The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-04-21
BY PAULINE SUING BLOOM


gram in Spokane, the Womens Realty Extension
Board will sponsor an Educational Day" May l4th
which will be known as Cheney Normal Day. They
wish to interest Spokane in the school and arouse
a keener appreciation of what has been built up
just outside the citys gates. The Women's Realty
Extension is asking all club women OF the city to
join them at one O'Clock luncheon which will be
served at Monroe Hall at Cheney when their host.
esses will be Mrs. Jay Fancy of the Cheney Board
of Regents, Mrs. r. T. Hargreaves, wife of the
President of the Normal, Mrs. Dora Lewis, dean of
Women of Cheney Normal Miss Frances Wilson,
Mrs ID. A. Barber who head the committee in
charge of entertainment; wives of the faculty
members and prominent club women of Cheney.
Mrs Robert Grinnell president of the Women's
Realty Extention Board and herself graduate of
Cheney Normal Plans for the entertainment in
clude in addition to the luncheon tour of the
campus musical program and talk by President
Hargreaves
In broadening its scope to include Education Day
the Realty Board is doing the schools of Washing
ton distinct service, but not alone that, it is
doing the public greater service, in bringing
home just what Washington has to offer eduea-
tionally
That prophet is prophet in his own
country may be applied to schools. The school in the
distant cline always seems better though perhaps
few of its size can boast of buildings and equip
ment such Cheney has. The City Federation of
Women's Organizations of which Mrs. Joseph
Haupt is president has this year established a
scholarship fund for Cheney which it hopes to make
larger each year and in that way help worthy girls
with this in mind that the school desires that all
club women of Spokane will through this educa-
ton day come down to Cheney and get acquainted.
Mrs. Grinnell is just concluding very successful
year president of the Women's Realty Board.
Having grown up here and taken her place
If Spokane's most popular girls to CHERRY" Etinge
Grinnell the love of her home town is very real
and she has been earnest in the cooperation which
she has given club life in the city. The Womens
Realty Board is just four years old Founded by
a group of realtors wives with Mrs. F. S. Barrett
at its head the organization now has 65 members.
Emphasizing the wisdom of home ownership. en-
couraging the desire for better homes, spreading
optimism and giving practical assistance to the
realtor increasing Spokanes prosperity by appre-
ciating Spokane and the Inland Empire and pur-
chasing home manufactured goods; radatng
spirit of friendness by welcoming the new conner,
by earnest cooperation and consideration for each
other, is the creed on which this group of women
have built successful organization and one that
is asset TO Spokane.
One of the features of the meetings this year has
been the exposition at the monthly meetings of the
organization of various lines of industry in which
engaged
Miss Ethel Shepler gave interesting and nspr-
ing talk on home decorating, displaying some of
the exquisite needlework for which she is out
standing in Spokane Mrs Ida Johnson spoke on
the influence of things electrical the home, Mrs.
John Odson spoken various phases of interior
decorating and Mrs Herbert Kimball gave an in
teresting talk and display of hooked rugs. In adj
dition series of talks by local manufacturers ia
miliarized the women with the Home products
which they hope to popularize.
Mrs. Grinnell presides over one of Spokanes
most delightful homes, E912 Twenty-sixth avenue,
and her garden is one of the show places OF the
city. Every summer finds sight-seers and flower
lovers gathered to view the waving Michaelmas
daisies which in their profusion lend picturesque
ness to the garden all its own Mrs. Grinne spe-
ciazes also in raising dahas and each summer
she and her friends discuss and compare dahlas
yieng with each other for perfect specimens of the
flower which each year is grown with greater in-
tensity throughout the country The Grnnells also
have cottage at Hayden Lake where this charm
Ing hostess keens omen house during the season of