The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-18
EIGHTH DISTRICT FEDERATION
CONVENTION UNUSUAL sue
Spirit and Enthusiasm Shown Big Meeting Here Yesterday
Never Have Been Exceled in North Dakota

cost $2,000,000, and it is expected
that every club woman in America
will contribute one dollar toward this
cause.
Mrs. Wick emphasized the import
ance of keeping up the club organi'
cation, that the government may
have this Valuable machinery to work
through, if for no others reason. She
spoke of woman's duty to the Oncom
ing generation, and urged that wess see
to it that the children of today be
found lit when they reach maturity
to assume the burdens that maturity
vii bring. That one-third OF the men
who are drafted today are found IN.
fit for military service on account 1t
an ailment which might have been
remedied during infancy is a fact
which she urged be kept In mind that
this mistake may not be repeated
with the generations to come.
Miss Bankers Talk.
To do justice in limited space to
Miss Eleanor Barkers really Won
derful address is out of the question.
Bismarck has never heard her super
Tor. Her full, round, resonant speak.
ing voice; her complete grasp OF her
subject, her personal magnetism, and
the fire and spirit which emanates
from her to he, hearers; her singer,
ity and her earnestness made her
message one which the women who
heard her never can forget. st n s$ III
She told why we must conserve
white flour that our allies and our
soldiers may have. this staff Of life.
She told of the 100000 children In
France who have neither parent liv.
ing and who are being cared for by
the Red Cross; she told of the flour
that we must supply these children,
not enough for those who are able
bodied and sound, but enough to save
these poor little waits who are near
starvation She told. too, why there
is not enough-EECAUSE WE,
WARM SAFE and SHELTERED
HAVE EATEN 1T, and when she said
it, she made everyone in her audi
ence feel the heigth of their selfish.
ness.
AS time goes on and the fields OF
France become more and more devas'
tated by shell holes; as more and
more of the farm machinery is de.
strOyed, and the men are taken for
the army, more and more France, up
on whom we are relying to keep FROM
our shores the barbarous beast who
has made Europe a shambles. must
depend upon us for flour, and we
must not, cannot fail of our duty. In
France today they are using but 20
per cent wheat flour and 80 per cent
substitutes. We continue! to use fifty
per cent, and we grumble about it.
The address was most enthusiastic
ally received, and it is certain that
everyone who heard it. and sail OF
the friends whom they can influence.
will be at the Auditorium tomorrow
afternoon at 4, when another oppor-
ttnity is offered to hear Miss Barker.
The singing of "The Star Spangled
Banner. !. closed the meeting. ,,a,sFss
The Banquet.
Immediately upon adjournment OF
the afternoon session, all delegates and
many, visitors, as well as interested
Bismarck women repaired to the Nc
kenzie, where an informal reception
was held. Then dinner was served
on tables arranged in the form OF an
open square and beautifully decorat-
ed, in the main dining room. One
hundred covers were laid for the din,
ner, which owed much of it's excel |
it was an altogether I'M
usual repast, remarkably well served
TO the personal supervision of Mrs.
Edward G. Patterson.
Mrs. Andrew A. Bruce was in charge
Of the dinner arrangements, and Mrs.
NJ. w. Roam, Mrs. A. M. Fisher, Mrs.
R. S. Towne and AIRS. T. II. Poole as
sisted. AS an invocation Mrs. LaRose
sang the last two verses of America
Our Fathers God, to Thee, Author
Of Liberty" and it proved most effec-
tive. Mrs. F. l.. Conklin presided as
postmaster, and Mrs. Wick, Miss
Barker, Mrs. John Davidson Of Mer- |
Ger, the new vice president elect; Mrs.
Minnie Clark Budlong, Mrs. Bruce ana
Mrs. E. r. Edwards of jamestown re-
sponded briefly. Mrs. H. H. Steele led
in singing Keep the Home Fires
Burning" and Mrs Jacobson conduct
ed spirited rendition Of Pack up
Your Troubles The dinner contin.
ued until Mrs. Wick, Miss Barker and
many other guests from the east
found it necessary to depart for their
rain. The meeting unanimously was
voted most satisfying success.