Evening star., 1924-12-14
WOMAN'S CITY CLUB PROGRAM
FOR WINTER OF VIDE APPEAL
Suffrage for District One
Of Many Aims Of
Groups.
Physical and Mental Bet
terment Of Residents
Sought.


Renewed activity among the clubs
of Washington Is strongly evidenced
by the Winter program. of the
Woman's . City Club. at 22 Jackson
place. 1t is a program which Is of
interest to all Washingtonians, for its
full development will mean better
physical and mental health, the
American privilege of voting as well
as paying taxes and the saving of
lives which pass and repass along
their busy 'thoroughfares.
The chairmanships Of the commit
tees who have the responsibility Of
the development of this program are
hold by women active In Washington
affairs. DR.. A. Frances Foye Is the
president of the club, to whom all
committees report. The chairman
ships OF some OF the larger commit
tees are as follows, Mrs. Isaac Cans.
chairman of the District suffrage
committee; Mrs. Robert j. Ashe.
chairman OF the forum luncheons
committees; Mrs. John Lorenz Steele,
chairman of the public utilities COM
mittee; Mrs Albert Manly, chairman
Of the dramatic committee: Mrs. Susie
r. Rhodes, chairman of the commit
tee on parks, Fairgrounds and gar
dens; Mrs. L. B. Swormstedt, chair
man Of the committee on citizenship;
Mrs. George w. Eastment, chairman
OF the educational committee; Miss c.
Larrimore Keeley. chairman Of the
law and legislation committee. and
Mrs Nina G. Van Wrinkle, chairman
Of the committee on amusements.
One OF the stated objects of the
Womans City, Club is ito advance the
civic and social welfare of the city
Of Washington" In a series of in
terviews the members have told in
just what way this advance is to be
made during the Winter Of 1s24-2s.
Physieian's Viewpoint.
In her physicians mind, the pro-
gram of her club represents to its
president. DR.. A. Frances Foye, better
health for the minds and bodies of
Washingtonians. She evidenced her
interest in the preservation of parks
and trees.
Trees contribute so much in actual
physical health to the community
so much in protection against the
Summer heat here in Washington.
giving, as they do, a supply of clean
new oxygen in exchange for carbon
dioxide gas; throwing spots of shade
upon the beaten streets, and
solace to tired minds and eyes with
their living greens. We have already
lost more than we could well spare
in the city. During the war building
5000 were cut away. To awaken
Washingtonians TO the daily destruc-
tion of these valuable sources of
health and beauty and to prevent
further despoilation Is one of our
big jobs ~
support Red Cross.
I'VE are always interested in the
drives for national health. Each year
we support the American Red Cros sin
such material ways as our, pocket
books and time allow We were par
ticularly interested this year in the
Visiting Nurses campaign. The visit
ing nurse, even in a community as ad-
vanced as we like to consider ours,
does a work of tremendous i'm
portance-a work of real service,
which our clubwomen were not slow
to recognize. The moral support of
the club is Of necessity back of an
Organization which sends its blue
cloaked women into the homes of
bedridden young mothers and those of
dear old ladies too feeble to care for
themselves.
I'm city where so many of our
workers are mental workers. teas
and card parties and musicals offer
to the working woman. relaxation
from the strain Of the day, and so
we plan to have a Winter OF real en-
tertainment For mental health, SO
closely associated with physical
health, we must afford both activity
and relaxation. We are vain enough
at the City Club to think we provide
BOTH
Citizens Plea for Suffrage.
THE bugaboos Of the District vote,
AS, immaterial as the stuff that all
bugaboos are made of, they vanish
into nothingness at the touch of rea-
son." This is the way Mrs. Isaac
Cans, lifelong District citizen,
chairman of the District suffrage
committee of the Women's City Club,
disposes of the objections which are
frequently always made by its oppo-
nents when District suffrage Is men
toned.
I'm a city where one-fourth of our
population Is composed OF the most
Intelligent colored element in the
country, 1t is as foolish to speak of
that votes menace as 1t was to speak
of the menace of woman suffrage"
said Mrs. Cans. "One has only to
look at the beautiful and plentiful
schools which our colored population
attends; one has only to attend the
meetings of the faculties of those
schools; one has only to meet the
leaders Of the movement for colored
advancement to realize the great
work that Is being done and to real
ize the degree Of intelligence Of this
so-called menace
Approves Tax Ratio.