Evening star., 1927-03-13
| CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION |
Executives of League of Woman Voters Speaking Tourr
Parks Discusses Lobbyng-News Of General Feder-
alton and Women s National Democratic Club

! intelligent and courteous. She will
| be able to accomplish little if she is
not also patient and persistent and
she will soon be discovered and dis.
credited if she is self-seeking or in
| sincere The women who respect
| themselves and believe in their cause
are not afraid to be called lobbyists. :"
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\ n example of what a small but
keenly alive group of clubwomen
| can do through organized effort is
| seen in the news coming from the
little town OF Hagerman, N. Mex,
a hamlet with a population of only
AGO. to the effect that Their latest ven
ture, the compilation OF a cook book
of an unusual nature, is an accom-
plished fact.
Seeing the need for community
house in their town. the small group
OF clubwomen in Hagerman mapped
out plan for raising the necessary
funds TO supply the need. and went
to work with will, collecting recipes
from famous people to be bound to-
gether into unique volume.
From Mrs. Calvin Coolidge they OBJ.
tanned her recipe for coffee souffie;
from Mrs. John d. Sherman, presi-
dent of the General Federation of
Women'S Clubs, instructions for cook
ing federation string beans; from
Walt Mason, Irving S. Cobb and
others of equal note, they asked con-
trlbutions, receiving many palate
tempting suggestions.
Walt Mason has contributed the in
PRODUCTION to that department of the
book set aside for dishes appealing
particularly to the masculine appetite
Within this section also may be found
Mr.. Cobb's recipe for hog jowl and
green's.
State federation presidents all were
asked to contribute their favorite
recipes and responded with a variety
of dainty dishes from 'soup to nuts"
including an especially tasty cake
known as the Mary Sherman choco.
late cake.
Funds derived from the sale of the
book will be used in erecting the COM
munity house that is to mean so
much to the citizens of Hagerman.
A PRIL II to "a has been designated
American Garden week. Every
club in the general federation has
been asked to give some recognition
to the project for encouraging better
gardening.
Suggestions are offered by the club
woman for observing American Gar
den week, some of which are here
given:
Form garden departments in your
clubs; continuity of effort is thus
greatly aided.
ASK churches, Sunday schools,
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire
Girls, Girl Reserves and other organi-
cations to take part in the observance
of American Garden week.
Urge school boards, boards of
trade and boards of health to coop.
crate. Secure funds for garden prizes.
Encourage competitive activities
along the lines of flower gardens,
vegetable gardens, mixed gardens,
window boxes, lawns and landscaping
home grounds.
Arrange for distribution to school
children of seeds and cuttings, which
may often be secured through city
owned parks.
ASK the management OF the mo-
tion picture theaters to show films OF
gardens, trees, birds and flowers, sup
plemented with 4-minute talks upon
the garden and what it will do for
the child, the family and the COM
munity."
Mrs. John d. Sherman. president OF
the general federation, Is spending
several weeks in the Middle West, at
tending special congresses, confer
ences and State meetings. at all OF
which she is the principal speaker.
Her several days stay in Colorado
was appropriately designated MARY
Sherman week." that being her home
State. She addressed a number of
meetings in Denver. She filed speak.
ing engagements in Fort Wayne,
Kokomo and South Bend, Ind, and
opened the American Homes Congress
in DeS Moines.
Ten thousand persons viewed the
exhibit of sculpture and landscape
gardening. recently given under the
Joint auspices of the art division of
the Massachusetts Federation of
Women's Clubs, the Boston Society
of Sculpture and the Boston Society
of Landscape Artists in Horticultural
Hall, Boston. In addition to the pro.
fessional exhibits there were over 100
exhibits from 35 women's clubs of the
State. Mrs. Rose v. S. Barry, art
chairman of the general federation,
was one Of the speakers. Mrs. Frank
Fl. Stewart, chairman of art in Massa-
chusetts, in whose committee the
project had it's inception, was the
moving spirit in the exhibit, which
has created so much interest that
other States, including New York,
are considering a similar showing.
Two prominent visitors were en-
tertained at federation headquarters
during the past week.-Mrs.. J. Walter
Long of the American Woman's Club
of Montreal, and Mrs. A. r.. Bogert,
vice president of the sixth district in