Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-22
SOCIETY
Cluh Meeting.


The Woman.s Ten Thousand Club
met in regular session Thursday aft
lrnoon at Davis hall The president,
Mrs. w. S. Fawcett, was in the chair.
After the secretary read the minutes
of the preceding meeting, forty-one
new members were received and sew
enteen applications for membership
were read. Reports from standing
committees were made. The presl-
lent reporting for the garden com
mittee, and also for the campaign
ommittee, the last named committe
laving in charge the raising of funds
to pay off the club debt The report
vas very encouraging, over $500 hay
lg been paid on the note. Mrs. A. II.
iriswold made a motion that the club
procure and preserve the paper read
1T the previous club meeting by Mrs.
Stanley Brown. This paper was
history of the first library in FL Cen
no. The motion carried. The presl-
lent called attention to the sad be-
aavement of one of the members
Mrs. E. W. Burger-occasoned by the
ragic death Of her son, Carl Burger.
The members of the club were asked
o stand for a moment with heads
owed in respectful silence. The cur
'ent events were given by Mrs. |. w.
dcGrew, Mrs. Wiliam Fleming and
Irs. L. L. Foster. Mrs. Ernest Pos
on then took charge of the program,
which opened with all singing THE
Stars Spangled Manner" Mrs. Poston
hen gave a very interesting address.
eautifully worded. her subject being
Federation of the World" No sub
act could have been chosen so ap-
opos of the times as this, and, be-
inning with the quotation, THE Uni
erse is one great city, full of be
)ved ones, divine and human, by ma
ire endeared to each other" the
peaker took her audience back in
istory many years. when the strug-
lie for equality began, bringing them
Il down to the present conflict, in
'hich our own country is striving to
lake the world safe for democracy
hen We may have world flag, IN
tead Of the different flags of diff
arent countries. Mrs. Nern Bishop
cad very interesting paper on 'The
apanese Women in America" She
rought out the fact that the Ameri-
an women nave duty to perform
n helping these foreign women tC
ecome good club members and gooC
itizens Mrs. George Paulin, accom-
oanied on the piano by Miss Melon
Id of Imperial, delighted the audi
nee with two vocal numbers, one be
ng "When the Boys Come Home
Religion in the Trenches was the
;ubiect of the closing address, deliv-
red by Dr. B. r. Crandall of Holt
ill. Mr. Crandall spoke especially OF
he work Of the Y. NJ. c. A. among
he boys at the cantonments. There
he Y. NJ. c. A. takes the place OF
he home with the boys, providing
hem with comforts, recreation anC
lmusements; teaching them the eau
.iful lessons in the Bible; also teach
ing them to teach themselves. Ir
;peaking of "The Religion in the
Treches," he said the y. NJ. c. A. was
.arrying on its work by service, al
ways standing ready to strengthen the
weak, cheer the despOndent, and hand
ng out a cup Of hot coffee before
md after a battle. He urged that we
1t home make sacrifices and keep our
learts and homes ready for the boys
when they return. Mrs W. w. Biers
ang with great feeling "Keep the
Home Fires Burning" Miss Gertrude
Ingle Of Chicago accompanied Mrs.
3icrs. This closed one o. the very
Jcst meetings Of the club year. The
attendance Of the ministers and sew
eral of the professors Of the schools
vas very much appreciated by the