Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-09
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS
WOMEN'S CLUBS
SHOW FINE WORK
Cumberland Valley Fedora
ton Suggests Free Bridges
Into City Be Worked For

During the reports of clubs made
yesterday afternoon at the meefing
of the Cumberland Valley Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs held in the
Civic Club house, the Civic Club of
Harrisburg had an excellent show
ing, among all those live-wire or
ganization of the valley. Later. the
presiding officer. Mrs. Jamse w.
Milhouse suggested that it take for
its work the coming year, the ques-
'tion of free bridge into the city.
where the 'cross-river people have
to come for their marketing, shop
ping and many of their pleasures.
Their idea is, that when they bring
their money here to spend they
should not be taxed for the privilege
and inconvenienced by stopping their
conveyances, no matter in how much
of hurry they are.
The noon luncheon was de-
lightful social part of the program
the delegates bringing boxes of good
things to eat, supplemented by cof-
fee, ice cream and cakes served by
the hostesses, the Harrisburg Civic
and the Camp Hill Civic Clubs.
Afternoon Addresses
The afternoon session opened with
three beautiful songs by George
Sutton, baritone, with Newell AL
bright at the piano. Hearty applause
was responded to by the beautiful
Just You!' In his address on
''SnnCi1l Trainfnu IN
DR.. Edwin E. Sparks, of State
College, who. was in anecdotal.
rather than INA serious vein. said
we must learn to encourage rather
than discourage all the efforts made
by the government for wartime af-
hciency. That all the horrors of
war are not on the battlefield, and
we must pay not only in money, and
the lost lives of our men, but often
times in wrecked lives, an evil that
might have been eliminated with
proper care. DIR. Sparks says that
women's clubs must not let any
opportunity for civic good, charity
ana other work go by because of
the great need for war work. that
all must be carried on as usual even
though the burden seems great. He
told OF the wonderful service flag
JN''N maui SiN EoltttG IOllGRe DY the
girl students, bearing 3S7 stars, one
for each student or professor in the
war.
For War Service
Mrs. Walter King Sharpe. Of
Chambersburg said that the regis
tration of women for war work is
second in importance only to the
mems registration for service last
June, that women are now enlisting
In their own army. She was loudly
applauded when she stated that
women taking mems positions and
hlling them efficiently must have
the mans pay, and that now woman
mas found her place in the great in
dustrial world, which will never be
taken away from her.
IN ethree-minute reports of clubs
showed wonderful activity along all
INES, giving many new ideas to the
ciub women to take home with
them. The "Shippensburg" idea,
coming from Mrs. Boher, a shut-in.
Formerly one of the most alive
members of her home town, asks
that instead of cutting down the
beautiful evergreen trees from the
forests for Christmas celebrations.
that schools, clubs and municipalities
transplant in the fall, evergreen
trees IN parks, and school yards.
that VIII grow into wonderful trees
winch in time can be decorated and
used for these special occasions,
thus saving those to the state,
which are enjoyed but for a few
days and then thrown in the ash
pile. Miss ,Seibert, state inspector
from the Department of Labor and
Industry, spoke of t'Women in In
dustry' in place of Mrs. Thomas
ROBINS of Philadelphia, who was
unable to be present
Mrs. Harvey f. Smith, secretary
OF the State Federation of Pennsyl-
Nahia women, gave a glowing re-
port of the meetings held i'm %
tober in Erie and Miss Mary Bell
Corbett sang most dramatically
The Battle Hymn of the Republic. !"
with the audience joining i'm the
chorus. Mrs. Milhouse, the retiring
president, was presented with a
large basket of beautiful flowers and
the following new officers elected:
President, Mrs. Robert IL. Thomas
ia, of Mechanicsburg; vice-presi.
dent, Mrs. Morris Lloyd, of Cham
bersburg; secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. Margaret Krall.
The name of the organization was
changed to the Cumberland Valley
League of Federated Clubs and these
clubs were admitted to member
ship:
Music Club, Camp Hill; Women's
Club, Middletown; Woman's Club.
Steelton; Wednesday Clubl Millers.
burg; Civic Club, Steelton: Fort
nightly Club, Steelton; Civic Club.
Hanover; Woman's Club, York;
civic Club, Millersburg; Civic Club,
Marysville; Study Club, Harrisburg
The next annual meeting of the
federation will take place in 1918
at Chambersburg, when the Civic
CUB and the Afternoon Club of
Chambersburs will be the hostess
clubs.