Arizona republican., 1915-03-07
CLUB NOTES

On Wednesday afternoon, March T., the Harmony club. will give q charity card party at the Woman's club. While one of the most impor- tant departmental clubs in the state fedration. the organization has never lost sight of it's primary purpose of charity. and is ever doing for those in want. Last week it collected in fants' clothing, complete outfit be- ing contributed hy the club to des- titute family in need of the little garments.
 In the interest of a neighborhood clean up campaign. Robert Fisher will make an address at the enter tainment to be given by the Wash ington Womans club Friday evening. There will be well arranged musi- cal program followed by a box sup per and candy sale, the proceeds of which will be used for the twenty five dollar prize offered the ranch that shows the best clean up record in year.
 
 The Woman's club will celebrate "Gentlemen's Evening" Tuesday, March l6. The members of the drama class under the direction of Msr. Katherine Wisner McClusky, will present "A Pot of Brass,' by Yeats: and Spreading the News, by Lady Gregory. The class has been studying with Mrs. McCluskv since autumn. her course including a number of interesting plays none of fair of Tuesday q week will mark the first appearance of the club women who will take part.
 At the conclusion of the regular weekly meeting of the Woman's club Tuesday afternoon, the art and liter ature departments will elect a chair man for the coming year Last week Mrs. l.. D Dawson was chosen to head the music department and Mrs. J. L. E. Alexander. who has hade a splendid record as chairman of the civic department will serve in that capacity fort another year. Mrs. C. c. Anderson was recently elected chairman of the household economics department.
 The Musicians club with mem- bership of eighty eight has asked to join the Arizona federation of Womens clubs. The Woman's club of Metcalf was another organization that last week voted to become af- filiated with the state federation. Mrs. Henry D. Ross, state president. reports the club spirit active all over the state and believes the federation meeting in January gave the club movement an impetus that is shown in the increase of membership in clubs and the number of additional federated organizations.
 Portland is making elaborate pre- parations for the meeting of the general federation of Women's clubs to be held in that city June 14. The first official bulletin has just been issued by the advisory and hotel committees
 Mrs. Katherine Wisner McClusky, upon whom the clubs have depended largely for programs this winter, gave q reading at the College club Wednesday afternoon and with her usual sympathy and understanding, completely captivated her audience. She read from Percy Mackaye's "A Thousand Years Ago and the author was the subject for a well written paper given by Mrs. Irwin.
 Announcement has been made from the office of the National Conference of Charities and Correction of the preliminary program of its forty second annual meeting, to be held lat Baltimore, Maryland, Nay F to I19.
 Mrs. John W. Glenn of New York, the president, is desirous of having Arizona represented by a club wo- man interested in civic and social work, and has been in correspond- ence with Mrs. Henry D. Ross, presi-
 
 Women's clubs relative to the state delegate. If any club woman plans to be in Baltimore convention week they are asked to kindly communi cate with Mrs. Ross. Miss Gilchrist, superintendent of associated chari- ties, attended the last meeting in Memphis, and is corresponding sec retary for Arizona
 Mrs. John M. Glenn anticipates that this will be one of the largest gatherings of charity workers in the United States this year. on ac- count of the widespread Restitution and the demand for methods of re- i lief and social amelioration that will be adequate for these unprecedented conditions. The conference consists of public officials, residents of social settlements, heads of institutions, penologists, delegates from colleges. universities, churches and women's