The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-24
PLAN SHANGHAI
WOMEN'S CLUB
estate FAIR" Featuring
United States Foods Will
Be Staged in China

IANGHAI.-some five hundred
American women, members OF the
American womens club Of shang-
hal with dreams OF n greater Amer
icln community IN few years in
this port, city of the orient, are
4unchinr a campaign to raise funds
fo build an American woman's club
house In Shanghai
This feature Of the campaign IL
4 three-day state fair, which will be
held this fan IN the town hall. when
f is hoped that several thousand
dollars viii be cleared.
The American women in Shlng-
nal come from all sections OF Amer
I.l. and a spirited rivalry has been
e.arted by having the various sec
lions organized into groups each
aroup being responsible for its own
rooths In the bazaar. The groups
include the southern states. the Pa
rINc coast states, the middle west,
the New Amsterdam states, Alaska,
Hawaii and the Philippines
u. $. Food Dclicacics.
Each section will sell the articles
md products typical OF it's part os
America Besides the bazaar, tiffln
and dinners viii be served which
are typical OF the various groups,
There will be fried chicken, hot bis
cult and sweet potatoes from the
nIvielandi baked beans and brown
bread from New England. old-
fashioned boiled dinners from the
middle states and hot tamales, chill
con carne and Spanish rice from the
west.
4 brass band Will ride through
the town each day advertising the
bazaar.
The American Women's club has
grown from a handful OF members
who met In various homes as a So
clal and literary society some twenty
years ago to n wcll-organiZcd club,
with more than five hundred mem.
bcrs The organization IL affiliated
with the Federation Of Women's
clubs OF America. and carries on de-
partmental work very much as do
the clubs at home, adapting, how
ever, the study to>the needs OF the
orient.
Tho mother< section is especially
popular. "a tho problem of Bring
ing up children in Shanghai is dis
Cusscd from every angle, while the
local authorities give addresses,
with helpful suggestions, to the
women who are trying to bring up
their children I'm a strange land and
where the conditions are far differ
cnt from those in America.
Art Section Popular.
The art section Is another very
successful feature OF the club for
The years program includes the
study OF Chinese porcelain. prints,
paintings. precious stones. bronzes
and antiques. Visits are made to
The homes OF various collectors who
Isplay curios to the club women.
The club during the last few
ra0rs has been meeting in the ball
room or the Carlton cafe, but so
cat is the need for n clubhouse
hat every effort VIII be made dur
rg the coming year to raise the
funds sufficient to build.
Shanghai Is a city Of clubs, but up
% the present time all OF them are
mems organiza LONESOME Of which
re open to women. There is the
'ronch club. the English club, the
american Country club, the Cricket
club. the Rowing club. the Race
club, the Golf club, the Polo club,
International Recreation club. the
Shanghai club, the American club
and the Customs club. But there is
not one club building which is open
10 the American women, or to the
British women, for their regular
club meetings.
The American Women'Y club has
become such a force along civic ani
moral welfare lines in this city that
the whole American community Is
'o-operating with the clubwomen IN
their efforts TO raise building funds,