Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03

Pres. Chairman 3rd. Dist
WOMEN'S CLUB CONVENTIONS
I Great conventions are becoming
. very unconventional. Less and les:
they run to dinners and teas and So
ciety functions, and more ad more
to what the word means linguistical
ly; coming together.
In convention today kindred souls
come together, physically, mentally
and spiritually, and by exchange Of
thought, and experiences and aims
re-inspire one another, find solutions
for the problems each has met, o,
unitedly plan bigger undertakings
than could be attempted separately
! Women are having their innings
at conventions now. We have just
had the Pan-American Conference
the Y. W. C. A. Convention with its
international flavor. The Interna-
tional Women's Council has just met
at the Hague. The General Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs will hold its
convention in Chatauqua, June 21-
80, and the U. S Federation Of Busi-
ness and Professional Women will
meet in Chattanooga, July 1915. And
there are others.
For the woman who has been a long
time out of school and hungers for
intellectual fellowship, for new and
broader vision, for contact with big
and interesting people, the conven-
tion is the thing. It furnishes the
vacation de luxe, taking you on "a
trip, amid new scenes with the en-
thusiasm which comes from mingling
with those who are thinking and
working along such lines as make
especial appeal to you.
To get the very most out of your
convention, don't take it haphazard
Arrange many things in advance
Have your credentials made out prop
erly, to avoid embarrassment tc
yourself and confusion to the COM
mittee. Your railway certificate will
save you money. 1t is generally most
satisfactory to have made room re.
servations.
Know all about the local organi
zation you represent, that you may
tell others what they want to know
about it, and if you have repor
to make, write it out to hand to tn
. secretary as she will want it for sta
tistics. If you are to talk, make i
brief. Convention time is very val
liable and the programs too long ant
crowded.
Prepare to travel with others from
YOUR part of the country and get &C
ouainted on the way. Your stans
portation chairman will tell you hoV
, to arrange it.
Register as soon as you arrive.
Remember that most Of those a
the convention are much lige your
self. Don't be offish about speaking
to them within reason. Perhaps yo
will find some mutually interesting
tie, if you declare yourself. Perhap
the one you address is even NOR
$ timid than yourself. Meet as man
|, big and interesting persons as 20
can, and feel the uplift. Of course
3 you will not impose on them, fo
they have only human endurance
= but imagine, don't you? that the
like to have US meet and pay the1
5. homage, (Not being in that class
n can only guess at it.).
Listen and look and learn and carr
8 back home as many notes and
r. much of the inspiration as possib
to unbottle in your own organizatio
). when you return.
Dress? 0 yes, we do have
8 think Of it. We do not want to loo
J., inappropriate. Fortunately tods
conventions are serious-minded al
8. business-like and the street dress,
sport dress is the thing, with pc
P. haps one gown for the social functit
should there be one.
s. One of the finest things about
se convention is that it makes US rea
ize that the world is full Of splend
$. people. Hence, there, and ever
t., where, like minded people are thin
inc and working for The same enc