Arizona republican., 1919-06-01
Club Notes
Official Organ Stat. Federation Of
 Woman's Clubs

Last week marked the close of the club season. From now until autumn there will be no club activity or note although committees will be quietly at work preparing the outline of the cal endar Of the coming year. There will be occasional meetings of the rural clubs of more or less formal character while the town clubs will suspend ses- slOns of even the most informal na tUre until next October. Never have ciubwomen been so in need of rest and recreation for the women's organiza- tions have taken particular pride in war and after-war work. Every club can well be proud of the part it played in war work and each and every one is just as keen to make an equally en- viable record during the reconstruction period.
 Mrs J. F. Goddard. retiring pgesi- dent of the Harmony club, was given a delightful surprise Tuesday evening when the club presented her with q handsome wrist watch in appreciation of her efforts as chairman of the club. ! The gift was given to the popular club president on getnlemens evening when the members entertained their hus- 7 event took place at the Woman's club and the program was one of the most interesting Of the year. On the follow Sng afternoon a social session was held. Q bridge tea being the closing event. Prizes were won by Mrs sshir- ! ley Balderson, Mrs. Harry Benu It and Mrs. F. Louis Zimmerman.
 The home economics departm 1t oi the Woman's club held delightful gathering at Riverside Park on Tues day morning. Those there of the de- partment were Mrs. Joseph Stark, Mrs
 4. C. Dodge, Mrs. l. II. Smith, Mrs Norman Morrison, Mrs. C. H. Pratt Mrs. H. D. Ross, Mrs. Charles Wal ters, Mrs. Roswell Walters, Mrs. Jo- seph Sontag, Mrs. II. H. Wilson, Mrs
 H. E. England, Mrs. W. c. Abercrom
 bic, Mrs. Ernest Munson, Mrs. w. W
 Burton, Mrs. Alma Lowe, Miss Flora
 Grier, Miss Alta Holmes and Miss May
 Utley.
 The OrangeWood- Ramona club vii
 celebrate Husbands Night" Wednes
 day, when the club members will enter
 tain their husbands at a social gather ing held at the home of Mrs. Gregg
 Scott of North Central avenue. Tn
 following Wednesday the club Mil
 hold q business meeting which vii
 close it's season.
 A new federation of the business an,
 professional women of America ha
 organized and will hold it's first nation
 al convention at St. Louis on July II This movement is the outgrowth of , fixed belief on the part of the busi ! ness women Of this country that ther is too much waste woman-power i the commercial world and that whe business women work as a group in
 stead of as individuals, their influenc
 will be much more powerful
 A national committee of represen
 tative business and professional wome in various states has been formed with Lena Madesin Phillips as execu ! tive secretary and offices at 500 Lex l ington avenue, New York City. Fac state has been asked to form a fed 2 eration of all the business women in 1, -' boundaries and from these state fed
 erations will go a carefully selecte
 delegation to the St. Louis convention
 The local Business Girls clubs is on y of the strongest organizations of ii e kind in the state and it is interestin 2 to note that it will have represents a tive at the first national convention . Miss Leila Seaman being the Phoe }. nix delegate. The federation is locke h upon as one of the big movements ( r the reconstruction period and will 1T .. evitably result in benefits both fC q employer and empioye.
 t Mrs. J. C. Norton. president of u - Arizona Congress of Mothers, will sui l init her report of the national GOT