Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-05-05
OFFICIAL CLUB NOTES,
NEVADA FEDERATION
OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
(By Miss Clara Crisler.) J

held woman Club have been very
interesting meetings, and goodly
number has been in attendance. The
program on Child Labor" was in the
hands Of Mrs. James Gushing, and
Mrs. ]. Wigals had charge of the mri-
sic Of the afternoon Mrs. Soosor
performed the duties of club hostess
Mrs. Wigal first gave very interest
ing talk on music. She gave the beau
tiful life stories of Handel and Mendel
sohn and suggested that as the cluI
ladies had many times listened to the
compositions of the musical artistic.
of yesterday it would be nice change
for them to enjoy some of the produc
tioins of the musical artistes of today
So Miss Helen Swain, accompanied
by Miss Stackpoole, then favored the
ladies with the beautiful violin solo by
Schumann. The next number was :;
pathetic story of the cotton mills
the South, "The Whitest Yet" b
Miss Comstock, which was read in
beautiful and touching way by Mrs
Parks, charter member of the club
Mrs. Wigals then spoke at lengeht OF
one of our musical composers, Frit
one of his most beautiful compost
krusler, and Miss Swain and Mis-.
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one of his most beautiful compost
tions. Mrs. Gushing then read shor
gut intensely interesting paper OF
Child Labor" She furnished some
excellent data on the subject, includinf
a paper signed by Secretary Wilson
Washington, d. c., explaining tn,
child labor law. Mrs Gushing showed
great skill in handling her subject
and was closely followed by her ap
preciative listeners She spoke OF he
own observations in the coal mines
Pennsylvania. where hundreds of lit
tie boys under II years of age were
employed She also stated tha
there are one thousand crippled boy
in that State who have received per
manent injuries in the coal mines
Mrs. Cushing closed by stating tha
Nevada's record in child labor is til
best in the United States, there bein,
but one child out of every hundred
in the entire State employed under
the beautiful solo "Hozanna,' sung b,
lawful age. The program closed<witl
Mrs Theo Mrs. Theo also led "An
ME Laurie" in community singing b.
the club, after which tea and cake.
we're served to all present. The sec
ond program consisted of an inspirin,
ak by Mr. " l.. Ricketts,. His tai
was closely followed by every onc
present He Stated that he though
one OF the questions tina
will occupy the attention of our gov
ernment for some time to come
though it had been maintained tina
The illiterate immigrant was undesira
Die he could not agree, feeling tha
The educated immigrant had given on
far more trouble than the il
iterate one The SPEAKER contendet
that the immigrant himself is here 10.
a short TIME only, in small numbers
He passes out, but his children, an1
,hildren's children represent valua
Die part of our great land and hell
make our countrys history. Mr.
Ricketts, sid that the men from for
,ign countries who had given troubl,
TO our land are not the immigrants
He spoke of the tremendous demanC
ior man power because our wages at
tract and our conditions invite the
who comes to us hoping
to learn our methods an dto better
himself In the New England State:
he child OF the immigrant shows no
only better school attendance but {
better record OF liteiacy than the
native born child. Mr.. Rickets closet
)y saying tnat he believed in case o.
war the masses of our foreign popu-
alton would be found loyal. Mr.
Rickets was closely followed by al
attentive and appreiciative and appre
,iative audience and was given a ris.
ng vote THANKS. Every one present
said that they were benefited educa
tionally by having this subject so tbly
discussed.
AT the first April meeting OF the
Twentieth Century Club OF Reno the
program was given: Vocal
solo, Mis- sElaine Harris; "Conserva
ton of the Delinquent Child Rev
Brewster Adams; whistling solo, Mrs
VIM. Caughlin, AS a Woman Sees
The Industrial Schrool at Elko,' Mrs
Frank Humphreys; vocal solo, Mrs