The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-05
NOAAN'S CLUB MEETING.

one Of the most interesting meetings
ever held BY the woman's Club was
that Of Saturday afternoon, AIRS Camp
presiding
4 short business session was held, all
reports OF standing committees being
held over until the next club meeting.
Miss Mays, OF the legislative commit
tee. and Mrs. Gary. corresponding sec
rotary. read letters from our three rep
resentatives in the state legislature.
assuring the club women that the bills
pertaining to better marriage laws, 10
the Mariana reform school and 10 pro-
lection of robins and pigeons. would
receive their careful attention and sup
port Since the writing Of the letters.
the robin bill has been passed.
The committee appointed TO see the
merchants about closing at one o'clock
on Thursdays for the summer, made an
encourag ing report. All but two have
already agreed TO do so by June first,
and by that date we hope every store
in OcaIa viii be ready TO close.
committee was appointed TO have
the club lot cleaned and surveyed, and
then the camphor trees. given by Mrs.
Harris, will be planted. Mayor Robert
son has generously offered 10 pay for
the planting, watering and care of the
trees.
Mrs. ". S. Jennings, state chairman
of education, is getting up a prize of
fifty dollars to be given TO the girls
tomato club making the best showing
for this year. This is causing even a
greater interest than the girls have al
ready shown in the work. The club
gave one dollar towards this prize
Mrs. Perdue. chairman of the nomi-
mating committee, requested that all
nominations be sent to her not later
| than Saturday, May 10th.
Mrs. Hooker then made a very in
teresting report of the mid biennial
council of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, which she attended in
Washington. D. c., April 21-24th.
The council opened Monday night in
the National Museum auditorium, with
an invocation by the chaplain Of the
House of Representative Then fol-
lowed the address OF welcome and re-
sponses. After this program was con
cluded reception was held at the
Raleigh assembly room. At this meet
ing of the council, there We're 2O34 reg
| istered delegates. At previous councils
there have never been more than 250
dele gates present. on Tuesday the de-
partments held discussions. Miss Helen
Varick Boswell. of New York, was es-
pecialIy interesting, not in advocating
womans suffrage, but in urging WON
en- to be ready, with a knowledge and
understanding Of conditions, so that
when the time comes we viii know
how to be good citizens Mrs Stanley
I In nm do
Day" in our schools. She said to get
! i we must "agitate, educate and Iegis-
late" for He that ruleth his spirit is
greater than he that taketh a city"
The problem of our Rural Life" was
ably discussed by Hon. p. p Claxton,
commissioner of education, Mrs Will
lam Jennings Bryan and Mrs. Frances
Squire Potter. Mrs. Bryan was espe-
cially interestingly her discussion of
the rural church. Shers said t is sick.
| dying or dead, from an epidemic of
urbanits. ITO be perfectly sure-ef
any subject, study but one side Of it,
she says, and then we are sure. The
remedies for these conditions in the
rural churches, Mrs. Bryan thinks, are
| to emphasize UNCONVENTIONAL simiIari-
| ties and lessen the differences, TO have
| fewer churches and better support Mr.
ClaXton said that five and a half mill
| ions of our people of ten years of age
and over cannot read or white, most of
| these living in rural districts, and that
what we need is cooperation of church
| es, Sunday schools and clubs His re-
port of the Moonlight Schools" in
| Kentucky was very interesting and he
| said they are doing a great work.
| Tuesday afternoon the delegates were
given a reception a the White House.
Later, in convention, Miss Margaret
/ Wilson, daughter of the president
talked on social center work, and Sat
urday Mrs. Hooker said she hoped soon
we could arrange to open our club
rooms, once week, and start social
center in 0caIa.
Following this We're splendid talks
on plans for club extension throughout
the country,
| On Wednesday morning, "'woman's
Part in the National Health Movement
was discussed by Mrs S S. Crockett
She strongly advocates and is earnest
ly working for the establishing Of
health departments in all women's cor
leges, these departments to embrace
home economics and health in the
home. Miss Helen Johnson said
Home economics leads to free life fol
woman, woman is fundamentally
lhome- maker, and incidentally a wage.
Garner" Thursday the delegates wen
to Baltimore and in Mccoy hall, o.
Johns Hopkins University. discussed
civil service reforms. Mrs. Oakley de-
livering a very st 'ong address on this
subject, in which she declared that tn,
d very houses we live in, streets we walk
over, air we breathe, schools aur child
rem attend, and. in fact, everything
:, with which We have TO do, come unde1
the control Of the civil service. Thurs
day evening was the memorial service
After singing "BIest Be The Tie ina