The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-05-04
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ADDRESS GIVEN BY
MRS. WIN. WARREN
AT WOMAN'S CLUB
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Woman's Club. at the meeting
held on Tuesday afternoon:
Another club year draws to a
close and / stand before you as
your retiring president with a
heart filled with gratitude for the
splendid spirit of cooperation
which the members have shown
during the past year.
ut is with deep regret, that be-
| cause of illness, / have been UNI
able to perform the duties of my
office. These. however, have been
shouldered courageously by the
members of my official family, the
chairman of departments and
committees and by members who
have been active in the work of
our organization. To each one of
you ! am very deeply grateful.
When | think of the splendid
way in which you have all carried
on, am reminded of the story of
an old doctor, who, in addressing
the nurses being graduated from
their training school, said: Young
women, the human family is di-
vided into two classes, leaners'
and filters. You belong to the
latter class. Live up to your re-
sponsibilties.' And so it is thus
that / think of the members of the
Woman's Club, as Filters in the
community. They endure the dis
cipiline of the upward and onward
climb, cheerfully bearing all pri-
vations f going without in order
that others may have. They are at
the beck and call of the needy
day and night. relieving want and
suffering whenever possible.
This has beeen difficult year
for all Of us, know, but let us
not lose sight of the fact that
while we have lost many of the
| things that we live on, we have
lost none of the things that we
live for. Love and faith, courage
and sympathy and a desire to
serve. are all still alive in the
hearts of men and women. In my
mind the secret of happiness and
contentment lies in service. It has
been said that work is the Mother
of Happiness and that happiness
is the Child of WEAKNESS from
Work. We are all laborers to-
gether. Parents. teachers, club
members with one common goal,
the betterment and uplifting of
the community in which we live.
And let us not forget one very
important fact--that regardless of
what clubs or societies we may be
members of, we are not serving
any individuals. We are serving
our organizations and through
Inem our community.
81 have found great happiness
in the work of the Woman's Club
and have learned to know and to
appreciate the splendid group of
women who have been my co-work-I
ers. ] have gained clever under
standing of the words Of our
| beautiful Club Prayer and / have
tried to instill in my heart those
j last lines: 80 Lord God, let me not
forget to be kind
Zone of my most earnest de-
sires is that each one of you may
find that some happiness in help
ing to carry on the work which
we are now doing and any that we
may undertake in the future.
i Surely there must be some branch
of club work which interest YOU,
so that with your help we may
work harder and more earnestly
than ever, and then | believe that
we viii all say with the great
Philips Br0OkS.
This truth comes to us more
and more the longer we live
| that on what field or in what uni-
/ form or with what aims, we do our
duty--matter very little, or even
what our duty is. great or small.
/ splendid or ohscureonly to find
lonr duty certainly, and somewhere.
somehow to do it faithfully, makes
us good, strong, happy and useful
men and women and tunes our
lives into some feeble echo Of the
/ life of God.
And now a dream comes true,
that Of placing the gayel, the
symbol OF leadership. into the
/ hands OF one who feel sure will
uphold the ideals Of the Key West
! woman's Club 10 the best Of her
ability. One whose interest and
| loyalty in club work no one can
ever doubt. She has been q mem-
! her and conscientious worker for
many years. serving IN every Of
flee of the club except recording
secretary. For four years she
served as treasurer. then - cor
responding secretary and for the
past year as first vice president.
/ need not tell you how splendid
Ii she has carried on the work Of
this office, you must have seen
Tor yourselves. While she enjoys
the distinction at being the young
eSs club member ever 10 hold the
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