Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-02-22

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them, stated frankly that felt the ex-
penses of the trip would be too great
a burden on them; the answer came
by return mail, "We find that the rail
road fare, exclusive of Pullman, will
not be more than $50, therefore we
hasten to say that we regard ii a priv
ilege and not burden to bear the
expenses of the President of our Cen
eral Federation on her visit to us.
The third week in February | shall
visit Chicago, the mid winter meeting
of Minnesota, that is to be held in
Minneapolis, and Cleveland, Ohio
Early in March Mr. Reilly, Mrs. An
drews Mrs. Christie. and will hold
a Council conference i'll Washington
Easter week | am to spend with my
two young people at Lexington, Va.
In April May and June my plan is to
visit the State Federations of Louis
Council meeting, be present at the con
vcntions of New Jersey, Missouri
Iowa. Massachusetts, and Kentucky
| am submitting below the dates that
are already absolutely fixed On these
trips am extremely anxious to meet
face to face the president, State secrc-
tarles, and as many chairmen and com
mittee members as possible. \ quiet
visit of half an hour with each of these
separately will accomplish more to
make me understand the work than
days spent in a round of Federation
program and social entertainment
During these quiet days at home,
have had some leisure to read and
study various criticisms that have come
u | q, al.
know how to receive Just criticism
and because the New Year is a good
time or us to take stock. am going to
give you some of the charges against
us.
From different parts of the
country has come the complaint that
many delegates return with no con
crete conception of what the Biennial
meant: their reports are made up OF
dry details, oftimes cullcd from the
newspapers, and read i'll so dull man
ner that the audience Is bored to the
slumber point. that no time is given
in the State convention for the asking
OF questions, nor for the discussion OF
various Biennial features. My idea Is
that the delegates from the State at
large should be most carefully chosen.
1t should be impressed upon each wo-
man that she is to be held responsible
Tor bringing back to the rank and file
of those who are not able to take the
long journey what really happened, to-
gcther with sympathetic understand
ing OF the convention. To do all this
will require first. regular attendance
It the biennial sessions; second, un-
divided attention to the program !;
third. participation in the conferences
for which the delegate has most in
terest: fourth, the meeting in an in
formal. social way. women from all
sections of the country. and talking
over various club problems; fifth, an
open mind 10 receive impressions. You
may say this is entirely too much for
one person; | grant it, but there is no
reason why the work should not be
livided among the different delegates
as it often is. Give one person the
business sessions; another the depart
mental reports; another the social
side Go still farther and subdivide
the departments, if you like 1t would
be wise to do this on the wav to the
biennial The delegate should then
-ealize that whatever has been intrust
ed to her mus come first; nothing
should stand in the way of her pre-
pairing herself to bring back to her
own people the richness that the bien-
NAL offered. Let her. in reporting
show some of her own personality:
give her own impressions: for it is
this personal touch that WHITES the
whole picture | know of one case
where the fervor, enthusiasm and in
telligence of one woman's report car
ried twenty-five women to the next
biennial
Ii woman will inform herself from
headquarters, digest this information
after she gets home, formulate these
memories while they are still fresh
organize her material into proper
shape, and reduce it to writing, then
put ii away and brood over 1t while
Ousy about the homework, or driving,
or taking long trips on the street cars
if she will do all this. her report will
be a masterpiece. May | emphazise
the fact that this brooding is abso-
iutely necessary to bring out the best
that is iii us. 1t is wonderful, when Il
knotty problem has been presented
md YOU can see no solution, that, If
you simply carry the subject around
with YOU subconsciouSly, oftentmes
an illumination comes suddenly. Then
may | suggest that the biennial should
be given a proper setting on the pro-
gram If ii is wedged in between
crowded business sessions, or If II
comes Just before luncheon time with
the luncheon long delayed, the audi
ence is not i'll a proer receptive mood
Since we meet only once in two years,
could not an evening session be given
to his topic and could it not be made
brilliant affair, one that would be
enjoyed by the general public as well
as by the club women | know this
can be accomplished, because | have
more than once seen it done. The in
tluence on the whole community has
been educative, for it has pictured to
hundreds who are not i'll touch with
club work what the BIENNIAL really
means.