The Winslow mail., 1926-10-01
.inslow Wornan's
Club Honored By
Visit OF Northern
District President

The Winslow Woman's club had
as their honored guest, and as an
interested visitor at their regular
meeting Friday, September 25, Mrs.
w. c. Todt, of Kingman, president
of the Northern Arizona District
of the Federation of woman's
clubs.
Mrs. Todt, following the business
session and the interesting art pro
gram, spoke briefly to the local
club women confning the greater
part of her remarks to the dis
trict convention to be held in Pres
colt on October 22nd and 23rd. She
stated that the general subject of :
the meet, should be the American
Home in keeping with the work
of Mrs. w. d. Sherman, national
chairman, at the biennial held in
Atlantic City, this year. Mrs. Todt
urged that the local club send it's
full quota of delegates or alter
mates, and stressed the advantage
of getting the clubs of the north
ern district, together.
In her opening remaks, the north
ern district president stated that
Winslow was the last club that she
had visited on her tour, and that
the interesting thing about each,
is that one is so entirely different
in it's outlined work, from the 9TH
er
Fridays meeting was opened
with the usual club program, the
singing of America the Beautiful
by the members, and the reading.
of the minutes by the correspond
ing and recording secretaries. A
financial report by the treasurer,
Mrs. w. F. Martens, and a brief
account of the tree planting con-
test was heard.
Mrs. G. B. Henderson, chairman
of the literature department an
nounced that the study for the year
would be on contempory fiction,
and in this work there would be a
number of book reviews given. She
urged the members to read previ-
Ously the books which will be CIV
en- in synopsis, and stated that a
list of these will be posted in the
Woman's Club City Library. The
first literature program will be on
October 22nd, at which time, "The
Bread" by Charles Norris, will be
discussed.
Mrs. Walter Olds stated that the
committee appointed at the previ-
Gus meeting to go into the matter
of the lots in Sweeney Heights Of
fered to the club, were unable to-
have a full meeting and the mat
ter was therefore held over until
a later date.
An interesting and instructive re-
port was given by Mrs. ]. L. Sween-
ey on the mater of obtaining and
casting an absentee voter ballot at
a primary or general election.
From her detailed account it was
made clear to the club women
present.
A letter from Mrs. Fox, CORES
ponding secretary of the Northern
Arizona District of the Federation
of Woman's Clubs, announced the
convention to be held in Prescott
on October % and 23, the first
meeting to be on the evening of
October %, at 1880 o'clock. Mrs.
Fox requested that the names Of
| the delegates or alternates be mail
ed her as soon as possible, in Or
der that suitable arrangements by
the reception committee could be
made. With membership of six
| ty-two the local club is entitled to
seven delegates at the meeting.
| These and the seven alternateS will
be elected at the next regular meet .
ing of the club.
| President Mrs. B. H. Madden, act
mig as chairman of the Art program
announced the solo by Mrs. w. L.
Martin. "By the Waters of Mime
tonka" was beautifully rendered by
Mrs. Martin, Mrs. AL Smidler acting
as accompanist.
r. NJ Bruchman, we'll known To-
cal Indian dealer, and we'll versed
in the customs of the Navajo and
Hopi Indians, gave a most interest
ing talk of Indian Art, weaving in
and about his subject the religious
beliefs, living conditions and super
stitions of the Navajo Indian. A
brief history of their race since the
white mans entry into this coun-
try revealed the fact that the Fran
ciscan fathers were the first dis
coverers 375 years ago. The Nava
jo is the largest tribe now in exist
ence, having total population of
$4,000, extending across Northern
Arizona and New Mexico, and over
an area Of 11,000 square miles. The
Navajos are the only self-support-
ing Indian tribe, and save for their
educational and medical needs, are
not assisted by the government.
Mr.. Bruchman described the
camps for the sick, maintained by
the United States, and went into de-
tail as to the native treatment of
the ailing. He described the Ma
vajo's living conditions, marriage
rites and religious beliefs, all of
which have an influence on their
art, which consists almost entirely
of rug weaving and pattery MAX
ing. This, however, is of very
high class.
In an interesting way Mr.. Bruch-
man, using Navajo rugs on the
club room floor as examples, de-