The Irish standard., 1920-01-17

lcan pontcS fOr prlnclp. eS, not names.
The convention was held at Hotel
Radisson, Minneapolis. Monday, Jan.
II.
Home women" Mrs. Winter said,
must feel the responsibility of citi-
zenship. We must put men into office
who stand for the things we believe
in and defeat. them when they don't"
Mrs. Winter commended Miss Mary
Garrett Hay, chairman of the nation
al Republican women's executive COM
mittee, who recently refused to work
for man put up by her party be-
cause she did not believe him fit for
Office.
During the war;" Mrs. Winter
said, "Women caught the larger vi
sion; our individual responsibility
came home to us. Will we be able
to carry that larger vision of respon.
sibility over into times of peace?" she
asked.
Touching the problem of American
ization, Mrs. Winter said: I'VE will
never be able to Americanize our for
! eigners until they are met on Ellis
Island by clean, just officials and they
are assured of respect in every court
in America.
A plea for unity in all work of wo-
men and effort toward revivifying life
in this country that men and women
might be encouraged to remain was
sounded in an address given by the
Most Rev. Austin Bowling, archbishop
of st. Paul.
What an opportunity there is for
you women to quiet the fever of
avarice; to flock to the cities for
moneymaking," he said. "In the coun-
try we need to arouse the women to
local pride, to sweeten their lives
We should have more travelling libra
ries, centers where information of
many kinds might be secured and
speakers sent to address small
groups" He urged the women from
rural districts present to go back to
their communities with new ideas and
new sense of loyalty. The big mis-
take being made at the present time,
he said, was that in organization the
smaller unit was neglected.
Mrs. Daniel M. Coonan was elected
vice.president of the organization and
announcement was made of the ap-
pointment of DR.. Helen Hilger of Man.
kato as chairman of education; Mrs.
John F. MCGEE of Minneapolis. legisla-
tton; Mrs. Pierce Butler, st. Paul, pro.
gram; Mrs. H. T. Quinlan, st. Paul.
community centers, and Mrs. D. e..
Virtue, Minneapolis, work for girls.
Mrs. MCGEE, representing the Min.
neapolis League of Catholic Women,
reported work done by the organiza.
ton. Forty-two thousand men, women
and children we're served at the settle.
ment, she said; 200 infants under two
years Of age registered at the baby
clinic operated there; 2,400 visits made
by workers in connection with the baby
clinic; s41 friendly visits made among
foreign peoples; rs foreign women
taught English in their homes and 562
children, whose mothers were obliged
to work, provided with lunches.
Mrs. Virtue reported that activities
of the guild including study and rec
reation classes at its headquarters and
various branches throughout the city,
had been participated in by 175,o00
girls in the past year.
Other reports were read by Mrs.
Grace M. Gum, Minneapolis, secretary
of the organization; Mrs. Horatio B.
sweetser, Minneapolis; Mrs. H. T..
Quinlan, st. Paul; Mrs. Philip Randall,
Little Falls; Miss schaller, st. Cloud,
and Mrs. M. Whalen, Sleepy Eye.
Mrs. L. 8. Donaldson of Minneapolis
is chairman of the organization for the
diocese Of st. Paul; Mrs. J. B. Dunn,
st. Cloud; Mrs. David Irwin, Winona;
Mrs. Henry Turrish, Duluth, and Mrs.
e. A. Miller, Crookston. Mrs. Irwin
presided at the convention in the alb
sence of the president, Mrs. w. J.
O'Toole Of st. Paul, who was in attend
ance at the funeral Of relative in
Prescott, Wis.
Before the business session a pro-
gram was given for the delegates by
Mrs. Cecil Murphy Skaaden, accom-
panied by Mr.. Skaaden.
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