Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-03
ANNUAL MEETING
kENNEbEC union OF
WOMEN'S CLUBS HELD

| WOMEN'S CLUBS HELD
Tie annual meeting Of the Kennebec
Union of Women's Clubs was held yes
! terday all day in the Winslow Congre-
| gational church. The business program
was delightfully."- intermingled with mu-
steal selections and several readings.
During the morning session addresses
were given by Mrs. Florence Waugh
| Danforth, president of Maine Fedora
! ton of Women's Clubs, and Prof. En-
est c. Mariner, librarian at Colby Col
| lege. At the close of the session in
! the afternoon officers for the year were
elected as follows: President, Mrs.
| Webster Chester; vice president, DR..
Edith H. Walters; secretary, Mrs. Her
bert l.. Emery; treasurer, Mrs. Frank
=. Pooler; auditor, Mrs. Jennie Saw
telle. Mrs. Webster Chester president
of the union, presided throughout the
meeting.
The meeting opened in the morning
7 about 1915 with fine representation
| of women from all over Kennebec
| county present. Following the singing
| Of the Federation song, invocation was
| pronounced by Rev. Frank Dollin, pas
/ tor of the church.
! Mrs. Mary Day gave the address of
! welcome in behalf of the ladies of the
! Winslow club, in which she spoke of
! the contrast of the weather this year
! to that of last, and she assured the la
dies that the Winslow club gave them
a most cordial welcome.
! DIR. Edith II. Walters responded,
! thanking the Winslow club very cor
daily in behalf of the visitors. DR..
| Walters declared that women do not
have to prove that they can do the
/ same things that men do. She assured
| Ecr listeners that when woman loses
the womanly touch she loses her most
valuable asset.
I'VE do not want manly women"
said Mrs. Walters in closing. I'VE want
womanly gentlewomen."
Two violin solos were rendered by
! w. T. Reynolds, Jr, in very pleas
! ing manner. He was accompanied
on the piano by Miss r. T. Reynolds.
Two New Clubs Affiliated
! Mrs. Chester announced that two
! new members could be voted into the
union at that time, namely, the Town
Improvement Club of Skowhegan and
| the Tuesday Club of East Winthrop.
! These clubs were accepted unanimous
| ly.
| Several amendments to the constitu-
/ ton and bylaws were made at this
! time which included the payment of an
nual dues of five cents per member in
! December. 1t was also voted to have
/ the executive committee select NOM
| mating committee each year to prepare
a slate of officers.
| Mrs. Florence Waugh Danforth was
| introduced by Mrs. Chester at that
| time. In opening her address she de-
! ole hot Oh H.
| kcnnebec Union. stating that she be-
| lievcd the Kennebec Union can sit back
now with dignity and say that it start
| cd the unions all over the State of
! Maine. She urged members to attend
the meeting of the State Federation of
! Women's Clubs to he held in ortland
! September 20 and 80 and October 1 and
of this year. She said that Portland
, is planning to welcome 1000 women to
! this convention.
Il was asked to speak on child
labor" said Mrs. Danforth, II believe
that child labor conditions are not
very well understood at the present
| time and it we'll to agitate the
question. We have only to consult
| the federal children's bureau to ind
| that over 100000 children between
| the ages of 10 and Is are at work in
| gainful occupations"
Mrs. Danforth said she believed
, that the general impressio was that
| the majority of these children were
! at work in the mills and factories
but she assured her hearers other
wise stating that 100000 of these
children are employed on farms and
$4,000 are hired out on farms.
Il believe chat it is good for any
child to have some duty to perform
| every day" declared Mrs. Danforth,
| but in so many cases children are
kept out of school"
% She quoted statistics to show that
in some states as many as one out
every four children worked for a
living.
But there is hope" declared the
speaker. There is a decline in the
south of child labor and better laws
are being enacted. 1T Is time for
America to be looking after her chill
dren. We women now have a chance
. to take hold of the matter our
selves"
At the close of Mrs. Danforth's
| address she was presented with a
bouquet of sweet peas, by Mrs. Her.
bert l.. Emery in behalf of the
union.
Mariner Scouts Lincoln Traditions
Professor Mariner was the final
speaker of the morning. He deplored
the fact that there were no research
workers in the state of Maine except
one young lady in the health depart
mcpt who works part time.
Throughout the ages" said Mr..
Mariner, lit has been the tendency
of people to gather around great
characters"
He cited instances In modern and
early history of great men who had
been idolized and about whom many
myths had been handed down
through the ages. He declared that
people are facing this same situation
concerning Abraham Lincoln but he
said that the real Abraham Lincoln
is so great and lasting that he over
shadows any mythical lincoln that
some people are prone to recite ira
ditions about.
Taking the statements of some
concerning Lincoln's extremely low
birth he assured his audience that
the Lincolns had been through the
history of the nation up to the birth
of Abraham a very reputable family
settling in bingham. Mass, in S637.
about eight generations before the
immortaliZed war president. He
mentioned that the Lincolns were
practically the founders of the iron
smelling industry in America and
just because Abraham Lincoln was
born in poverty was no reason to
believe that he grew up in an en-
vironment of ignorance and stupid
ity. He stated that the reason for
the poverty was because Abraham's
grandmother was forced to raise her
family alone. as her husband was
killed by an Indian while workin in
his cornfield. She owned large
tracts of wilderness land in Kentucky
and was what might be called land