Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-12

WOMEN CLOSE
SUCCESSFUL MEETING
Music, Good Cheer and Helpful Talks
and Addresses Mark Sessions of
Federation of Womelf's Clubs.
The twentieth annual convention Of
the Federation of Women's Clubs of
the Ninth District of Minnesota held
at Warren last Wednesday and Thur
day, was one Of the most successful
meetings in the history of the organf-
ZatiOn. The convention closed its la
bors on Thursday afternoon, when the
members departed for their respective
homes carrying with them we trust,
many pleasant memories from the meet
ing at Warren. ;, !, :,
The program for "wednesday after
noon opened with community singing
followed by reading by Mrs. J. A.
Lindsey. Miss Elizabeth Hanson r. n,
the county nurse, gave a valuable talk
on health clinics with particular refer
ence to tuberculosis Next the Warren
Reading Circle Quartette rendered two
selections, after which Miss Clara Bald
win, State Library Director and Miss
LeonOra Bauer reported on The County
Library Survey. Mrs. George II.
Chesterman, Of CrOokston, in "Our
Twentieth A4nivefsary'', gave an. in
teresting account of the work of the
Clubs during the past twenty years. s..y
Mrs. Aliens Address
Mrs. Geo. J. Allen, Of Rochester,
State President, gave all excellent .ad-
dress on Modern Club Woman, in
which she emphasized the following
points:
1. Urged all clubs to get in touch
with every community interest and
back them by all our efforts.
2. Urged club women to prepare
ourselves for citizenship to unite our
efforts with those of the League of
Women's Voters and include in our
study club programs citizenship. NJ
g.. Ask all clubs to become familiar
with the. IL departments Of the Fedora
ton and especially boost for the legis-
lative department. Thru the legislative
department we hope to- bring about
better laws and to work and vote for
the enactment Of laws which will bring
about betterN conditions for our women
and children in this country.
4. She emphasized the Importance
Of every club women in Minnesota cast
ing her ballot and urged all club women
in the district to fight as never before
to save Minnesota from the scourge of
radicalism and the rules of the Non
partisan League. -
She emphasized as being most i'm.
portant better training and dicipline in
our homes for our boys and girls Urged
upon our schools. to teach obedience
for our laws from the Kindergarten up
To always take a stand for right on
moral questions American mothers and
club women must awake themselves on
moral conditions prevailing in our land
Seventy per cent of the crimes being
committed i'll our country are being
committed by mere youths While all
over our land girls from II to Is years
Of age are being led astray. She ap
pealed to club women and emphasized
the Importance Of the ideals of demo
cracy remaining in our public schools
Chicago club women have decided tt
forever bar silk stockings, party gowns
and high school students driving t
school in their own motor cars.
She urged our women to fight for bet
ter laws for citizenship of our women
giving as an example the case of very
prominent club women and Red eros:
worker in our state who was compelled
during the war because Of the laws re
garding the citizenship Of women, tt
submit to the humiliation of registering
as an alien because of the status of he
husband
She closed her address by emphasiz
ing the Importance of all club wome1
to be alive to the issues Of the day, t.
stand with the church against radical
ism and to forward the Interchurc]
World Movement.
At 5 80 Wednesday afternoon ban
quet was rendered the visiting delegate
by the Hostess Club, the Warren Read
ing Circle, at which covers were lai,
for 40 people.
] vi "OuACSudy cVcu1uS9 .luc
was given at the High School Auditor
ium to which the public was invited
The program opehed with a pleasing
butterfly drill by Merice Taralseth an,
lola Baugh. This was followed by
piano solo by Miss Blanche johnson
Of Thief River Falls, which was heart
lily encored A vocal solo by Ingol
Grindeland and a piano solo by Mis-
fOlga Hermanson were also greatly az
|preciated and encored. Mrs. Irm
Mallory Fisher, Of Thief River Fails
rendered several songs most excellently
The leading feature of the evening, how
ever, was the address on ''The Menac
Of Radicalism and the Remedy, b
Harry Curran Wilbur, Of st. Paul. I
a .forceful speech he fayed the Nor
partisan league and all organization
with radical tendencies.
Thursday Programs
The program Thursday mornin
opened with community singing, 70
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