The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30
Valley City Banner Club Town Of State..'
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Laws
Approved...C Child Labor Condemned
..-Good Homes and Good Citizen.
ship the Aim.
MISS NELSON HEARTILY EKDoRsEDBYCLUB REPRESENTATIVES

There was very large attendance
at the Commercial Club rooms last
night for the purpose of hearing the
reports of the delegats who attended
the meeting of the State Federation
Meeting in Fargo, and the meeting
was a great success from every view
point. After a few words of greeting,
Mrs. L. B. McMullen announced that
Miss Wood Of the Normal school fac
ulty would speak a few words on the
Florence Crittenden Home in Fargo
which Miss Wood did in very inter.
esting and instructive manner. Mrs.
Edwin Maryland then told her impress
ions of the play which was given by the
dramatic section OF the federation and
the work of the Music Department Of
which our department our Miss Ami
don is the chairman. Among other
things, Mrs. Maryland spoke Of the fact
that out Of 127 music clubs in the
state, only four were represented by
delegates in Fargo, including the VAL
ley City Music Club, and that Of these
four only one was as far advanced In
musical work as the Valley City club.
Mrs. A. P. Peake told in few words
of the federation tea which was given
in Ceres Hall and at which Miss Min
ME Nelson was TN receiving line with
some of the foremost women of the
state, also Mrs. Frank White. Mrs.
Hardin Lucas then sang "The Miller
and the Maid" by Cowen and received
hearty applause to which she respond
ed by singing Snowflake" by Marzails.
Miss Nelson then spoke Of the bust
ness of the federation and told Of her
acquaintance with Mrs. Pennybacker,
the general president to whom she
paid very high tribute as indeed did all
of the ladies' who met Mrs. Pennyback-
er. The delegates all expressed their
great pleasure at having had the op-
portunity to meet such a beautiful
character and expressed their disap-
pointment that she could not have re-
manned here longer that more Of the
women Of Valley City could have the
privilege of meeting her.
Mrs. T. G. Benson talked on the re-
ports that were brought into the fed
Grafton. She said that Valley City
was highly complimented on its splen-
did work and that we had the banner
for the most federated clubs Of any
town in the state. We have seven
federated clubs here and Fargo COM
ing next, has five. Mrs H. A. Presler,
state corresponding secretary gave a
brief resume of her impressions of the
federation and a part of her paper fol-
lows: "The purpose for which the
N. D. r. w. c. is organized is to bring
the women Of the state into communi-
cation for acquaintance, mutual help
fulness and the promotion of high in
tellectual, social, and moral condl-
lions. When l read this object the
first time, I thought it a very worthy
one, and in my past years experience
have had many glimpses Of the great
work being done by our various de-
partments. But it ramained for the
annual meeting at Fargo to bring me
to full realization of what this or
ganization is doing to promote thigh
er intellectual, social and moral con-
ditions."
Each department reported so much
accomplished that one could not help
feeling the homes of North Dakota
surely have been benefited the past
year. and what the work has been
woman's work and very much worth
while. Every delegate present SEEM
ed to feel that she was there not only
to receive but to aid personally in car
rying on the work Of the Federation
for the betterment of those less fortu-
nate in our state. For instance, when
an appeal was made for literature, pic.
lures, music, ETC., for the tuberculosis
sanatorium at Dunseith, I was facing
the audience and there wasn't face
that did not reflect determination to
aid and venture to say that ere this
the reading matter at the sanitarium
consists Of more than a few Christion
Heralds and that the picture Of the
dying patient has been replaced by one
more conducive to cheerfulness. All
through tho meeting this same spirit
was manifest this il our work, It