Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-16
CLUB women Will
REFLECT OFFICERS
Mrs. Pennybacker to Again
Head National Fed
Grafton.
CLUE FOR THE TANGO
Dean Sumner Charges That "Much In
morality Among Young Men" Is
Due TO "Indecent Dress" Of
Women.

ton the officers of the General Fed
GRAFTON of Women's clubs, including
the president, Mrs. Percy V. Penny
backer of Austin, Texas, will be re-
elected tomorrow. The exception is
Mrs. L. l.. Blankenburg of Philadel-
phia. first vice president, who refused
to serve longer. Mrs. Samuel b.
Sneach of Tiffin. Ohio. the present
second vice president. will be elected
to the vacancy. Her place will be ia
ken by Miss Georgia A. Eacon of Wor-
chester. Mass, new member of the
federal IN. There will be no contests.
1ne other officers to be reelected
are:
Record secretary Mrs. Harry L.
Keefe of Walthall, Neb.
Corresponding secretary, Mrs. Eu-
gene Riley Of Charlotte n. C.
Treasurer Mrs William B. Williams
of Lapeer, Mich.
Auditor, Mrs. C. H. MacMahon of
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Directors to be elected are: Mrs.
William Andrews of Washington, Mrs.
Grace Julian Clark of Indianapolis,
Mrs. Frances D. Everett of Highland
Park, H., Mrs William P. Harper of
Seattle, Washington, and Mrs. Frank
White of Valley City, N. D.
New directors will be Miss Mary
Garrett Hay of New York, Mrs. w. B.
Young of Jacksonville, Fla, and Mrs
w. H. Crosby of Wisconsin.
Blames Women's Dress for
immortality.
The federation went on record today
as 1lvoring the old style dances. The
convention instructed it's members to
do all in their power to procure the
early demise of the tango, hesitation
and other present-day extremes.
Dean Walter G.. Sumner, addressing
the convention during the afternoon,
charged that much of the immortality
among young men is due to the I'm
decent dress" of women. He urged the
federation to demand that men cease
to exploit woman hood in an indus
try which is undermining marriage"
He called attention to the rapidly in
creasing number of detectives in this
country and told the women no de-
crease can be expected until a single
standard of morals is made a reality.
Dean Sumner was arguing for the
necessity of health certificate with
every marriage license.
The convention today focused its at
tention upon the social evil, and the
teaching Of sex hygiene in the schools
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to be taken.
Plant Fight on Disease.
The women were asked to petition
the national government for COM
mission on tuberculosis and to aid IN
the work for the establishment OF dis
trict hospitals. 1t was also suggested
that each club in the federation ap-
point a commission tenement house
children, thus launching a nation
wide ''bet. .r homes" campaign.
The delegates gave long demonstra-
tion of their approval of Dean Sum-
ner's appeal to them to support legls-
lation for bills OF health with mar
rage licenses.
Dean Sumner painted pictures of the
fallen boy and the fallen girl, draw
ing a comparison that brought wave
of annlause when he finished with the
statement This is a terrible MUS
| tice."
young men," said the dean. should
he learning no what there is a duty
as great as otherhood and that is
fatherhood. The health certificate Is
of great educational value. 1t VIII
snread knowledge about the insanity
blindness and abnormalities beQueath-
ed to succeeding generations as the
/ result of immoral living"
Mrs. Philip N. Moore forecasteo tne
day when publ chealth Will be put OF
the same basis as public educat1oh II
today.