Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-10-27
STATE FEDERATION
OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Mrs. Solon Shedd, President
Club Women of Washington:

met IN the Udli IouHl % but NuiNdSO
Beach hotel at $3.50 o'clock, on the
morning of the 2tst of September,
and continued its three daily sessions
for three days.
Thirty-eight members were pres
emit, seven officers and 81 directors.
Each woman was provided with a
table and writing material these
tables being arranged in semi
circular fashion, facing the president.
The number of directors in attend
ance was very encouraging for the
enlarged board. Virginia and Wyo-
ming have not as yet named direct
or. We regret very much that the
director from Washington, Mrs. J.
S. Mckee, could not be in attendance,
for now that each state is represent
ed on the board by a director, it is
essential that the member be present
at the meetings If the state is to keep
step with the forward march of the
club movement, 1t is greatly to be
hoped that the board of the State
Federation, when it meets in the win
ter, will make some provision by
which this may be secured.
The budget submitted to the Gen
eral Federation Board at Chicago
provided for the payment of trans
portation of the directors to the
council meeting in April, 1917, in
New Orleans, and to the biennial to
be held at Arkansas Hot Springs
May 1918. The rest of the expenses
are to be met by the states or the in
dividuals, and this budget was
adopted.
little more time is required to
transact the business with this large
number of women, but when all get
into working trim they should ac-
complish a great deal.
Their field will not be so extended
as heretofore and conditions will be
familiar. In the past each member
had a number of states, varying from
six to one, with which she was sup
posed to keep in touch; sometimes
this ground extended hundreds, even
a thousand miles away, the condi-
tons of which she could know but
little. This closer touch should
bring good results for both the state
and the general federation.
One matter for the decision of
which the club women over the coun-
try have been waiting, was the sub
iect of our official magazine For
several years and up to the meeting
in New York in May last, the General
Federation of Women's Clubs Maya
zine had been the official organ of
the federation. The magazine
changed hands in the spring, being
taken over by Mr.. Breiger of New
York from Mrs. Harriet Bishop
Waters. The board, through its
president and recording secretary,
have signed a contract with Mr..
Breiger for the biennial period end
ing with the meeting in Hot Springs.
He promises a good magazine, If the
club women do their part, but we
must remember that as far as club
news is concerned, Mr.. Breiger is at
the mercy of the club women.
An editor will be appointed either
by the federation or upon their ap-
proval, and after this current num-
Der the publisher promises to issue
it on time. The price will remain
the same, one dollar a year.
We hope there will be a general
spirit of cordial support, for no pub
Usher or editor can make a success
of it unless this is true. With Mrs.
Mckee as director, Washington may
feel sure of being heard from
through its pages.
The great need of being prompt in
sending all information regarding
election of. officers and such data, to
the board of information, was en-
phasized.
Do you know that the History of
the General Federation can be pur-
chased from the Bureau, Mrs. Mary /.
Wood Portsmouth, n H., for 65
cents? This price is possible since
all the remaining copies have been
given by the publishers to the fedora
ton, and the organization is anxious
TO have these books in the hands of
the clubwomen, hence they offer
them to you for so cents, plus the
postage.
1t is most desirable that a very
close touch between the general fed
Grafton chairman and the state chair
man be maintained so that active CO.
ordinated work may be accomplished
mentioned the meetings OF the
council and biennial, but you may
desire more definite knowledge.
The council will be held in New
Orleans, April 10, IL and IL, 1917