Arizona republican., 1915-05-09
CLUB NOTES

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 l By Civics we mean all work that benefits a city or community as q whole and that helps every person in
 that city or community, high and low, rich and poor, fortunate or
 unfortunate.
 Too many womens clubs are for
 the fortunate woman who has the
 time for study, or the means to be an
 associate member without study -
 civics touches every woman's home cqually-an outlet for feminine ac-
 tiVity.
 "A lecturer has said recently "a
 home is what the mother makes it,
 q town is what the women make it.''
 Mrs Oakley. a woman well known
 in the work of the General Fedora
 ton has said. "The more Civics the
 less philanthropy"
 :. The explanation given by Mrs
 Ross was that the women of all
 stations become educated to right 1 living and sane housekeeping the function of the civic club being to cultivate public sentiment in favor of cleanliness. health, and better living.
 Mrs. Ross then gave several con crete examples of the work done bv the civiCs clubs of the nation, not
 ably of the women of N. O. in their campaign for better sewerage and
 drainage: in Norwalk, Conn, in the children's gardens kirlIsville, Mo. street cleaning. paving, the statewide cleanup day movement, in which
 Iowa took the lead, and cited several notable achievements along this line in our own state.
 Inc. ,I., president of the City Club of Phila- delphia: our clubs stand for a trained mind in a healthy body.
 which shall dwell in sanitary home in a clean street of a well groomed
 city. in a state whose first thought
 shall be to legislate for its best citizen as well as its worst, in q
 country whose greatest pride shall be that il is composed of such states having such cities. and such sciti- Zens."
 1 Club women interested in the ac- tivities of womens organizations throughout the country will get l fair iGea of the work that is being accomplished by letters from the var ious state presidents that have been
 compiled by Mrs. Percy Pennybaker.
 general federation president:
 Miss Adelaide [. Fries.
 Winston Salem. N. C.:
 "T was interested in your Birth 1 Certificate article, and have been i wondering ii you know how very modern the forefathers of our con- gregation here were. They did not give birth certificates. but they did haptise their children at a few days of age. and the baptismal register.
 going back to 1753. gives date of l birth as well as of baptism. so that { any Salem Moravian can be given definite information for any year since the beginning of the town.'
 Mrs. z. I. Fitzpatrick. Thomasville. Ga:
 Last month we have held agri- cultural rallies in twelve Congres- sional districts. This plan was sug- gested by our Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, who spoke at most of the meetings. At each rally, the club women of the town provided the pie nic dinner. and all country people. men and women. were invited. There ! were speakers at each meeting from the federation, the state Agricultural ICollege. state Board of Health, E,X- pertinent Station, and State Board of Education More than 1000 people heard the addresses. and I am sure it is the most far-rcachine work for .he rural districts that our women have yet done" Mrs. R. A. Morton, Cheyenne. Wyo.: February 18th I returned from a trip through the state. As you know 1 wyoming has no cities. The largest town I visited was Sheridan, which 1 has population of about 14.0O0. | Some of the clubs are genuine coun- l -ry clubs. It has always seemed l wonderful to me that we have the l federation. but I'm sure it would ] seem more wonderful to you if you had been with me. With but one exception. found the clubs pros l porous. alive to the needs of their town and state Almost every small l town has a library. and not a few | homes have economies taught in the | schools.
 "The impression one receives is | always that of 'wideawakeness. We | have no trouble with lack of interest l in our federation work.
 .The federation had three bills | before the state legislature. Two | were passed. One of them increas- ed the amount married woman without children can inherit. The law | as if was worked a great injustice. | Another made it impossible under the law for a man to disinherit his wife The Dill which did not pass was one creating the office of SUD- crvising matron. The federation i wished a woman appointed to work under the Board of Charities and 1 Reforms, whose duty would be. to visit and inspect all state institutions where women and children are con fined" Miss Jennie IT. DeMerritt.
 Dover. N. H.:
 Each section Of New Hampshire ! seems divided from the other bA natural environment. one side of the lakes being cut off from the other. ana the mountains sharply separating and shutting in the hill