Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-06-26

seriously 1t concerns us, and become organ
lied to seek out the remedy and help apply
it. and the sooner the better for us.
Our club work in this country has in the
past four years, increased greatly in num-
bers From state to state our work is being
carried on, until now we have ~ states en-
rolled in our National, from $4,000 women
in 1913 to over 100000 in 1913. Property
owned now. partial figures and values in
National Report nearly one-half million dol
lars Money raised for charity in 1916 to
191S-1919 is over 100000. Money used
for schools, support Of chidrens homes, day
nurseries, reformatories and old peoples
homes. etc. is over two-thirds millions Of
dollars
SPECIAL WORK AS GIVEN ME FROM
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF AG-
RICULTURE AND STATE COLLEGES
IN SOUTHERN STATES:
Clubs enrolled 5O995 girls
Girls take the same four year course OF
study as given white girls; are taught gar
dening, sewing, breadmaking, cooking, care
of poultry, and the special work on canning.
In fifteen Southern states in 1913 these
Colored Girls Clubs put up from garden
plots Of their own, goods worth $40, 933.SO
in cans; dried produce to the amount of
1914 pounds of vegetables and 424, 16S
pounds Of fruit, valued at $94,941.4O.
Besides these products Of their own as
put up they conserved SAC, 1OO45 worth Of
fruit and other products.
The total value of work as done by our
own girls during 1918 in these Is Southern
states was $241 4O1.85. Hurrah!!
We are thankful indeed that our women
are not asleep; that we are doing things
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work and carry on to success, in spite Of
all the opposing forces, these worthy things
that our club women are doing daily, for
love of the work and for our boys and girls,
the future men and women of our race, for
it is true that great work like this in
which we are engaged demands great
sacrifice and you people that are not capable
of great sacrifice are not capable of doing
great work. for the first and fundamental
step in the reconstruction of society is for
everyone in position of leadership to recog
niZe this UNIVERSAL spiritual awakening and
to make it the basis of every attempt at
social betterment 1t is useless for us to
talk and bewail the conditions and the old
state of affairs They are gone forever and
the world is moving forward, improving as
it moves, and we as a race must move with
the tide or be swept away into oblivion. Co.
operation and loyalty will accomplish every
thing Patronize our own race in every in
dustry which they promote. Patronize every
race leader that comes to your locality no
matter what the local conditions are, and
realize that in Union there is strength, and
that you will benefit from the message
brought YOU Be like sponges, absorbing
every good thought that you can get, and
know that you can do so much more to help
your own locality if you will catch the clear
vision and magnitude of this great work in
which we are engaged Let us as club wo-
men never forget our mottos: E'Lifting as
we Climb, " and 'Today is ours for United
Service" Know that these mottos mean
faith in each other trust in our Redeemer
that has enabled us to make Of our race
what it is today and let us further emulate
His example by doing good to ALL help the
struggling members of our race that cannot
help themselves.
Remember the cry of our women in these
words:
"Out Of the wildness, out Of the night,
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