Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09


tory of the woInen's Republican
organization.
Sessions will be held in the morn
ings of January IL, 10 and IA in thu
Hotel Carlton, for the purpose Of dis
cussing organization problems forma
ton and development of permanent
Republican women's clubs in connec
ton with the State and National part,
organizations and TO exchange ideas
and experiences.
Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, vice chairman
of the Republican national commit
tee, who will preside over the meet
ings, for some time has been urging
the development of the Republican
club idea into permanent groups
ready t. cooperate with State and
National groups during campaign
time, and since 1924 has seen heI
plans realized in the organization OF
such clubs in seventeen States with
groups i'll three States being com
bined into State declarations.
Through the coop sralAoh of per
manent local. county and State clubs
the Republican women hope to per
feet a much more effective organize
zion throughout the country for cam
paign purposes. The meeting this
week Is expected to prove an impor-
taut step in linking the Republican
women together into one cooperative
body. Forerunning the national and
congressional campaigns of 1928, it
will be in the nature of a general re-
view of the situation taken with a
view 10 outlining plans for going
forward with a more comprehensive
vision of the party organiza ton and
party needs. T.. IN
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
will receive the entire group at a
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon On the
18th. there viii be a banquet
at the Willard. at which William NJ.
Butler, chairman OF the Republican
national committee, will preside.
Mrs. Hert will entertain at a recep-
ton Friday, January IA. at her home,
1885 Massachusetts ayenua, to have
the visiting committeewomen and
club presidents meet the Republican
cabinet members and their wives, and
Republican members of Congress and
their wives. -
The wives of the cabinet members
will receive with Mrs. Hert. 81 5A
Club presidents are expected to at
tend the meeting from Arizona,
Florida. Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, New York. Ohio, Okla
homa, Pennsylvania Rhode Island,
Vermont. West Virginia and New
Jersey
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DR. CLARA B. .BURDETTE Of
II Pasadena, Calf the oldest mem
Der of the board of the General Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs in point
of service. was the first of the SIS
members to arrive in Washington for
the meeting of the board which opens
Wednesday morning.
Elected vice president of the fed
Grafton at the biennial convention
held in Los Angeles in 1902. Mrs.
Burdette has since served in a mum
her of capacities At present she is
chairman Of the. hoard of trustees and
correspondent Of foreign and terri
torial clubs. being the connecting link
between the federation and the 81
clubs of English speaking women
scattered Throughout the world.
THE thing that impresses me most
is the almost unconscious cooperation
along uniform lines Of women the
world over" said Mrs. Burdette.
"Clubs organized first in this country
were purely for self culture. but we
soon wanted to pass onto our neigh
Dor the things that we learned: clubs
organized in foreign countries We're
almost always for social intercourse.
but soon they turned to more worth
while things, until today women's
clubs the world over have perfectly
rounded programs combining culture,
civics and welfare work with social
features.
a thing that sratifies me greatly
in the club movement is that it is
actuated, in the main, by unselfish
motives. In view of the terrific
struggle for supremacy in the COM
mercial world the altruism mani.
tested by the club women in their
great work-for it is great in con-
ception and in achievement-stands
out like a beacon light.
Sydney, Australia, has the distinc-
ton of having the largest woman's
club in the world, the Housewives,
League, having a membership of
$4,000. 1t is organized on the depart
mental plan of the federation and is
doing much the same work as large
clubs in America. our youngest for
eign club is in Jerusa lem. where a
group of American and English wom-
en- organized a year and a half ago.
In the Philippines we have 1900
women IN 400 TO 800 clubs.
Mrs Burdette. after organizing the
California Federation of Women's
Clubs, built for the Ebell club of Los
Angeles, of which she is a member.
"A clubhouse. replica OF a Greek tenn
pie, and this the club occupied until
il was outgrown. Mrs Burdette built
Temple Auditorium for her distin-
guished husband, Rev. Robert j.
Burdette, and he preached there TO
thousands every Sunday until his
death several Years ago. Mrs. Bur
dette is an interesting and substantial
patron OF many worthy institutions.
notable among which is the Pasadena
Hospital.
Several hundred invitations have
been sent out for the reception TO be
given by the board of directors at
federation headquarters Tuesday eve
ming, and prominent club women
from each of the national local or
CARNATIONS are expected to attend.
Mrs. John ID. Sherman. president
Of the General Federation. will re
ceive. assisted by other national
officers
or the hundreds Of citizenship and
~ foreign affairs" schools which
state and local Leagues Of Women
Voters are conducting each year. the
record Of the Massachusetts League
commands widespread interest. II
has conducted II schools Of politics
at five Massachusetts colleges and "a
citizenship schools in various parts OF
the State, and is now preparing fot
the fifth annual Foreign Affairs
School TO be held in cooperation with
Radcliffe College. The school will be
In session Tuesday. Wednesday AND
Thursday of this week at Agassis
House, Radcliffe College.
The school will seek the facts or
khe more significant internationa
Issues Of the day, stressing especially
1hA situation deXeloninR in the EaI