Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-06
Club Women Hear
Reports On Work
In Third Distric,

The third district OF the New Jer-
sey State Federation of Women's
Clubs held a most interesting meet
ing in Long Branch on Monday. At
the morning session over which Mrs.
C. A. Prickett, vice president of this
district, presided. reports from the
different clubs in this district ere
given. Reports were made by a new
club received into the district. 1.-THE
River Plaza Club" a club formed in
a community Of forty or fifty families
living across the river from Red
Bank.
At the afternoon session Mrs. A. B.
Proal, president of the federation,
opened the meeting with a most in
spring talk on THE Work of the
Federation" telling of the great
work being done by the federation
for the New Jersey State Woman's
College.
Because of the excellent co-opera-
ton of the different women's clubs
in the state, the browsing room in
the college has been beautifully fur
nished with window seats, BIO oks,
chairs, electric outlet, and two beau
tiful oriental rugs which were pur-
chased at a greatly reduced price,
because of the interest the man from
whom the rugs were purchased had
in the good work being done by these
women, said the speaker. the lean
of the college says that this room
together with the library are in con-
slant use. A new college committee
has been appointed in the federation
to work on a new project at the col
lege.
Mrs. Proal urged that the clubs
make nominations if they have good
material in their club for federation
officers; also If they wish any
changes in the bylaws to send these
changes. If there are any resolu-
lions to be made at the convention
to be held in Atlantic City. the wo-
men were urged to send them in.
Mrs. Proal also requested that each
club state how many year books
they wish to procure for next year.
Mrs. Stockton, former president
OF the federation, is on an all around
the world tour making a survey for
the International Relations Com
mittee of the National Federation,
Mrs. Proal said. An international
meeting will be held in Washington
in 1925. Mrs. Stockton is studying
| the conditions in different countries
in the world. Thirty-fve countries
| will be represented at this confer
ence. Thirty-eight organizations in
the United States will be represent
ed at this meeting, concluded the
speaker. The afternoon program
| was i~nterspersed with vocal music
Mrs. 3. c. Wooster, of HackeDsack,
chairman of the practical finance
committee. outlined the topics which
she would like clubs to study. re-
oo.Jf-~ DrootfnoJ Einonrab ThQI
follow: '"The Standards of Living
including the management and sys'
tenn of the home; Training Chill
| dren Thrift Habits.'' Saving and In
| yestments,'' Taxes" and Estates"
covering wills, inheritance tax ant
legal proceedings. Mrs. Wooster
urged that the individual club spe'
cialize in one of these subjects.
Mrs. Hartman N. Simmons, O.
| Elizabeth, chairman Of industrial ant
social conditions department, wa
| the next speaker on the program
Women are apt to work, but II
| things in which they play" said thu
speaker. thine was when we could
do this because we did not have citi
zenship responsibility, but we cal
do this no longer because we hav'
the serious responsibility of citizen
ship%' she said. The contribution
of women to the political world mus
be spiritual. declared the speaker
Continuing she said:
This department will work fo'
the passing of two bills at the mex
state legislature. The first is the
Limitation of night work for women
This bill prevents women from work.
ing in factories, bakeries or laund
l 49, hak-v4o- {hn h1t1r~ ~ \ I, M
and 6 a.. M, for the safe guarding
of the health of our children. TIL
second bill to be presented is tn
| court and domestic relations mea
sure. At the present time Hudson
land Essex counties are the only coun'
| ties which have a domestic relations
court because they are the onl,
counties large enough to have a juv'
emile court.
"a domestic relations court ha.
resulted from family conditions re
vealed to the juvenile court. This
| bill provides for judges, appointed
by the chancellor and they will be
in circuits sitting in various local.
ties where needed and not limited
to the county seat.
The speaker urged that the wo
men investigate local court condf'
lions. In many places Juvenile OF
tenders in waiting to be called fol
their own case, have listened to thu
most immoral cases. This depart
ment is also considering and stu
dying a minimum wage law. The
speaker urged the women to fine
out what it costs a working girl t.
live decently in their community
The representatives to the Practice.
Finance committee In this city ART
Mrs. Emil K. Roos and Mrs. J.
Block and the representative to th'
practical finance committee is Mrs
Peter Schott.
Mrs. e. H. Boynton. OF Wood
bridge, chairman Of Mosquito Elk
termination" urged the women tt
give publicity to mosquito breeding
and determination. In Perth Am
boy moving picture film of "Mosqite
Life will be shown in all the schools
anu manuals will be distributed
among the children next March
Arrangements have already beer
made by representatives of the
| woman's Club with the principals OF
the schools for this work.
| ject down to topics Of the day the
| newest neglfgees are of Paisley