The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08

Women : Clubs, under the direc
ton of Mrs. w. y. b. Williams
Hampton Institute, arranged witt
other things for a series of tablcau.
and Il pageant.
Chapters in the development o.
the Negro women in America wer,
illustrated in a series of choruse.
and tablcauN. The pageant includ
ed the following scenes dealins
with prominent women in history
NauSlcaa s hospitality to Ulysses
Cleopatra s visit to Anthony; Joar
of Are in the streets of Orleans
Queen isabelle of Spain receiving
Columbus; Queen Elizabeth and
SIR Walter Raleigh Sacajawca, ar
Indian woman guiding Lewis and
Clark on their exploring expedition
to the far West; the work of Miss
Clara Barton \ sham battle, Red
Cross nurses attending the wound
rd); Sutfragette Parade; and Col
lege Women s Procession.
Hampton Institute chartered a
steamer to take the delegates to
Newport News where DR.. Booker
L. Washington spoke to the color
cd men and boys of the great ship
building plant on the necessity of
doing their work satisfactorily so
as to remove the present cause for
dissatisfaction.
At the close Of the convention a
reception was given at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. FrisSell. Music was
furnished by the Hampton Insti
tute summer band. Mrs. Robert r.
Notion, chairman Of the Hampton
committee, Mrs. Harris
Barrett, president of the Virginia
Federation, Miss Elizabeth G.. Car
ter, honorary president of the \.
\. c. W., Mrs. Booker II. Wash
ington, president elect, Mrs. w. T.
b. Williams, Mrs. Allen Washing
ton, and number of colorcd wo-
men belonging to the Virginia clubs
received.
Women's Work
An interesting exhibit Of wo-
men S work was arranged in the
Domestic Science Building by Mrs.
{. w. Poscy, Homestead, Pa. From
distant states colored women sent
to Hampton Institute specimens of
their work in needlcraft. hand.
painted china, canning and pre-
home gardening. and Use
ful household arts. The specimens
Of work put on exhibition showed
clearly that the colored women who
are busily engaged in advancing
the club movement are alive to the
of making home life
better and more attractive. There
was a rare combination of the ar
tistic and the useful, of the cuItur-
al and the practical. Daily there
were demonstrations in dressmak-
ing and cooking. Thrift, economy,
and culture were shown in this
practical aspect Of the convention
as well as in all the discussions.
In the absence Of DR.. Hollis B.
Frissell, principal of Hampton In
stitutc, Major r. R. Motion, the
school commandment, delivered a
short address Of welcome. He en-
phasized the importance Of the ire
power that the -colorcd
women assembled at the eighth
biennial convention of the National
Association of Colored Women,
were cxerting over the Negro men
of the nation. lie declared that
the presence Of 50 many earnect,
faithful, God-likc women at Hamp-
ton made him more hopeful than
ever before. Mrs. Harris Barrett
of Hampton, Va, who has done
such excellent work for more than
twenty years III conducting social
settlement in Hampton and who
was instrumental in bringing the
\. a. G. w. to Hampton Institute,
spoke briefly Of the organization
Of the Virginia Federation Of Col
ored Women $ Clubs, Of which she
is the president. Mrs. w. II. B
Williams spoke on behalf of the
local clubs, and Mrs. Laura f
Titus, Norfolk, Va, spoke on be
half Of the Virginia Federation.
Negroes in the Cities
DR.. George Edmund Haynes, di
rector Of the National League or
Urban Conditions among Negroes
and professor Of social science il