South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-26
SOUTH BEND WOMEN
RETURN FROM MEETING
Mrs. Victor Jones Says Trip to
New Harmony Was Feature
of Club Convention.

The South Bend delegation Of club
women to the convention Of the State
Federation OF Women's clubs which
closed Saturday at Evansville, return
ed home early Sunday. Mrs. Victor
Jones. representing the Progress club,
Mrs. G. W. Keller the Thursday club,
and Mrs. w. b. Pershing the I'm
prOmptu club, attended the various
sessions which began Tuesday and re-
turned home only after the final event
of the series, a trip to the historic
town OF New Harmony, where 9S
delegates were entertained by the
Woman's club of New Harmony.
Mrs. Jones, who was elected second
vice president, characterizes the trip
to New Harmony as the GROWING So
cial event of the convention. A spe-
cial train took the visitors to the
town where they were met by auto
mobiles and shown the points Of in
terest including the roOming houses
in use during the cOmmunistic days,
the ancient sun dial still marking
time and the splendid library in
which have been preserved all the
costumes used in the famous New
Harmony pageant, together with
collection of rare portraits of his
torical characters
Visit Mrs. FauntlerOy.
Perhaps the most interesting fea-
ture of the trip, however, was the
visit to Mrs. Rachel Fauntleroy, the
founder Of the Minerva club, the first
woman's club ever organized. She is
a woman past so years old, but she
received the large delegation of visit
ors in her quaint parlOr furnished
with the original furniture of the
Co..
COrbin which is built on TIE fOunda-
tions of the owen home which was
destroyed by fire, the visitors were
served a delightful breakfast
Mrs. Jones described also the Press
club tea rendered the 500 delegates
the afternoon OF the opening session
of the convention, the Art luncheon
at the st. George hotel when Mrs.
Burnet Of Indianapolis served as
toastmistress, the suffrage luncheon
at the Walnut Presbyterian church
when DR.. Amelia Keller of Indianap-
oils and Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke re-
sponded to toasts, Mrs. Clarke's be-
ing on 1.-The Woman Of 1875"
Centennial Luncheon.
AT the centennial luncheon one Of
the most important Of the events of
the convention which took place the
second day Of the convention, We'd
ueSudy, MISS Cndrlty DYE of Indi-
annapolis spoke enthusiastically of the
centennial celebration, not so much
of the building as OF the pageant
She spoke Of the importance of per
hitting children to participate. stat
Ing that each district and each coun-
" should prepare its children to pre-
sent phases Of local history in the
pageant, urging it not only for the
sake or the pageant but as a splendid
means of teaching history to the
children.
Although 40 resolutions were pass
cd and a number Of movements were
endorsed, most emphasis was laid on
the subject of a constitutional con-
VentIon' according to Mrs. Jones. The
cotton goods movement and Ameri-
can made goods were endorsed en-
Enthusiastically and another movement
which was discussed and endorsed by
individuals though not by the feder-
atlon in general was the patronage of
the bind women OF the state. par-
tlcularly those who are making an ef
tort TO support themselves by their
own handiWOrk