Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
ARIZONA CLUB NOTES
Official Organ State Federation of W0man's Clubs

The Orangewood- Ramona club will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Luther Landrum, 1901 East Adams street The club was recently entertained by the Madison Improve ment club the membership of both or ganizations passing the day in sewing Tor the Red Cross. Luncheon was served by the hostess club.
 "The Practical Point of Domestic Art" is the subject of a lecture to be delivered before the Woman's club Tuesday by Miss Anna R. Stewart. do- nestle art instructor of the Tempe Normal Miss Stewart in a graduate of the Bradley Polytechnic School of Peoria and of the, University of Cali tornia. The club program will be pre- sented under the auspices of the home economies department of which Mrs. Stark is chairman. Tea will be served. The Madison Improvement club will hold @ social session Thursday when an all-day meeting will be held. The members will knit and sew for the Red Cross as they have at all past meet ings this season. The hostesses will be Mrs. Charles Keats, Mrs. Henry Leppla, Miss Ralph Leppla, and Mrs. George Libbey.
 
 In place of its annual bazaar the Woman's club will hold a Harvest Festival this season, the affair being scheduled to take place Wednesday evening. Mrs. Lyman Bennett who is chairman of the committee in charge has arranged a very delightful pro gram of sufficient interest and novelty 10 attract @ large gathering even if they do not care to participate in the gayety. The clubhouse will be decor ated to carry out the old time harvest idea and the guests will appear in the harvest field costume. The affair will be in the nature of a barn dance and those who do not care for dancing will find card tables arranged upstairs.
 
 The Woman's club was organized last week for Red Cross service work under the direction of Mrs. c. F. Aims worth, A class of twelve in surgical dressings will meet on Thursday with Mrs. D. F. Hadbridge in charge. Mrs. Barry GoldWater is the class instructor and branch classes will be formed after the original twelve members have be- como efficient workers. The hospital garment class open to all club mem- bers will be conducted by Mrs. F. A Beane and Mrs. S. D. Futile and Miss May Utley will instruct club women in knitting One-half hour before and 0ne-half hour after the meeting of the civics education department tomorrow knitting lessons will be given.
 The Business Girls club will hold an important business meeting at 6:3C o'clock tomorrow evening.
 Patriotism is the strongest incentive to right living that exists in the cantonments of this country" says Kate Waller Barrett, M. D.. D. Ss. president of the National Association of Florence Crittenden Missions.
 Dr. Barrett has recently returned tc Washington from tour of military camps and cantonments which she wis ited as @ representative of the Nationa Congress of Mothers. She was giver opportunity to address both volunteers and regulars, a privilege granted tC few women. Dr. Barrett learned con- ditions from personal observation public addresses at meetings and iron private talks with soldiers.
 She states that the women appealing for help to the Florence Crittender missions near cantonments have beer notably few.
 say empndllCdlly that cOndltlOn are splendid at every one of thes, camps" pr. Barrett says Patriotism is the strongest incentive to right liv ing that there is. It is stronger thai religion, stronger than advice of par ents; it is the one power which il stronger than the sex appeal itself"
 
 Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago executive chairman of the Woman! Liberty Loan committee, states tha the cooperation and activity of tn, American women in the recent Libert, Loan drive was splendid "The spiri of enthusiasm developed among thu women is extraordinary" she says Tn districts all over the United State the 'unorganized woman as well as tn one accustomed to doing co-operativ work gave the best of her ability to tn work. As a result of this co-operativ activity the scope of the work will b. very much extended before the nex campaign"
 In the reorganization of the Wom ans Liberty Loan and War Saving committee the officers are as follows Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo, presi dent; Mrs. Antoinette Funk, vice pres