The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-25

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mothers. cat, act and dress q thay
do. We cannot blame our daugh-
ters. And. BY the way. the little
club at Galva Il doing more than
any other In the state along this
line Of work.
Mrs.. Edward 8. Bailey Of Chica-
50, hrst vice president who IL
spoken Of - q candidate for the
| presidency. mentioned the hope OF
q federated club home, the vision
OF having every clubwoman In the
state q subscriber to the 'Edict,"
| the official clubwomau's paper.
which alone would finance = club
home.
The next speaker was Mrs. H. J.
Sayper Of Joliet, second vice pres
ident. She told of the work done
by the departments and how clubs
can look to the departments in this
age Of specialization. Mrs. Sawyer
also suggested the slogan, before
the Rotary club got OF. HE profits
most who serves best"
Mrs. Oliver L. Watson, the treas
urer, reported a balance Of SIS, z40
and that she had handled this year
7.167.46.N The endowment fund OF
$4,000 has been completed.
Music Outline.
| Mrs. Max Oberndorfer, music
chairman Of the general federation,
was in the convention for q few
minutes. She called attention to
the general federation program.
I'VE face the greatest opportunity
Ito make q mark in the music world.
also the greatest menace in popu-
lar music. We have motto. To
make good music populag. and pop
ular music good In America Let's
make our word reach everybody.
Some day we will have fine col
lection of folk music" Her pro-
gram as outlined includes one day
q month devoted to music, starting
in October with a music rally; No
vember, a music shower: Decem-
Der, community Christmas tree;
January. a young artists program,
an English program; February, a
community sing; March, a series of
young artists Lenten concerts,
with the artists paid; April. COM
munity music week, and May, a
community opera.
At the close of the morning ses-
sion, Mrs. w. J. Sweeney was nam
ed member Of the rules and reg
ulations committee.
Afternoon Session.
| Rock Island Woman's club went
on record at the opening Of the
session as having started the Girl
Scout work when the matter was
strongly brought out in the report
of the scout chairman.
i Mrs. Henry w. Cheney, president
of the League of Women Voters,
which was in session in Chicago
Monday, spoke, explaining the plan
of a forum for the chairmen of the
Legislative committee of all large
organizations, when worthwhile
work can be accomplished.
Dr. Eva Wilson of the public
health and child welfare commit
tee discussed the health problems
Of the country, and urged interest
in the public health officers act
which is now before the legislature.
Another speaker was Mrs. JOS
eph F. Nachbour Of Joliet, the third
woman spoken OF as a presidential
candidate. She discussed the social
and industrial conditions, stressing
the work for girls. She introduced
Miss Julia Lee, a national Y. w. C.
A. worker, who continued the
subject.
/ Miss Grace Abbott spoke during
the open forum on American citi-
zenship of which the topic was
1.-THE Foreign Born Woman" bring
ing out that this work is a new
form of an old problem, which has
not been given the proper atten-
ton. She asked communities to
work with the organizations in
which the foreign-born were men,
bers-such as beneficiary societies
in doing work of this kind.
/, Attorney Frank Comerford OF
Chicago gave the last talk of the
afternoon along the line Of Amer
iIdn ClIlLCuohip. lid was u ctAA
ring address, in which he dealt with
the spreading spirit of unrest,
which is a result Of the recent war.
He stated thatjf there was no way
to protect the world from wars
if the thinking group could not de-
wise a way-it was idle to boast of
culture No great deed comes out
l ~ vi nf ic
to prevent it's recurrence.
1.-THE unrest is Deep" said Mr.:
Comerford. Many are walking the
streets, charities are overtaxed and
child life is being taxed. A social
survey today would startle US.
I'VE need a program which con-
cedes that politics are rotten. The
country is what we make it. The
peak of unrest has not yet been
reached and it is for what the red
flag stands that we object We
Lneed to call the roll. We cannot
go on. half of us red. We have
never had free speech since we left
the caverns and caves of pre-his-
toric days. What the world needs
today is production. Reds in this
country hope to destroy the will to
work-if they do, they can delay
until the unrest Of Europe is
brought to this country"
The convention closed early yes
terday to allow preparation for the
one social function, the banquet
last evening at which Mrs. Hart
presided. Eight hundred reserva-
lions we're made before the list was
closed. Mrs. George W. Plummer,
the official parliamentarian and a
generation federation officer, and
MRS. Percy V. Pennybacker, also a
general officer, were the speakers.
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