The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-16
CITES MOVEMENTS START

Points Out That Things tor
Which Club Workers Contend
ed Are Becoming Realities
North Dakota club wome were
given a new conception Of the work
which the national federation OF
women's clubs is doing when
Mrs. John F. Sippel. Baltimore,
Maryland, reviewed it's achievements
in an address here last night.
Touching on the economic situa-
ton, Mrs. Sippel said North Dakota
and that part of the west which she
visited on her way to Bismarck.
seemed to be in better shape than
some of the drought-stricken east
ern states. where, she said, some
crops have literally burned up and
where cattle have died for lack OF
feed and water.
Going back to a national conven-
ton Of women's clubs at Denver in
1908, Mrs. Sippel said many Of the
things for which the women then
were contending have since become
realities and that the duty of the
present day club woman is to carry
on to higher and better things.
The first woman's club in the
United States, she said, was organ
lied in 1868 at New York as the re-
> suit Of a dinner given for Charles
Dickens. the English author. Women
who h.l assisted in preparations for
the dinner wanted to remain and
hear him speak, she said, but were
! denied the privilege because the com
ventions of the times did not permit
Of such a thing, since the dinner was
billed as a mems affair.
These women, she said, later
formed a club which was ridiculed at
first but which grew in numbers and
: influence and soon there were num-
erous clubs throughout the country.
National Meeting in 1889
In 1883, a general meeting of club
8 women was held in New York and
North Dakota. admitted as q state
that same year, was represented.
e The next year a meeting vas held
a in Chicago and the movement, quick
ly taking root, grew until today
1000 of the 5000 counties in the
United States have one or more
e women's clubs and there are u aft
lated clubs overseas.
. The primary aim of the club move
: ment, Mrs. Sippel said, is improve
ment of the American home and of the
o youth of the ~nation-to help Ameri-
can ONE be better mothers and
wives and better citizens.
She asserted that the aim of club
work is to help women realize their
capabilities more fully and to de-
velop their powers on a broader scale
than has been conceived possible in
the past. Stressing the relation of
the club to the home. she said club
women today are not mere house.
keepers but home makers and that
i every movement of the general fed
Y Grafton and its allied units either
has had it's inspiration in the home
or has enter.d the home in some
manner.
Spirituality Is Needed
"A need of the present." said Mrs.
Sippel, sis to inject more spirituality
into life. If we are to be true to our
l. duty as mothers and to our nation
u as citizens, we must preserve the
heritage which has been handed down
n to US by our fathers. We must as
n sist our children to develop that re-
l. gard for law and order and for the
vs. religious principles which are the
foundation of all Christianity, which
t. constitute a part of the heritage Of
n every true American" She urged
= that parents, fathers as well rs
,e mothers, be encouraged to give their
children personal guidance in order
'e that the dreams Of parenthood might
be fulfilled.
'e Reviewing the work Of the various
federation departments, Mrs. Sippel
asserted that great strides had been
made, particularly in the department
of American homes and that, "a .
result of agitation by club women,
many homes now are better equipped
than formerly, giving the wives and
= mothers more leisure time in which
to cultivate the finer things Of life.
The development Of interest in rural
!, homes and the organization Of rural
y clubs has been especially rapid, she
y =. said. and the work now ID going for
= ward by leaps and bounds. She
e asked that North Dakota club women.
!. because of the rural character Of
q this state. take a special interest in
z this project.
Mrs. sippel expressed pride that
q the women's clubs federation always
70 has stood four-square for prohibi-
n ton and for its strict enforcement.
n The volume Of this support for the
= dry enactment. she said. may be
q. gagged from the fact that only II
X women opposed it at the recent con-
j vention in Denver while more than
81 1000 supported it.
er Seek Lies Enrichment
Touching on the relations Of WON
ems clubs to the public 1T large
e and to other organizations, Mrs. Sip.
pei said the main object, in the final
analysis, is the enrichment Of life
through a better adjustment Of hu-
man relations.
Mrs. Sippel was the sixth speaker
= on the opening convention program
Us held in the house chamber at III
N state capitol building. Among oh
ers were Attorney General James
ne Morris. who welcomed the delegates
N for the state; Mayor A. p. Lenhart
ne who spoke for the city: Dr.. Fannie
Dunn Quain, speaking for the clubs
ne Of Bismarck, and Mrs. James Fl
rs Cooper. Courtenay, who welcomed
er the visitors on behalf o& the club
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