The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-26

traffic and to elevate the home, The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
has been most influential in secur-
ing laws providing for the study of
scientific temperance in the public
schools, for prohibiting the sale of to-
bacco to minors, and also in forward
ing efforts for the protection of way
ward girls and the lessening of the
social evil.
The broadcast of all of the women's
organizations is the great General
Federation of, Women's clubs, organ
lied in 1890, as an outgrowth of the
work of the New York Sorosis, and
extending now to every state in the
union, as well as to a number of for
eign countries. The general fedora
ton is made up of state declarations |
and of a few individual clubs which
came in early in the organization and
thus hold individual membership. The
state declarations are made up of the
different women's clubs Of the state
and there is no limit to the object or
scope of the work. The efforts of the
general federation are broadly con-
structive and include every movement
for reform, social betterment, or edu-
cational progress which has been
brought forward. The motto, Unity in
Diversity expresses the spirit of the
organization. While the clubs unite
for mutual aid, they yield each mem
Der absolute liberty Of thought and
action. At one of the first conven
lions it was decided that while clubs
of every kind were to be welcomed, the
Federation I,t1cf procor,yn hnr,,nr,, I,.
prohibiting the discussion of subjects
likely to promote discord at the con-
vention meetings. Among the taboo
subjects were woman's suffrage and
anti-vivisection. Within the past five
years, however, the great increase in
suffrage sentiment has become so
strong that at the federation biennial
convention, held last summer in San
Francisco, an effort vas made to in
clude suffrage as one of the objects
of the federation. The motion was
lost, but the feeling in it's favor was
so strongly evidenced that the presen-
tation of suffrage addresses from a
federation platform is now rather en-
couraged than otherwise.
The federation does many things. 1t
supports art exhibits, travelling libra
ries, works for better laws for the
protection of women n children, for
larger educational advantages for the
schools of the nation, the adjustment
of the white slave traffic, improved
health conditions and numerous other
reform measures of practical value
to the country. 1t also maintains an
English scholarship for women similar
to that provided by Cecil Rhodes for
men. The present holder of this
scholarship is devoting herself to re-
search work upon the final economic
result of woman's entrance into the
industrial world. 1t is expected that
the results of this research, when pub
lished, will be Of great economic
value.
The International Council of Wom-
en- is even a greater organization than
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, because it is composed entire
ly of organizations, the federation be-
ing one member. 1t includes the Suf-
frage associations, the Women's
Christian Temperance union, the Ma
tional Council of Jewish Women, the
National Association of Colored Wom-
en-, the American Federation of
Nurses and a lumber of others of the
American nation, besides many SINH
lar organizations representing 10
other countries. Altogether its mem
bership represents nearly $1,000, 900
women. The council is especially in
terested in securing equal pay for
equal work for men and women, uni
form divorce laws and better care of
delinquent, defective and dependent
children.
A number of Women's patriotic or
CARNATIONS have been effected during
the past quarter of a century. They
have had a great Influence in incul-
eating patriotism in the minds of most
Americans. To their Influence is to
be accredited the great number of
patriotic novels based upon incidents
in American history which proves that
it is not necessary to go to the old
world for records or deeds of chivalry,
bravery and romance. as they have
been plentiful Throughout American
history. While some objections are
raised to their efforts to su%bstantiate
ancient %lineages, full credit must be
given them for the good they have
wrought.
The largest and most important of
these organizations is that of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, which was organized in the city
of Washington on october II, 1890.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, hen mistress
of the White House, was n of it's
founders. This society has erected
Continental hall, in Washington, which
is considered one of the handsomest
buildings of the national capital, and
the most magnificent ever erected in
the world by women. In Continental
hall are collected many of the most
valuable historical relics of the ma
ton. The organization has under-
taken many movements for the pro-
motion of patriotism. The Daughters
of the American Revolution now num-
Der almost a hundred thousand, and
include 1921 chapters, distributed
among As states, territories, and the
District of Columbia. It's member
ship is based upon lineal descent from
revolutionary SOl1ierS and sailors