Arizona republican., 1922-01-15

one Of the latest additions to local
chIbdom is the Scottsdale Woman's
cI,lb. which gives promise of becom-
ing one of the strong organizations In
the federation, with which 1t VIII
unouestionably affiliate later in the
wear With this end in view 1t has
outlined its departments in harmony
with the fedora ton and its programs
viii he carried out with the same
spirit One of the features of club
activity will be carried on through
its department of public welfare WIN
IFS subdivision given over to child
welfare, public health and industrial
and social conditions. American Cit
izenship and other of the CLUBS de-
partments will feature in its different
branches, AmericaniZation, citizen
ship training and community service.
The applied education department
with its subdivisions of education,
home economics, library extension
and conservation of natural resources
will be a popular section, while the
fine arts department with its art,
music and literature, will furnish IN
teresting study for those who care
for that particular department. OF
work. There will be a department or
legislation with divisions OF civil SER
vice and education and in connec-
tion with the club work will be the
press and publicity feature and the
federation news calling for magazine
feature articles, state cooperation
and quick news service.
The club will start out on It's ca
reer with a strong executive boaro.
Mrs. L. S. Crosse, the president, mas
all the tact and executive abillty tnat
goes toward making successlul
chairman and those who have been
chosen to serve with her will work
out the program in harmony with
their president. They include Mrs.
Young White, vice president; Mrs. L.
p. Wood, secretary, and Mrs PM
Harder, treasurer.
For the present the club is holding
it's meetings at the home of the mem
bers. the initial session having taken
place Wednesday with Mrs. w. +.
Smith. Mrs. Greig Scott of the dis-
| trict federation, was the prlnclpal
speaker, outlining the possibilities OF
! community work. Mrs j. 5. M. lresS
of the Osborn Woman's club dis
cussed departmental work in the
clubs.
The next meeting will be held jan
uary 25 at the home of Mrs. j. II.
Conrad.
Club extension work featured the
discussion at the meeting of the ex-
| ecutive board of the Central Arizona
District Federation of Clubs held
| Thursday morning at the Woman 8
club. Mrs. C. 0. Robinson OF Peoria,
president of the federation, presided
over the session at which valuable
suggestions in the way of co-opera-
| tion with newly organized clubs were
offered. Mrs. Robinson is desirous
of creating a closer relationship be-
! tween the individual clubs and the
| federation and with this end in view
she will visit all clubs of the district
| during the remainder of the cluD
year. Mrs. Robinson said that the
matter should not be left entirely to
the chairman but that every club and
club member as a part of the fedora
tion should carry on the work OF
stimulating the club spirit.
Citing the provision of the child
welfare act, Mrs. II. A. Guild, secre-
| tary of the child welfare board, was
the principal speaker at the luncheon
given by the Business and Profess
sional Woman's club at the Y. nj. Q.
A. at noon Thursday. Mrs. Guild
compared the Arizona law with that
OF other states. declaring that the
trend of all legislation was to get
away from the institutional to the
home care OF children. This, she
said, not only reduced the overhead
expense for the state, but held that
the law could be better administered
by the home method. She pointed
out the advantages and also touched
upon the plan which kept families
together and in many instances saved
them from asking for charity. The
musical program was exceptionally
fine. Miss Alice Norton contributed
a group of songs with Mrs. j. o. Nc
Vey at the piano. She sang Delight
by Isidore Luckstone and by the
Waters OF Minnetonka" by Thurlew
Lieurance. The committee in charge
of the program was Mrs. Ernest Hall.
chairman; Mrs. ]. J. Wesley ano
Mrs. ]. r. Sievers.
After a busy session in which its
activity was centered on its charity
, work. the Harmony club will hold a