El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-18
LITERARY DEPARTMENT OF THE
WONAN'S CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS

der which food supplies are handled,
and 20 work for better laws on all
things concerning the home. She
touched on the new municipal cold
storage plant and market in Cleveland,
Ohio, where families may buy butter
eggs and other staple articles in whole
sale quantities and, by paying a very
small rent have a locker in the cold
storage plant where these may be kept
for use Another review of interest was
the vocational work OF the public
schools of Texas. FL Paso is the only
Texas city in which printing is taught
in the schools The only thing in the
vocational line that other schools have,
which is lacking in FL Paso. is a course
in telegraphy.
Mrs. c. B. Hooper, superintendent Of
the WOman's Charity association,
talked on indiscriminate giving and its
evil effects Understandable giving
would beEgar the world and destroy
all hope Of the redemption from their
poverty Of the real poor" she said.
Investigation and practical. enliSht-
ened giving considers the causes which
produce the results Of sickness, lack OF
employment. or whatever may be the
distress Of the moment and. in giving,
tries to get at the cause" Mrs. Hooper
cited a number Of cases Of professional
mendicants with whom the Charity as
ISOLATION had recently had TO deal and
how the lndiscriminate giving by IN
dividuals sustained these unworthy
cases 10 the detriment Of the unfortu-
nate, but deserving poor.
Mrs. o. A Critchett talked on charity
organizations. She spoke of the devel-
Opment Of social service specialists in
all philanthropic work, to consider the
causes, the community conditions and
all things that contributed TO poverty,
i'll health and misery, so that the help
given might not be unwise handing out
Of aims but work to relieve the cOndl-
tiOns which caused the trouble. The
principal causes she cited were lack of
sanitation and general ignorance. lax
marriage laws, i'll born children and
abandoned girls Mrs. Critchett praised
the mothers pension bill which is now
in force in a number Of states and
which has practically reduced the per-
cent Of juvenile delinquency in these
states TO almost nothing. 80 see that
every child born into the world has the
necessities for its growth to maturity
is as much a part of a governments
concern as compulsory public educa-
ton" she said. She spoke Of the vari-
Gus plans advanced for municipal and
federal help Of the unemployed, who
are laid off from regular work in times
OF depression
In closing, she made a plea for wom-
ems suffrage Women can, should and
viii help to better many conditions al
fecting their homes and their children
and this they can only do by having a
direct voice in the making Of the laws"
A general discussion followed.
Among the announcements Of club
affairs made in the earlier part Of the
meeting was the change Of the original
art exhibit and entertainment by the
art department OF the club from April
TO April 13 Mrs. A. J. Fraser an
nOunced the next monthly program Of
the art department TO be devoted to a
study OF landscape gardening. Mrs. I.
NJ Waller viii be in charge A feature
Of the program will be a talk on the
art Of the san Diego exposition. by Mrs.
T. c. Phillips. The annual club lunch
con was announced for March 81, at
o'clock, in Hotel Paso del Norte
At the close Of the afternoon. Miss
Isabelle Valentine sang, with mss Mad
cline Fisk playing her accompaniment
Mrs. ". Butterbaugh and Mrs. A
ment given at the formers home on
street today to the members
OF the Alta visa Missionary society
Mrs. Charles II. Brown entertained |
the Beta Beta club Wednesday after
noon at her home on Nevada street !
The afternoon was spent In the usual |
way with sewing and conversation
Light refreshments were served. Only /
the club members were present Miss
Sue Palmer viii entertain the club
next week
g
the Highland Park Baptist church held I
missionary social Tuesday afternoon I
At the home OF Mrs Clara Murray, on 4
san Jose street The subject Of the /
Bible study was 'David's charge TO Sa- (
ome-" Missionary work among the /
foreigners was the topic OF the after /
noon Mrs. A J. Rose gave a report Of I
he recent district meeting Of the Won {
ans Auxiliary Of the FL Paso Baptist /
association at the First Baptist church. /
Mrs Rose. Mrs John fOungkin and
irs- J. F. Feair were appointed a com
nittee TO secure a large attendance
from Highland Park 10 the auxiliary
Meeting TO be held at Ysleta on March
30. After the program a social hour
vas enjoyed and refreshments were
ierved- Among those present were:
desdames Clara Murray, Ruth Dawson,
Ohn Younkin, J. F. Feair. A. ". Clay
on. A J. Rose, +. G. Douglass. j. ". /
earle, Y 1IcMechen, n J. Cowherd. :
2. ParrOtt r. W Fowler. Charles Pick
-rd, Misses iona Love. Grace Murray. I
Florence Clayton; Messrs. Howard
Clayton and Jerry Dawson