New-York tribune., 1921-02-18
First w Wo11len's
!. /: Republican :
Clsl, Opened
Formal Dedication of the
New Home at 38 West
39th Street Is Presided
Over by Mrs. Liyermore
Prominent Mem Present
Hughes and Other Party
Leaders Send Greetings;
Aniericanism Its Aim

The frst Women's Republican Club
in the country was opened formally
yesterday at So West Thirty-ninth
Street. 1t has been organized since
the November election and now has a
membership of more than 500 women,
representing fifteen states. It's
avowed purpose is to provide club
house for Republican women, where
they may "help to form intelligent po-
1itical opinions, that they may be Of
greater service to their party and the
nation"
All day long the board of governors
received in the attractively decorated
rooms. Chintz, flowers and wicker
take the place of the plush and leather
furnishings of mems political clubs.
Senators, state officials, members of
the National, Republican Club and of
the Union League Club dropped In
during the day for tea or attended the
official opening in the evening. The
only qualification for membership in
the club is allegiance to the Republi-
can party. Courses on political and
cui rent events will figure among its
activities. Committees will be ap-
pointed to work on city, state and ma
tional events. The present quarters
are only temporary. since the member
ship already has outgrown the ca
pacity of the club rooms.
Mrs. Livermore's Speech
In her dedicatory speech, Mrs.
Arthur L. Livegmore, the president,
said she hoped the club would be in
strumental in promoting the future
usefulness of the party and in shap-
ing in, some degree its policies and
ideals.
Gan important work of the club will
be the political education .of its mem
bers," she said. "There will be every
opportunity provided, through talks by
prominent people and eminent author
tiles, through study classes, debates
and discussions, for members to form
intelligent opinions on the great
questions of the day. In these times
Of unrest and dangerous propaganda
we shall inculcate and teach an unde-
waiting adherence to the Constitution
of the United States. We shall en-
courage its study and an appreciation
of its true value and shall guard with
unceasing vigilance the principles of
liberty which it contains. To this end
we dedicate ourselves and the Wom-
ems National Republican Club to the
service of the nation and the safe
guarding of the Constitution on which
the nation rests, and to the republican
party, the servant of both"
Formal dedication of the club was
effected by Judge Arthur S. Tompkins.
who urged the assembled women to de-
vote their best energy to the further
artce of Americanism and to world
wide disarmament,
Mot only national and international
questions, but matters of local interest
Should enlist the thought and service
of you women" he said "The place
to begin good government is at home.
Local needs and opportunities furnish
an important field for your political
activities. If our local government is
sound and clean, our boys and girls
Will grow up with respect for public
and institutions of the state and ma
ton. Tonight, as we dedicate this
clubhouse to the cause of progressive
Republicanism and the service Of our
great country let Washington and
Lincoln and their characters, achieve
ments, and splendid Americanism be
our inspiration and our guide"
Mr.. Hughes's Message
-Four dedicatory addresses were de-
iivered on the lives of great Amer
leans and their relationship to the Re-
publican party. Miss Helen Varick
Boswell spoke on Washington; Mrs.
Henry Fairfield Burton, of Rochester
N. Y, on Hamilton; Mrs. Seymour
Cromwell, on Lincoln, and Mrs
Corfnne Roosevelt Robinson on Roose-
welt.
In letter of regret over his inabil.
ity to attend the opening of the club
Charles E. Hughes wrote as follows:
Now that women have full political
opportunity, It is just as essential that
they should be organized for political
;sAEtivity as that men should be organ
Eized, and within the great parties there
should be not simply participation in
formal party action but also the estaD-
lishment Of political clubs which serve
as educational and social centers. /
trust that the Women's, National Re-
publican Club will be the leader in this
promising field Of effort.''
The officers Of the Women's National
Republican Club are Mrs. Livermore.
president; Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, first
vice-president; Miss Helen Varick Bos.
well, second vice-president; Mrs.
Ceurtlandt Nicoll, third vice-president;
Mrs. Arthur E. Lott, recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Horatio S. Shonnard, treas
urer, and Miss Sarah Schuyler Butler,
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