Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03
LOUISIANA DELEGATES AT
WOMEN'S CLUB SESSIONS

MRS. Samuel Polk Weaver, LOU
ss'ana delegate to the Federated
"omen's Clubs at the national COR
vention at Chautauqua, N. Y, sends
the following personal notes of the
sessions:
IN speaking Of the large staff of
press representatives attending the BIZ
ennial, Mrs. Thomas of Winter, pres
ident, said: 1--WE have disappointed
she newspapers because we haven't
quarreled, but the magazine writer's
are enthusiastic about u.s.
One of the outstanding features Of
the citizenship conference, Mrs.
Percy V. Pennybacker, Austin, Tex,
chairman, was the appearance of Miss
May E. Mclaughlin of East Orange,
N. j., and Hamilton E. Macarthur of
Glenridge, N. ].
They are exponents of the League
Of Youth" and the Junior Cities"
which are being established in New
Jersey, Miss Mclaughlin said that the
time has passed when youth will be
content to allow the older heads to sit
at the table of the League Of Nations
and make plans for the youth of the
nation to carry out.
Mr.. Macarthur stated that "a
league of youth would be better than
any league Of nations"
National Commander Hanford Mac
Nider, Mason City, Ia., made strong
plea for justice for the ex-service men
saying "the American Legion stands
Tor America and the defenders of AM
erica"
Mrs. Winter gave graphic account
Of her experience as member Of the
arms conference, being one Of four
women who sat at it.
Mrs. Percy v. Pennpbacker, chair
man of the department Of citizenship,
urged state chairman to ask their
governors to issue proclamations
making July Citizenship Day, and
to "vote for measures and not for
men,"
Judge Martin J. Wade, United
States district court, Iowa, expressed
the opinion that every American
newspaper should have department
Of American citizenship, stating that
blind partisanship and lack of inter-
est in America constitutes one of the |
greatest dangers to the country.
Miss Shuler, representing the Asso-
ciated Press, made a strong appeal to
the club women to study current |
events and make use Of the Associated
Press service, which will send to any
club desiring it monthly outline Of
citizenship and twenty questions and
answers each month on citizenship.
One of the outstanding addresses
was that of Mrs. Cora Wilson Stew
art of Frankfort, KY, on "illiteracy."
She made some startling revelations
with regard to illiteracy, pointing par
ticularly to the fact that illiteracy is
not confined the "Souhern states,
but applies equally to Massachusetts
and Wisconsin.
Mrs. Stewart will probably be in
vited by Mrs. Storm, program chair
man, to appear on the program of the
state federation next year in New
Orleans
Mrs. Jenso of Montana, daughter
of DR.. Ernest Lewis of New Orleans,
is noted as a musician.
Mrs. S p. Weaver, delegate from
Shreveport, chairman of kindergarten
the kindergarten conference Of the
extension of Louisiana, is interested in
convention. Her work has received
national recognition. After the close
of the sessions, Mrs. Weaver will join
her family at her summer home at
Monteagle, Tenn.
Mrs. Ernest N. Bullock of Lake
Charles, chairman of resolutions OF
the Louisiana Federation, arrived two
days before her delegation to assume
her duties as a member of the ere.
Dental committee Of the general fed
Grafton. Mrs. Bullock will 60 on to
Providence, R. l., and Boston, Mass.
for the rest of the summer.
One of the distinctive features OF
the social functions Of the biennial
was the war presidents breakfast
This is an organization of the state
presidents who served during the
period Of the war.
Mrs A. F. Storm, Louisiana's war
president, was speaker.
Mrs. Sylvester Of Alexandria, after
. visit To her sons at Alexandria, is a