Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-28
.CLUBWOMEN TO TAKE
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Patriotic Ceremony to be Part of
State Federation's Annual
Session at Rehoboth.
Special Dispatch to Every Evening

Special Dispatch to Every Evening
Rchoboth Beach, June 2S.--Taking
| an oath of allegiance will be one of the
features of the twcnty-tirst annual meet
ing of the Delaware State Federation of
Womens Clubs. now in session here,
Although every woman of every club,
| from Claymunt To Demar and the Mary
land line to the sea has been industrious as
the provcrhial beaver at all sorts Of work
to win the war and really needs no oath TO
insure her icalty to the nation, none the
less ones been administered, "just for the
sake of being sworn in, rs one woman
put It, like the soldiers arc because we re
soldering now, If ever we were,
And so Chief Justice Pcnnewill was here
to-day, and the delegates To the conven-
ton were duly Sworn IN as they desired.
The convention which opened vcster-
day. transacted quite lot of business
during the afternoon, spent pleasant
evening, worked over the matter of find
ing a president and today resumed
this job 1t was hard nut To crack. hut
finally Mrs \. ID Warner, of Wilmington,
who was tho chief figure in the organiza-
ton of the federation twenty-one wears
ago and It's first president was picked out
for election
This was bv far the biggest item Of
tbFifS>S anu ttph u ENhl tlt'hi tff WoTk, 40
much indeed, that the election had to be
postponed from this morning $ session 10
thus afternoon q Nobody seemed TO be
willing To serve. the reason being largely
that every woman * now working Mt he
top Of her capacltN and to take on a hg
job like The presidency of the federation
was virtually an overload no ono was
willing 10 undertake Tho honor was
offered to Mrs q Curtis purdy. Nrs
William Il. Douglas Mrs Edmund T.
Moody Mrs Allen Colby and other vii
mington women, but each declined Con
ference after conference was held and
finally Mrs Warner was induced 10 serve
the body she had so largely been lnstr1I-
mental IN creating Tho formal election
VIII take place this afternoon MANY of
the delegates will make an effort 10 get
home tonight but Others will stay over
until tomorrow.
Last night Captain Iainartine brought
over from the nucd States naval base
band and a batch ot navy entertainers.
Captain l4amartInC. was introduced hN
Mrs. Powell and he made hrlcf address
before the lackics gave tho concert
that made tho hit Of the evening and :
stirred everybody M 10 a high pitch Of
enthusiasm Resides the band selections
hero we're vocal solos bv Mr. Ahcrn and
Mr. Jones. and violin solos bv MIR Gold
stein and MIR Firman the band leader led
the audience IN singing, Keep the Home
Flrcs Burning and other popular songs
LOYALTY KEY<oTE
Loyalty is the KEYNOTE Of thr convcn-
ton. Int war put its interfering hand
on the federation and kept several speak
crs from taking their places on lie pro
gram, as arranged by tho president. DIR
lnccnzo de Santo who was to have
spoken last night. was commandccrcd bv
the government to speak AT shipvards
and his place was taken hy Captain
Arthur Rudd, formerly attachc of the
American Legation a. Pctrograd Miss
Julia Lathrop head Of the Federal Chil-
drrn Bureau, Was 70 have made nm adj
dress this afternoon and she sent Mrs
Mary Breckenridge Thompson to rep
resent her. Mrs. f.. D. Knight Of Wash
ington, ono of the War Victory Com
mission Of the General Federation. was 10
have spoken today. and 10 filI in this gap,
Mrs Powell arranged War Victory
Commission round table, IN which she,
Mrs A ID Warner and Mrs. a T. Watson
participated.
All the addresses were on the war
public mind The two speakers on food.
and we're of great interest
Everett Colby of the United States Food
Administration. who talked on. What
Has 10 be Done, and Miss Comstock.
who talked on Home Economics.
GOOD MUSIC
Evidently taking a leaf from Harry
Barnhart 5 book to the effect that the
war will get on our nerves and if We don't
sing we're lost, the federation officers
planned for great deal of music to inter
sperse the business and the speeches Mrs
+. T. Negendank with vocal solos and
Mrs. c. +. Griffith with piano solos and
accompanmentsh have contributed greatly
TO the pleasure of the federation. and there
has been great deal of assembly singing
the Star Spangled Banner" and 'Ameri-
ca were sung frequently and other
familiar songs, and tonight Kenneth ; /
Clark, song leader at Camp Meade is to