The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
FEDERATION
COMES TO CLOSE

The annual meeting of the General
Federation of wornen's clubs in Chi
cago has passed into history.
But the thousands Of thoughts 4x-
pressed there by some Of the foremost
women of the country will b. remem-
bered long by the delegates. Some of
ten days session are of special interest
to those who could not avail them
selves Of attending the convention.
Every man and woman should be
obliged to work when he or she is IS
years Of age ana should be compelled
to go to school until they are that age,
according to Prof. Charles Zueel!n Of
Boston.
n we should get paid for what we
earn and no more" he said at the
biennial civic conference on Tuesday.
w should have sex equality. We
cannot have this while men pay their
wives bills, doing out little sums of
honey as they think ht. Most nus
bands are simply the home treasures.
This is partly women's fault, however,
for there are too many women who love
to be economically incompetent. With
| proper sex equality men and women
can meet each other just as men meet
men now.
we have three great problems with
which to deal, or industrial system,
racial antagonisha and sex ignorance.
Our educational system now Is better
ftted for the training Of monks of a
thousand years ago thar for the moth
ers Of the twentieth century. Entrance
examinations are barbaric and should
30 into limbo. We must educate our
men and women together. We should
have home rule in the home, the city,
the state and the nation. Our govern
fnent. should be SO simple q college
president or an immigrant could under
stand 1T equally well.
We are becoming more humanitar-
ian in u treatment of criminals, be-
cause there are so many uncaught
| criminals among ourselves that we are
getting to hav more sympathy with
the criminal who does get caught.
es Of destruction. They develop moral
invalids.
we have too many laws. Fifty leg
tslators Is enough for n state. Let
| US apply common sense rules to JUS
tiee.
"Women have too many r~ecreatienal
programs in their club work. They
do not dare study because of the cost.
They are afraid to fix the blame.
w must have scientific production,
| equitable distribution and discriminate
ing consumption. Community fellow
ship y the enly test Of rsieglon;" IVA
ma league sectional conference at the
club convention, disagreed with Miss
Jane Adams, who said that moving
pictures are q power in dramatic af-
fairs.
THE movies may be the A B C Of
drama" said Mr.. Papot, but they are
only good because they will lead TO
Interest in better things.
'If our French plays are too long,
why do you use them at all2" he said.
you take a thrAe-hour play and cut 1T
to two hours, and it is worse than
nothing"
Hamlin Garland emphasized the i'm
portance Of the village In the work for
| better drama.
elizabeth Hunt talked on Playg6ers
and said we need a FIRST aid to the
| theatregoer,"
Alice M. Houston advocated the cir
| cult idea for companies of players. A
| dramatic company can be organized
| by the women or by the municipality
and a chain Of cities can be booked,
| she said. This idea has been tried In
| Illinois, where Mrs. Fiske, George Ar
| Hiss, the Irish players and other COM
| panies. were sent to towns of less than
TO- 900 for one night stands. The ven
ture was profitable, the speaker said.
Walter Hampden, the actor, offered
the cooperative of the stage people
with the movement for better drama,