El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-27

the City Federation OF Women, who
sponsored the movement here
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Mrs. V z Roggio. who represented
the City Federation Of Women at the
Texas Federation Of WOmen's clubs,
held in Waco from November Il to Il.
inclusive, gave a splendid report Of
the club work and social features OF
the big meeting. In part she said.
This was the federatiOn'S goth
birthday and as Waco was its birth
place, the people Of Waco planned
real, live anniversary, and Cele -ra-ed
the event the last day by the cutting
OF a large birthday cake, at the cotton
palace auditorium, all decorated with
frosting and 20 candles Mrs. Edward
ROtan, the first president and organ
iZer of the Texas Federation Of Wom-
ems club, attended this convention, so
il made the birthday party all the
more fitting. She is called the moth
er OF the Texas federation and is
charming woman. The birthday cake
was an immense structure 20 feet
high II was built OF wood and can
vas, the lower half was green, and up
per half white. Twenty cones Of pa
per simulated blue flame candles and
were stuck into frOstinE Of shredded
crepe paper The lights in the large
auditorium went out, when the cere-
monies began, leaving the bulbs on
the cake 10 furnish the only ilUmina-
ton, while the Belts band played
silver Threads Among the Cold fol-
lowed by Maggie and Listen 10 the
Mocking Bird
THE first TO appear, walking out OF
the great cake. was Mrs Sregal, as
Columbia and Mr.. Bush, as Uncle
Sam'-they stood on either side Of the
mammoth cake as the presidents and
their pages, bearing banners which
represented the one special thing for
ministration had stood for First came
Mrs. Edward Rotan- Her banner read:
Organization for Texas second. Mrs.
J. c. Terrell. her banner. Free Ii
braries; third, Mrs Percy 3. Pen
nybacker. her banner, Scholarship
for Texas Girls fourth, Mrs
T. P. Turner. her banner, Save
the Texas Boy fifth, Mrs. Cone
Johnson, her banner. Rural Boys and
Girls;' sixth. Mrs Joseph DibreIl, her
banner, Legal Rights for Women;
seventh. Mrs. s. J. Wright, her BEN
ner, Texas Babies;' eighth, Mrs Eli
HertZDerg, her banner. Endowment
for Texas Work. ninth, Mrs Henry 3.
Falls. her banner. Service for Texas
Girls tenth and last, and the best Of
all. Mrs. Fred Fleming: her banner
bore the legend. War for Democra cy-
when Mrs. Fleming came to take
her place on the periodically deco
rated platform. she was escorted to
her seat by Columbia and Uncle
Sam Then 20 little girls. dressed in
green, with blue bounets, tumbled out
of the cake and ell over the floor and
pranced around the stage TO represent
the swayinE fields Of blue bonnets. the
chosen flower OF the federation. Then
they came TO rest at the feet Of the
president
Monday evening Mrs Percy Y. Pen
nybacker. who is a past president Of
the Texas Federation of WOmen's
clubs. and president Of the Chautau-
qua WOmen's clubs (New York;, pre-
sided al a most important meeting.
She had with her on the rOstrum Mrs.
Josiah Evans Cowles. Of Los Ange-
les, our General Federation of W0m-
ems clubs president. and Mrs. Fred
Fleming, our Texas Federation Of
Women's clubs president. Anyone who
has heard Mrs. PennybaCker. know
what a wonderful woman she is, and I
wish everyone in Texas could have
heard her talk that night, as well as
many others I had the pleasure OF
hearing during the convention at this
time Her point was TO get the senti-