Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-17
Reports Made by Officers
and Heads of Committees
to the Woman's Department

ANY plan of military preparedness
which makes the flag under which we
live the emblem of our life. our all, and
not rag with which to protect the
corpse from which the spirit has fed,
welcome" declared Miss Maude Wet
more, in presenting her annual report,
ems department.
Reports of the various officers and
standing committees were heard as
well as section reports from the va
rious section chairmen.
Miss Wetmore declared that the
wOman's section of the commission for
relief in Belgium, which had completed
it's, activities had decided to offer
those who took part in that work the
opportunity of continuing, under the
banner of preparedness, to snow the
same measure of devotion to their
country that they had shown the Bel
gians when in the grip of starvation"
To rally to this call, she declared that
many women have responded and, un-
der the Craftsmanship of Mrs. Linden
ton of the movement for national pre-
paredness, which is amslgamated with
the woman's department of the fedora
ton.
Says Conditions Are Improving.
Miss Wetmore declared that general
conditions as affecting the woman's de-
partment have improved during the
year, and that the growth of the de-
partment has been steady and encour-
aging Satisfactory results were OBJ
tanned, she said, in securing work for
the unemployed in New York city last
winter, and efforts to crystalline this
work have met with success
The national surgical dressings com
mttee, Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard
chairman, has made remarkable show
ing during the yepr, Miss Wetmore re-
ported. Six hundred committees exist
today in the United States. and nearly
4, 0oU,O 900 dressings have been sent
abroad The committee has its own
depots in Paris and Bordeaux, from
which places distributions are made.
The New York and New Jersey sec
ton of the womans department has
continued its interest in prison reform.
the slogan being Sing Sing must go"
Miss Wetmore told of the educational
exhibit which has been prepared by
the Joint committee on prison reform,
and which shows conditions in the New
York state prisons, reformatorles and
other correctional institutions. In
speaking of the work of the New Eng
land section she said that one of the
largest state boards having to do with
industrial questions had asked permis-
sion to incorporate part of the indus
trial committees report in its recon-
mendations.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins Report.
Reporting on the District of Column
bia section, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins,
chairman, said. in part:
II wish to report for the past season
the continued efforts of it's various
committees along welfare lines; a mem
bership of 1876 active. AZ associate and
$40 who belong to the Teachers Auxili-
airy, and expenditures for the eight ac-
tive months of 1914-15. $1.51635.
THE lecture committee. Mrs. Hopkins
chairman, arranged a series of very IN
teresting monthly meetings. which were
well attended and aroused great in
| terest in the work.
Immediately after Thanksgiving the
surgical dressings committee began it's
work with about forty volunteer work
| ers, under the leadership of Mrs. Fred
erick K. Brooke, the vice president.
The Office is open every morning in the
building was donated by Mr.. Horace
|Westcott. Supplies have come In Won
derfully well. muslins, linens, cotton
goods and about $81.35 in money with
which gauze and oakum were bought.
There are now ready three boxes con-
ltaining cushions, blankets. sheets. pill
llowslips. towels and s75 dressings.
These things will be sent TO their des-
ltination by the American Red Cross.
| THE most important work which the
| school committee is doing at this time
is in connection with the teachers re-
tirement bill. At the request of Senator
national government is preparing. from
fstatfstics furnished sound financial
Iplan for 4tbe. bill. 4 report from the
bureau Is sxpecfsd- by the LIST of Feb