The Press., 1912-05-22

fortunate realize his weakness and put him out to work in the open for six months until the liquor is out of him. Reformatories need lot of investiga- tion, and when men start the move political aims are believed to be the reason, but when women make the start the motive is only good for humanity. When women take a question in hand they get down to the fundamental principles. The time when the girls were taught 1 housewifey in the parental home un- til marriage are past, and now we have 5000, 900 young women going
 into industry, and often the innocent as we'll as the guilty get into the
 night courts of New York. Labor is so managed in the Detroit state insti-
 tuition that it turns into the state
 treasury the same amount of money
 as New Haven state institution costs Connecticut The first remedy is to stop making convicts by better pro-
 tecting young people. Second, em- ploy legislation which will abolish contract labor, and remember the average convict is not different than ordinary beings andwin readily re- spond to kindness. Women should be sensitive to contract labor in regard to health conditions. New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Missouri and California have abolished contract labor. Prac- tical prison reform is making good citizens of convicts. ''
 Miss Weber sang remarkably we'll Sidney Homer's Flows My Boy?'
 The session was adjourned and all were invited to a reception in the church parlors, which were decorated to represent a garden. The side walls were faced with cherry branches, and two wisteria covered archways and the pink shaded lights added to the effect. Mrs. W. H. Reed, president; Mrs. w. H. Phipps, state president; Mrs. Hoffman, state correspondent secretary; Mrs B. M. Valesh of New York; Miss D. s. Pinneo, general Federation secretary i; Miss M. l.. Kingsbury, secretary, Mrs. B. P. Cooley, treasurer, formed the receiving line. The executive com mittee presented the guests, and re- treatments were served by the ushers. for the night. At nine o'clock Thursday morning the board meeting was held, and at 9. 30 Mrs. Valesh addressed the meet ing informally on the poisonous match, it's dangers and laws regard ing it. The report of the first day s procedure was read and approved, and that of the last annual meeting was read and accepted.
 Mrs. W. H. Hoffman, corresponding secretary, reviewed her official duties of the year past, no small part of which was the sending and receiving of 1921 letters and postals. She re- ported 69 clubs in the State Feder- ation, with a membership of nearly 400O women. Mrs. Hoffman urged club secretaries to notify at once the corresponding secretary elect of all changes in board officers and to for ward year books as soon as issued.
 Mrs. F. W. Gerard read the treas urer's report ill the absence of Mrs. 0. W. Shelton of Norwalk, and Mrs. Bradley read the auditors report for Miss Ruth Douns of Ansonia Both were accepted. The following com- mittee was appointed on resolutions Mrs. o. A. Capen, Mrs. Lillian S. Bowers and Mrs. O. P. Clark. Dele gates to the biennial General Feder- ation meeting in Los Angeles in June Mrs. J. R. Bolton, New Haven; Mrs. Henry s. Mygatt, New Milford; Mrs. E. H. Hotchkiss, Norwalk, and Mrs. F. B. Street, New Haven. Alter mates: Mrs. F. E. Bradley, Derby, and Mrs. H. F. Potter, Montowese.
 Several amendments to the by laws, involving slight changes, were pro- posed and unanimously adopted. It was voted to send messages of love and sympathy to the vice-presidents, Mrs. J. H. Hart and Mrs. James R. Mason, who were detained at home by illness and death
 The county ce-presidents giving reports were Mrs. F. J. Peck for New Haven county; Mrs. Milo Parsons for Fairfield, and Mrs G. Percival Bard for Holland. Letters were received from Mrs. John N Munson for Litch- field, and Mrs. O. H. Briscoe for Hart ford county.
 Five clubs were received into State ! Federation membership: Civic club, 100 members, New Canaan, Miss Olive Reamy president; Educational club, South Manchester, 96 members, Mrs. Howell Cheney president; Maple l Hill Study club, New Britain; Moth l ers' club, Bridgeport, and New Field | Study club, five members, Stamford.
 Mrs. T. H. Macdonald, the new chairman of the Arts and Crafts com mittee, also state president for the Sunshine society, presented plans for next years work to be undertaken by individual clubs. Mrs. Macdonald will attempt to obtain state arts and l crafts commission.
 In the absence of Mrs. B. Street, l chairman of committee on Household I Economies, Mrs. Bolton read the re- port.
 Mrs. J. o. Downs was not present, but the enjoyable musical numbers on the program testified to the good work l of that committee.
 Miss Georgie Bacon of Worcester, of the Massachusetts I State Federation and chairman of the New England conference committee, brought greetings from Massachusetts. Miss Bacon believes the best thing