The broad ax., 1920-12-25
Mr.. Julius +. Taylor.

My Dear Mr.. EDITOR
First, l want to extend TO YOU and
the staff of The Broad Ak. greetings
of the season and wishes ior the con-
tinued regularity and success of your
splendid paper.
1 am very anxious in discussing
women and women : clubs 10 bring 70
the attention of your readers something
of most tenacious calibrc. if it be
but one thought which will cling as the
year rolls away.
At this sclsuI vixen every .hinkfu.
person is sum'2irG up in his or her
mind the ac'oni ilsh1, OF Il, y,r,:.
the errors of bo-h commission AMI
omission to be a -oided in tn, fu.un
and the program for a very important
New Year, UC arc reminded tn: We
are finishing tnc most important vca:
in recorded history. We are approach
ing what can prove TO each one gr..sn-
ing the opportunity, the year most
productive for far-reaching results Of
any vet having come TO US. especially
to the race with which 7 have the hon
or of being identified.
Only recently in this year. the pconlc
spoke in stronger terms than ever n
the ballot box, saying in no uncertain
way that they wish a government: of
the people, by the people and fer the
people TO continue. Women were g;von
universal suffrage in time TO give cx-
ression TO their complete wishes aiorg
with their brethren. OF course there
will have to be many re-adjustmcnts
before suffrage shall have its intended
effect as interpreted by the law of the
nation. This will be gradually worked
out as our race shoulders its response
biities, especially along the financial
lines. The women of the race realiz-
ing this, set the pace during the last
national campaign when they helped
raise the funds to carry on the fight
for the restoration of the "peoples'
rule" 1t was the first time that such
step had been taken and proved an
educational asset to our race which
Will he worked out by our women at
any rate. and prove a powerful ad-
vantage before the next National cam
paign gets in action, eliminating, We
hope, the embarrassment entailed upon
the women's department of the last
National Committee, for the organiza
tiOn of colored women, when our wom-
en- leaders were unable TO use the splen-
did array of workers who were willing
to help swell the landslide of votes
which were vet uncertain and uncount-
ed because of the fact that funds were
not obtainable to pay expenses. Not
withstanding this situation much fine
work was done by the women all over
the country and the women of Chi
cago led the way in the matter of
finance, while everywhere they worked
overtime creating sentiment for a
change in the national government.
Woman will enter the drama of
"the New Year" with greater strength
than at any other time. She is CARRIED
with all the attributes of citizenship
and the sober responsibility attached
thereto. Heretofore, she has been ae-
corded the courtesy of an advisor o.
associate whose reasonings could be
cast aside at the discretion of their
more powerful brother, but now what
she will can only be discarded at the
behest of the ballot.
women's clubs with this power to
encourage them in their program for
uplift can use vastly more influence 70.
advancement along social, educational,
religious, economic, financial and all
other lines than ever before.
While women's clubs were organized
primarily for charitable purposes. it
took a very short time for them TO see
that to be truly charitable meant more
than the mere giving of aims to the
promiseuous suppiant. Charity to be
effective, means to give adequate re-
lief. The placing of the suppliant on
a living basis which leads toward and
finally encompasses independence.
This method of dispensing charity
has been fully and successfully demon
strated as the most nearly perfect,
tending towards this independence, by
the Jewish charities, more than any
other organization. Their loan depart
ment was the first to cooperate with
the "down and outer" to the end that
the individual or family was made to
feel their own responsibility in cooper
ating with "the way out" and thus
given q new start up Independence
road" The loan thus made was 50
over the months or years so
as to bring no added hardship to the
person or family.
A feature Of many Of our wOmen's
clubs has been for some years, . stu
dent fund set apart for the purpose Of