El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
CLUB WOMEN RETURN TO THEIR WORK
WITH THE END OF VACATION PERIOD
WITH AMPLE ON The CALENDAR TO DO
By DOROTHY B. JOHNSTON.


In New Orleans. a bill to further
! legalfze morse racing was killed by
/ the storm Of letters that club women
poured in from all over the state.
The club women of Davenport, Ia,
maintain a rest cottage for mothers
and children on the Mississippi river
I The Twentieth Century club of Bis
( bee. Arizona. has secured Z cent
+ street car fares for school children
The Arts and Crafts committee OF
I the Delaware Federation has b5Uo
. mounted pictures catalogued and
/ described and used for travelling
I state exhibit
In South Carolina the women OF
all clubs are enlisted i'm state cam
! paign to secure an institution for the
{ feeble minded.
In Montana COngresswOmau Jeanette
[ Rankin has prepared an excellent
outline to guide clubs in the study Of
I schools and all phases of school work
California club women have
F Home Products week to make their
communities familiar with their own
manufactures and dealers and TO urge
/ the patronage Of California made anu
Everywhere club women are grow
ing determined TO found their public
work or the firm foundation OF
knowledge. Massachusetts has
slogan Study Your own Community,
extreme, has for its slogan, Know
Your Town"
Rebecca Stoddert chapter, Daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution,
starts on its winters work the first
Monday afternoon in October. Mrs
H. II. Stark. who is TO familiariZe the
membership with different national
songs, through q brief outline and
drill, has chosen THE star Spangled
Banner for the opening day-mOst
appropriate. inasmuch as the hundred
and third anniversary OF its writing
by Francis Scott Key was celebrated
all over the country and at various
mobilization camps. September 16.
Mrs. Charles I. Overstreet, under
whose direction the initial program
on Americas Problems viii be
given. has secured Rev. Mr. Dwight
J. Bradley, Of the FL Paso Congrega-
tiOnal church, who Will address the
organization on Problems of the
Foreign Born or Making the Melt
ing Pot Melt
The Woman's Club starts its years
work with a large increase in mem
bership. on the Afternoon Of Wednes-
day, October 8. under the leadership Of
Mrs. Charles B. Stevens. The programs
are about ready for the printers. the
committee having been too absorbed
order to get down to the calendar until
now Thirty-seven new members were
admitted at Wednesdays business
meeting OF the official board The in
itiation fee is TO be raised from IS to
SO after the first Of October
Wade Hampton chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy, elected
officers on Friday afternoon. as fol-
lows: Mrs John II. Harper, president
(reelected on past merits Of effic-
1enCy); Mrs W J. Croker. first vice
president; Mrs. H c. Dyer. second vice
president, Mrs. ". U Carre. third vice
fourth vice president; Miss Grace Lee
Harmon, recording secretary IRE
elected)- Miss Vernon Cunningham,
corresponding secretary Miss Nelma
Casey, treasurer; Mrs. E A Mitchell
registrar; Mrs. J. F. Mclean, histor-
ian
Mrs. Rachael Mckay was chosen
to represent the chapter as eeieSa-,-
To the Texas convention Of the United
Daughters Of the COnfereracy. which
opens in san Antonio on October %.
A tea is TO be given at the home Of
Mrs Charles E Bryan on Mckinley
avenue, next Thursday, to cOmmemOr-
ate admiral Simms' day. installation OF
officers will occur, and Miss Myra
Prater will have paper
A brilliant luncheon-meaUess and
eatless-brOuEht the members Of
the City Federation of Woman hap
PLY together on Saturday at Hotel
Paso del Norte. TO confer on future
plans. Mrs. Ernest A Young. chair
man Of decorations, used small sun
flowers in low brass bowls TO brighten
the banquet bOard-simplicity and
J economy serving a double purpose
I Mrs. S. J. Fenneu occupied the place
[ Of honor, as president, with Mrs l. T.
! KILLER. POSTMASTER at her right Gov
! ers were laid for about 50 prominent
/ women. who took this occasion TO dis
/ cUss plans for the economic clubs
/ which are TO be formed through the
/ channels Of the various schools in
[ FL PasO- Unison singing Of America"
/ opened and The Star Spangled Ban
] ner" closed the program. carrying
D with il the dominant note Of patriot
ism, and the following clever toasts
[ were responded to:
The Patriot" Mrs. Robert Town
send.
cur City. state and Nation" Mrs.
/ Ponder s. Carter.
The Federation Miss Jessie Nc
Donald.
Song, Dixie"
ITO Our President" Mrs. R V
Raggio.
Address. Mrs. S. J. Fenneu
alpha and Omega" Mrs. F. D. Scot
ten.