The Lake County times., 1919-05-05
Won1en's
Federation
Meeting
TsPfcIAl TO rnE rInEs1

FEDERATION of Women's Clubs of the
Tenth District held their ninth annual
convention at the Christian church in
Whiting Saturday. The ninth dis
trict includes the counties OF Lake
Porter. Jasper. White. Tippecanoe. War
Ten, Benton and Newton. and in spite
of the inclement weather a large crowd
was present. there being hfty-tNo dele
gates. five officers and eiEhty-four visi-
tors in attendance.
The convention opened at 10 o'clock
with the singing Of the Doxology. Mrs.
Minnie Orr Kline, acting chairman. pre-
sided, as she did throughout the day in
a most charming and capable manner
which in a great measure the
ro@ans or making the meetings such an
Inspiration and success. Tne club col
lect was next read by the club women
Mrs. William T. Rought. president Of
the Fortnightly Club of Whiting next
extended a welcome TO the guests. with
Mrs ]. o. Thompson. president of the
Hammond Women's Club giving a re-
spcnse on behalf Of the guests. Mrs
salathe OF Whiting sang a group of
songs Mrs G. H Summers Of Indiana
Harbor followed with the report Of the
secretary-treasurer Mrs. Minnie Orr
-FN4tlS nS0A saw q ASAh tAi AeGeo4-SNa
ton" largely as applied TO the Wonl-
ems Clubs. A report of the cooperative
hind committee was given from which
the information was cleaned that the
club women OF the state market all the
work Of the blind from the state insti-
tuition al Indianapolis. which in other
states the commissioners are compelled
TO take charge of, and which is often
bsg expense 70 the state.
\ moving picture discussion as re-
CARDS the showing good films took
place. and il was proven that the NOV
Ing picture men are in every case will
INK and anxious to comply with the re-
quest TO show the best films. but that
the trouble lies largely with the public
in failing to patronize the better films.
often causing the movie proprietor a
< loss Of money. hence like any other
business man would they put on pic
lures which bring them biggest returns
The lecture by Miss Nellie Snyder.
Chicago. which followed was a rare
treat Miss snyder's subject dealt
with "Americanization." She urged the
Americans TO greet the foreigners COM
ing 10 our soil on more Of a friendly
basis. picturing their homesickness
when coming here and finding no one
Who can speak their language She
urged that our inability TO converse
with them need be no reason for our
keeping at distance. showing how the
language Of the heart is just as EN-
phatic the. language OF the lips and
how much good has been done without
speaking q word, and brought down the
house when she said, Its surprising
how much your nerihhors know about
YOU. although you haven't told them a
thing.
The meeting closed for the luncheon
hour. This was served by the ladies Of
the Christian church and was a bounte-
Gus report over which Mrs. A. d. David
son presided.
The afternoon session opened with
the singing of America" Mrs. H. F.
Ivey giving the Invocation. This was
followed by a piano duet by Mrs. ]. H.
Hoskinson and Mrs. T. r. Doll. Owing
TO illness Mrs. j. c. Gibbs. vice presi-
dent Of the State Federation. was un-
able to be present. but sent a very in
teresting letter which was read. Miss
Nellie Snyder appeared on the program
in place Of Mrs. Gibbs and gave a very
good talk on Child Welfare" She
spoke of the sums spent in caring for
hogs. etc. which in proportion 10 the
sum spent in caring for the children is
very large. She said. Give me a boy
to care for until he is Is years of age
and IL he has the proper training and
care until that time, he is safe for the
rest Of his life
The next number vas trio by Mrs.
2 Salathe Mrs. F. r. Doll and Mrs. II.
Z Green.
DR.. Preston Bradley. Chicago. in his
lecture on "Tha United States Of To-
morrow" gave a very able talk on the
affairs Of our country as regards the
critical age we are now going through
He went hack to the very beginning Of
mankind and traced conditions UP to
the very present time and according 70
his theories this trouble with Germany
is not Vet at its end and never will be
until they are compelled 10 get on their
bended knees. He paid Roosevelt a
glowing tribute. as he also did Woodrow
Wilson and he did not forget the boys
who went into the fray TO help straight
en- out these eutangIcd conditions.
In the election of OFFICERS. Mrs. J. s.
Clark of Indiana Harbor was elected
chairman Of the Tenth District and Mrs.
Minnie Orr Kline of Hammond. vice
chairman Mrs. q. H Summers Of In
diana Harbor was reelected secretary
and treasurer.