The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-22

1tCeTS sent tne next COnS0USISU ~
RushvilIe for 1915.
Organization of county federations
must be the aim for which tho city
federations of each county must work,
according to Mrs. Virginia Meredith. OF
Cambridge City, well known over the
state and a member of hah the clubs
of Wayne county. She expressed this
opinion before almost 800 delegates to
the convention Of the Sixth District
Federation of Women's clubs.
Mrs. Merideth deplored the failure
of clubs in Cambridge City, Milton.
Dublin and Hagerstown to answer let
ters of Miss Edna Johnson, Of Rich
| mond, who was in charge OF the form
alton Of a county federation and who
called a session of delegates from
every unfederated club in the county
| Not a delegate was sent and not a
club answered the letter, Miss John.
son said.
1t was when Miss Johnson, as coun.
| ty chairman, spoke of this apparent
lack of interest by the unfederatsd
clubs in the western part of the county
that Mrs. Merideth called attention tc
J the methods she believed wrong in or
! ganizing the county federation.
| Failure IS Years Old.
Club women have failed for twenty
! five years in this, and they will con
! tinue to fail for the next twenty-five
years." Mrs. Meridenth declared. mot
until they use the right methods oi
federating, will they succeed. AS fal
as speaking of county and city clubs
in the Sixth district os concerned, &C
cording to statistical figures, Rich
mond is the only place where there
can be q city federation because town:
under 5000 are country l am sorry
that the country clubs in the western
part Of the county were SO unbusiness
like as to fail to answer Miss John
sons letter"
! In her report, Miss Johnson confined
her talk to what was done by the clubs
of Richmond, this oity being the onl!
one where the federation exists.
Praises Commercial Club.
Instead of giving the specific worl
of each club, Miss Johnson generalizet
and told of the work of the fedora
ton. She gave full credit to the Rich
mond Commercial club for taking holt
of the movements started by clubs be
longing to the federation and to ;
great degree, causing their success.
In the past year. The Domestic
Science club has been the prime move
in bringing a visiting nurse to this cit.
with the cooperation Of the Commerc
ial club and other clubs of the fedora
ton Stamps were sold and fifty pc
cent of the 1892 20 thus collected, wa
given to the Domestic Science clu
fund for a visiting nurse. With none
from other sources. the club brought
visiting nurse to the city January q
The work of the Aftermath clu
which introduced the yard cleanin
and flower garden movement. has bee
greatly helped by the Commercial
club.
The guest house effort is still liv
issue with the federation OF clubs an
within a few weeks, there will be
second campaign for funds for tn
furnishing of the home and If possible
to secure the contingent fund G
$4,000 offered by Mary T. r. Foulkt
Mayor co-operates.
Since the first Of the year, Mayo
Robbins has asked the clubs to sen
, two delegates to his advisory boart
thus giving the federation represents
ton with six other organizations /
civic affairs This is regarded as a
. important step of advancement to tn
federation and to women's clubs l
, general
, OF the seventeen recognised clubs {
the city, fourteen are in the feder;
ton and only three are unfederate'
1t is probable that the entire city WI
!. be federated soon.
Miss Johnson also called attentio
to the home economics exhibits whic
the Domestic Science club brougl
here in the winter and the one
which it had charge during the ia
2 festival.
}, Reports of club activities in tn
: counties of the district occupied tn
D greater portion of the time at th
morning session Of District Federatio
of Women's Clubs at the high scho'
auditorium The statements OF count
chairmen follow:
Fayette-Mrs. A. G. Trusler, Of Co
nersville. There are ten clubs in tt
federation at Connersville. Some I
q them have confined their work
3 charity. while others have taken civ
,. improvement as their chief interes
: Some have studied the big nation
e questions Of the day. A new Woman
J. Franchise league is being organize
The clubs have joined In the obser