Arizona republican., 1916-10-18
INTERPRETATION ADDED TO
 EFFICIENCY DENNET7

efficiency will ever continue to
 be cur watchword but to this We
 add another Americ nization, a
 new note for our ciVilzation."-
 Mrs. John Dennett Jr., in the
 presidents address of the Wo-
 mans club.
 After a five months vacation the Womar's club met yesterday and be- gan its sixteenth year of activity. From an organization of ten members, it has grown to q club with d mem hership of more than two hundred, eighteen of which were admitted at the initial meeting.
 The growth of the club was toucheI upon ny the president in her annual address. The increase in efficiency more than in numbers was the par ;icular pride of Mrs. Dennett how ever, ard her voice rang true when she said, It shall he my pleasure and my, aim to do all in my power to uphold the ideals of our clun-and tn cXpend my best efforts to make thu our most successful clul year. !r sDeaking of Womans advancement she said:
 With a gradually broader vision of life and all that it holds for Wom9n.
 
 until sfe has gained a new and per- manent position in society. Her great 7 CT intellectual development has made woman the homemaker not the house. Eeeper the intelligent mother and di- rector of her children and the com- ranior of her husband. We ask what has produced this change? More than 10 anything else this advancement is due to the closer relationshin of wo- men hroucht about through the Wo- mans clubs. From a SinaI beginning the club has become a factor is so- cioty
 America has been called tho "Wo- mans Countrv"I This is because our women are awake and every dav the number of thSughtess depend9ris among them bed 4Pme less.
 Efficiency wn4 ever continue to be our watchword bk to this We add an other. "AmericaHization." new note for our civilization. This note but voices the responsibility we must as enme for citizenship. for education for reIeion. for kindlinesS, for every thing that is a quality in our hearts s and in our homes. But here We must not stou: We must carrt our iHflu- oncc into the outside world. America for. Americans is well said. but can We not educate those who come into our country 10 desire OUT ideals-tC be Americans? our women car reaca most closely the home and through , the home and the school education fol ton begins.
 Tho Woman" situation inside and outside of Woman's clubs occunies an i important place in the minds of peo- nle today. We are often asked fl : thorc is no- 9 great deai Of talk and 1 iNery little effective wor5 Tn this Wf answer emphaticalv NO. The ciat : has done much if only to improve th. 4 conditions in the home-but it h1' ! done much more. Directly due to th' mont of the tenement conditions it the cities. not vet satisfactory. bu { greatly improved. national anG stat I legislation bettering the condition O tra nborinr woman and affectin: !, child lahor-the cleanliness and subse duent improved sanitary conditions Q our towns and the beHHtjfying of ou villages. towns and cities. To thes m7v he added many other equally i'm pCrtant measures. We are young il | oU- work bat we are Iearuinc to h systematic and our efforts. properl directed. will continue to increase il efficiencv
 To speak more directly of our cU' take it that there are two aims f view. first, the meeting ioGether f0 indiN idual intellectual development and second for mutual heiDfulres'