Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-09

| ana IN the very Deglnulg let me urge
that you cooperate with and help
| in every way possible our district
editor in makinp our club page sue
! cess and cource of interest and in
! formation to our district.
! Our clubs are doing wonderful
things along all lines and We should
| feel justly proud that as women and
club members are permitted to have
| O. part in bringing about conditions
that make possible better towns, state
and nation. And woman, truly, has
been and will continue to be, more
than ever before, powerful factor
IT. the accomplishment of things that
| are worth while and are for the bet
torment and uplift OF humanity. We
| have given our time and energy to
every worthy cause which has pre-
scented itself and at the same time
We have kept our homes and hearts
stones the sacred places they should
be, for by serving others, we better
serve our own. / realize that at
times our men are q little skeptical
of our varied activities, but if they
will only pause and consider serious
ly the wonderful things we are doing
am sure. that while they say we
are hard to live with, they will admit
that they can not live without US.
Ours is. not a desire to usurp but
only to help. and In the grind and
routine of every day life, our men
must, necessarily, for lack of time,
drop a strand occasionally, which Is
necessary in. the building Of cum
munity or nation that must stand on
solid foundation; and it is our
privilege, as club women to come
along and gather up strands, put them
in their rightful places, thereby
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She told of the children, almost at
our door, yet so far removed from the
world in life that many Of them still
dc not know that there is God ii
heaven.
Mrs. Nellie Peters Black made
memorable address Having referred
to the work OF the federation in civic
and library wok, Mrs. Black stated.
TO sum up the club situation in Geor-
gia, we find that there 357 clubs &C
lively al work. They report a. mem
bership of 26.762 women. The money
that has come into the hands Of tho
treasurer amounts to $107989,7S.
Forty-two clubs have their own in
dividual rooms to hold their meetings,
There are 1874, 2S6 white and 549,21s
colored women in the state.
Oother notable addresses were made
by Or. Conner on health; Ogden Per
sons on convention Mrs. JOSHUA
Cowles, president of the General FED
Grafton of Women's Clubs; Miss
Julia Lathrop, OF Washington, D. c.,
OF the Children's Bureau U. S. De-
rartment OF Labor; Or. Ashby Jones
on patriotism"
The even tenor of the convention
was disturbed the first morning when
Mrs. William Green Raoul, Of Allan
ia, introduced a resolution of congrat-
ulations to the equal suffrage party
Of New York state, on their success
in winning the vote. The warmest
kind of discussion followed, which
ended in the resolution being tabled
by a vote of 1870 to As.
An important resolution passed pro-
vided that the federation renew its
efforts to admission for women in the
junior and senior classes of the Uni
yersity of Georgia
Four beautiful entertainments mark
ed the social side of the convention.
The local federation served two elab-
crate luncheons at which 800 women
were seated. A tea at Meadow Gard |
en-" the historic home of George Wal !
ton, was greatly enjoyed with the D. !
A. r. as hostess. The garden party
az the home Of Mrs. Landon Thomas, T!
where tea was served in the Italian
garden, was one of the lovely affairs
of the week
The spirit of cooperation in which
every man. woman and child entered
into the task of making club women
feel at home was a revelation to the
stranger within the gates.
one bright morning, the writer
hailed taxi. upon arriving at desti- |
nation and asking the amount of the
fare. the ebony face of chauffeur ex-
panded into most amazing ann
whole-hearted grin. With a bow that
would have done credit to Chester
field, this scion OF the Old South swept
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