt DuL lHt uUSdfOIY uHldllS are
no longer news"
Professor Mary L. Sanford of the
University of Minnesota, speaking on
moral power in the school room, said
an evident influence to be guarded
against is the fashion of wealth and
luxury, the danger attending a liberal
education of confounding liberty and
license. and the influence of immoral
Instructors who prefer "Dilettantes"
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great masters who have enriched our
language and thought
Mrs. Barry Presents Facts
Mrs. NJ. w. Barry of Sherman. Tex,
said:
From the mass of reports and pri-
vate correspondence the committee on
sex hygiene submits the following
facts:
81. That it is generally conceded by
educators. physicians and social work.
ers that there is urgent need for per-
sonal and sex hygiene instructions in
our schools.
"2 That such instructions should be
grounded on biology.
"3. That it should include more than
mere physical facts.
"A. That it is dangerous to intro
duce into elementary and secondary
schools until 1t is required in normal
schools and teachers are carefully Sc
lected and prepared for the work.
5. The instruction should be given to
parents and gradually TO the pupil
"6. That popular prejudice against
such instruction is rapidly disappear
ing
". That such instruction is essential
to eradicate the social evil and con-
trolling disease
Mrs. Moore believes with President
Taft that 1t is the duty of the national
officers to visit their constituencies.
During my four years of office .
she said In her farewell address today,
Il have visited so principal cities and
Al states on business for the federation
niles"
Teach Infants Music
Infants six months old may be
taught music by the color music sys-
tenn . Mrs. Fannie B. Mckinley Hughey
of St Louis told the federationists to-
day A child's education. she said.
should begin when 1t is three months
old. not later
The principal paper on sex hygiene
was read by Judge Clayton F. Herring
tor of this city, who is connected with
the department of justice. He urged
the necessity of = sufficient congress
sional appropriation to make effective
war upon and Suppress the men who
lure girls to ruin.
Mrs Alice Stebbins Wells who was
the first policewoman to be appointed
In Los Angeles. discussed the need of
pclicewomen for the projection of wom-
eli and girls. Through the Los Angeles
delegation she has submitted reso-
luton for the consideration of the fed
Grafton which urges the club women to
work for the appointment of women to