The Denver star., 1914-07-18
FEDERATION OF CLUBS.
Empire State Body Of Women Holds
Dig Meeting In Brooklyn.

- N. BARNETT DODsON.
Brookiyn.-The sixth annual meeting
of the Empire State Federation of
Women's clubs held at the Concord
Baptist church in this city from We'd
nesday, July 1. to Friday. July 3. in
elusive. was a fine success. The fed
Grafton was the guest of the Dorcas
Home Mission society and the allied
clubs OF Brooklyn, which gave the
delegates and visitors a most hospita-
BILE entertainment. The attendance
was large and the program had many
brilliant features.
Mrs. Mary B. Talbert Of Buffalo.
president Of the organization. proved
herself to be highly capable presid-
ing oflcer. By her fairness and i'm
partial ruling at critical points in de-
bate she has endeared herself to the
members of the organization from all
sections of the state. Under her ad-
ministration the federation has grown
from weak. halting position into a
strong and progressive body Of wom-
en- who are devoting their best ener-
gies to the various needs of the peo-
pie In their respective communities.
From the standpoint Of work ac-
comphshed during the year the reports
showed an increase in the number of
institutions and individuals helped in
q financial way and a large increase
in the membership of the individual
clubs. This fact was brought out very
forcibly in the report of Mrs. NJ. G.
Lawton. state organizer. who reported
that abe had organized fifteen new
clubs during the year, with a total
membership of 624. The work Of
the executive committee under Mrs.
Charlotte A. Bell was also highly COM
mended.
The committee on resolutions, with
Miss Minnie Brown as chairman. ex-
pressed its appreciation of the cordial
way in which the federation had been
treated by the entertaining club. The
onicials OF the church, the Young Mems
League of Concord, which rendered the
reception to the delegates on the open
ing night of the convention. indorsed
| the work of the National Association
For the Advancement of COlored Peo-
pie. condemned the use Of the word
Negroes so commonly seen in the daily
papers when referring to a female
J member of our race, and called upon
the editors Of papers published by the
colored race to use their influence in
having the practice abandoned by
| white persons.
Mrs. Alice w. Seay, president Of the
Dorcas society, received the personal
thanks of the officials of the organi-
xation for the effective work done by
| the Brooklyn clubs. The receipts were
the largest in the history of the fedora
ton. By a unanimous vote the seventh
annual meeting of the organization will
be held n Elmira. N. T.. the first week
in July, 1915. Mrs Mary B. Talbert
Mrs NJ. c. Lawton and Mrs. Alice w.
Seay were among the officials elected
as delegates to the annual convention
| of the National Association Of Colored
Womens Clubs which will be held at
Wilberforce university, Ohio, beginning
Tuesday, Aug. 4. The election Of Off
GERS for the ensuing year resulted as
follows: Mrs. Mary B. Talbert. presi-
dent, Buffalo. n. Y; Mrs. Alice W.
Seay, vice president. Brooklyn; Miss
Elizabeth Aickens, secretary. Yonkers,
n. Y: Mrs. II. C. Lawton. organizer.
Brooklyn: Mrs. Daisy Tapley. treasur-
er. New York. and Mrs G. A. Bell,
chairman Of the executive committee,
Governors island, New York.