The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-02-03
kENOSHAN IS
TO INSPECT
Mrs. Trenary Was Chosen
Election Officer by the
f e d er a ton of
Women.
DON'T KNOW WHERE TO MEET
wisconsin Federation Not Sure AS to
Whether It Will Go to Eau Claire,
Superior or Madison
Next Fall.
DON'T KNOW WHERE TO MEET
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Mrs. Otis Trenary, member of the
historical committee of the Wisconsin
Federation of Women Is clubs, repre-
scented the committee in the absence of
Mrs. Van Ostrand of Madison, at the
council of the federation held in Mil
waukee on Tuesday. The historic COM
mittee put before the council the pro-
ject of buying the only remaining orr
ginal building in Fort Crawford, this
state, when the endowment fund of the
federation is completed. There is still
81, 800 to be raised.
This is the last of the several historic
buildings marking the period of the
este bishment of Fort Crawford that is
standing and the historic committee
feels it should be preserved for poster
ity.
The city in which the next conven-
ton of the federation is to be held was
discussed but not decided. Eau Claire,
Madison and Superior, were all aspir-
ants for the honor. The matter was
left to the executive board and { deci-
sion is expected shortly.
Mrs. Trenary and Mrs. Maloney,
Fond du Lac, were chosen election in
spectors for the coming biennial cleo
ton that will be one of the features of
the next state convention.
Miss Lutte E. Stearns, member of the
executive board of the General FEEDER
alton of Women IS clubs, gave the coun-
Gil stirring talk on the general con-
vention to be held in New York May
20 to June /, 1916. Headquarters for
the convention will be in the Astor
hotel and those for Wisconsin delegates
in the Belmont hotel.
Support for Heating Owen Bill.
Miss Stearns urged those present to
write their congressman to use their in
fuence for the passage of the Heating
Owen bill prohibiting interstate com
merce in goods made by child labor, and
to kill the Dillingham; bill which would
increase the literacy test admitting for
eigners to the United States. Miss
Stearns quoted Jane Adams and other
soc1ologists as in favor of no literacy
test on the ground that many unedu-
Gated foreigners, once admitted, obtain
education enough for good citizenship.
Miss Stearns said that the same socio-
logists are in favor of stringent health
tests for admission to this country.
Mrs. D. 0. Kinsman, state president,
presided and in her address urged the
members to take an interest in the OBJ
ser7ance of baby week.
She would like the different clubs
affiliated with the federation to prepare
and circulate baby welfare exhibitions
among the school children and before
mothers clubs and parent-teacher asso-
Citations, and persuade merchants to
make baby window exhibitions through
the week, showing hygienic and SAM
tary 4ayettes, nursing bottles, cribs and
other details of nurseries and infant
conveniences.
The matter of doing away altogether
with elected alternates to the general
convention was discussed. MANY Of
those present thought it would be wisest
for the state federation to send dele
gates only to the general convention.
each delegate being instructed that if
unable to attend given sessions and
there were other visitors from the state
attending the convention, that the dele
gate could informally substitute the
visitor by turning over to her the dele
gate IS credentials.