Arizona republican., 1913-01-30
MANY SUBJECTS
 0F IMPORTANCE
Discussed by President of Arizona Federation of Women's Clubs ill Her Annual Address Delivered at Douglas Yesterday

+ feueratlon or WOman'S Clubs is now in session in this city, with Governor Hunt of the State of Arizona. and Mrs. Percy ". PennYbacker of Texas national president of the Federation as the guests of honor The features of the day were the three addresses by each of the prominent visitors named above, and by Dr. Agnes Me kee Wallace, the state president. In her address Dr. Wallace outlined the position of women in Arizona and made numerous recommendations for work of the organizations of women throughout the state during the com ing year
 Dr. Wallace said in part:
 The year since we were last con Vened has been d year of events: events which have uncovered the canker at the roots of our govern mnt-Which hay brought about a new order of things. and an aroused people are beginning to assert that they are the government. How much of this was brought about by the Fed erated ClubWomen of America only those know who have made a close study of the club movement. Time was when the WOmans club was purely for self-culture, but one day one of them ventured into the field of public service. It was timid venture but it met with a de gree of success, and they were so happy at the result that they told telling about things
 a,,o+bor another caught the spirit until the they must Do noble things. not l dream them all day long" and finding that they could accomplish more by united effort, the necessity for union of strength became apparent And so was formed this magnificent federation of mode than one million women, who have been a great, a very great factor in awakening the 1 conscience of the American people If you would know the magnitude | of the work accomplished in the last l two years. read the report of the last biennial meeting-a volume so great that it required a book of 620 1 pages to tell it all A club woman l who does not read the biennial report 1 is like Christian who does not read i the Bible He is a Christian all right because he belongs to the 1 church, but he doesn't know much about Christ
 1 During the year I have received ! many suggestions and requests that 1 oud state federation make special ef- l fort along certain lines. Some of them 1 were not practical for Arizona-others 1 because of their wider scope will be l brought to your notice today l Every state has it's own peculiar 1 problems. The conditions existing l in an agricultural state differ radical | ly from those in a manufa curing state, and those of a mining state resemble neither. But the one great l principle dominates the federated women of all states alike-to help
 the people grow to a higher plane. physically, mentally and morally. and
 to whatever measure is urged by the general federation that is for the
 uplift of the whole people. the federa-
 tions of all the states should lend 1 their united support And while we. of Arizona, have no factory problems | to deal with. We are none the less under moral obligation to help Massa- chusetts in her efforts to relieve the
 conditions of her mill workers.
 "The plan of special work mapped
 out by the general federation com l mittees will be sent us soon and they ask to plan our work to harmonize with it It would be well for our 1 committee to adopt these plans and to adopt them to our needs-that We may feel that we are a factor in this great sum of achievement. The va l rious committees of our state fedora =
 tion are asking that we lend our aid in securing needed improvements.
 An Orphans Home.
 "The juvenile court committee finds
 there is need for an orphans home As it is the duty of every parent to | give their children home, so It is the duty of every state to provide for it's orphan children. Many are
 sent annually from Arizona to the
 orphans home in California-a few
 are boarded at a private institution
 but it is impossible to provide In this
 way for all of them, and those un- | provided for are becoming subjects
 for the juvenile court.
 "The pioneer women Of the state
 are still unprovided for. AS they
 shared equally with the men the 1 hardship incident to life in a Wlld
 country. and to this hardship was
 added the suffering terror of Wlld beast and Indian, it does. not seem
 to us just that the men should be SC
 comfortably housed and fed, While
 the wamen should have no place to lav her head. So the committee oi
 philanthropy to which this property
 should make persistent effort to see this wrong righted.
 h Child Conservation.
 ''The departn1ent of conservation
 finding special need for the conserVa tion of the child, might find it advan-
 tagious to keep in touch with the Jd
 veniIe- court committee. It might prove
 mutually beneficial and result in great
 good to our countrys hope-our chl!-
 Gren.
 | "The chairman of the education com mittee having been not well this year
 feels that rot much has been accomn-
 lished. but the scholarship fund has
 heep more than doubled. and we are