Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-10
WOMAN'S CIVIC LEAGUE
ENROLLS NEW MEMBERS
President, Miss Walton, Urged To
Reconsider Resignation.
COMMITTEES SUBMIT REPORT
Federation Of Clubs Invited to Meet
Here in November-Work Of the
League.

Busy women workers, many of
them not discarding their knitting,
but plying the needles steadily for
warm garments for soldiers and sail
ors, attended the monthly meeting
last night of the Women's Civic
League in the Municipal Building.
Miss Katherine Walton presided, and
called the meeting to order
The regular order of business was
suspended in order that Professor
Theodore w Johnson might present
before the League the plans of the
American Library Association for Sc
curing subscriptions for the Library
War Fund
After Prof. Johnson's talk on the
subject. the regular routine business
was resumed, and the minutes of the
previous meeting were read and ap-
proved Reports of various commit
tees were submitted.
The committee on City Code re-
ported many ordinances that are still
allowed to go uninforced A number
of alleyways were reported by the
committee on Health and Sanitation
as being unsightly and dangerous
A letter was received from Mrs.
Sanderson, President of the State
Federation, regarding the Leagues
invitation to hold semi-annual meet
ing of the League in Annapolis.
A letter from Mrs. Newell, who ad-
dressed the League on "Americaniza
tion," at the September meeting was
read. in which Mrs. Newell suggested
some courses of study of Americana
zation.
The President reported that Mr..
Schultz, of Maryland State College,
would address the League at the No
vember meeting on "Americanization."
Miss Walton's letter of resignation
was read, and much regret was ex-
pressed by those present that she
should feel she could no longer hold
the office. Mrs. T. j. Linthicum was
then asked to preside by the retiring
President. After some deliberation
Miss Walton was persuaded to remain
in Office until the annual election of
OHcerS Ill JANUARY.
The regular order of procedure
again being resumed, the League re-
newed its invitation to the State Fed
Grafton to hold its semi-annual meet
ing in Annapolis next month, the
President to address Mrs. Sanderson
by night letter. Matters pertaining to
the arrangement for the meeting of
the Federation in November was held
over until the November meeting.
THE question of Poor gas supply"
was discussed, and a letter was order
ed addressed to the Public Utilities
Company regarding same.
The proposition put before the City
Council by Alderman Smith, that an
auxiliary electric plant be maintained
in connection with the present means
of supplying electric current was en-
dorsed by the League, and the Secre-
tary was ordered to write the City
Council to that effect. also calling the
Councils attention to the unsightly
alleyways and garbage boxes on side
walks.
ceive all subscriptions and donations
to the Library Fund and report same
to Professor Johnson next Thursday.
Miss Mildred Brady extended an in
vitation to the League to an exhibi-
ton of the Home Economics Clubs, to
be held in Annapolis in November, on
which occasion there will be display
and sale of canned goods.
Mrs Linthicum, President of the
Mothers Circle, extended an invita-
ton to the League to hear Mrs. Schoff,
President of the National Congress of
Mothers, address the local Circle, the
date and time to be announced later
The League meeting was full of in
terest. and number of new members
were enrolled.