Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-30
the poor race for which Goldman
died.,
And do it all for Love-"

died,
And do it all for Love-"
AS Mrs. Fitzgerald said in her AL
bany address: Our object is a desire
to be better mothers, better wives and
better Christians, and this desire led
us into civic, educational, social and
moral investigation and study, and we
have found our greatest joy in render
ing such service as will help create
satisfactory conditions for better liv-
ing"
The purpose is noble and lofty, and
to achieve success the federation has
eschewed politics. The WORK is phil
anthropic. And to be efficient the
clubs organized into a state fedora
ton, which gives out the plans of
work. The spirit of the Georgia Fed
GRAFTON is most beautiful. Every club
works in harmony for a general pur-
pose Of course, each club is unit,
just as each county composing the
state is a unit, and each club finds To-
cal work to do, yet by determination
great achievements are accomplished.
There seems to be no limit to the
variety of ways in which the clubs are
of service to the people.
Mrs Fitzpatrick says the Georgia
legislature has been very responsive
to the requests of the federation. "Ev-
cry bill," she says, endorsed by our
federation at Cuthbert last fall was
passed by the legislature in June, 1914,
except the 'permissive kindergarten
BILL and we think this will eventually
pass" This is notable statement.
That the Office of president of the
state federation is no sinecure l find
in the presidents report for 1914. She
wrote that year 1,514 personal letters,
800 circular letters and 437 postal
cards. Stupendous task, yet this is a
mere nothing when compared to the
sum total in supervision of the clubs
and their work. There are 200 clubs
and 10000 members.
The state is divided into districts
like our congressional districts, each
district has a president, but there is
no limit to the number of clubs. The
district president presides at district
conventions, and they encourage the
formation of new clubs, federate the
clubs, disseminate club literature and
keep in touch with each club of the
district. Each district president ap-
points the chairman of department
work in her district Indeed, it is or
ganization through and through, and
has been perfected so silently that
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great organization, and the vast
amount of work it is doing. The pres
ident of the state federation must have
the genius of Bishop Gambler, for her
work largely resembles his, so far as
organization is concerned. Wonderful
is the power of Titles. Each cluo
contributes to the general purpose,
and the resultant of their combined
work is simply a marvel. Yet the
clubs are non-partisan. Politics with
its profaning foot is not allowed to
enter the sacred precincts of fedora
ton work And herein lies it's power.
Well for the federation that it has
for its president Mrs. Fitzpatrick. She
possesses executive ability of the
highest order, is cultured, refined, Il
noble representative of Georgia wom-
ankind.
Of course there is a national feder-
alton of which the state federations
are members. AS the tastes and needs
of different states are so diverse, the
national organization would do we'll
to leave state federations to pursue
such policy as is best suited to local
conditions. Otherwise the federation
from the southern states are liable to
have their toes stepped on. And as
the national federation is non-political
no real embarrassments need arise