The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
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civic LEAGUE Luncheon.
Gail Black SIS
Tar Society Editor.

CIVIC League IunCUS0H'
While the program of speeches al
| the Civic league luncheon yesterday
was shorter than on former occas'
ions and differed from other programs
| in that it bore no reference to the
work of the Civic league, it was one
full OF interest. Mrs. w. G. Blood is
a particularly happy toastm1stress
her speeches are full Of quaint hui
NOR peculiar to herself.
! Miss Ida Gordon Howell, who
was the first among the Keokuk
women to lead In civic work, having
been chairman of the civic division
i of the Keokuk Woman's club back In
1897, was the spokesman for the
| Civic league at the luncheon and gave
a delightful toast to Miss Brown, the
absent president Miss Tarbell was
most gracious in her speech and
seemed to appreciate the honor
| which the Keokuk women sought e
pay her, quite as much as II she had
not been feted and toasted scores OF
times. She said:
II cant tell you how much l ap
preciate your hospitality. came
stranger to strange city and q
strange state, on purely business
mission. and you must know how
pleasant 1t was to be met at the
station by a private auto and to be
greeted by a friendly face. This is
my first visit to Iowa, have GROSS
ed the state many times in the night
on the railroad train, but for the first
time today / am on Iowa soil, and
| want to tell you that I like 1t.
"This sort of a club always gives
me heart and to see such group OF
women as this taking an interest IN
civic affairs. 1t gives me sense OIL
pride and a feeling of good cheer.
"The Woman's club as it existed In
the early '90's, was stage in the
club movement. / once visited a
club organized after the old order
and the president told me with pride
that they had eighty-seven standing
| committees. I was studying the in
| dustrial conditions surrounding the
| women employed in the factories OF
| that town, and I said to the presi-
dent, T am so glad that your work
Is comprehensive. am sure you can
tell me the things wish so much to
| know The president fastened TO
say, we make 1t rule never to In
terfere with local affairs
! II draw the inference from your
name that you do interfere with
local affairs. In my survey OF indus
trial conditions in the south, l have
found what am sure is new pro
/ fession for women, one which l should
call intensive educational work. 1t
is different from settlement work or
] philanthropic work. in the ordinary
sense. It is lettering the conditions
| of the men, women and children enl-
ployed in big mills and factories. 1t
has to do with lettering health con
ditions, educational conditions and
moral environment One OF the
things l am especially interested 70
| know by this trip through the west
is whether or not you are Indifferent
to the war. This war is serving for
us a great purpose In that we have a
vision of what International relations
may be and an understanding Of the
| inter-dependence of nations. We
must not see with provincial eyes,
we must not be bound up in Keolsuk.
| Iowa, however charming we may be-
lieve Keokuk, Iowa, to be. I'VE be-
long not to city but to something
much wider and greater-don't he
provincial"
Mrs. Wilbur Hughes vocal number
with piano accompaniment by Mrs.
w. v. Holmes, was delightful ad-
dition to the program.
! The anti-suffragtsts have pointed
J with great pride to Ida Tarbell as
their greatest asset To meet the
woman and to hear the whole trend
! OF her speech, which was a plea FOR
democracy and a square deal, 1t was
unthinkable that she SHOULD oppose
woman franchise, and 80 the direct
question was asked her at the close
of the lecture, "Ahe you an antisuf.
! fra gist.?" To which she replied,
| mo I am not an anti-suffragfst in
the sense that l would oppose the
wishes of a great body Of thinking
| women such as comprise the suffrage
organizations. Suffrage is logical and
inevitable, but ! do not believe that
| it will work the great Transformation
that its friends predict for it, neither
do I believe it will bring about the
evils that its enemies claim 1t will
cause. Personally would be glad to
escape the entanglements of politics,
and / have never had a great desire
to vote. but you understand that this
| is merely a personal preference"
| According to Who's Who. Miss Tar
bell is sixty years old. but she looks
twenty years younger than that. She
| is Americas leading woman Journalist
can Magazine. and the author OF
many books.
Brotherhood to Meet.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Rsx will
entertain the Westminster Brothe,-
hood on next Tuesday evening at their
home on Grand avenue.
Annual Chicken PIE Supper.
The Ladies' society OF st. Mary's
Catholic church served their annual
chicken pie supper at st. Mary's hall
last night, seven hundred and forty
five being served the following menu:
Chicken Pie
Gravy Mashed Potatoes
French Peas
Cranberry Jelly Pickles
Hot, Rolls Jelly
Potato Salad Cabbage Salad
Ice Cream Nabisco Waters