The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-31
Mrs. Rockers Message

WOman's Club page in Sunday |
Times-Union:
Dear Friends: l promised our ed |
itor a letter as soon as l returned |
from the East Coast, but found so |
much accumulated correspondence |
and other things that required i'm |
mediate attention that I'm just now |
catching up"
AT my request Mrs. Frank Jennings |
reported our board meeting at Tai |
lahassee and so well and thoroughly |
was it done that there is little to add, |
only that | want to say personal |
word Of appreciation for the beauti- |
full hospitality shown us by the wo-
mans college faculty and the stud
ents, and especially Miss Harris and
her home economics department. |
wonder if any other state federation
has an asset of such value as Miss
Harris is to Florida. 1t has been my
pleasure to speak of our woman's
college in many parts of the state
| for it certainly is an institution Of
| which all Florida would be proud. 1t
has also been my privilege to pre-
sent the boys industrial school at
| Mariana, an institution that does
not reflect credit upon the state, but
| if our people will only realize the i'm
| portance of making it what the name
implies and will support and encour-
age the most excellent board of man
ayers and the new superintendent We
may hope for better things.
The federation board of directors
spent four hours going over the draft
| for constitutional revision as submit
ted by the chairman, Mrs. Harper,
of Fort Pierce Mrs. Wright, of San
ford, has been appointed on this COM
mittee in the place of Mrs. Corbett,
who could not serve. Mrs. Wright is
doing active federation work and is
throughly qualified in every way to
do valuable work on this committee
A new draft will be made Incorporate
ing suggestions of board and submit
ted at the next meeting. 1t will then
go before the convention in Novem-
ber A telegram was received from
the Twentieth Century club, Gaines
vile, inviting the board to hold it's
next meeting there. This invitation
was accepted, and the board will
meet in Gainesville the latter part of
April, the definite date to be announc-
ed later.
Full accounts of my visit to clubs
in South Florida have already been
given, but | wish to say the Miami
| Woman's Club is in a most flourish
ing condition. 1t is now the largest
club in the state with a membership
of $50. Also one of the wealthiest
| with its magnificent new clubhouse
located on part of the grounds of
the Royal Palm hotel property, and
easily worth $4,000. This club has
been bequeathed property worth
$40, 900 that will be available in
few years. 1t owns and conducts
Miami's public library. They were
in the midst of an election of officers
and on all sides were regrets that
Mrs. Moore was not eligible for re-
election. She has done a splendid
work. One afternoon with Mrs.
Kirk Munroe and the ladies of Co
coanut Grove was perfect joy.
, There We're so many personages pres
ent-your president felt like she had
. gone through a volume of Who
Who in America. Mrs. Kirk Num-
roe, who is without doubt the most
. prominent woman in the federation,
and is known chiefly with us for her
literary and social service, is also
famed far and wide in Cocoanut
f sponge cake.
The Housekeepers' Club extended
a most cordial invitation for a meet
ing, but as / was visiting in Miami,
most of my time was planned for
and / could not ask for another aft
ernoon. However, | had the pleas
e ure of visiting its most attractive
(. clubhouse with the president, Miss
= Macfarlane. This club is twenty
! four years old. Is there one in the
federation older?
| spent very busy day in Fort
Pierce Monday, and nowhere in the
state has your president received
more general and spontaneous hos
pitality than in this most progressive
little city. l was especially impress
ed with 'the prevailing spirit Of CO.
operation. A baseball game was
postponed for half an hour so that
the women who attended the club in
the afternoon might attend the
game, and al our meeting that night
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