Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-28

activities carried on oy the c4uo women.
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In Oklahoma the civic departments rep
resent the strongest efforts OF the wom-
ems clubs. One club
Clubs at Work has given to its town
:: n,.,.l well equipped gar
40 S0' bage incinerator. thus
providing for the sanitary disposal OF the
refuse Of the community. Several others
have provided rest rooms with free coffee
and good literature for the farmers'-wives
who come into the towns The clubs In
all the towns throughout the territories
have worked for sanitation. the artistic
Improvement Of the streets, alleys and
public Fairgrounds and many similar OBJ
jects. Trees have been planted. public
drinking fountains for human beings and
horses placed where most needed. trash
cans supplied and an insstent warfare
has been waged against both mosquitoes
and flies. The club women OF the city OF
Oklahoma are credited with having been
instrumental in placing around the city
twenty-six-rnile boulevard connected with
three large farms, containing. respective
ly, leo, $40 and 744 acres Of land. These
farms are to be used for public parks and
will be improved in various ways. This
early activity upon the part of the club
women has provided abundant play
ground space for the children Of the fu-
ture, no matter how great the growth OF
the city.
In the southern states also there Is
great activity among club women along
civic lines. In Shreveport, La. the wom-
ems club has esta blished an annual mu-
nicipal cleaning, in which the municipal
officials and the club women work har-
moniously for the establishment and
maintenance of a sanitary city In New
Orleans the club women have accom-
plished many reforms in connection with
the street service and the conditions Of
the markets Several Of the clubs in
Georgia feel that one cleanup day year
Is not sufficient, and are having two In
their towns, one in the spring and the
other in the fall.
A new matter to which the civic de-
partments of many clubs are giving at
tention is the censorship
District of thte five-cent theaters,
n,4 which have sprung up
11e'eA'' with such marvellous ra-
pidity all over the country While in some
clubs this matter has come under the
direction Of the educational or art de-
partment. the District Of Columbia clubs
established a precedent in placing It un-
der civics, since it involves 50 many
things. The ventilation, the precautions
for exits and protection in case Of fire,
the hours at which they should be closed,
no less than the subjects presented in
the programs, give plenty Of range for
the activities Of club women. The fact
that the cheap show has come to stay Is
generally recognized and the aim Of the
club women is to make It of the greatest
possible value to the community.
In number Of cities the horrors Of the
white slave trade are being bravely Crap
pied with by club women under the direc-
ton Of the department of civics A cru
SADIE against this evil has already had
great influence in Kansas City. In Louis
lana the state federation has appointed a
committee to investigate the means Of
lessening the white slave trade in that
state and for cooperation with other or
CARNATIONS working toward the same end.
The clubs in the New England states are
also taking up the matter. and crusades
for the suppression Of vice, conducted
under the auspices Of prominent club
women, have increased with rapidity
almost incredible to the women who re-
member how In most clubs less than a
decade ago this subject could be men,
toned only in dropped voices behind the
closed doors of a committee room. But.
having once become aroused to the need
Of bravery in attacking an evil which
menaces every home, the club women
have risen above prudery. and are mod
estly but firmly putting forth their most
valiant efforts.
Realizing always that the best time to
secure interest in any subject is in child
hood. the womens clubs
Junior Leagues are working to estab-
:. c lish Junior Civic leagues