Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-10
ANEl.V AVIATION WORK
on FEDERATED iIIHS

This Is the true meaning of Amer
icanilaiion Am"ficaniling oursclr"a
To higher conception of citizenship
ami tu publication OF the body social
and polite. We must make demo
cucy more real by ilirer laws and
law endorsements. by better housing
conditions. by better health cnndi-
tons. better social ana industrial
onditiuns and better educational
conditions. and then We must maxi,
the foreign born In our midst believe
IN america aud love her. and &c, iu.
10 the great game with us" Thus
writes Mrs ThOs. G Winter. vica.
president OF the General Federation
The teaching of American ideals II
good citizenship Ia our Young PEG
PIE IN one phase OF DIFFERENTIATION
taken up as the special work of the
Texas Federation Of Women's Clubs.
Many OF US in Texas have either
been aslep or We have knowingl
disregarded our community obliRn.
lions To our young people BAD
housing. bad social and Industrial
conditions had lighting OF streets
and parks lack Of the right kind OF
recreation places: these and other
harmful influences have done much
toward making OF boys and girls. who
should have geen good cit!Zns. delin-
quents. 81 the number of our delin.
quents Is TO be decreased. community
conditions must be improved. And
as far rs possible. these young bodies
aud minds that are tainted must he
cured. and these boys and girls he
made happy contributors to the econ
omic and social good of our state.
II was my privilege recently 20
visit the Training School near
Gainesville. for delinquent girls.
whore ! found a big-souled woman IN
charge and about sixty interesting
girls. ranging In ages from fourteen
10 twenty-one years. Records are
kept OF the girls for three years after
leaving the school. saw numbers
of these and none Of the girls have
gone back To their old way of living.
was especially Interested In the rec
ord Of one girl. whose ideals ~ life
had been entirely changed once
her desire would have been for fine
clothes and AN automobile: now her
AMBITION Is for an education. She
therefore Is using her money Ia pa,
tuition In first class college. Here
she stands well In recent letter
She spoke highly of her girl assucia-
ies IN every way. save that Nh. was
hooked to see how these carefully
reared girls paint their faces and
ihelN manner Of dancing seemed 20
this Eirl taught In the Trniniur
school very immodest
tn" Texas Federation of Wnmen's
Clubs did much 90 awaken interest
throughout the state iu the better.
ment of community conditions
Cur organization also helped
To make possible this Train
inr school for girls This school
SIN needs our contribution The
girls need our unselfish Interest
That when th"y leave the school their
WoIih NAV h' sustained Us our re-
cognition and reception ~ them ~
their real worth They need 100 tho
school the beauty We can add a. their
lives by giving them as daily as-ocia-
ties good pictures aud books These
girls are formed not reformed
Thcv are. when sent ~ the Traininf
School uniformed products Of our
communities u o. our sacred obii.
Cation io do an We can tn aid iu send
inc them forth from this school con
formed 20 our highest American
Ideals This should be- part ~ our
work for American.Katiou
Mrs > FLORENCE G. FLOoRE.
Pres dent
Mrs 4 " HrCHES.
Press Chairman