The Mena weekly star., 1917-06-07
SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM AND OF SERVICE SEEMS \ RULING
 ELEMENT.
MRS. FRANK PEEL TALKED ON BETTER CHILDREN AND ONE
 GOOD RESULT OF WAR.
BEAUT|FY FOR BIENNIAL
Miss Clara B. Enc, Ten Years in Civic Work, Tells of Needs and Plans deception at Elks' Home
 Tonight

Tue Fort smith district eenven-
 ticn of the A. F, W. C. was convened
 in the Elks' Home at S:30 Wednes-
 day, beginning a two-daw session,
 Mrs. E. H. Nall, chairman of the
 Local Nine, presiding.
 The exercises were opened with
 invocation by Dr. L. w. B. Long, fol-
 lowed by selection by the s. J. A.
 orchestra.
 Mrs. Minor Pipkin, acting in be- half of Mrs. Edwin B. Cox, presi- dent of the Woman's Literary Club, welcomed the visiting delegates on
 behalf of the local clubs, and Mark P. 0lney gave the welcoming ad-
 dress in behalf of the city.
 The response was made by Mrs. J. H. Clendenning of Siloam Springs, who is aifectionately known as the
 mother of the Federation of Wom-
 ans Gsttibs iii Arkansas.
 "A Few Words by Mrs. Frank Peel of Bentonville, president of the district federation, proved to be
 deeply serious, practical, heart-to- heart talk on the influence of war as especially affecting the work of women, this proving to be the fea- ture of the morning program. Mrs. Peel gave much attention Co better
 children, the conservation of child 1 life, and, as the basic foundation for Tall, better mothers, asserting that to
 do the best in this required that a beginning be made with the little
 daughters of today. The keynote of her advice in the development of better men and women was to keep the boys and girls busy. She said that bad boy can be made good by
 keeping him busy along right lines of activity, and asserted that one
 good result of the great war would
 be the elimination of idleness among the American children.
 Miss Clara B. Enc of Van Buren
 read paper on Civic Needs in the
 Fort Smith District devoting espe- cial atention, in view of the coming Biennial, which meets in Hot Springs i'll 1918, to beautifying the railroad stations of the state and stating that she had written on the matter to every railroad president in Arkansas and had received en-
 couraging and courteous replies from all save one. As first step ahn rsrnaI n kaffnr afaul- 1o... r.sI
 fuller enforcement Miss Enc
 has been in charge of this depart ment in Arkansas for ten years, and her address was especially valuable. Mrs. R. H. Nall gave a report for
 the work of the Local Nine, and two
 delightful piano solos by Miss Emily 1 pipkin. selections by the orchestra Icomposed of Miss Ruth Meyer. pianist and direetress, Hubert Knight. pic- lcolo, Miss Pansy Harman, violin. Miss Jeanette Never and ]. w. Gardner,
 Jr, first mandolins; Hubert Smith.
 second mandolin, and a verse of
 America" by the convention, closed the morning program.
 The officers and delegates attend | ing the session are: Mrs. Frank w. Peel, Bentonyille. president: Mrs. J. H. Eiendenning. Siloam Springs, treasurer: Mrs. H. C. Morrison. Fort smith Mrs. Raymond Esehelman. Fort Smith: Mrs. W. B. Hendricks, 1 Fort Smith; Mrs. ] HHit. Fort Smith; Mrs. Ashley Johnson. Fort Smith: Miss Clara B. Enc. Van Bur en; Mrs. Leon s. Brown. Siloam | Springs: Miss Kate Main. Sloan Springs: Miss Maud B. Jarbeau. Fort
 Smith; Miss Marie Harrington, Fort fSmith: Mrs. I. B. Pryor, Fort Smith:
 Mrs. (. l.. pyff.. FoRL~Smith; Miss
 Robin Harvey, Bonneville; Mrs. George Lucas. Van Buren; Miss Mar i e;-aarss gar Pollock Fort Smith. Mrs. Clarence B. Nall, Mrs. Mark P. OI- ney, Mrs. F F. DeLongy. and Mrs.
 Eugene Cox, Mena
 Afternoon Session.
 With Mrs. Frank Peel. presiding. the polls for the election of officers
 were open from i:30 to ? ?. m. and
 the session proper was opened by
 the singing of America
 1 Miss Emma Archer, of Fayette- lville, gave a splendid talk on Home
 Demonstration Work, special treat as this tiiiis is the first lime that any dis l trict convention has been able to
 secure her presence.
 1 Mrs. Joe Frauenthal. director, of
 Conway gave an outline of how Hot l Springs, Ark. secured the Biennial meeting of the General Federation l of Woman's Clubs in contest with Continued on Fifth page)