Graham guardian., 1913-08-29
ORGANIZE NEW CLUB
Solomonville Women Institute
First Political Organiza-
lion in County

organization OF 4 political study club
or league.
Mrs. Clark, instead of entertaining
her guests in the usual manner Of after
noon functions, gave free rein to socia
intercourse for time, then sat dowr
in their midst saying as she did so:
Ladies may concentrate your at
tention on subject that interests m,
very much? 1t is, The Business OF
Beng an Arizona Woman Ii 'Th'
Woman's Movement means anything
1t means that women are demanding
everything. They will not exchang,
one place for another or give up ont
right to secure another. They love rev
erence given to them by men and know
IN their hearts that they can add pGliti
cal interest to their lives and yet bt
womanly women.
'They will achieve all rights to which
their bodies and their brains give then
implicit title. FLOYD Dell, in 'Womer
as World Builders says: Women have
a larger political life, a larger mother.
hood, a larger social service, larger
love and they will reconstruct or destroy
institutions to that end as it becomes
necessary.
81 do not believe that in Arizona il
has been so much the loud voicing OF
masses of our women in public places
that has secured the franchise for us,
as it was the intimate knowledge of
every man, gained in his own home
from his own women. Arizona men
knew, without being nagged at, that
their women stand hand in hand with
them in every issue. They simply gave
us the franchise, and now the gift is
ours; we can do but one of two things
use it or abuse it. We should prove
our worthiness and gratitude by rising
to meet intelligently, through little
careful reading and study of conditions,
the new responsibilities that have been
placed upon us. Graham county as yet,
to my knowledge, has no clubs for this
purpose. Would it not be the correct
thing for the county seat, Solomonville,
to mother this movement and lead in
the organizations of civic club or league?
She lead in the registration of women
voters in Graham county, you remember.
''The Business of Being an Arizona
Woman with the franchise Just granted
US, is not SO heavy as the burden pla ced
upon the other suffrage states. Arizona
is yet an infant state only two years
old. We can soon help rock it's cradle
and guide, with the men, its tottering
footsteps into sturdy youth and launch
it into purer manhood than some of the
older states. Its first legislature
did not wait until their state was weak
ened by corruption and vice, to call in
the women to clean up and purify, ;.
but bade us step right into the new
structure and keep things clean. We
need little knowledge of their work
ings and duties to do this, then let us
organize for mutual improvement.
Our new gift is a treasure we ought
to value. When we read of England's
women using such drastic measures to
convince their men, we see how great,
indeed, is the contrast between the
opinion of the Englishman of his women
and the Arizonan of his!
The mass of women believe in their
task. they know instinctively that un-
der no other circumstances can such
ripeness and such wisdom be developed
as to bear and rear children, to feel the
dependence of man and child, the ne
cessity forthemselves to know that up
on them depend the health, the charac-
ter, the happiness, the future of certain
human beings; to build so that their
family shall become a strong stone
in the state; to feel themselves through
this family, perpetuating and perfect
ing church, society, Republic; this is
their duty, this is The Business of Be-
ing an Arizona Woman of today.
'I have selected for our entertain
ment this afternoon three short read
ings. Mrs. Ellen Clark, Mrs. Amy
Catlett and Mrs. Carrie B. Yeti will
each favor us in turn with The Noise
less Suffragette, by George Fitch,
legislator in Illinois at the time suffrage
was granted the women of that state,
and appears in Golfers" August 8,
1918. The next article, Getting Used
to Women is most entertaining, and
comes from the pen of Medill McCor-
mack, a member of the national execu.-
live committee of the Progressive
Party. Miss Senator, Mrs. Commits
sioner and Ladies of the Jury, as argued
by Mary Holland Kinkaid. These two
articles are found in The Delineator for
1913.
The readings were deeply appreciated
and having been listened to from such
excellent readers as Mesdames Ellen
Clark, Amy Cattlett and Carrie B. Yeti,
brought about instant recognition of the
need for concerted movement for or
ganizing civic league.
At the close of the third reading, tea
was served. What woman can resist
the exuberance of feelings that follows
an iced tea and our English grandmoth-
ers as precedence?
When the question was put to these
fourteen ladies'. Shall we organize
now, or appoint committee to set
late for an organization in the near fu-
lure, first making publicly known our
A response of ''vote"
zane from everybody.
The hostess put it to vote and almost
was organize now" carried.
Carrie B. Yeti was elected president,
ellen K. Clark, vice president; Nora S.
Clark, secretary and treasurer.
A committee of three, composed of
he newly-elected officers, were then
appointed to outline course of study,
,tc. The first regular meeting will be
ield at the home of Mrs. Carrie Yeti. /,
Following are the names of the ladies'
Who became the charter members:
MR.. Ben Maurer, Mrs. Kate Cornbleth,
Mrs. Carrie B. Yeti, Mrs. Mamie M,
Ryan, Mrs. l.. B. Gunther, Mrs. Ellen
<. Clark, Mrs. Mamie p. Wilson, Mrs. |
Bessie Massey, Mrs. Lille Olney, Mrs. |
Josephine Robbins, Mrs. Addie Place,
Mrs. Lillian Simms, Mrs. Amy Catlett,
Mrs, Nora S. Clark, with little Miss |
Sammie Cornbleth, aged three weeks,
Is sponsor.
Mrs. Clark used vases of pink and |
white blossoms. Upon the tea table |
vas placed silver dust vase contain
ng a bOquet of JASMINE, the latter |