Arizona republican., 1918-03-17

voted to purchase a bond here and send it to the national society.
 A fund is being raised also to assist in rebuilding Tillolov, one of the French villages destroyed by the Ger mans, and at the next meeting, April 13, at the home of Mrs. Garland Couch, | Al West Wiletta street. tea will be given for the benefit of this fund.
 In celebration of it's annual neigh borhood night, the Washington Wo- mans club will give an interesting program in the auditorium of the dis trict school on Tuesday evening. The club will present Mrs. H. c. Lockett in a program of songs and readings and the clever artist will be assisted by Miss Frances Elliott, pianist It will be an open meeting and the numbers have been arranged as follows: Piano
 "Stabat Mater .........W. Kuhe| Voice
 "As In a Rose Jar" ... Cadman
 His Lullaby ..... Bond
 Absent .-............-.. Metcalt
 "The Spring Has Come ..... White
 Philosophy ....... Emmell Piano
 "A La Bien Aimee .. Schutt Readings
 Kelley and Burk and Shea"
 Viva la France" | Voice
 How Ireland Got Its Name" Ball
 Ireland Must Be Heaven" Mccarthy
 Mother Machree" ...... Ball
 Killarney, My Home Der the
 sea Logan Piano
 Come Back to Erin' (Transcrip-
 lioHj Medcndn Readings
 ''The Fairy's Gift"
 Mothers Almanac"
 "A Modern Patriot" Voice
 The Boys of the L. S.. A" Battin
 "Laddie in Khaki" .Novello
 Little Gray Home in the Vest Lohr
 Social service necessary because of war conditions and the reconstruction work that must be taken up in every community at the close of the war will be the principal subjects stressed at the rty-fifth national conference of social work to be held in Kansas City May l522 The trend of the entire conference will be along war service lines.
 More than 4000 representative social workers from every part of the United States will attend the conference. The speakers will include men and women whom the government has called to organize it's army, navy and industrial centers on the highest degree of so- cial welfare
 ;,, charge of Red Cross work in Russia : Ernest P. Bicknell, Director general of the Red Cross work in United States Homer W. Folk, formerly president of the New York state charities and as- , sociatlons, ,/now in charge of the de- , partment of civil affairs of the Red Cross in France, will have importan mt places on the program. c. c. Stillman and Fred R. Johnson who won national recognition by their welfare work in Kansas City, will speak on district work and training camp activities re- spectively.
 Practically the entire force of the Playground and Recreation associa- tlon of America, besides recreation ex- perts from the leading cities of the country, have been enlisted to lead the . recreational activities of the soldiers and promote constructive social re- forms in towns and cities adjacent to cantonments.
 ! Among the great women speakers will be Mrs. Florence Kelly, one of a committee of three asked by the gov , ernment to inspect factories where sol diers' uniforms are made and to see ] that none are made in sweat shops Maud E. Minor, the only woman mem. Der of the New York state probation commission, and chairman of the com mittee on the protection of girls oi } the war department, will be here for g , special session and several conferences l Housing conditions will be presented $ by Henry H. DeLoss. associate direc- tor of the public service reserve of tn,
 United States employment service o
 the department of labor. this problem being the firS war labor question : taken pby the new advisory counci , of the federal bureau Prison labor which is to be utilize, ,, to increase production for the govern ment an dto make salvage from tn
 wastage of cities, will be presente
 by E. Stagg Whitin, who has bee 8 commissioned by President Wilson t :. supervise this work. The progressiv I people of the Middle West cannot af a ford to miss this great conference an t it's helpful influence which will colo = the social legislation of every state = the union for years to come.