The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-10-20
5RT FREDERIC WESTMORE

the General Federation state presidents, preSi-
dents of clubs and kindred organizations having
direct membership in the General Federation, divi-
sion ehairmen of departments and chairm'n of
standing commit tees In case president Is unable
to attend the meeting of the biennial council her
alternate shall be appointed by her club organi-
cation. Each state of fifty clubs or fewer shall b.
entitled to four delegates and to one additional
delegate for every fifty additional clubs.
The annual dues of clubs of fewer than twenty
five members shall be two dollars and fifty cents
($250), except in states where all per capita pay
ing clubs in the State Federal on belong to the
General Federation, paying dues to the General
Federation treasurer. Clubs in such states shall
pay tax of ten cents $50 per capita. (See
Art l, Sec. b. Clubs numbering twenty-five menu
bers shall be at the rate of ten cents ($l0)
per capita. This rate shall apply to all members
paying per capita dues to the club.
The annual dues for state, county and city fed
eraions of womens clubs with membership of
twenty clubs or fewer shall be five dollars (S5OO) :;
with membership of more than twenty clubs AT
the rate of twenty-five cents ($25) Il club.
Before she was state federation president,
Mrs Westmore went to the biennial at Chatauqu;l,
New York Il delegate from Washington. As
president of the Washington State Federation of
Women's Clubs she attended the biennial at Los
Angeles. She went to Washington d. {. last Jan
uary where she attended the annual board meet
ing of the council and the council meeting ut
Grand Rapids last June. She is making plans to
go back to Washington for the annual board meet
ing in January and aS we have said before, is 60
ing TO take 100 Spokane women and twice many
from the state to Texas next June. by the
time our new auditorium is finished, Washington
women will he in a position to stage n national
convention in "the friendly city" Think what it
would mean to Spokane to entertain representa-
tives of 100000 federated women, from
every state in the un. on.
1t is through the General Federation that the
nation and its several states receiving subStan-
tial assistance in the preservation of its woman
power. The health and wealth of future genera
tons depends largely upon the preservation of the
spirit of our women. If that spirit is subdued
by exhausted physical and mental energies with
its attendant failing health, then the very fibre
of our national life is jeopardzed in the belief OF
Mrs. WestmOre. She Is in accord with the clul
women's view that the government should give
proper recognition in the federal To the
nations homemaker
She is pleased at the work being done by Spo
kane and national laundry owners in an effort tC
take the drudgery of washday from the home ant
leave the home-maker more energy for the hour,
with her children. The program is directly in lin'
with the efforts to bring about concrete improve
ment in homemaklng efficiency.
Speaking earnestly. Mrs. Westmore urged that |
make it clear that doing club work should never
take from woman her womanly charm. Thi,
freedom of women we hear much about need,
TO be guarded Quoting Lowell, she said. Before
man made us citizens, great nature made us men
I'll paraphrase this | have heard it, Before
man made us voters, great nature made us women
First things first therefore it is ftt.ns
that before turn attention to club worl
we take moment to place great and just valua
ton ourselves women. The time can never
come when an organization take the place o
individual responsibility and organizat ear
be fine or strong except as its women are
fine and strong. Women must realize that the
club to which she belongs can only function i'm he
community in her city federation in her state fed
Grafton at 100 per cent only just far sh
develops par value. Further must concentrat,
on the reason for existence. First things com,