Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

of the Connecticut Federation OF
Womens Clubs. who urged all club
presidents to accept their office not
as a mere compliment, but as vote
of confidence. which should be re-
garded as a civic duty. as Job and
one that requires executive ability,
Willingness to work overtime" poise
and any amount of good will.
With the new responsibilities which
have come to women with citizenship
has come a new purpose to women's
club work, according to Miss Plumley.
No longer are they disconnected
groups, each working Independently
at some trivial program. The real
problems of the day in every COM
munity and State, as well as in the
Nation, have become their own con-
Germ.
Problems are no longer those of
women entirely or of men exClu-
sively," said Miss Plumley. Issues are
making their insistent appeal to men
and women alike. Human problems
belong to all. They are entered into
and discussed by both. appealing to
consciousness far more than to con
science"
THE Mississippi Federation of
Women's Clubs is a true "daugh.
ter" of the General Federation in
that II is concentrating on the pro-
gram of the American home depart
ment, which was initiated by Mrs.
John ID. Sherman at the biennial
convention when she was made presi-
dent. Through it's universal appeal
the department of the American home
has brought the federation nearer to
the hearts of the American women
than any project hitherto undertaken.
The home equipment survey now
In progress and the better homes
demonstrations to be held in April
are definite pieces of work which the
Mississippi clubwomen are engaged
in this year, according to Miss Susie
Y. Powell, State president and Gen
eral Federation director.
'1nasmuch as all worth while club
work relates either directly or indi-
rectly to the home, we are linking
up the work of all the other depart
ments to the program of the Ameri-
can home" said Miss Powell And
thus our programs are correlative
and the close relationship of interests
between the departments is bringing
the women closer together than ever
before.
THE legislative department rem
dered great assistance in securing
laws to create a State library com
mission, State forestry commission. a
survey of public schools and State
colleges, and to provide proper care
for feeble-minded girls and women at
the institution where only men are
cared for now"
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THE Massachusetts Federation of
ArnYrAnN,'e Nl.,I t.
first anniversary of radio publicity
this month, according to Mrs. Fred
erick G. Smith of Somerville. Mass,
state director. and this new medium
or contact with the clubwomen and
the people of the State has proved in
Valua ole, in her estimation.
The growing interest in club af-
fairs and the increasing influence of
organized women in Massachusetts
are largely traceable to the new
audience we have found over the
radio" said Mrs. Smith. by this
means people who have never known
or cared about women's clubs and
what they are trying to do have al
most before they have known it, be-
come informed, then they have be-
come interested and now they are
either Joining our ranks or at least
they are helping us to accomplish
some of the things we want to do.
| would urge upon all clubs and fed.
erations the value Of the radio as a
| means of reaching people not
reached through any other channel"
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HN1O diphtheria in Illinois i. 1885,
Ms one of the chief detectives of
the Illinois Federation of Women's
| Clubs, which has already done such