Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10
MISS IONA GALE
TALKS TO WOMEN
Reads Unpublished Story of
Friendship Village Series
Before Club.
SEEKS TO BROADEN LIVES
Charms Audience With Her Sincerity
City Beautiful Contest Awards
Made October %.

Miss iona Gale. noted authoress and
prominent club woman. read one or
her unpublished stories OF the Friend
ship Village series at the October
meetire Of the civic department Of
The Womsus club which was held yes
,erday IN Masonic temple and TO
which the general public had been
invited
Miss Gale. a serious little woman
With a great purpose in life. charmed
her aud euce with her sweet person
slftv and inspired them with the single
ness o. her purpose. She read The
Biezest Business" a work that will
be published for the first time Oct
Il in the Womau's Home Companion.
and which Is one OF the Friendship
village stories. dealing with the prob
len OF the relation OF the employer
10 the employe- CaIliope Marsh the
unioue. interesting and sweet charac-
Ter that dominates so many OF Miss
Gales stories. tells OF the efforts that
have been made in Friendship Village
n promote a club for working girls
and OF the competition that exists be-
tween Friendship Village and Red
q
rghtful story. breathing the whole
souled philosophy for which her stories
are noted Il is crammed fun with
the homely sayings that carry with
them so much logic and which set one
TO pondering, carrying throughout her
story the thought that the big business
Of the world is turning people into
folks"
For Common Betterment.
At the close of her story she spoke
~ some length on the Biggest Bust
ness. which : love for fellowman. the
turning Of people into folks that have
3 common interest for the betterment
of mankind. She said that being
broad is 10 believe those things that
We have not been brought up 10 be-
Heve. TO cut on the nOnessential for
the essentials. She applied her re-
marks 10 the work that can be done
by civic departments and spoke espe-
cislly Of the. movement for civic and
moral instruction in the public schools
She was of the opinion that the heart
OF civic life begins too late in life. that
il should begin in the public schools.
that the children should be taught. not
about the movement of the wings or
great armies. but Of peace and the OPP
Grafton Of peace. 70 begin early 10
build and place emphasis on the big
things of life that are learned too late
II life.
She advocated the gathering to-
rether Of people in communities 10
talk over those things that interest
them. TO talk over business matters,
homelv every day affairs; in fact. the
es-ablf =hment Of social centers where
the Young people can gather 10 dance.
see good pictures. hear good lectures,
etc. making the business of the town
tha business OF all
she smoke Of the force Of love. the /
relation OF people with people; that
no matter what ones position in life
nay BE- II S important that some
means be esta biished whereby peo- f.
pie NAY be brought closer to one an
c--e-. made 20 work together towards /
2 common end. love dominating the !
world. She spoke on the subject OF .
the disposal Of garbage which mas f.
been one % her pet hobbies and on .
which she f. an authority. She an
swered questions relating 70 coWmu-
nity canters and was liberal with sug-
gestions as 20 the best manner in (
which 70 conduct them /
Might Be Any Village.
Miss Gale when questioned as to /
whether or not Friendship village was .
really some spot, replied that 1t might .
be any little village where iuteres<
are common. The characters are Gre
atoms she said OF her own mind and
the stories are the outcome OF nat
ural development. the working out
through CaIiope Marsh OF the present
day movement Of personal work
Miss Gale, whose home is in Madi-