Arizona republican., 1915-01-20
DELEGATES IHRONC WOMAN'S
 CLUB FOR OPENING SESSION
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the visitors in the name of the city. Mrs. A. w. Merrill of the College Club for the delegates and Mrs B. A. Fowler for the district Federation.
 Mrs. Robinson of the Williams Club made a clever response for the delegates.
 Miss Lucy Terrill Ellis read greet ings from Mrs. Percy Pennybaker, president of the General Federation, Mrs. John Dickerson Sherman, na- tional conservation chairman and from the various state Federations.
 The music was a delightful fea- tlre of the program, Miss Mary Mil dred Smith gave the piano number and in her usual charming manner Mrs. Arthur Gibons Hulett sang group of songs. Mrs. William F. Lefty was her accompanist and Flu gene R. Redewill played the violin opllgato There was also music by male Quartette.
 Following her inspiring report the president appointed to serve on the revision committee, Mrs. B. A. Fow- Ter, chairman District Federation Mrs. Moore, Wilcox club, Mrs. Lou Woolery, Ramona Woman's club and on the rules and regulations com mittee, Mrs. F. J. Warren, Tucson club, Mrs. Perry Williams, Maricopa club and Mrs. H. c. Corson. Tempe club@A..
 While Mrs .Ross did not make for maftreport sh& created splendid i'm pression on her hearers by reason of her keen, logical statements. Those who are familiar with her work ex pected just the concise talk she made In her introduction she said this is practical age and calls for deeds not words. l have requested the chairmen and presidents to be brief and to the point on account of encumbering the pages of the year book with unneces- sary reiteration'
 Mrs. Ross then told that when she was elected president year ago there were tWenty-three clubs reported in 'iie leuerauoh A skidoo number and called to preside at their seventh convention-the figure seemed ominous put l decided to make them lucky and was not alarmed when the thirteenth club to. apply had thirteen members"
 She dWelled especially on the im- portance of concentration. "A we'll known National club woman at the bi- eninal in June said club women Were inclined to take up too much.
 The trouble is that every woman has few things she wishes to accom- pllsh and the difficulty lies in aereeing on what few things are important" de- cldred MrS. Ross. Tt is said that when woman gets up in the morning and puts rag around her head it's a sign of big day ahead and when q man gets up and does likewise it is sit, nificant of big night behind. So 1 raise my voice in warning women to De conservative along the line of legis- latlon they undertake Because we have the ballot and two members of the legislature we should not allow our heads to be turned by making an ef- 1 fort to revolutionize the laws of thf state. We are not yet ready for that. or her own aims and ambitions she 1 said When l started out a few years ago l made up my mind to work fo, 1 four definite thingsII took for my slo. 1 gan a club in every county'-In the Ifourteen counties of the state fOuI were without representation, Graham . and Greenlee in the south. Navajo anf Apache in the north. There has beer the gain of Graham and Navajo anC an appreciable increase everywhere ir | the state The Girls scholarship funds also shows a favorable increase and other measures that I advocated are the establishment of a state en. dowment fund and northern distric federation"
 Our president has written five hun dred and twelve letters, and ninet, post cards during the past year Sh, has travelled about fourteen hundred miles in the state in club visiting, ant has visited and spoken before eighteer clubs. she has addressed the Mari copa County Farmers Institute rep
 resenting the Phoenix Womans club and has spoken to the students of tn, Northern Arizona Normal school a | Flagstaff
 The present administration received | theFederation with nineteen clubs il official standing At the Nogales con vention the report showed twenty thre, | clubs, but upon investigation, it wa. Hound, that of that number three ha, withdrawn. the College club of Tucson and the Wednesday club of Globe Tn,
 Mothers League of Tucson. and tn 1 Civic League of Wickenbarg had de ceased, leaving q total of nineteen clubs. During the year past fourteel clubs have been added Twelve o
 these are new clubs. and two have beei
 reinstated-The Wednesday club o
 Globe and the Woman's club of Will lams. The last named club had for
 merly been affiliated with the Stat
 Federation, but had not been holding
 regular meetings, and had paid no due for two years of lfelessness and be
 came reinstated, and has been one O
 the splendid clubs of the state durin
 the past year. Your president does no
 take the credit of this unusual growtl
 in membership to herself. By the worl
 of former administrations club condi
 tions in the state had been made rip
 for harvesting, and needed only tn
 reaper, and. as Shakespeare says, tn
 movement has grown by what it fe
 on Much interest has been maintaine
 would be negligent indeed if l faile
 to speak of the work of the Club Ex
 tension Committee in general. and c