Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-10-19

out monthly bulletin which reachc
all members of federated clubs. A
the close of Mrs. Watsek's talk, Mrs
E. W. Williams sang "A Cottage il
Gods Garden" by Carry Jacobs Bond
using as an encore "A Little Bit Oh
Honey" by the same composer.
Miss Isabel Kellmen, State nurse
representing the State tuberculosis
association, located at Des Moines
was present, and gave a brief ac-
count OF the work of the organiZa-
! ton.
/ At the close of this session, the
; delegates were permitted to relax and
| forget work, to enjoy most delight
full trip to the United States Fish
Hatchery. This courtesy was tender
ed by the commercial club Of Man
chester. Each lady was presented
with small pail containing three
gold fish, as a souvenier OF her visit.
The strongest address Of the con-
vention was given at the Friday after
noon session by Mrs. Max Meyer Of
Iowa City on the subject Better Amer
leans"
This was followed by duet sung
by Mrs NJ. ]. Yoran and Miss Hilda
Magdsick. Mrs. Perkins of Sac City,
chairman Of the Eleventh district,
was presented to the convention and
gave very inspiring address on rs
1t Worth While
Miss Bliss of Iowa Falls, chairman
of the Scholarship and Loan Commit
tee, we're both present and gave re-
ports. Mrs. John Taylor gave an in
teresting talk on Community Drama
and The Little Theatre.
This was followed by double num-
ber by Mrs. M. A. Richardson, who
sang "Elegy" by Massenett, and "Tril-
liums" by Meissner.
Short talks were given by Mrs. Tay-
lor, of Dubuque, member of the State
Board of Education. Mention was
made of the Friday Afternoon club
of Manchester having been organized
in 1876, and this brought out the
statement that the Oldest club in the
federation was the Women's club OF
Dubuque, il having been organized in
1875.
Report of the Credential Commit
tee which was composed of Miss Flor.
ance Bailey, Manchester, Mrs. Neva
Hansen, Clarion, and Mrs. Eaton, Ce-
dar Heights showed the attendance
to be as follows:
General Federation Officer
State Federation officers ----4
County Chairmen ----------5
Delegates-- --------- 55
Out Of town visitors------ rs
Local visitors---
Number Of clubs represented-124
The following resolutions were
drafted by the committee, composed OF
Miss jeanette CARPENTER, Cedar Falls;
Mrs C. e. Taylor, Dubuque; and Mrs.
Burt Meade, Green: BE it Resolved
That We, the members Of the Third
District, meeting at Manchester, ex-
press our most cordial appreciation
of the interesting and stimulating pro-
gram presented to US by the efforts
of the district officers, the visiting
speakers, and the entertaining local
talent;
That we especially wish to express
our gratitude to the citizens OF Man
chester for their cordial hospitality,
and their helpful readiness in taking
us about the city, and furnishing trans
portation for a visit to the Federal
Fish Hatchery
We further wish to express our ap-
provel and endorsement of the fol-
lowing legislative enactments:
(a) The Smith Towner bill.
(b) The Sterling-Towner bill.
On the other hand we wish to en-
ter protest against the Walsh bill for
placing a dam in Yellow Stone Park,
Furthermore, we desire to forward
the following resolutions to the dele
gates of the Armament Conference
about to meet in Washington:
Be it resolved, that we, the Women
Of the Third District of Iowa FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs in Conven-
ton assembled request the American
delegates to the Armament Confer
ence to use all their influence to
bring about an agreement for Inter-
national Limitation Of Armament.
that shall be comprehensive enough
to insure World Peace.
A copy of this resolution signed
by Mrs. R. w. Frank, Chairman of
the Third District, and Mrs. Harry
W. Sigworth, Secretary was sent to
Secretary Charles E. Hughes.
The next meeting Of the Third Dis