Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-14
CIVIC WELFARE DRIVE
BY WOMENpS LEAGUE
discuss Organization Drive at
Luncheon Today at City
Club
WILL REACH LAWMAKERS
Many Leagues to Cooperate in Rails
ing City's Standard Of War
time Efficiency

rne necessity OF placing Philadelphia
=, an adequate standard Of efficiency In
.very possible manner will be discussed
.oasv by Mrs. Imogen oakley and the
rev. DR.. Frederick r. Griffin, who have
..xsn a prominent part In civic and
STATE affairs. at a meeting and luncheon
~h,ch will be held under the auspices
AZ the women's League for Good Gov
s,nment at the City Club.
No detail which is essential to the
rrosress Of the city and State will be
ov.rIooked. The speakers will be forti-
e.a with figures and facts obtained at
erst hand and will offer suggestions and
r.ynedies for the shortcomings which are
,.xponsible for much human suffering
roday's meeting is simply the curtain
..,sar to a general city-wide drive for
.-~e n,xation which will start on March
n and continue to March 23.
n Is hoped to establish an organiza-
.,on in every ward In the city and thus
ss.r in touch with legislators who sway
49, destinies OF the city and State. Mem.
MS of the league will urge the support
- onlv those who will work for better
living conditions generally.
The cooperation of the Woman's
rhr,stIan Temperance Union, the Anti
ssioon League, the Home Missionary
Societies and other organizations prom
,sss good results for the contemplated
arIve IN discussing the leagues pro-
nosed drive, Mrs. Samuel Bryan scott
cbairman of the political war work COM
nittee, said today:
1--WE must make Philadelphians insis'
an A decent stndard OF efnciency. sne
saId, "and where there Is notapie lack
az II force political action. Are we so.ns
~ he satisfied with dirty streets. poori
run schools, disgraceful housing condi-
tions and inefficient laws when It Is In
the power Of each one of us to do some-
thing to better these things?
.T,et us make the facts known and
thsn let's organize for action. War Is
uron us-we must be ready to work and
o,,r machine must be In order That Ia
the reason that the league Is making
vtsat effort to place itself on war foot
inr-so that every ward may register
the right opinion on next election day.
va want TO arouse public opinion Sc
that never again in this city Will 15O,-
900 votes be lost on account or failur.
"a register Two great questions that
mean much to the women OF the coun.
frv will be before our Legislature next
wear. prohibition and probably woman
suffrage. It is time for women to get
busy"
The guests Of honor at today's meet
ing will include Mrs. Edward Biddle.
Mrs Cornelius Stevenson, Mrs. r. p. p.
bradford, Miss Anna Davies, Mrs. Edgar
Marburg, Mrs. M. NJ. Adams. Miss Laura
Bell, Mrs Mary v. Stringer. Miss Alice
NJ Doane. Miss Jean Colesberry, Mrs.
Hugh F. Munro, Mrs. Ellen Foster stone,
Robert f. Lambertcn. Francis T.. Burch,
Homer Tope and George w. Coles.
An address will be delivered this
morning by Ernest T. Trigg. president
OF the Philadelphia Chamber OF Com
nnerce. before the Women's Club of Tenn
pie University, on what the Chamber
Thinks Women Can Do to Better Condf
tons in Philadelphia"
Miss Amelia F. Culbertson VIII also
speak on the work Of city nurses