The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-01

In The sponsors for the aftern DON
ere Mrs. E. T. Bartruff, Miss Celes-
ne Dickey and Miss Alton. The
yors went to Mrs. c.. j. Kirch and
RS. N. H. Pyle. Miss Lizzie Love,
Chicago, was a guest from out of
bwn- :,
UP. S. C. e. Business Session.
The Y. P. S. c. e. of the Methodist
rotestant church will hold bust
ess and social meeting in the church
tuesday evening at half past seven
iends cordially invited.
Mrs. McClintock Speaks.
Mrs. Paul McClintock for twenty
bur years a missionary to Hainan,
nina, gave very interesting ad-
ress last night in the First West
hinster Presbyterian church. The
uditorium of the church was filled,
be occasion being the semi-annual
raise meeting of the Woman's Mis-
ionary society. Many were present
rom other churches, some of them
PERSONAL friends of Mrs. McClintock.
he address was timely, explaining
he added responsibility which has
$ome to America because of the war
conditions. 1t is interesting to know
hat the Rev. and Mrs. McClintock
we're among the pioneer missionaries
b Hainan. When they went there,
here was only one native christian
|n the island and when they left
here were ten large churches and a
great many chapels, beside schools
md hospitals. The work of missions
Rll over the world has made just
fuch advance in the last quarter Of a
fentury. Mrs. McClintock, will be in
keokuk only a few days and is the
Iowa Biennial Report.
The Des Moines Register gives
this report of the meeting of the |.
.. W. c. held in Des Moines last
week. 1t will be of interest to local
club women:
The twelfth biennial Of the Iowa
Federation of Women's clubs was
designated the war biennial and the
first meeting of the executive board
and standing committees, under the
new administration, held Wednesday
evening and Thursday at Hotel Cham
berlatn, reflected the spirit of the
hmes-war and its many phases being
the topics most generally discussed
by each of the committee chairmen.
This first meeting of the board and
just closed was one Of
Inspiration to the large delegation of
women who attended and it was a
of yraf To
PRESIDENT, Mrs. John w. Watzek, that
70 many were present to take the
Message of conservation to the 10000
'lub women of the state.
A resolution was passed by the
,oard of directors recommending to
he memners of the l. f. w. c. that
heir Christmas giving be confined to
heir immediate families, that the
line and money usually given to the
making of Christmas gifts be devoted
o war relief work and remembrances
or our soldiers and sailors.
The message of the president dwelt
With the morale of the army and she
tated that the pre.eminent thought
" the women should be to be brave
md true and to help keep up this
morale, and we who stay at home
must have 1t. AS her Godspeed to
he women she expressed the hope
nat each one realized the POSSIBLE
Ties ahead and that each might be
rave and true in the performance Of
Ter work.
Along with the same line of thought
lrs. Ebert w. lockwood Of Iowa
'lty, chairman Of the home economics
ommittee, gave one of the most in
irrational addresses of the meeting.
me expressed the message that the
Tomen should take home should be
ne livableness of life during these
dverse conditions
She urged the radiating of Joy in
ne homes and the cultivating of joys
instead of woes. She also admonished
ne women to- do their Red Cross
YORK when their children were not
! home and to be at home when
ney arrived so that good cheer can
g maintained in the home. AS chair
IAN Of the committee Mrs. Rockford
old the specific things the committee
inns to do during the winter.
FIRST, that the women should recog-
lze the Importance Of the federal
CO placing food demonstration agents
throughout the state; second, to fos-
sr movement to develop patriotic
aflft in the children of the state by
Ieans of cards to be distributed
trough the medium Of the Sunday
chools as well as the day schools;
M third, thru the same medium to
ct into the homes card publishing
uMable diets for young children.
me biennial OF the L. f. w. G.
'lil meet in May, 1918, at Ames.
Women Have' Building.
AT the Minnesota state fair this
ear permanent building called the
Woman ritizans, b1lildinuy has haar