The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-16
PRAISE FOR FREE
LIBRARY IS GIVEN
Brought Out At Meeting of
County Women
CLUB LADIES SESSION
Splendid Gathering Held In Mankato
BY Representatives Of Var !.
; ious Organizations

County dLISuuSu LuC r duo L1aA ~
County Organization of Women's
rally held at the Union school audi
torium, closing last evening after an,
interesting session. .Ls
Mrs. Alton Cheadle, Jackson, gave
an interesting talk on the state
meeting held at Hibbing recently.
She told Of the different phases Of
e wosk which was being carried OIL.
by the Federated clubs. Mrs. r. P.
Dodds, Lake Crystal had poster
with the words, Know Your Coun-
ty." 81 have taken our slogan Know
your county for my subject" she
said. EDO you know how many towns
we have in our county and what is
their population? Some towns have
progressed, some have not, find out
the reason why. How many parks,
libraries. hospitals and schools they
have. How many officials has our
county. Do you now the names of
the Red Cross, rural and school
nurses:
What is our county noted for? 1t
has many products and gems. You
may say we have not any gems: but
we have, we have diamonds, they
are our little folks, our boys and
.gixlss., One person. one mother !
one Organizations cannot polish our
diamonds alone. We of the Blue
Earth county. Organisation of Wo-
mems clubs are seeking your COOP
Grafton to halp polish our diamonds"
Miss Nellie Palmer, Red Cross
nurse and Miss E'oise Bringgo'd, ru-
raj school nurse, both gave interest
ing addresses on their work. and of
their various things which had been
accomplished along that line the
past season. Mrs. H. r. Wieck,ng,
number Of interesting features o.
her work and the good which thu
artment is doing. - =.
Following a luncheon at the Sais'.
paugh hotel, the work was again
taken W for the afternoon. ..
Ignorance Is Menace
Ignorance is menace to civil
cation" said Miss Clara Baldwin, d.
rector of libraries. """h"nls alone
cannot satisfy the need for continu-
ing the intellectual growth of Am
erican citizens. In America today,
So per cent of the boys and rir's al
in school until they are fourteen
After that, but one in five continues
until the age of EIGHTEEN. Tie o..
way out is the public library. which
is called Americas continuation
school,"
Miss Palmer then told of her trip
over several counties with the tray-
cling library wagon and how eager
the country women and children
were to get books to read. Some of
the women wanted books on poultry.
farm products, and some wanted
thrilling stories. One family, stated
that they had to go to the theatre
and movies for amusement, but now
since the travelling library had come
they enjoyed staying at home and
reading. go .' -.
With the fine library facilities
here, Mankato could be used as a
library center, establish branches
and centers over the county, and I
appeal to this organization to take
up the matter, appoint a committee
to make a survey and cooperate with
library authorities in conducting. a
campaign for rural libraries. She
then told of the good work the tray-
ell WAGON libraries was doing in var
ious places. There are $4,000 people
in rural places who have not the
benefits Of library in this county.
Mrs. J. r. Brandrup of Mankat
talked of the club women as a citi-
zen. 'If the club women live up To
all the things she is asked to do. she
canrot help but be good citizen.
In the word war, in child welfare
work. Red Cross activities ard dog
ems of other things the Federation
has proved its usefulness.
Federation Of Clubs
Mrs. Prandrun advocated fedora
ton Of clubs. Not that those unfed-
erated We're not doing good work.
but in. united efforts there WIS
greater strength. There are two
million club women In America.
From some e~timeticn what these
tive thinkers. mean to the United
St"'os. s,Er. Z
"Fvery women should be club
member She cannot, worF Above so-
her wor', is not ns nfficient. IN c'uh
work there are pnanv minds Ell
workirg IN the same direction. No
tir,> Sc lost. I'VE .t r
ITO be good citizen is to work
for the bette~ment of the comnuni-
ty and nation and that is what the
club romen are trying to do. Clubs
do not take the mother from the
hor'e. Mothers viii sim continue to
be homo makers and club work will
make them better fitted for this
work.
"Wc shorld try to make It possible
For evey wopen to become a mem
Der of sorne club and especially TIN
county women feel woman's
linfii'erce is rultirlied manv times
by heinr member of club.
"A c'nb women stards fc- MI thet
the nntiop stands for Tbc-~ II
something for every women to do. A
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