Arizona republican., 1920-10-24
official Organ of the State Federation

Louis sands. Mrs. Frank viault. Mrs. l George w. Nickers, Mrs. Harry Vernon, Mrs. C. C. Walker. Mrs. W. F. Webb. ! Mrs. w. A. Work and Mrs. J. r. Young. l
 The second exhibition of the Needle work Guild will be held at the Wo- mans club on Tuesday afternoon No- Vember I6 when the Guild will hold It's annual business meeting. Election or officers will be one of the important matters taken up at this time and
 ollowing the session tea will be served. Last season approximately 500 articles were distributed among the needy and sick In the valley while a number Of school children also benefited by con | tributions from the Guild. This year it hopes 10 increase the number or articles to 900. The directors of the Phoenix branch are. Mrs. w. E. Boggs, Mrs. w. Bostrom, Mrs. Harold BaN- ter. Miss Verde Butler, Mrs O. II.
 Brown. Mrs Ralph Cameron. Mrs. c. A. Clark, Mrs. Y. l.. Carpenter, Mrs. Ro-
 land C. Dryer. Mrs. W. F.. Ellis, Miss Frances Elliott. Mrs. Sims Ely. Mrs c. E. England. Mrs. T. F. Fitzsimmons,
 Mrs. Bert Ford. Mrs. Harland J. Gray
 Mrs. c. F. Holland. Miss Maude Hiatt
 Mrs. Fl. E. Hermis, Mrs. T. E. Irvine,
 Mrs W. K. Jmes, Mrs. Jessup, Mrs.
 Fred Jefferson. Mrs. George Kay, Mrs
 Ida Lawrence. Mrs Ancil Martin, Mrs.
 T. T. Powers, Mrs. J. A. Riggins, Mrs.
 Tom Shaughnessy. Mrs. Ed Shaw, Mrs. J. A. Tillman. Mrs. Fred Tribolet. Miss
 Mary F. Utley. Mrs. Chris Walker, Mrs. Thomas Walton. Mrs. Fred . Wright.
 } Mrs. Roland c. Dryer. one of the } leaders of the Guild work in this dis
 trict, stated yesterday that anyone in- terested i'm the work of the organiza- ton. might procure full information relative to its activities from Miss May Utley of Eleventh street and the Me- , Doweil road.
 woman's responsibility featured tho
 address made by Mrs. Joseph s. Stark
 president of the Woman's club at tho opening of the clubs season on Tues day when a large per cent of the mem
 bers extended greeting to their new . leader. The popularity of the presi'
 dent was demonstrated when she wal
 showered with roses when she ap
 peared and the enthusiasm whicl D greeted her remarks. Her address k which was interrupted with applaus q follows in full:
 !. The club has reached another mile
 stone: another year of its existence ha a passed into history. It is the harves s time. We look back over our work an'
 consider whether what we have reape Z, meets the high hopes with which W
 sowed.
 For the women of the nation. tn n year just closing certainly marks a z epoch, the successful continuation O f many years of devotion to the cause O d equal suffrage. It marks another epoc "a of equal importance. the awakening Q "a women to the new and heavy respon e abilities imposed not only by the ac |. quisition of political rights, but by tn l. grave perils now darkening the ma ' tional horizon. The face of the worl $. has changed in the last few years; V. is haggard with suffering and line I deeply with anxiety. The future m beset with uncertainties. with ne' s. and untried conditions. Into the con "a flict and turmoil of a world gropin Ia painfully and confusedly forth frol pt the endless devastation and wreckal r. of a war that displaced every lane n mark of civilization. women are mai .s. shaiing vast armies of peace and rel X. cue. The stricken form of humanit n. helpless under the assaults of men h IS. with the rage of battle. in struggliT nd back to health and equilibrium. and q v- appeal goes forth as never before, f re, the restorative ministrations of fem ,e. nine devotion. This appeal is as old is, the world itself, and never in the ho er of distress and anguish has wom; r.- failed in her response.
 P. The women of the United States al F. of the world. have been quick to sci A. upon the key to successful endeav' iss in the new and strenuous duties Ia rs upon them. This key is organizati les "a constructive sense of the value IT'S. cooperation. The existence and a rs complishments of this club. which - but a mere unit in the vast federati n of similar clubs all over the count ( prove how keenly the woman of - land are alive to the importance N gaining a clear understanding of
 great work awaiting performance N their hands. and then of labor IN unitedly and consistently to do Il work.
 Because of organization and dis iI pline. a handful of police will quell a m disperse a mob. The enfranchisem sN of women was accomplished by the oN forts of a comparatively small nun . of women. working with the precis PM of a trained force. and with the m eN unswerving fidelity. Yet the effects ON their devotion were world wide. 1868 not a nation of the earth had tC
 rated womans suffrage. in 1920 ev civilized nation has granted at leas
 limited franchise. and Germany - established a complete legal equa
 between the sexes.
 If the women of Arizona were
 compare the status of women as 1t
 under the law at the time of the I - laration of Independence with q v status today, they would be astoun at the tremendous improvement.
 year. for the first time in It's hist
 the women of the nation will detern
 who shall be the president of
 United States. Such a responsib
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