The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
DARK HORSE WINS
STATE PRESIDENCY
Miss VidO NeWsOme Chosen
Head, of Federation of
Women's Clubs.
A SURPRISE TO MANY
Mrs. Ralston Elected First,
and DIR. Amelia Second
Vice President.
A SURPRISE TO MANY

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 25,-Miss Vido
Newsome of Columbus, the dark horse
in the race for the presidency of the
State Federation of Womens clubs,
was elected over Mrs. Clarke Fair
banks of Fort Wayne and DR.. Helen
Baumgartner of Rockport yesterday.
1t was believed the race was between
Mrs. Fairbanks and Miss Baumgart-
ner and Miss Newsome was not be-
1ieved to have the strength that she
displayed.
Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, of Indian
apolis, was elected first vice-president
and DR.. Amelia of this city was elect
ed second vice-president. The other
officers elected were: Mrs. Robert A.
Ogg, Greencastle, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Ella Miers, Charlottesville,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Leon
Stern, Terre Haute, treasurer; Mrs.
II. F. Foster, Ladoga, auditor; Mrs. G..
Mitchell, Bedford, general Federation
secretary; Mrs. James E. Goodrich,
Winchester, trustee.
The federation adopted a resolu-
ton, indorsinb votes for women. Anti
cipated heated opposition to the reso-
luton failed to develop. Almost ev-
cry speaker before the federation
urged equal suffrage.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, of Aus
tin, Tex, president of the General
Federation, was the principal speaker
at last evenings session. During her
talk on Dangers That Threaten the
American Home" she held her audi
ence keenly interested.
In the afternoon DR.. Caroline Heg
der, of Chicago, an authority on So
cial hygiene, made an earnest plea for
the better education of girls in prepa-
ration for meeting the problems that
they must face as future mothers.
Mrs. Pennybacker in her talk en-
phasized that one of the dangers
threatening the American home is
tendency to eliminate the father as a
factor in developing that character of
children. She voiced the fear that the
present life, which takes the father
away from home, where heis so great
ly needed, may work to the detriment
OF future American manhood and wom-
anhood.
Can not we mothers make the page
of girlhood so beautiful" she said,
that our daughters will not want to
turn 1t over to see the coming wom-
anhood?"
She criticised the mother who al
lows her daughter to enter the con-
tract of marriage unprepared for the
homemaking task she must undertake.
while we women of the federation
are working for laws of every sort,
would 1t not be WELL" she asked, ito
make one that will not allow a young
woman to marry until she can make
bread fit for a king-that king, the
American man."
To the lack of financial understand
ing in the home she laid many of the
tragedies of life and voiced it as her
opinion that every girl from childhood
should have an allowance which she
must spend judiciously and thus learn
how to take her place when she be-
do the spending of the worlds money.
Cites Vital Statistics.
DR.. Hegder cited statistics to show
that there has been a decrease in the
number of surviving children whose
mothers are collegeeducated women.
She commended that the fact proves
the American college is neglecting a
vital duty-that of training young
women for motherhood
DR.. Hegder condemned any educa-
tional system that does not hold the
health of the individual as of first
Importance. Education in the past, she
said, has done nothing tot help the
girl in the tremendous responsibility
that falls upon her as mother.
Urges Health Crusade.
DR.. Severance Burrage, head of the
Indiana Society for the Prevention of
Tuberculosis. asked the assistance of
the club women in the crusade against
the white plague" He emphasized
the need of teaching children the
gospel of right living" Dr. ]. H
Ford spoke on the growing tendency
toward cancer and it's prevention.
DR.. J. n. Hurry, secretary of the
state board of health, asked the as
sistance of the women in preaching
the Indiana Child Creed" as prepar-
ed by Virgil H. Lockwood. The creed
declares that every child has the in
alienable right to be born free from
disease. free from deformity and with
pure blood in it's veins; to be loved,
to have it's individuality respected, to
be trained wisely in mind. body and
soul; to be protected from disease,
evil influence and evil persons, and to
have a fair chance in life.
DR.. Charles P. Emerson, dean of the
Indiana university school of medicine.
talked on THE Message of Modern
Medicine" which, he said. must be
expressed in laws that will prove a
benefit to humanity. He outlined
briefly a number of measures which.
If enacted into law, he said would go
far toward conserving the health of
the public, and asked the assistance
of the women in bringing about the
passage of such laws.
Urges Health Measures.
Resolutions were passed indorsing
the employment of civic and school
nurses, the propagation of healthful
habits of life and a rigid supervision
of tuberculosis. 1t was the sense of
the convention that women should
serve upon all boards of state insti-
tutions wherein women and children
are detained. 1t was resolved that
women should be on school boards and
on factory inspection bureaus: that
matrons should be in charge of large
industrial plants and women deans or
matrons in charge of high schools.
The federation declared for ordin-
ances prohibiting boys under. 10 years
of age to solicit sales on streets. and
declared for a limitation upon the
hours when boys between 10 and Is
shall be permitted to solicit sales in
the streets This resolution included
a clause that mo girl shall ever fol-
low any street trades"
At the end of 1912 there were en-
Moved in the gold mines of the