The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-24
Fredes;;c HaslE;n's Letter


Meaningless, b. C.. Jsns ~
Nearly esogy clsss and Industrial
Interest n IT, cenntyy = now Or
caniaine and opening N office ~
WasAinetcn for ~ pnrpoGo OF tell
ing congress what Il wants.
The class which b doing this
thing most thoroughly, and IN Z
manner most alarming to politt-
clans, b that large and beautiful
class known collectively - woman
Note now the feminine touc.i in
politics. Tho farmers or the man
ufacturer are contant 10 rent few
reonas IN m Office building. there
10 gather statistics, write letters
and make plans. But the women
have taken IN option on one OF the
mots beautiful sitss In the district,
and they plan thereon to erect q
series Of handsome structures to
- known collectively - the Wo-
mans National Foundation. The
fundamental purpose Of this organ
isation viii be much the same al
that Of the farmers and mauufac-
turers, but it will b accomplished
In . different way.
Any woman In the nation who
can prove that she 10 . citizen in
good standing can belong to thia
Foundation. It expects soon to have
q membership Of . million. And
when any Of these women, either AZ
individuals or a. members Of CON
vening clubs, come to Washington
they will make their headquarters
at the Foundation. And there they
will find not only statistics ant
things, but also an auditorium
reading room, swimming pool. the
atre and everything else that car
help to make life pleasant. In &
word, the women will be giver
every inducement to stick arount
this Amaxonian clubhouse, anl
while 20 doing, they will be giver
every opportunity to learn thu
great lessons of What WomeI
Want and Why.
Purposes Of The Foundation.
According to the constitution o.
the foundation, the purposes which
this society 10 meant to serve are
ITO promote the nationwide cfvi,
consciousness Of womanhood ant
every good work that may be con
sidered civic In character or that i,
in any way associated with tn
study or advancement of civics o.
the promotion Of education or vel
fare work. In fact, the foundation
plans to embrace all that pertain,
to women's work in relation Il
good citizenship"
The famous old Dean estate, Of
(which the foundation is to be built
is the property of one Of the oldes
and best known residential familie
in the District of Columbia. It il
a beautiful wooded tract of min
and a half acres located only
short distance from the center o
the city and surrounded by som
Of the capitals most famous pri
vate residences and apartment
houses. This is the only spot of it
size and beauty which has been lef
open In the mad rush to find &C
commodations for Washington
many new residents during the pas
few years. 1t has been the night
mare of the neighborhood that tn
residents. might wake up som
morning and find the beautiful gar
den gone. Members Of the Dean fam
lily have tried to keep this fror
happening and many have been tn
projects proposed for keeping tn
place with its famous old oak tree
intact as q public park, but non
Of them proved practicable.
| Miss Janet Richards. a charte
member OF the Woman's Foundatio
and we'll known as a lecturer an
welfare worker, suggested that til
Dean estate WAS inst the nlaro n