Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-14
CLUB WOMEN FAVOR
PAID F|REMEN
New Century Members Send Let
ter to Council Indorsing
the Plan.

Alfred Moves, one Of the world q lcadinf
intcllectuals, will read from his owl
pocins before the New Century Club To-
night.
h'Down To Kew in Lilac Time" Mrs
Pilriv announced at the monthly meet
ing of the New Century Club vcsterda,
afternoon, would he one Of the poems
chosen by MIR Moves, rs we'll as "Fort,
Singing Seamcn. "The Barrel Organ
and other selections left Ia the poet e own
taste,
Two matters of civic Importance were
before the New Century Club for action
and both received the unanimous indorsc-
mcnt of that body Upon motion. letter
conveying TO City Council tho clubs in
dorEcmcnt of paid fire department. was
directed To bc written bv the secretary.
while the following resolution urging an
extra appropriation by Council FOR the
establishment of educational facilities for
the instruction of the iliterate non
English speaking forcign-horn peoples.
was ordered sent To the Same body
Whereas, The Americanlzing Of NIL
foreign born. illiteratc. non-f,ngish speak
ing peoples in our community is one of the
important features in the government q
CONSERVATION program
Whereas. Cur city hae a.2G5 such
people within its limits, and no night
schools or other adequate means Of IN
struction for them. and
Whereas. Women clubs have hccn
asked lv the Woman's Committee ot the
Council of National Defence, 10 use their
influence 10 get these people educated.
ready for citizenship
al g..
New Century Club of Wilmington hereby
strongly urges upon CITY touncil the nord
of granting an additional appro-
priation tho coming wear 10
the BOARD Of lducatlon. that u may have
Il N us power Il carry ou schools night
schools or other kinds. for the benefit of
IIIItcratc non English speaking foreigners
Nfrs SNYDER. chairman ot home Geo
nomce called special attention to the
garlcn Iccturc on Thursday afternoon
At 3 . clock hN Nies Nev is free ~ the
clty. and urged Al housewives to embrace
Enthusiastically and rnnSclcutlouslN the
privilege ~ giving personal holr 70 our
government hv conserving wheat through
the generous use "t -ut'stitutes
Mrs George l brown reported -
sweater and 20 pairs ~ socks KNIT hv
club mcmhcr> frnm wool donated to the
committee for the forest
engineers IN France
Ma Lane. chairman of the special
committee on soldiers and sailors, told
at til, second of two entertainments pro
vldcd ~ tho club. laFt Thursday Q hcirg
4 dance for tho sailors The t,orton
Heights Club hclpcd with the music the
hoyS themselves did Romn effective tlag
decorating ot tho draw nEr0om. brought
4 number ~ thrir own grl friends, and
with daughters 81 club mrmhcra and
several officers of the club IN attendance.
spent q most enjoyable evening OF dancing
and music
The following committee was appointed
ON elections Mrs. trrdcrlc II kohnson.
Mrs " g. Matthews, Mrs. Robert l..
Eaynnr
Votes of thanks WIRE given Mrs Esther
r. NnertSou and Nus, lmma Lore, e tho
formcr for tho presentation ot 2 flag used
IN decoration w herself and hrr husband
during tho Civil War. o. the latter for the
rift AZ a l}Ihlc. a table and hcr own notes IN
exposition far several wars of the music oi
tho Philadelphia Orchestra concerts
4 letter received hy Mrs + I NCgcn-
dank chairman of the music cv1nmttco,
from Miss orr. now ~ thc ! rsuIine on
vent Fro>.burr Md Was read, and heard
with much interest tclling of her happy
and conrcnla life there and thc natural
beauty ii her surroundings among noun
tain> , 1uM feet IN height
FOR the cducauon committee. u was
stated that tho postponed lecture by
Dcaconess NCwbold would take place
during tho week Of April -
Mrs Warner sTrokc 81 plans Ia be sub
mttcd IN the state executive Of the Dela-
warp State Federation for the annual
meeting IN June and ~ chairman ot
cI,lcs dwclt on the vital need oi con
serving and preserving child fc and o'
tho committee plans for utilizing the
club house IN the child welfare campaign
The corresponding SECRETARY reported
TOO members with - on the waiting list
and four names posted
Mrs Prlckctt of the industrial and social
relations committee. spoke ot the necd oi q
PSYCHOLOGIST for the Juvenile Court to
diagnose the mental condition of juvenile
offenders. some persons Conteuding that
there Is really no such thing as bad
child
Requests for more books 20 be sent 10
the public library for the soldiers, were
made bv Arthur l. Bailey, through Miss
Afathcr and Mrs + II Robinson.
Tickets for the Chinese operetta for the
benefit Of the Red Cross, on Saturday
April Is. at the club house can be secured
from Nrs. f. i Ncgcndank Mrs William
c. Blatz and Miss Madeline Reed
For tho afternoon 5 Cntcrtnnment,th there
there was music hy Mrs Norman Huxley
'Solfcggletto. Bach Lurlnc. Sceling
japanese Fan Waltz. Poldini; together
with papers Of vivid interest on Women
Of IS bv Mrs II d. Ross " omen 81
81 " Mrs George : { apcllc. Jr: ''W omen
Of 1918. Mr. Donald A>hbrook
AZ the close oi the meeting tea choco-
late and cake were served in the reception
room by Mrs William { Matthews chair
man Of the hospitality committee
MARSHALL RAPS CONGRESS.