The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-05-21
CLUB CHATTER
By BESS M. WILSON

Something more for club women and other
organized women to think about! The 1921 leg
islature, the first to meet after women gained
the franchise, passed bills making laws Of all
items Of welfare legislation suggested by the
state League Of Women Voters and supported by
S.ner organizations of women. 1t hasn't happen
ed since! The 1881 legislature gave the women
just one of, the many items sought Men have
ceased to be afraid of the women vote" and be-
cause women have failed to use the weapon put
into their hands, they are not making their work
with the law workers as effective as they might.
This Is an age of specialization. If there is
danger threatening the Federation of Women's
Clubs as even friends of that federation say
there is, it is quite probably because the organ
ization is touching too many subjects, and real
ly dealing forcefully with none of them.
There are still q lot Of departments and di-
visions in the federation which are brought out
of their cotton wool only for patitudinous reports
at the annual meeting. Any newspaper person
who tries to get lineup on the work of some
of the departments during the year finds that
there has been just nothing done. But the re-
ports continue to be voluminous and wordy.
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There was time when the federation office
sought the woman. Not any more. We now
have the thrill of seeing one or two or three OF
the candidates for the state presidency appear
at the district conventions and 1ectioneer' right
valiantly on their own behalf all through the
meetings. Maybe it will get votes, but in sew
eral conventions it has proved rather unpopu-
lar gesture.
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No finer work has been done by the Mime.
sofa Federation of Women's Clubs than that done
among the Indians of Minnesota-real construc
tive, helping hand sort of things. Mrs. DAME
Coonan started it and it has been carried along
by others, finding its present advocate in Mis-.
Kern Bayliss of Minneapolis. When Miss Bay
liss speaks at the meeting of the Second Distric
Clubbers she will have some interesting and help
! full things to tell
It is a second district girl who is doing he
bit to bring up the future generation of club VIC
men by giving to junior clubs a courtesy code an
|; making contest out of it. Among the rules in
cluded are: answer letters promptly; pay due
promptly: stop talking when meeting begin
and refrain from whispering during the pro
: gram: have respect for time limits; keep you
appointments If Virginia Berry of Mapleto
ever succeeds in making the next generation abid
by such rules, we are going to come back fror
J the other world and stick around. Such club VIC
linen will make earth heaven enough for us!
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Maybe its just as true now as when Lincol
first said it that IA house divided against itsel
j. cannot stand" If it is, Minneapolis is bound
q come cropper in the fall election OF presider
!, for the state federation. With two able wome
lin the field, both with STRONG followings local.
: and out in the state, it would appear that tn
stage is all nicely set to divide the vote ths
f the third candidate, who comes from the nv
!, town down the river may be elected. It is ais
E Irumored that "dark horse" is even now IN prt
: Icess Of being groomed But club runors are ~