Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-20

Hatch leading and Mrs. w. J. Reid
ut the piano. Minutes of the pre-
vious meeting were read by the see
rotary. Mrs. \. w. Hale, and APP
proved Mrs. \. NJ. Williams, chair
man Of the program committee an
! uomccd that the program ut the
next meeting would be given March
by the CaleNico Woman 5 I'm
proNcmcu: club, with Mrs. Huston
III charge.
\ report was made that 50 far
! $50 had been turned IN as u result
, OF tie recent play, which Mrs.
Jacobs stated would be used to pay
Oft five Of the $50 bonds which
were still due. Mrs. S. f. Allen and
Mrs. Leroy Holt drew the numbers
OF the five lucky bonds which
were rs follows: First National
bank, .. q. Horne, { Jrcnce C6nant,
Richmond Brothers and j. $. Larew.
Mrs. \. q. Campbell read names
of committees which are doing fed
Grafton work and which she propos-
ed he put under department heads
to conform with the state and dis
trict federation work. Her PROPOSE
tionS were voted upon and approx
ed
Mrs. y. NJ. Williams requested
that all women who can sing meet
at the First Presbyterian church on
Tuesday night to rchearsc with the
woman : chorus which will be 4 fea-
ture at the Yuma Highway ceIebra-
tion on February IS
Coming Election Stressed
Mrs. y. G. Campbell gave Il very
impressive talk to members of the
cIub, strtesiHg the Importance of
choosing the right officers for the
coming year At the next meeting,
nominations will be made and she
urged all To use their best Judgment
and give the matter great deal of
thought.
Baroness De Ropp was then es-
corted to the platform by Mrs y.
NJ. Williams ard introduced by Mrs.
Jacobs. She used the theme for her
address. Women Of Russia. She
spoke of the limited education
which the women of Russia receive.
Most Of the women are raised in
small dirty villages where school is
in session noIv one half OF the year
and where teachers receive only
nine dollars per month for their
services. Many families only have
enough to send one or two OF their
children to school, and where this
is true the boys are always the
ones sent. stated the baroness.
Then she spoke Of the poor homes
which women Of Russia had to care
for. only one or two windows were
to be found. and they were always
divided iuto small squares 50 that
If one were broken, II cost very
LITTLE 10 be repaired. The floors are
Of hard mud. and difficult to keep
clean. On one side were kept the
COWS, dogs, pigs aud goats of the
family. and en- the other side would
be found the living room, dining
room, bedroom and kitchen. Father
and mother occupied the only bed in
the home and all the children, re
garIlc>s Of number. slept together
on the tloor.
The brilliant Russian weddings
were impressively described by Bar
rucss De Ropp. \ large number
were always present, for there are
only TWO important events in the
year in the small villages Of Russia,
wedding days and christening days,
Fcasting and drinking of terrible
food and drink usually began the
celebration. then on the second day
the wedding took place. The priest
always otticiated, finishing by
touching the lips Of the bride with
sweet liquid, representing the love
Of the husband. and then with a bit
ter liquid, for women Of Russia have
great many bitter things to stand
in life.
She then described the awful con
ditions Of the country after the
revolution and during the World
War, how her son had been placed
in four by four prison room eX-
pecting TO be bchcaded any nom
cnt, until his hair turned gray and
because of the d4mpncss Of the
prison, his teeth all fell out, and
he Was 30 thin the skin had grown
to the bones Of his body. Then she
described how her daughter-in-law
Lad been cruelty treated by the
paid men Of the Soviet Of Russia.
She finished Acr address by urg-
ing parents of America to watch
very closely what their children are
being taught in schools for the com .
mumst party Of America is trying /
their hardest to get control of this
wonderful country as they have in
Russia.