The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-25

100000 MILES
RECORD OF PRES.
t OF FEDERATION
Retiring President, Mrs. Penny
hacker, Gives Address.
Appeals for International Scope
of WOmen's Clubs.
HlRMONIzE WORLD AFTER WAR
sewerage" Motion Picture De-
grading, She Declares.
Wants Federation to Map Out
Definite Campaign.

New York, May 25.-A step from
nationalism to internationahsm SO
that assistance may be rendered IN a
worldwide movement by women 10
cha rsuonize the nations after the
close of the European war, is recon-
1nended to the General Federation OF
Wcmen's Clubs by Mrs. Percy " PEN
nybacke- of Austin, Texas, in her re-
E port as president, read here today at
the thirteenth biennial convention OF
. the federation. Mrs Pennybacker
stated that in the discharge OF her
4 official duties in two years she has
Travelled 100, 900 miles.
while we call ourselves the Cen
erals Federation of Won.en's Clubs.
vet we NAV as well face the fact that
our foreign clubs are so few and far
between that we are in reality only
: natioraI'' MS Pennybacker said,
ION the continent of Europe and in
other countries little is known of the
fedora ton because there the great
movement is represented by the Ma
. tional Councils of Women. all united
in the International Council of
Women.
Join International Council.
Now there is only one way in
which the federation can be repre-
scented in this International council
and that is by joining the already long
esta blished National Council of
II will confess that there is deep
err reason that makes me so eager
to see this brought to pass. When
the cruel war is over ard peace comes
we shall find in the international
council an organization that is ready
ready for harmonizing the nations
wfich are now at war-ready for
calling back into wise common coun-
sci women who for so many years
were accustomed to work side by side.
hot ha mo-
of~the federation may have the priv
Iege of sitting in the council and of
helping to bring back joy and har-
neny to the women of the world"
Should Help Immigrants.
Mrs. Pennybacker made other rec
concentrations of Importance to the
future activities of the federation. One
of these urged that the organization
go on record as favoring a contin-
uance of effort on the lines of inn
provemnt of rural life and the Amer
icanization of the immigrant In
this connection the president ex-
planned that her administration, hav-
ing early felt the need of proper al
lance with the government had es-
tablished system of cooperation
with the departments of agriculture,
Inferior and labor
zAnother recommendation made by
the president favored action by the
federation by urging upon the clubs
Latin American peoples and that the
incoming board suggest definite plans
for assisting the development of Pan
American relations.
Reform Motion Pictures
The motion picture was considered
in another recommendation, the presi-
dent urging the convention to request
the incoming board to make survey
of the problem and outline a plan of
action.
enc r1aSt;o1 bae ,-a,,.z5 - .
terest among the homes of our land, q"
she said. I'VE realize tatt this institu-
ton has come to stay; that it can be
made grea educational force; that
no one is wholly to blame for the state
of affairs that now confronts US: but
we realize the average motion picture
tends to degrade rather than to uplift
the moral status of the spectator Re
member, please, say the average pic
rure. We want the cooperation of
me film men and we should take no
hasty step
Mrs, Pennybacker voiced a warn
ing of certain dangers which she
declared confronted the federation.
s''First, there is the constant temp
tation for us to be exploited, to be
used for commercial purposes" she
said. explaining that pleas for finan-
cial aid are constantly being received
by individual clubs. She urged that
the members listen to no calls save
those sanctioned by state and national
federation,' and said she believed that
the problem needed special attention
3 in a legislative way.
Most Serious Danger
The second most serious danger
{ Mrs. Pennybacker described as "the
lack of continuity of effort" Many
state and individual club officials
complain, she said. that certain lines
OF work mapped out are not carried
Ntf1rough. There is a growing feel
ing." she continued, that each bien-
NAL convention should outline a GER
tain policy for the two years that are
to follow. We would intrench our
selves in public esteem and in the af-
lection of the state workers if we
could now settle upon one or two Great
lines of work for the next two years y
Reviewing her administration, Mrs
Pennybacker alluded to herself as ar
s'on-the-wing president explaining
that since July, 1914. her duties have
taken her 100000 miles. into every
state except Wyoming and into Eng
Found Travel Necessary
Some think that so much travel i:
UNNECESSARY" she said. This may bt
: true. 1 have felt, however. that the
personal touch was of tremendou.
value to me; that needed an oppor-
tunity to learn conditions to each
state. to come into closer contact with
the women themselves. than l found il
Apossible at council or biennial meet
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