The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-28

| X work fcrE bstk X thesss days TX N
Miss Axnew. tho iast speaker 81 thss
afternoon. defined cooperation ~ ESQ
conducting yourself that other people
win work with YOU"
Adjournment was taken for supper
At O'clock under the auspices Of the
Business woman's club in the audito-
rum of the Y. w c. A. 3
The subject OF discussion At last
nights session, which was held in the
winter dining groom, was The National
Federation of Business and Profes-
sional Women The principal speaker.
Mrs. Nina b Price, Southern organizer
Of the national committee for fedora.
ton of business and professional wo-
mems club. the following contributing
| to the discussion; Miss Kate Wool.
bridge. president Business Women.s
club, OF Norfolk: Miss Leila L. Lacy.
president Business Women's club, Of
Richmond; Miss Ruth Hudson, presf-
dent BUSINESS Women's club. Of PEI
tershurg; Miss Helen Manhood delegate
from Business women's club, Of
Lypchhurg. Mrs. A. F. Cook and 9th.
ers.
OPENING SESSION.
the ,hrst convention OF business ana
professional women in Virginia. which
convened in the Jefferson hotel yester-
ing opend with a luncheon In the
Flemish room at 80, and was largely
attended by women in the business and
professional world from nearly every
section of the state.
DR., Orio l.. Hatcher, president of the
Virginia Bureau of Vacations, called
the meeting to order and introduced
the toastmistress, Mrs Sally Nelson
Robins, author of "Scuffles"
IL
suggestions as scuffes. but II there had
been no scuffies, there would not have
been any experts. She said scuffles
sensed need, and training had filled
that need.
Years ago Mrs. Robins SAID the -def..
milton OF gentleman was "a man who
| did nothing"
She remembered twenty years. go
the story of simple country girl. who
slowly climbe the steps OF the yir-
ginia Historical society with the tradi~
ton OF her class ruthiessiy shattered
When she handed her first visitor y
book. she almost died" When she
received her first pay check. she. 'al-
most died, but today. what revn-
/ luton Today. what an evolution"
| There are no more Miss Muffefs
who sit on tuffets
| The knell of Scuffles has sounded,
and the efficiency, the loyalty. the in
tegrity. and intrepedity OF women
sounds IT like trumpet all over the
world.
/ The next speaker was Miss Grace
! Sickles, of Roanoke, leading insur-
ance woman OF the state Miss Sickles
told Of her experience in the business
world and how she had scufned to sell
life insurance. She deplored the inef-
Eciency among the younger business
women. and urge them TO realize. firs.
I OF all, whatever they undertook to give
their very best to IT,
Miss HARRIET Cringan told OF rer
experiences in house cleaning, a new
feature of the business world. At
times Miss C-insan was very humor-
Gus. her remarks provoking much
laughter at times
/ Miss Lille Price. the first woman
who entered the nursing field from
! Richmond told of her training in a
New York hospital and OF her return
TO Richmond. and having TO bring
nurse from the HOPKINS training
school To associate with her in the pro-
fession, which has made such rapid
strides in this city and state ever
since.
Miss Ransom. who is at the head OF
rural nursing ir Virginia. was the next
speaker She urged the correlation
of the business and professional world
as great force In old Virginia.
i! Miss Hills OF Stuart Hall, was. In
troduced aud asked 10 tell what she
Thought the school girls idea OF bust
ness was. She said, whenever the
parents conceive the idea tha, their
daughter must be of the same person
alty in the world as their brother
then the girls would be impressed with
THE necessity OF giving more thought 10
business"