Evening star., 1926-11-07

the newest member of the fedora
tion. reported that in order to turthert
the work of the Social Service
League in it's community. it Isl
planned to have speakers address the
mems organizations in the com
munity.
OF interest also were the joint
meetings held by the Woman's Club
of Jacksonville with its neighbor-
ing clubs. as reported by the di-
rector.
Mrs. Henry j. Finley. representineC
the Social Service League. read the
charter of that organization and
spoke at length on the great need
of the league. Mrs. Frank T. Chap
man. representing the MontgomerN
County w. G. T. t.. in speaking Of
the work of her organization, said
that ''it is a we'll known fact>>lhat
better results are obtained by edu-
eating the young than nv trying t~-.
reform older people. Mrs Eober'
Coulter. representing Woman
Auxiliary of the Montgomery Count
General Hospital. expressed hcr ap-
! probation of the work Cf tho club t.
in the federation toward supplyuG
: the needs Of her organization au'
! said: I'VE feel that we have beer
/ greatly benefited by our alliance
| with the federation in the create
| interest shown by the clubs in thi~
| work
! Mrs. e. r. F.lmore. director OF the.
! federation AT the biennial held iir
! Atlantic city fast June. made hot
! report The keynote of the bieupial
/ Mrs. Elmore said was the American
| home and the fact that there was
| such tremendous waste OF woman
power because of inadequate equip "a
ment in the home. ''HomemakinS in"
the twentieth century" she said.
| must be partnership" The su.t-
vey, Mrs. Elmore said. being con
Quoted by the general federation VASE
the subject of much interest. and she
! quoted Mrs Sherman TO the effeCt
that 900 900 new members from tho
| farm homes of the Nation is the
goal of the membership campaign. T."
| bring TO the smallest. the most iso-
lated farm home and To enlist wom
: Ell who will profit by. tho things foe
/ which the general federation is
! working.
At the beginning of tho afternoon r.
session a playlct, THE Sunshine of
Service" written in honor Of a verV b.
active club women upon her retire
n1ent from Office. was read. lu irtr"
ducing the reader. MIS-. Merrill SAID
that the slogan for The federation
should be. Every woman in the cour
ty member Of some civic ciiln. NJ
the afternoon session. Miss 1rna
Moore director of The Social Service
League gave q brief outline Of the
orea anization Of the league and AI
budget. which she said. was based or
the naXes paid in each district. IN
explaining the service of the leaEu"
she said that ii was their aim TO hn
A ladder on which the poor and un
fortunate might climb out of their
dilemmas and not a crutch on which
to lean She also again emphasized
the need for transportation and re
heated her request for one member IL
each club to give one day month
to this service Mrs. Archibald Small
naSt president of the federation. Snp
plemented Miss Moore's appeal for
funds with which To carry on the
work and said that they looked Tor
support from all women. not only club
women. Many suggestions were mad"
from the floor as to ways and means
of raising money and the directors
were requested to take the appca I" =
their clubs To act as quickly as pOssIn.
BILE. 80
Mrs. Ivan Weld. ChairS1an of edu,
cation spoke briefly on her work and =.
introduced Mrs. Grace l.. Ryan. prin .
cipal of the EensinGtou school. who
told of the school census now heinz 20
taken throughout the State. MIS-.
, RYAN stressed the Importance of per
feet school attendance and said tnat
''v1f never get tho measles 'nieSTn -
exposed to it, and it is the same with 80
! education.
Mrs Lewis Call spoke on county
libraries and answered numerous
questions from the floor.
The loan scholarship fund and its
. administration, was discussed A.
length. and the directors were re
uuested TO bring this subject before
their clubs and bring the substance
, Of that discussion to the next eAecu 4
, tive board meeting.
After a resolution was adopted I"
send a protest to the proper authori-'
, ties against the broadcastinG of the
Hall-Mills murder trial. and votes of 30
thanks for the use Of the COURTEOUS"
and to the hostess clubs of Rockville
the meeting adjourned with briet
but effective adieu by Mrs. Merrill r
at 800 the time set for final adjourn
ment. The meeting began promptly
| proceeded according TO schedule IN =
most orderly and quiet way. and endcd
with much accomplished. Coffee wa
served during the noon hour. the pr"
continued ON Page en.y-SeNcnI y.