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The Washington herald., 1922-02-12

survey the conditions that exist In the com.
munity in which she lives and may find many
opportunities for the improvement Of those
conditions. If she will select the job which
is most in need Of being done and drive
for this specific accomplishment she is likely
to soon hnd herself in q club activity which
Is quite worth while.
The Federation Of women's Clubs has
sought to create in every community q
group Of organized women who can be do.
pended upon to promote all movements look.
ing toward the betterment Of life Where or
carnations already exist it has sought to
direct them toward practical and helpful
work. 1t believes that women's energies -
directed mean much to the well-beins 81
the Nation
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would, therefore, say that real sincerity
In prime asset to club woman who
hopes to grow in usefulness and promi.
nence."
do women in their club work." I
asked, practice feminine Establishments
upon each other such as they some.
times use I'm getting their way with men?"
when I recall the women whom have
known and who hsve been successful in
club work. replied Mrs. Winter, 81 am
led to the conclusion that this sort of thing
is not likely to be resorted to. remember
very well one club woman who had q way
OF reminding her associates very bluntly
OF their shortcomings. She was honest,
however, and her reprimands were lust.
They were consequently taken in good part
and she continued a very useful and popular
club woman. She would have failed. Of
course, il her criticisms had not been based
upon proper Judgment.
ut Is true, I think, that it helps club
woman to be properly sowned, but as soon
as she crosses the line and begins to evidences
vanity in her dress and owe. attention to Il,
she is likely to lose ground. I remember
the case Of a club woman in Minneapolis
who said to a reporter that he might set
it down that Mrs. Blank wore the gown
with which she has been 50 long and con-
stantly associated. This admission of an
extended use Of q single costume in no way
detracted from her popularity. think that
women who are engaged in betterment work
are advancing more and more toward the
adoption Of Q manner Of dress which 10
unitarian and ineonspicuous and at the
same time correct. They are making q
marked approach toward the principle
upon which men elothe themselves, the
The Washington herald., 1922-02-12
By William Anterior ,Du Puy

But to get back to Minneapolis. Il
was my work In the women's club there
that finally brought me the post Of rep.
resentatiye Of my State In the Federation
Of Women's Clubs. The governing body
OF the federation is one woman from each
State. That governing body farms out the
different tasks. 1t early fell to me to take
charge Of the department Of literature,
which required me to write many letters
giving Information. received inquiries
from all over the United States, often forty
or fifty letters q day. I handled each
inquiry conscientiously, tried to give each
woman all the information she needed.
afterward found that many women consid.
cred that they were under obligation to
me and anxious to do me favors in return.
/ had been playing good politics without
knowing It.
I'm this department Of literature It was
my duty, among other things. to classify
the information that was available on the
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any commrnity there is at any time some
worthwhile thing to be done for the bet
terment of the community, and any woman
who wants to render service can find an
opportunity for doing 50 with little Diff
Guilty.
Later We formed the Minneapolis
Women's Club, of which became president,
and it was here that served my period of
longest service. I think this club went
about the accomplishment of its purposes In
a very practical way. We took up one
matter after another which meant the bet
terment Of the conditions under which the
people of Minneapolis lived and drove for
results
Those were the pioneer days of play
grounds for the children. The Minneapolis
Women's Club believed in Fairgrounds. In
stead. however, Of asking for the estab-
hshment Of playground, which It would
not have secured, it asked for a school
ground and this was freely given. This
ground was in the congested section of the
city, where breathing spaces were greatly
needed. At our own expense We converted
this lot into a playground with all the
appliances and attractions that appealed to
the hearts Of children. We maintained It,
kept 1t working By the end of a season
We had demonstrated its popularity, had
proved that there was q failing Of Of juve-
nile delinquency in this part Of the city,
that 1t had proven q municipal boon. We
were now ready for our campaixn for
broadcastiny the playgrounds idea. We were
fortified with mswiedps which IL the Art
stepping stone to success.
|" A FTER the playgrounds idea was
"A established We campaigned for medical
inspection in Tie schools. In this case also
We demenstrsted our theory. We got per-
mission to have the children In two schools
inspected at statsd intervals By physicians.
The incidental expenses were paid out Of
club funds. At the end Of the year we
were able to show results In these schools
that were convincing. Inspection gained
headvsy rapidly after that.
ct was down At Atlanta not long aso and
found the women Of that city very active.
Tbs issuss are different in these days from
those in Minneapolis q decade and a half
ago. In Atlanta just now they ara, fighting
for q city market. The problem In many
cities now Ia woman in industry. The de-
hnquent child II occupying much attention.
At different places situations call for dif-
ferent sort Of campaigns"
Can you give me more concrete exam
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various problems that were likely to con.
front women's clubs. 1t was regarded as
an important and useful thing to place in
the hands Of women throughout the Nation
guides to the information which they were
most likely to need
"1n q woman's progress toward the TOP
in club work." I asked, do the same
principles hold as do in q mans advance
in politics?'
II think not" Mrs. Winter replied. st
think woman's advancement depends more
particularly upon her performance Of ef-
fective work than does mans. In big or
CARNATIONS Of club women there are likely
to be good many Of frst-class ability.
There are likely to be fewer who are willing
to do the great quantity of hard and unpaid
work that is necessary to the performance
Of the proper functions OF the orr,nixati ton.
II woman is competent and II she will
do plenty Of hard work she Is likely to
get ahead.
"of course there are other elements re-
quired Of the woman who is to be success
full in club work. She must have capacity
for organization and capacity for getting
work out Of others and getting the tasks
in hand accomplished through the direction
OF others. She must be able to work
happily with her fellows.
Il think the quality that is most re-
quired Of her 70 an ability 10 establish
pleasant human contact with other women.
She must put herself sympatheticaIly in
touch with them, must sense their din
culties and aspirations. Above al she must
Be sincere in this relation. I think IL in
probably true that women intuitively detect
lack Of sincerity more readily than do
men. II q club woman, therefore. is.
engaged in certain work beesuse IL i've.
her prominence that appeals to her vanity,
or If she 10 doing it because IL may oRss
her Z selfish advantage to accomplish some
purpose, her associates are more likely to
detect the absence Of proper motives than
you'd be his fellows in the case Of a man.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-12
Tale of q Turkey

A CERTAIN Southern Senator, one or
"A the best orators in his party, IL blessed
with q fund Of humor, and his speeche, mr.,
frequently spieed with some excellent
stories.
A short time ago, illustrating q point %
the eject that Congress only helps tAsss
that help themselves. be told Of q man vbe
coveted q plump TURKEY belonging to his
neishbor. he prayed long and earnestly,
but without svsl, that his peighbor's turkey
might be sent into his backyard. Then he
changed his prayer, AID asked that he snirh,
Be sent into the garden WHARF the turkey
was. And, curiously enough, the Senator
adds. the prayer wax granted that VEN
night.
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pies Of specific tasks women's clubs are
performins?" asked.
Here is very pretty case" she soid,
Il stopped OF once at the little mining
town OF Salida, Colorado. The population
was made up largely Of foreigners whose men
toik worked in the mines. There had been
much feeling among the different foreign
groups which sometimes led to open war.
fare
The women's club of the town tried to
md some common interest that would
draw these groups together and develop
friendships as substitute for race hatreds
Eventually they hit on the idea of mus,.
cal entertainments which developed into
performances so ambitious as the render.
ing OF Aida La Traviats' end sRisoletto
Surprising musical talent was discovered
The results were such as to attract stt.n.
ton from the great outside. The com-
munity was so isolated that it greatly
needed the entertainment. 1t filed A com.
munity want. Gut of it grew much com.
munity of interest and enthusiasm
Friendships took the place Of animositie.,
The whole community profted and was
bettered.
Over in Nevada found q women's club
successfully conducting quite a different
experiment. The state reformatory wa,
located at this point and there were some
forty boys in 1t. Each member Of the
club was made responsible for one Of these
boys. She was to mother him. She was
to establish for him 4 wholesome contact
that would develop him toward a proper
adjustment to the community of law
abiding people. She might have him come
to her home, get the benefit Of its inlu-
ence. The mothers might be entertained
at the institution and often were. The
effect Of this sort Of thing upon these forty
boys who had gone wrong is not hard to
imagine. The sort Of thing that women's
clubs can do are without number.
sTTlHERE is q new and quite outstanding
I development in woman club work that
Is most interesting. This is the orxanisa.
ton of such clubs In rural districts. With
the development Of the telephone and the
growth Of the good roads movement and
the use Of the automobile it has become
practicable for rural women to meet almost
a conveniently as do those who live in
towns and cities. These gatherings are
likely to mean more to rural women be-
cause Of the disadvantage of isolation which
has hitherto tended to. make their lives
unattractiye
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Winter, ''to nake for herself q chsnes tss
usefulness, 10 benefit the community In
which she lives. The hrst requisite 10 70
find 2 task that may be proper. handled
BY group Of women-a thing In the COM
munity that needs to be done that 10 mos
being done.
II remember q quite dramatic circum.
stance which was the foundation upon which
an effective organization Of women grew
in an isolated community up in Minnesots.
A farmers wife. who was a foreiEn-bors
woman, not even master Of English. was
walking down q country road one evening
when she found in the dust Of that road
q boy, crippled from infantile paralysis,
who was actually crawling from the school.
house to his home in bis endesvor to acquire
an education. 80 pitful, % tedious and
20 painful were the journeys Of this boy 70
the school and back to his home that this
foreign woman called together the women
Of the community and asked them. 10 Join
her In doing whatever was possible for the
aid Of this crippled boy. The result was
that he was given medical attention, was
provided with the proper clutches and Other
aus " ioNou1oLun, We nciptQ N NE sCncois
ing and was finally taught q trade which
he could effectively follow despite his In.
frmities. and was developed into useful
manhood.
"0UT Of the combined interest Of the
" women of this community in this
crippled boy grew an organization switch
took up other community problems and needs
and worked them out. hold that there 10
no community anywhere, rural or urban,
In which there does not exist q crying need
for Just such work as an organisation Of
earnest women can perform. The COM
munity may be 4 farm village where the
country women drive In TO do their shop
ping and the need may be q place where
they may leave their children while they
are doing It. The need may Be q properly
administered motion picture theatre at Q
country crossroads where people may gather
for wholesome entertainment. The need
may be q reform In the method Of instrue-
ton in the public schools Of a great city.
or q demand upon the o6icials Of q middle.
sized town for q greater municipal cleanli.
ness.
81 hold that any woman anywhere may
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principle Of correctness and comfort
counIed with an absence Of display"
Just what are you aiming at in the
Federation:" asked.
There are in the United States LOO
clubs which sre members Of this orEaniIa.
ton. In those clubs there are l,ISo'ooo
women. These women are the leaders In
their communities. They are the best pos
sible agency through which certain work
can be done. There is no other group OF
intelligent women as large in al the world
so closely bound together.
THE quarter century during which the
Climb movement has been gaining headway
now looks as though it had been merely
a time Of preparation for a service to our
country based on the study Of her human
needs and now crowned with the power
Of citizenship-if club women have the vision
70 stand Experimentation wide-with q
clear understanding Of what are the things
Of major importance and an equally clear
determination to make Of themselves COM
pact body of American womanhood whose
purpose is nothing less than the putting OF
true Americanism into our social and indus
trial and political life, and the stabilizing
of our country as she. passes through these
years of after.war upheaval. This is
common aim greater than all our differences
of party, creed, traditions, education and
BIOGRAPHY. 1t is the reason for the Fed
eration's existence.
s0TyHERE are big tasks lying before women
J. tasks that need such wisdom as we
get from combined study; tasks that need
the altruism We get from working together;
tasks that need the energy We get from
combination of effort. We want homes
where the big things are made big and the
little things are made unimportant, where
children can be well-born and joyous and
grow up to noble citizenship, where the
family income is made to serve the highest
family interests, where there are vigorous
American bodies and minds. We want
communities that are extensions OF the home,
where we shall be friends with each other,
We people Of all races and creeds, where
good schools, high standards Of public health.
recreation, beauty, shall tempt the finest
type of people to come and live with us and
bring up their children"
Take an average woman, anywhere,"
j sussested. who would like to get into
club work for the benefit Of the community
in which she lives. How can she get into
the club gamer"
1T is possible for any woman anywhere
to get into club work." answered Mrs.
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CLUBWONfEN PLAY CONSIDERABLE
naa GeaalFedu Discusses gamznDn Work !.

WENT 10 the venan who, Il seemed 10
l me, is Just no~ one Of the outstandins
feminine hgures In the Life Of the Nation,
Mrs.. Thomas q. winter, president Of the
General redsntdsn Of wsmsn's Cube, and
enc Of ths fur women advisers to ~.
American delegates to the Confsrence Sen
Limitation Of Armament, and asked Ter
to lay down the fundanental principles for
the guidanes Of American women anywhere
Who have tie ambition to be useful beyond
their own home circles. Mrs. Winter gave
ne ssur major IFtnesples which she believes
are most important 10 such . woman.
They - q fsllsws:
Bass IL Judgments that 20 term upon
sund tzSsrnstiea.
In whatsvsr you do, submsfss the per-
soaal eisrnsnt In tie interest Of the thing
tAst Il 10 b aecsmpiishsd.
Estabhsh tr yszzsslf . high sense Of
hsor asd Hvs ~ b r.
Hrs - fsar e declaring and fighting
fer IL 3s,s1hn vAieA b within ysu.
WIN ID HslAsat sasctsd Mrs. Charles
0snnr Dkrd, sf Boston; Mrs.. Kathexins
FhHnps Bdson, 1t CsifSornia; Mr.. Elssaor
Trnkrn Esan, sioss trsttsr and journalist,
md Ms- winter, a the woman advisory
delegates to the Internattonal Conference on
Ltmita.on Of Armament, ne only woman
telsgatss from al over tie world to sit At
ehst Coufsrsncs, he dnsisd thos four woman
sut for peetions Of - high honor - has
svr coma b the members Of their ssx.
OF tfsm an It Il presssly true that the
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name Of Mrs Winter is more widely known
among pubiie- spirited women than any Of
the others, for Mrs. Winter has attained
that positieu which bears the same relation
to woman club life in America that tn.
position Of the President Of the United
States bears to political life. She reached
the highest post within the gift Of club
women in America when she became presi
dent of the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs. I wanted to know something Of
the road q woman travels to reach . position
Of this sort among her fellows, % 1 went
70 see Mrs. Winter.
Immediately in front Of the White House
in Washington Is Jackson Square, with the
doughty figure Of the irascible and fighting
President Of that name seated in its center,
hat in hand, upon his notoriousiy grotesqu.
hobby horse. Facing the White House Just
across this square Is the American Associa-
ton Of University Womea, housed in q
historic buildiDx in q row where long dwelt
the great Of the land.
found Mrs. Winter to be a sprightly,
suinical, wide-awake woman in that phase
Of life where the children are out of the
way and there u abundant time and energy
emaininy which one, IL 30 inclined, may
devote to public service. The end served
By the General Federation Of women's Clubs
q largely that of utilizing the otherwise
vasted time and energy Of just such women.
Mrs Winter is gmallish Of stature, blue
syed, semi-gr, haired, audible with health
and enthusiasm.
GLOW does q woman End her way into
IL the sort Of club work you have done?'
I asked her. And how does she get ahead
In it?'
81 think" she said, that my father may
have lad something to do with my interest
in club vurf BY being the ssrt Of an indi-
vidual he WA I vas born tn Albany Is
Abre Amss, and my father WIS the Rev.
Charles G. Amss, Of the Church Of the
Disciples, Of Bostsn, . church which has
had but three pastors In nearly q century
Il In uistenc.. Ny mother was enc Of
TIA vsnen Of the Nation who got an sarfy
Start At civic bettan.nf wssk. she was,
i tAfnk, the first woman faetsry inspector
In he United States. Ny father was an
ardent Absftionist and spent himself 20
e,mpls1sly during the var perisd that he
was fsrced b hurry away to California at
about its closS - rebuild his health i
vas s~n At Albany after he had left for
Caufnrnia, and ny mother and sssa fol-
loved and IL ysars e ny ehildhssd were
spent On the Poetic Ceast. Ny education,
however, vas finished at Wellesley, where
I took q maseer's degree and for two years
thereafter taught in Mrs. Quincy shav's
School ut Boston. / married Thomas g.
winter. who vas Of Ensiish birth, snd ve
tnnediatsly went 10 Miansapslis, vhsrs all
The rest Of tie years Of my life have been
spsnt. o..
The hrst interest that I developed in
Minneapolis that led toward club activity
was IN interest in the introinetien Of kin
Aefsartens in ths school syseen. Kinder
gartsns were new then and there vas oppor-
tuniJ for campaigning in their behalf. In
The Washington times., 1922-11-04
DE VALERA IN
DUBLIN RAID;
NEAR CAP TURE
House Surrounded and lrregu-
lar Chief of Staff Is Wound
ed and Seized.
srtss.rpossl sCss AN

DUBLIN. Nov. 4.-Eamonn de
Valera. leader of the Irish Repub.
lican irregulars, narrowly escaped
capture today when Free State
troops stormed and raided a house,
wounding and capturing General
O'Malley, chief of the staff OF the
irregular army.
Sheila Humphries, woman rebel
leader, was wounded in the fighting.
When troops approached the house
and opened fire. the inmates replied
and severe battle followed.
1t was understood that the Free
Staters' attack was due to informa.
ton that the Republicans were
planning weekend Coup.
Many civilians have been arrested
Presence of de Valera in this city
was reveik ed by the raid.
II was reported that De Valera
had been injured by jumping from
a window.
Among the prisoners taken was
Mary MacSwiney. sister of the late
Lord Mayor of Cork.
The Washington times., 1922-11-04
All Long Distance
Records Broken BY
MOnOplane's Flight
BY international News Service.

All long-distance airplane flight
records were shattered by Lieuts.
John A. MacReady and Oakley Kel.
lev in their dash of 2,O60 miles from
San Diego to Indianapolis. officials
of the Army Air Service informed
the International News Service this
afternoon.
The longest previous flight on rec.
ord was that made on June 14-1+,
1919, from st. Johns, Newfoundland,
to Clifden, Ireland, by Capt. John AL
cock and Sir A. w. Brown. They
made 1896 hiles in sixteen hours.
Air service officials pointed out
that the monoplane To- travelled com.
paratively slowly, as MacReady and
oakley were trying for an endurance
rather than a speed record.
An official report Of. the landing at
indianapolis, after the aviators had
covered more than half of the dis.
tance In their attempt at a non stop
transcontinental flight, had not been
received here early this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1922-11-04
GEN. MITCHELL, DIVORCED, SAYS
WIFE THREW BOTTLES AT HIM
Girl Declines To Wed
In Order To Obtain
S25,000 Legacy

NEW YORK, Nov. l4.-Al-
though she has just been made
heiress to $4,000 on condi-
tion that she marries, Miss
Ruth Spanier, of Corona, does
not intend to give up the sell
ing of bread, rolls and pies in
her mothers store, nor does she
intend to marry in haste just
to get the money.
1t was only three days ago
that Miss Spanier received in
formation from an attorney IN
Los Angeles, Cal, that she had
been named as one of the bene-
ficiaries in the will of her
uncle, Jacob Spanier.
Miss Spanier, who is twenty
one years old, lives with her
mother, Mrs. Dora Spanier.
Tf l ever receive the be-
quest" she said, "a will give a
considerable portion to charity.
When | marry it shall be for
love, and | will not hasten or
alter my plans just because of
this bequest and its unusual re-
strictions."