Arizona republican., 1912-06-02

All young people of the city are in Vited to rally to be held at the w C. T. U. Thursday evening when q varied program of readings and music will be given. Tle regular afternoon meeting will be held when Mrs. B. B. Beckley of Tucson. state organizer will make a brief address,
 The WOman's club of Yuma al- ways active along civic lines has aid ed the municipality in many of it's improvements. The civic committee is now cooperating with the Com mercial club in a cleaning up" cru sade, and also in arranging celebra- tion to be held this fall at the com pletiOn of the siphon in the Yuma Reclamation project The club has closed it's season for this year. which has been most successful for along With the progress of the civic depart ment has been the advance in the other sections. Shakespeares trae- edies and systematic course of Child Study will hold prominent places on next seasons calendar. The newly elected officers are. Mrs. J. A ketcherside. president; Mrs. x. C Wilder, vice president; Mrs. Frank Brooks. recording secretary: Mrs. F R. 1ngh, corresponding secretary: Mrs. Sumer Hackett. treasurer. and Mrs. J. M. Hess chairman of civic committee
 The regular monthly meeting of the Osborne Parent Teacher association will be held Wednesday. June F. Mrs. w. A. Wilson the president will act as chairman.
 Many residents of Madison district joined the members of the Madison Improvement club in attendance at the Memorial Day exercises of the club held on the lawn parking the grounds of George Libbey's residence The program follows
 Star Spangled Banner" members.
 Address. What the Day Means" Mrs. H A. Guild president of the club
 Reading, The Blue and the Cray" Miss Grace Mcdonald
 America" members.
 A social session will he held this week at the home of Mrs. Earl $ Ream when q well arranged literary and musical program will be given
 Mrs. Philip Carpenter of Workers. is New York's candidate for the pres idcnt of the General Federation of Women's clubs to be held in san San Francisco June 25-July !. Mrs. Carpenter goes to the convention as a delegate from the New York State Federation of Womens clubs. whose president. Miss Mary Garrett Hay. has been mentioned as possible head of the national by the way But Miss Hay says she won't run. I've enough on my hands without that" she says the other day. Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker Of Austin. Texas is the only other Candidate now before the federation. California might have had the presidency if it hadn't preferred the cOneVntiOn. Mrs. Josiah Evans COWles of Los Angeles first vice president. is the logical can didate, but there is an unwritten law that the state which gets the "bien- niar' must not try to seat one of its daughters in the presidents chair
  asked which of the two prizes it pre- ferred CalifOrnia's wOmen's clubdom said, with true western magnificence We'll take both" But the unWrtten law prevailed. and Mrs COwles is not a candidate. A plan for consOl- idatng department work will be sug gested at the biennial. This would combine departments, until but six general charmen held office. These departments would be civics, Conser- vatiOn. education. industrial and so- Cial merit. system and legislation. The Pennsylvania plan for re-arrang ing general federation divides feder- ation into two bodies: Senate, com posed of state presidents. state dele gates and general federation secre- taries: house of representatives, made up of federated club delegates. The general president would preside only over the combined evening meetings and transact federation business, the vice presidents directing the morning and afternoon sessions. The program of the biennial has been printed in full in The Republican and since it has been outlined the entertainment committee has arranged it's part in making the gathering notable The Golden State is indeed preparing to do itself proud in entertaining the fifteen hundred women who will pour into San Francisco during the few days preceding June 9, delegates rep resenting nine hundred thousand WO- men of the federation. The COnVen- tiOn will last ten days. which vii l give plenty of time for iaunts and l iunkets in between the business. The entertaining begins June 24. the day before the formal opening of the con ventiOn with a concert in the even l ing by the local people, that is. Mon day Tuesday afternoon there will bt
 a big reception to the visiting club 1 women at the Palace hotel EXcur siOns galore are planned to beaut, | spots and places of interest around San Francisco. On Friday. June 2S there will be a trip through the Sant; Clara valley, with a stop at PalO Alt
 to see Stanford university. and lunch
 con at Congress Springs. The Lie
 Observa tory will be visited that nigh
 Tuesday of the next week the dele
 gates who wish to do so can take il
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