Arizona republican., 1922-01-08
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or anywhere. Robert Frost is the
new poet to be read for two meetings.
His volume North or Boston" is a
treasure house of beauty, quaint
LONELINESS and heart wringing trag-
edy. He is a New England poet al
most it may be said he is New Eng
land.
A sparkling comedy fresh from sue
cess on the stage to the pages of a
book, Enter, Madame is the play
to be read. 1t is adorable humor and
makes its circle of plot like a saucy
dancer spinning a pirouette, sure Of
her charm.
A splendid piece OF humor is to
be presented by the music depart
ment of the Woman's club in Febru-
try. This is the play. Suppressed
Desires" which has been translated
into most languages and used on
most stages. A clever and very ca
pable cast has been selected by Miss
Elliott, chairman of the music de-
partment and by Mrs Franklin Nc
Cluskey, who coaches the play. The
actors will be Mrs. c. w. Botsford.
Mrs. Fred Blair Townsend and Mr..
c. p. Stromberg. Mrs. Lee Fitzhugh
will plan beautiful stage setting for
the play.
The Peoria Womans club gave a
Kitchen shower recently to one of its
members, Mrs. Harry Chapman. who
recently lost her home and furnish
ings by fire. This was one of the dem
onstrations of the good fellowship
policy of the club.
Women in this section. together
with women all over the country. are
looking at legislation and proposed
legislation from an entirely different
viewpoint than in the days when they
did not have the vote. AS a result
every effort Is being made by the
women who have to do with legisla-
tive committees to distribute infor-
nation in a concise form in order
that the women in general may know
what is going on.
Mrs. f. c. Struckmeyer. chairman
of the state Congress of Mothers.
is In receipt of the following report
from Mrs. William Tilton, national
legislative chairman of the organiza-
ton:
have just returned from the meet
ing of the Women's Joint Congress
sional committee, composed of legis.
lative chairmen of the IA large wom-
ems organizations OF the country
which met to consider legislation in
the present session of congress.
Legislation to Come
Towner-Sterling bill. Persistent
rumor says that early in January a
report will come through to the COM
mittee on reorganization of depart
ments calling for a department of
education and welfare. Should there
be under this department four divi-
sions, namely, education, children's
bureau, public health, veterans aid,
it is thought the American Legion
and other forces win ask that the
Veterans Aid be not included.
The question then arises, "Shall |
the organizations working for a
department of education re- |
tuse to accept this overloaded ar |
or shall they, remember |
ing that the departments of COM |
merce and labor were formerly one, |
but had to separate later for pur- |
poses of efficiency, accept a depart
nent of education and welfare, be-
Iieving that it is a step towards the
ideal, namely, a department Of edu-
cation, to be attained later. In |
short, shall they look upon this move |
rs an entering wedge for better |
things to come or shall they accept |
nothing short of the goal, a separate |
department OF education?" This is
the question, should the rumor above |
to prove true.
Physical Education
Without federal aid the education |
needs cannot reach the backward |
spots of the nation, so a drive is