The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-22

biggest town on the map, for its size.
1 The members are assisting in havin
clean and orderly alleys, not on
week, but every week in the year
They encourage the raising Of flow
ers, instead of flies and gardens ant
lawns, instead Of weeds.
A Woman's Civic improvement
league was recently organized a
Adair for the purpose Of doing q
thousand and one little things thai
will add to the appearance and clear
! Illness as well as the heaIthfulness o.
| Adair"
! The civic department Of the Siou:
City Woman's club has made a mos
careful investigation Of food product:
of their city.
Cherokee recently had Civic's day
when the Woman's club invited The
mayor and Mrs. E. J. Stason, chair
| man OF the civic committee of the I
F. w. c., to talk On civic questions
Eldora's Monday club voted to pay
the expense of providing a skating
pond for the young people.
Keokuk and Des Moines women
have given civic luncheons. when lead
ing speakers have addressed the
clubs.
The Cedar Falls women were pro
motors of skating pond for chill.
dren
Nine hundred dollars have been
spent by the Atlantic Woman's City
club for city improvements.
Burlington women have recently or
sanized to study good citizenship and
government.
The Woman's club of Anemosa has
proposed to the board Of control that
an industrial reformatory for women
and girls separate from the institu-
ton at Anamosa be established; the
new reformatory to be under femin-
inc management Outdoor work is to
be provided, such as gardening, f1ori-
culture, poultry raising and similar
industries 1t is estimated that If the
plans suggested by the Anamosa
women were followed, the state could
provide an excellent reformatory for
women for only about 100000.
The Woman's club of Cedar Rapids
has taken up the suggestion of the
Anamosa organization and will lend
aid in a campaign for its recognition
by the board of control.
The topic for discussion at an aft
ernoon meeting of the Keokuk Won
ems club was "A Century of Dress"
An exhibit Of quaint and interesting
dresses, shawls and other wearing APP
parel was one of the added features
of the day.
A number OF the federated clubs
have already held their annual cleo
tons. Mrs. Orne Damon was chosen
president Of the Women's club Of Fort
Dodge for the coming year.
The feminist Movement was dis
cusseG, BY DR.. John Wallace Cooper as
speaker for the Davenport Women's
club.
About thirty farm women met at
Geneseo and pledged themselves mem
bers of an organization called The
Country Ladies' Booster club"
The Culture club OF Sidney that re-
Gently joined the l. F. w. c., has been
successful in managing a lecture
course beside providing series of
special days On one of these occa-
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the federation, was the guest Of honor
and speaker. Mrs. Cora Murphy is
president of the club.
The Dubuque Women's club has
of $50 energetic women
who are doing interesting and helpful
departmental work.
The Des Moines Federation of
Women's clubs cares for a fresh air
ward for poor children in one of the
city hospitals. At a recent reception
given, Mrs. Isaac Mills, who is chair
man of the committee. gave a most
review of the work and
made an appeal to the club women for
wider interest in the splendid under
taking.
Mrs. Stasen Of Sioux City has
awakened a statewide interest in the
civic work of the federation. while
Mrs. Sanford of Cherokee has been
active in promoting the work
Of the home economics department.
Miss Harriet Lake is receiving
money from the 1eueTdtlOH CIuDS To
apply on the scholarship and loan
fund. Miss Dunlap is spending much
of her time at the state house looking
after the bills that the federation has
indorsed
Mrs. Homer A. Miller. past presf-
cent of the I. F. w. c., Is spending
the winter in Los Angeles. Mrs. j.
e. Berryhill, TIE first president of the
is living in San Francisco.
True to Type.
Chicago Evening Post: Berlin ar
rests woman newspaper correspon-
tent for 'indiscreet curiosity" With
out that quality she would be neither
correspondent nor woman.