The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-07

CONVENTION
WOMAN 8 CLUBS
MANY DELEGATES FROM WHEEL
ING AND OTHER CITIES ATTEND
ANNUAL, MEET AT WELLSBURG
Several interesting Addresses Were
Heard, Business was Transacted
And Officers Nominated
Rv HELEN c, SEERIDAN

Delegates from Wheeling clubs and
many others throughout the sixth Gun
District assembled at WellSburg yeStrr-
day 10 attend the ar+Sual Federation
convention of the Northwestern district
of Woman's Clubs. which met for an
all day session In the First l'resbyter-
ian church Of the Brooke county seat.
Mrs. Henry Hillikcn presided ana
Mr.. NJ. =. Boyd. president or the Out
looi, club Of W"llshurE. and Mrs. Henry
EInig. president of the Woman'S club.
were hUSteSSeS.
Speakers were til" Rev. u. +. Burt.
pestor OF the WellShurg lresh|tcrian
church: Mrs. NJ. T.. lloyd Mrs. Henry
Emig. Mrs. Julian g. Hcarne. president
OF the Wuman's club Of Wheeling; Mrs.
J. Harold Brennan. preSIdent-clcCt of the
Womam's club Of Wheeling: Mrs. j. A.
Meredith. OF f'airmonl. staIc chairman
us CNvlcs; Mrs. WoodSOn +. Wills, or
Charleston. state president Of the Fed
Grated clubs; Mrs. \. ". bowler, chair
man Of the Ohio County Equal Suffrage
League; Mrs Edward Kcminr. repre-
seating the Suffrage League; Mrs; Dent
Taylor, representing The Collegiate
Aumn.r; pr. Harriet d. Jones, Of the
West Virginia Antt-TubrrCuloSis League
and Mrs. NJ. L. Huwl,y. president Of the
Chester W"mans Club.
Report was Road
Mrs. Dent Taylor. OF Wheeling, repre-
srn,Ing the Collegiate AlulAnr AssoCl-
alton. read the report OF the scholarship
fund which Is provided by the Federated
clubs to educate girls VINO are without
surf icient funds.
Mrs. John y. Garden ~ Wheeling.
representing the committee affiliated
with the National Federation Of W0-
mans Clubs. read report or lhe
progress made ia All attempt 10 lower
The high cost Of living. and urged or
gan!zaiiun In West Virginia or all
clubs for the same purpose. "
DR.. HARRIET Il. Jones OF Glendale
field representative Of the stale ANU
Tuberculosis league, in Il brist adlress
measure providing for the ESTABLISH
ment in all cities of the state hospitals
TO be supported by city and county Tor
treatment OF advanced cases or tupcr-
CulosiS. -,
THE measure" Or. Jones said. will
be presented before the next session oil
the West Virginia legislature.
Dr. Jones quoted statistics tH SHOW
the alarming increase Of the drcauc9
white plague in West Virginia. she sald
that in her opinion the state tuh"rcu,
losis Sanitarium at Terra Alta Sh"uiu
be reserved only for incipicnt cases.
Miss Marie Krunklc played h"antl :
full piano solo following the business OF
the morning session. and the meeting
adjourned at 1880 o'clock for lunchcnn.
which was served at the WcllSburs
hotel.
AUGMENTATION Address.
Al - O'Clock IN" meet liE i''0"''
The Rev. Mr.. Eurt was the hrst speak
or. lie delivered an address on Anlcrl-
caniHation. which in spite of its hr"FItF
because OF IN" short tim" allotrd 10
him was now presentation "i 'he
subject. ,,.
"Amnricaninatinn." said the Rev. Mr..
Rurt means in it's final analysis
stamped with American CharactrriS,,
tics Tho question is: Would We WHnt
the foreigner TO DO stamped with these
characteristics" Unfortunately. Amcri-
cans have lost many Of the standards
with which they started this cnun .ic,,
ArroCanc" is ono worry pr"a'in ~.
characteristic which | should hate TO
need to hc A1Ierirani2cd ourselves.
I'm ENGLAND while | was in ~" Terv-
Ice they told IN" that when an Eng lIS Isl,
man walked into store II" a.tru I'm"
he owned it. but when nm Mn M. lain
walked into store h" mad" II piali,
that he did not give - WHO o""'N
Foreigners Taken In
Most foreign peasants i've Win me
Ideal that they will some day com" TO
America, the land of golden opportuhI
rv; hut when they come. lhcy VIII ~
YOU now that most OF them would rH Ii
er he back in Finland tzrcno SIot go,
or wherever it was they came lroiIl.
Yes, We Americans take the forelEh,IS
in. and when l say that, l mean II III
orally" , TO-,
Rev. Burt told or instances W.. IT,,
come under his observation or iorclSh-
crs who had bought second rate pass
age for America before leaving Eurorr.
only TO find when they started across
and 1t Was too late to rcCtify me mr.
take, that tho steamship agents had
sold them third class trumSporlatl"h'
lie cited this and many other instan-
crs of how. he said, the foreigners are
taken in" Ivy the Americans. ana CON
,.ludrd with Il plea for real friendship
instead Of patronage and fleeing OF
the immigrants.
state Presidents Address
The plans. problems and aims or me
club were Interestingly presented nv
Mrs. WoodSon i. wills stat" pr"Sidchi'
OF Charleston, who spoke OF the AlSh