Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-04-09
WOMEN ADJOURN
TO MEET IN 1921
AT San MARCOS
Many Resolutions introduced
at Final Sessions of Fifth
District Clubs Today
FOR CLEAN CANDIDATES
One Resolution of Political
Nature Is Adopted

The fifth district Of Texas Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs adjourned at
1885 today to meet again next year
at San Marcos. San Marcos was the
uncontested choice of the federation
and its selection was the unanimous
choice of the federation. The last
action of the federation was the en-
dorsing of resolutions.
The women assembled do not. as
men often do, endorse resolutions
sight unseen, and some Of those intro
duced were lost. The only one, how
ever, that called forth any great
amount of discussion, and was finally
passed as amended, was one of po-
litical nature. The resolution as sub
mitted wanted the club to go on rec
ord as endorsing such candidates as
were clean politically, stood for fair
methods of election, and prohibition,
and oppose those who favored child
labor and were against the enforce
ment of the child labor laws. Fear
ing that the prohibition clause might
be construed as being political. the
resolution was passed to read "the
fifth district Of Texas favors the
election to the high offices Of the
state such men and women as stand
for clean politics.
For Better Movies.
Resolutions advocating the raising
of the standard of motion picture
films, endorsing the work of the de-
partment of justice and the fair price
commission in their war on the high
cost of living; emphasizing the impor-
tance of the enfranchisement of wom-
en- and urging them to take advantage
of the right they had achieved; the
Fess vocational education bill, and
thanking local agencies and people
for the courtesies extended the fed
Grafton were passed.
The final session of the convention
had much TO confront il and the
morning session was the busiest held.
Following the invocation, by Mrs.
c. l.. Jessup of Brownsville. an inter
esting talk by Mrs. Maggie Barry on
home economies and on the Fess bill,
providing an appropriation for in
struction in home vocational training,
was urged. This endorsement was
given by the club.
On Milk Sanitation.
Mrs. f. p. Robbins Of the santa
tion committee made a strong appeal
for the betterment Of milk sanitation
conditions, stating that il was the
most vital issue in promoting child
welfare. The speaker gave a number
of instances Of deplorable dairy CON
ditions existing in dairieS throughout
the state. On the border. she said,
conditions were exceptionally danger
Gus because of the great deal of tu-
berculosls existing among the Mexi-
cans. The speaker said that the bur
den Of bettering these conditions was
very largely community matter, as
the state department was financially
unable to undertake the gigantic task.
Trained Nurses Lacking.
Following Mrs Robbins. Miss Ethel
Parsons of the Public Health Nurse
Association talked on the advance
ment of public health drives in the
state during the past few years and
deplored the lack of trained nurses
that made Il impossible for them to
supply all the nurses asked for in the
territory between the Rio Grande and
Amarillo. Miss Parsons urged the es-
tabliShment of health centers in each
county for the care of mothers and
eXpectant mothers and instruction in
the home and school Give his
majesty. the baby. a chance" she
urged.
She also spoke Of the public health
nurse as valuable agent in Ameri-
canization through their ability to
enter the homes and get close to the
mothers heart.
Miss Myrtle Lovelace, county dem
onstraticn agent for Cameron coun-
ty, reported that this county had or
ganized nine girls clubs and three
womep's clubs in the county and that
the three women's clubs would soon
seek affilation.
Thrift Campaign Discussed.
Miss c. VI. McGillivray of the war
saving stamp thrift campaign made a
strong appeal for thrift and issued
warning against the extravaganza that
is sweeping the country. The speaker
said that the governments idea in
continuing the thrift and savings
stamp campaign was not so much to
raise a considerable sum of money.
but to encourage the children to save.
The said that school children in Tex
as owned S12.O0O.0OO worth of thrift
and saving stamps and that in the