The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
ONE MILLION CLUB WOMEN
LOOKING TO CHICAGO.
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every club woman who has made a
study of any of the questions which
are dealt with in the social center
work.
The personnel of the Local Board is
perhaps a matter of interest and It is
believed that the women selected, all
experienced in club work, are thor
oughly competent to handle the Bien.
NAL in way that will make the meet
ing one long to be remembered. BY
virtue of their present Offices as we'll
as their ability Mrs. Francis D. Ever
cit, director Of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Minnie Starr
Granger General Federation state
secretary, and Mrs. Frederick A. Dow,
state president of Illinois, are mem.
bers. They constitute the connecting
link between the state and General
Federations and the Local Board which
a hand outreaching to each. Mrs. Ev'
erette is closely in touch with all of
the General Federation officers and
gives valuable assistance where the,
work of the Local Board touches that
of the national organization. Mrs.
Granger gives the personal touch"
that, after all, Is the vital spark. AS
General Federation state secretary she
is carrying the message Of the national
organization to individual clubs and
arousing their interest to the wider
range of the General Federation. Mrs.
Dow, state president. travelling from
one club to another. is also carrying
the message which is drawing one mil
lion club women into closer relations.
The chairman Of the local board IL
Mrs. George Bass, president of the
Chicago Women's Club, one OF the
largest department working clubs OF
the country. She was at the head Of
the Reform Department Of her club
and has, been q part Of every reform
and civic movement Of note in Chica'
90 during the last fifteen years. She
was one of the group instrumental IN
securing the passage Of the bill and
the establishment Of the Juvenile
Court, and has been particularly active
for some years in efforts to get the
city and county institutions out Of the
hands of "spoils politicians" and to
have the schools removed from politi'
cal influence.
The financial affairs Of the Biennial
are in charge of Mrs. John c. Swinson,
second vice chairman Of the local
board and chairman Of the finance
committee. Her training has come as
president of the Willard Avenue Wo-
mems Club of Chicago and Of the Wei
fare League, having in charge the es-
tablishment and maintenance Of set.
Element house in the red light district
for the assistance Of girls. In State
Federation work she has been chair
man Of the Printing and Credentials
Committees, the Program Committee
and corresponding secretary. 1t was
Mrs. Swinson who persuaded the AS.
ISOLATION of Commerce Of Chicago to
extend to the General Federation an
invitation to Chicago and to secure
the Associations pledge to meet half
the expense of the Biennial.
The first vice chairman of the local
board, Mrs. Frederick X. Tracy, has
been termed "the little giant in club
work" A former president of the
West End Woman's Club, three years
second vice president of the Woman's
Club and chairman of it's Reform De-
partment for two years, D. A. r. and
a. member of the board of the Chicago
Home for the Friendless, perhaps her
greatest work has just been accom-
plished in raising among club women
Of the state ten thousand dollars for
the ferection of the Illinois Cottage at
the Industrial School for Girls. The
business of great convention must be
thoroughly systematized and IN this
work. Mrs. Andrew P. Coon as record.
ing secretary is engaged. Training as
president Of the Chicago Culture Club
as president Of the Sixth District Of IL
linois, AS an active factor in Juvenile
Protective work and in the Woman's
City Club, given to the study OF great
civic problemsd has taught Mrs. Coon
something of theli needs in club work
andaprepared Gher. for her present
position.
-Iot sdt .rAsseoN y.lT7E BOOZE.
The evidence against alcoholic bev'
erages is pretty strong. The latest Is
a statement recently Grade by ex.Nar-
den Hellstrom that almost every man
Who came to- thes peMitentiary during
a AN