The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-09
Iowa Federation Bulletin.

The Iowa Federation club bulletin
has this to say regarding the work
for furlough homes for the American
soldiers in France Funds are being
collected this week for the Civic
leagues apportionment Of this fund.
The bulletin says:
Another special message to the
Iowa women is sent by the G. F..
director for Iowa, Mrs. Homer Miller
of Des Moines. 1t is about something
for our boys; a proposed furlough
home in France. You want to have
part in it, do you not? You can
not 20 to your soldier when he has
rest from fighting; neither can he
come to you. Can>Eou think of any
thing better than to have him rest
in an American home over there? 1t
will be provided by American
women. An average of 81 per mem
Der for all club women is the quota.
In order to reach this sum, many
will need to give more Mrs. Watzek
writes that the interest is great.
Clubs are having their last yearly
meetings now. Do not close your
years work before securing your 81
per member Earn the money this
summer if necessary, but if possible
send 1t now to Mrs. Miller, 3415
Grand avenue, Des Moines. The work
for the home is in the hands of ten
commissioners. 1t has the approval
of army heads. No organization has
as vet undertaken this work for SOL
diers on furlough.
Each club president in the state
has received letter from Mrs.
Miller about this furlough home, but
she may have overlooked it's import
ance Please, Club Presidents. do
not neglect this matter.
Military Party.
The Business Woman's league held
highly successful military party
last night at ST. Mary's hall. The
hall was deliberately decorated in
flags and ranged along one side was
a row of tents and at the end OF the
hall was white Red Cross tent. All
who attended, and there were sixty
one present, registered at headquar-
tiers where Miss Maude Immegart
and Miss Elma Heller had charge of
the roll From headquarters the re-
cruits passed to the quarantine tent
where Miss Mildred Marley in a
nifty white duck suit was the sur
geon in charge, assisted by Miss
Clarjsse Gordon as a Red Cross
nurse. Many emerged from the tent
with their heads bound up for frac-
tured skull, while others had their
arms in bandages and splints. Miss
Alma Bank in white duck skirt and
West Point cadet coat and cap
acted as drill master and the re-
cruits were put through a military
drill. Miss Catharyn Reidy wearing
a white duck skirt and a lieutenants
coat and cap, had charge of the pro-
gram in the X. c. and Y. M. c. A.
tent. In the entertainment the regi-
mental band was the real hit of the
evening. The band was composed OF
the Misses Norma Hegeman, Mary
Gredell, Florence Laurinson, Elsie
Heller, Leota Jester, Emma Frank.
Mary Ryan, Marie Harsch and Ruth
Miller. Miss Florence O'Brien gave
a reading, Miss Mildred Powers in
native Chinese costume sang Ching
Chong:" Miss Emma Frank gave
piano number: Miss Mary Gredell
in Hawaiian musical num-
bers. and the program closed with
a stirring suffrage speech
The mail carrier. Miss Carrie Han
son. wearing a white duck skirt and
a postman's coat and cap, delivered
love letters straight from France
during the evening, most of those
present being PACED from time to
time, The mess tent was presided
over by Miss Elsie Bank, assisted by
a number or others. Here baked
beans pickles, wartime pie and cot
fee were served The evenings en-
tertainment closed with camp fire
at which Lieut. enant Ida Ulrich pre-
sided. Present day war songs as well
as songs of the civil war period were
SING and one and another was pre-
vailed upon to read aloud the letters
which they had received during the
evening.
Joseph Mcnamara came in at nine