Arizona republican., 1915-09-19
CLUB NOTES
:=: Official Organ State Federation of Clubs :=:

Mrs Henry D. Ross, president Of the Arizona Federation of Women's Clubs
 has returned from . two months vaca- l tiom on the coast. Although the club season will not begin until October.
 Mrs. Ross will immediately take over her duties and receive any club com 1 munications by person, mail or phone. l The early autumn program of the dis Iinguished club leader will deal largely with matters pertaining to the state federation She will shortly prepare 1 the program for the annual convention l of the federation to be held in Tucson | in January.
 Mrs Josiah Evans Coroles of Los Angeles always an interesting and prominent figure in national clubdom 1 has become more so in the past fort night since her name has been for warded As president of the general federation. In a recent bulletin issued | by the national organization Mrs | Cowles who is chairman of the Peace | committee. i2 the Department of Edu- | cation of the General Federation of | Women's Clubs, expressed satisfaction with the genuine interest shown by the l club women of the United States in
 this subject.
 IL has been said that the | problem of world peace is the | problem not of peace treaties, | arbitration clauses and The Hague | courts, but of mutual good will and un- | derstanding among nations, and it is | in helping to promote this spirit of con l fidence and good will that the General | Federation is particularly qualified to | render valuable assistance. There are | no states and few communities where ! there arc not wOmen'S clubs. Each group has a potentiality of tremendous ' power. Does each woman of each | group know the real facts about war? | Does she see to it that her family has | other reading than the daily newspa- | per accounts of the sanguinary con | fictS that are maiming and moving down human beings by the thousands? | Tn all localities" continues, Mrs. l Cowles, there are people who know | nothing of the General Federation of | Women's Clubs. This vital, throbbing, | human theme of war offers just the
 point of contact that may enlist the
 tive cooperation of circles upon cir l cles of women hitherto not attracted | by clubs, and these in turn may in | flucnce other circles, in a constantly | extending radius"
 | Mrs. Cowles calls attention to the many educational forces at work in l this field, such as the new dramas that | drive home the horrible truths about | war, the special courses offered by uni versailles and state normal schools, the
 magazines and illustrated papers with | technical and popular articles on var | ious phases of international warfare.
 
 The Madison Improvement Club will hold it's first business meeting of the year Thursday October z.
 The Girls Self Improvement club will
 meet in all day session Saturday at the home of the president Miss Eugenia Glasscock There will be luncheon in honor of Miss Frances Hedgpath fol- lowed by the regular business meeting.
 feature of the gathering will be the
 informal address on the Panama Pa
 cific International Exposition by Miss
 Carmelita Ward, a member of the club
 who recently returned from an exten-
 sive motor tour of California.
 A conference of unusual interest to
 the women of the General Federation of Wonens Clubs will be held in Min
 neapolis, october 6-9. This is the na-
 tional housing conference. one of the
 directors of which is Mrs. Albion Eel
 lows Bacon. chairman of the Shelter
 Committee in the General Federation, a new committee under the Home Eco