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GREENSBORO, N. C. PAGE SEVEN Notes About Club Need Of Rural Club. As a remit of the picnic two weeks ago given by the Jamestown Civic Club, MIbb Annie Lee Rankin, who organized that club In connection with her work In the county schools, has been asked to organize clubs at Colfax and Brown Summit. This goes to show an awakening Interest in rural community work, for which there is Just now a dis tinct need along lines calculated to promote social life in the country. !These straws, indicating the direc tion of pu'bllc sentiment though at present but a gentle breeze are es pecially gratifying to the editor of this page, for the reason that she has stressed this point in all of her ap peals for organization and for a county federation of women's clubs. The rural free delivery of mail, the rural telephone lines and other mod ern conveniences, while apparently lndispenslble in our Twentieth Cen tury existence, have the effect, In the country as in the city, of discourag ing social visiting and keeping us too much to ourselves, too wholly absorb ed with our own pursuits. A lack of social advantages and wholesome recreation has more to do with driv ing young people from the farm Into the towns and cities than all other agencies combined, and the question of making rural life attractive is an economic problem which community clubs can go a long way towards solv ing. , The community club, to be a suc cess, must not only devote itself to means and measures for promoting physical cleanliness and beauty, but it muBt provide wholesome amuse ment for the young men and women who need the stimulus of frequent contact, of social intercourse and in formal discussion of public questions in which they, along with the rest of the civilized world, are Interested and on which they should be inform ed. And for the members themselves the tamers ana momers ui i bright boys and girls who are to take thoiv niinu after fpw fleeting vears. and on whose shoulders will rest the responsibilities of state and nation the rural club Is "the door of Op portunity" through which they can enter the larger sphere of service to themselves and to their families. The Wadnnini, (nfliipfwefi- the enlarged vision, the grasp on things hitherto Illusive, all summed up in me iwu words "self development," are worth many times the price In time and en ergy expended. Wonderful, the difference in the view point of the chronic stay-at- hntna an1 tha hllQV hannV fOfflmUD- UWUI wuu uw " . ity worker who feels that her re sponsibility as an individual does not end at her own yard gate but who has something to contribute to the comfort and nappiness 01 ner neiga-wnndarfiil- the difference In community spirit where the club has brought together contending fac- tUnl anrf ,nnfontratari effort fOF a common cause wonderful wnai one mum nv wnTYinn run fin iur n. ubiku- borhood by simply having the people meet ana tain tnings over. W?a an crlnil that CnXtaX ft Till BrOWn Summit ara entngr to oreanlze elad to see the sentiment growing. We would like to see every rural school house in Guilford county a civic cen ter in the broadest sense of the word, and the rural teacher Is the lTl.ot leorlar Mlu Rankin Is dOltltT a great work, not only among the children but for the mothers. She is on tne ngni iraca Bno me oraer cm of the county should give her their most earnest and loyal support. Revive The Quadrille. x At the recent Biennial in Chica go the club women of America pledg ed themselves to discourage" immod esty in dress and . all ..demoralizing tendencies of the modern dance. With this resolution went a recommenda tion for the revival and popularizing ha nlrl reels anil nnadrillee those beautifulgraceful old dances from which our grand-mothers em- araroA as nhnftte An Diana. We would like to see North Caro lina, which has led in so many move ments for moral uplift and educa tional greatness, lead In this revival of the old rasnion oance. as a miu- iutar nnr.fi remarkarl In OUT DresenCe. it is as natural for young people to want to be in motion as for-other young animals to ' romp and - play. There must be some vent for surplus energy and animal spirits, ana Keep Ing time to music Is the natural ex pression of the normal child. -Tha WAV to tret rid of the oWec tionable features of the modern rinnce lii to substitute something that la decent and entertaining. If proper amusements properly chaper oned are not provided, the Improper are sure to be patronized. It was a wise recommendation on the part of the General Federation of Women's Clubs to revive the old -time reel and hllftdrllle a Practical way of settling a big question with which press and pulpit have for a . long time wresuea in vain. a . Charlotte's Play Grounds. Charlotte is .preparing to open real city play ground, with profes sional director, soon after the open ing of the city schools. - This great accomplishment- baa been . brought about by the interest and activity of the Park and ' Play Ground Associa tion, made tip of leading men and women of the Queen City, who ap predate the Importance of intelligent play, under . proper direction and discipline, as the best possible train ing for youthful minds and muscles forces for great good or great evil when left to their own guidance.. Charlotte is doing what every town that ever expects to- become a city should do, In securing play ground room before all the available space Is taken up. , The opening exercises are to be attended with appropriate exercises, and Charlotte club women are re joicing over the anticipated realiza tion of at least one of their long ed creams. A Page For Women, Edited by Mrs. I'rogress In Pitt County. The people of Pitt county are de manding a whole time health officer that is, some of the people. Peo ple who have watched the improve ment in sanitary conditions and the appreciable lowering of the. death rate In counties where a competent physician devotes his entire time to the prevention and Btamplng out of communicable diseases, people who bave studied the question from an economic as well as from a human itarian standpoint, realize that the health of its citizenship is a state or nation's most valuable asset, and that If the whole time health officer In each county saves, directly or In directly, the life of one average man or woman, he has earned his salary in dollars and cents, to say nothing of the suffering he has saved and how much he has added to the com fort and happiness of the commun ity. The movement in Pitt, like most all good movements these days, is led by the club women, Mrs. Mark H. Quinerly, president of the End of the Century Club and chairman 01 Health in the State Federation, be ing especially anxious that her home county fall into line with the ten or twelve other North Carolina coun ties where the plan is being most successfully carried out. She recent ly addressed a letter to the Board of County Commissioners urging the adoption of this system, pointing out the fact that ignorance is little short of a crime with present opportunities for enlightenment, and that the nrst step in any permanent reform Is to leave no excuse for ignorance. Guilford county, North Carolina. enjoys the distinction of being the flrst county in the South to employ a whole time health officer. Perhaps that accounts for the fact that Gull ford was able to present two perfect babies In the Better Baby contest last fall, and a number of others who were exceptionally fine specimens of the genus homo. In recognition of the One work done by Dr. XV. M. Jones, who has so ably filled that position in Gull ford for several years past, the wo man a Club of Greensboro designated bim as the proper person to be in charge of the Better Baby contest to be held in October during the week of the Central Carolina Fair. The marked improvement in health conditions all over Guilford county since the present system was put in operation, is an illustration of what it means to treat the health question in a practical way, and one to which Guilford can point with pride. We are glad to see the club women of Pitt active In demanding similar provisions for their county and sua gest that clubs in all counties where whole time officers have not yet been appointed to get busy and arouse public sentiment to a vense of re sponsibility for this grievous sin of omission. ; .. As An Advertisement. "Woman Suffrage is the biggest press agent there is," said the real estate man from the West. "It puts towns on the map. Whenever a wo man's convention is held in a town, nowadays, the world learns to know about the town as it never did be fore. And more than one town in California has reported its population Just doubled since the women were enfranchised. How came it? Sim ply because the suffrage press bu reaus all over the country got busy, Real estate agents and railroads have spent hundreds of thousands of dol lars to advertise the climatic, scenic, and commercial values of Seattle, but when the women by their votes recalled the mayor of that city, the name of Seattle rang all the way round the earth, and they ' gave it more publicity than any amount of paid advertising could have done. If you want to put your unheard-of hamlet on the map, Just you nego tiate with the suffragists. They will fix you all right." North Carolina Composers. To the music departments of the North Carolina women's clubshas come the suggestion to devote one entire program to patriotic music. This leads Mrs. Finger, in the Char lotte Observer, to remind her read ers that: v ;( "Mrs. Mary Speed Mercer's Unit ed' was honored by an orchestration by Sousa and has been very popular with the D. A. K. and tne unuaren of the Republic, having been played and sung frequently at the National and State Congresses. "Miss Janie Alexander Patterson of Concord, a member of the Char lotte Woman's Club and several times a winner of prizes in the State Feder ation musical composition contest, is the composer of the "Mecklenburg March" written in honor of the Mecklenburg Independence signed at Charlotte. The march is catchy and lends itself well for parade or pa triotic occasion as well as th'e other general purposes of march time mus ic. Miss Patterson's songs are pos sibly better known than the march mentioned and she is a musical com- poser with the teal musical concep tion of thougnt ana expression 01 feeling and her work In that line is of great promise for higher develop ment. Mrs. A. D. GiascocK nas plac ed her adopted State under lasting obligation by setting H. E. Harmon's poem "Carolina Hills" to music. The combination of poetic sentiment and musical expression is very happy. The South Carolina Federation with the permission of Mrs. Glascock has adopted it as their State sbng. Mr. Harmon though at present an Atlanta man was born In the Palmetto State. Mrs. Glascock Is head of the music department of the Charlotte wom an's Club and has done much , to further the cause of good music and an elevated public taste for music in the Queen City." - - - - .. Women Mrs. Philip Carpenter Mrs. Philip Carpenter, of New York, prominent as woman lawyer and active club woman, Is a leading spirit in all progressive movements in the Empire State. Mrs. Carpenter came Into nation al fame when she ran against Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, of Texas, for the presidency of the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs at the Biennial in San Francisco in 1912. In that memorable contest Mrs. William Todd Helmuth, the distin guished pioneer club worker of New York, acted as campaign manager for Mrs. Carpenter; and the election was one of the most exciting in the history of the General Federation. Mrs. Llnicle Writes. As some confusion has arisen as to the names, titles and relationships of the single men, I should like to clear it up by stating in the first place that I claim. relationship to all three of them, when they do or say anything especially good or timely. I did not hear Dr. Walter L.'s ad dress at Montreat but I am willing to stand for it Just the same. If he touched on any of the many phases of woman's activities in these days, I am quite sure he stood true to the colors, for we have thrashed out all these topics together. This is the Dr, Lingle of Union Theological Seminary fame. The oldest brother, Wm. H for many years missionary In China, met me on thd pier in New York tne last time I re turned from Europe, and helped me and my children through the custom bouse ordeal. Of course I have a very tender feeling for this brother, and anything he says about the re vival' of chivalry and old time cour tesy toward the 20th century woman Is all right. The youngest brother is Thos. N., the original Dr. Lingle, of Davidson College. It is true because he was called back to serve his alma mater and his state, that I am here among you and have adopted "the sprig of pine with the cone, the fruit of the pine tree" as my emblem. The unity of the three branches of the family was not expressed by our all summering in the same place. In fact it took three big summer as semblies to accommodate us. The Virginia brand stood by Montreat, the missionaries at home on a fur lough took a cottage at Northfield, Mass., and Chattauqua has proved good enough for me. My husband chose something more exciting, and after a very pleasant month in the French provinces, he now finds him self marooned in Nice. Cablegrams and letters long delayed on the way announce that he and his party are very delightfully located in this fam ous and beautiful seashore resort, and are watching the great tragedy being enacted in Europe as from a nrst floor box. : Aside from having their move ments somewhat circumscribed, be ing separated from part of : their baggage, and knowing that their re turn passage tickets are worthless, the party seems well contented. For amusement they go swimming at the bathing hour with other American refugees. In the blue waters of the Medlteranean, or they ride that won derful corniche road as far Monte Carlo now enjoying a long Sabbath day's rest. Why not let It and all other, gambling dens open only for some better purpose when the new peace finally spreads its blessed, healing wings over the sad, sore earth? Off the coast of Villa Franche they eaten a glimpse of the great game that is being played on the sea as when some French warship hauls in a uerman vessel as its prey. The best sight that greets him is the stars and stripes waving above two battleships of our own navy, an chored In the harbor. Reassured by tnis ana by the kindly advice of th American Consul, they have hopes o' getting back very Boon to the "land of the free and the home of thr brave." Clara S. Lingle. Chautauqua, N. T. Woman's Club Of Murphy. The Woman's Club of Murphy, Mrs. Lucretla Phillips Klnsey, pres ident, is one of the clubs which has not taken a vacation but which has done some of its best work especial ly in the civic department, during the summer months.- Not feeling the necessity for leaving home in search of scenery and climate, as is the case with some of their less fortunate co workers in localities not so favored by Nature, they have been content to improve tne golden, hours y en hancing the attractions of their home town, the park, or public , square, having received a large share of their attention. In this .park the club proposes to erect a marble fountain with figure of an Indian chief as a memorial to the Cherokee Indians as a distinct people. The fountain is Planned to cost about 2,200 and to be of historical value. Liberal con tributions have already been made and the club gives twice each month a silver tea tor the purpose of adding to the monument fund. ei;.'.. . . ,i . ,4, . ..M.-...i...i4!iipni'.j I iP 1 ' ' - States- am Jijj-im of North Al Fairbrother. The Jewish Wife. Referring to the fact that the Lord Chief Justice of Engliind owes his success to the Inspiration and en couragement of. a wife who under stood his character and capabilities better than he understood himself, the Christian Standard pays the fol lowing deserved tribute to the Jew ish wife and to women In general: 'It seems a peculiar coincidence that while a persecution of the Jews which reminds one of the early Mid dle Ages is going on in Russia, over in Great Britain a Jew has been ele vated to the highest judicial posi tion in the gift of the nation. Sir RufiiB Isaacs is the lirst Israelite to become Lord Chief Justice of Eng land, and his success has been al most phenomenal, even barring the question of his race and li is religion. It is a striking characteristic of his brilliant career that It began with his studying law at the persuasion of his wife after he had signally failed botn as a sailor and as a broker. He Is not the first great man who has owed success to the foresight and wisdom of the woman who was will ing to sink both name and Identity in those of her husband. The son of Erin who remarked that he. would not be surprised if in the end the greatest men in the world should turn out to be women was not far wrong. When the influence of moth er and wife is subtracted from the average man's credit column there isn t enough left to worrv over. No deed of heroism in recent years has matched the exhibition of quiet courage and devotion displayed by the wife of Straus when the "Titan ic" went down in the Atlantic over two years ago. Mrs. Straus, like Lady Isaacs, was a descendant of De borah and Miriam and Judith." Better Baby Contest. The Woman's Club of Greensboro is busy getting ready for the Better Baby contest to be held during fair features of the Central Carolina Fair, week as one of the most attractive features of the Central Carolina Fair. Ample accommodations for moth ers and babies have been provided by the Fair Association and exam inations will be made under much more favorable conditions than last year. These examinations will be under the direction of Dr. W. M Jones, health officer for Guilford county, assisted by city and county physicians, a number of trained nurses and a committee from the Woman s Club. Besides 125 to be given In Prizes by the Central Carolina Fair Asso ciation, silver cups have been donat ed by the following organizations and individuals: Merchants' Association, two cups; Meyer's department store. one cup; the Woman's Club, one cup; Mrs. K. L. Justice, one cud: Mrs.' W. D. McAdoo, one cup; Mrs. i!-. sternoerger, one cup; Mrs. R. D. Douglas, one cup; Mrs. Bernard Cone, one cup. Babies over one and under three years may be entered for this con test by sending a postal card to Dr. w. m. Jones, Greensboro, stating wnat day the baby will be at the Fair Grounds. The contest will not be' restricted to Guilford county, as it was last year, but will be open to the entire state, and mothers are urged to make their entries earlv In connection with the contest a fund will be raised by the Woman's Club to aid in supplying proper nourisnment lor babies whose par ents are unable to provide for them. Club Commandments, At a delightful board luncheon recently given by Mrs.- Henry A White, president of the High Point Woman's club, the place cards were yellow parchment rolls, tied with white ribbon the club colors on which were inscribed ten club com. mandments: : 1. Thou shalt have no other clubs before this one. z. i nou snait not worship any raise thing.- a. jiememoer tny ciud engage ment. 4. Honor thy club sisters. - 5. Thou shalt not murder the King's English. 6. Thou shalt not covet thy sis ter's fine feathers. 7. Thou shalt be prepared for roll can. 8. Thou shalt not at the eleventh hour begin to hunt material for thy paper. 9. Thou shalt not speak In meet ing when thy sister has the floor. 10. Thou shalt diligently keep these commandments so that thy club days be lengthened and thy fame spread unto the uttermost parts oi ciuoaom. Woman For Lieutenant Governor. 7 Helen K. Williams,' republican, is candidate for lieutenant governor of California. Mrs. Williams is editor of the Woman Citizen and is highly endorsed by leading men of the state. Among other good measures to which she Is pledged, are: "To reform conditions in State Prisons and for the Honor System. "To the establishment of schools at State Prisons for the education of youthful prisoners. "The securing of legislation pro moting the welfare of women and children. .: . "To the most economical adminis tration of the affairs of the State and to promote the best interests of : Judge Gavin w. Craig of the Su perior Court of Los Angeles and can didate on the Republican ticket for presiding Justice of the District Court of Appeals, referring to her candidacy, says: "There is no real reason why a woman should not be a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor and no reason why she should not be elected to it. And less reason why, if elected, the proper woman should not make Just as able an official lh that office as any man." - Carolina Organized Community In Sampson. A practical experiment in commun ity organization, is being successful ly carried out In Sampson county, with the village of Sa!oi,.l)iirg as the civic, social, educational and relig ious center. The plan grew out of the demand for better rural conditions in all parts of North Carolina, and at a conference held last November with State Supterintendent Joyner, educa tional leaders decided to test the practicability of the scheme. Miss Lula M. Cttssidy, supervisor or Rural SchoolB In Sampson county, after watching the progress of the movement, writes In the News and Observer Interestingly and at some length of Its success. The League," she says, "has been at work for four months, 'developing the resources of soil, of home, of manhood, and of womanhood.' The most active agents in this work are L)r. John Collinson and Mr. J. T. Tre- gellas, who were located In this com munity by Rockefeller Sanitary Com mission and the State Hoard of Health to make a sanitary survey of the entire district (which comprises about twenty-five square miles) and to eradicate all preventable diseases. From the middle of April to the first of August these health oflicers visit ed and inspected every home in the district, wrote into their records a complete health history of every in dividual for three generations. 'The housekeepers of Salemburg are organized into a strong Matron's Club, which is doing very significant work in the way of promoting home industries, household management, and general uplift work. The entire membership Is divided into several working committees, each of which is visiting every home in its section of the community for the purpose of soliciting co-operation of every fam ily in the health campaign, and these committees are systematically caring for the sick and suffering in their re spective territories. Very recently the Woman s Club has organized the young ladies of Salemburg into a branch club, the prime purpose of which is to promote the cultural side of life, and to co-operate with the older Woman's Club in its efforts to establish a community library. It is expected that the young ladies will in turn lend their Influence and aid to the young girls, who have a very in teresting Industrial club. The women bave caught the vision and have gone aoout tnetr part of the work in a way that must give back results. "The young men have built a ten nis court, organized a baseball team and also a local band, which will soon be in shape to furnish creditable mus ic for the public gatherings in the community. The social life of Salem burg has been greatly stimulated by the general quickening of community life and the young people are con stantly making opportunities to enjoy lire through wholesome and innocent means. "In every phase of the organization one can see the quickening of life, and the current of civilization, which has always been more or less dammed up in Salemburg, as in all other rural sections of the South, has broken through the confining bounds of lo cal traditions, customs, and self-con tent, and has become a freely flowing stream which is carrying the most of the barriers beyond the border, and is flooding the community with new ideas and activities. Every chan nel of activity and development is operating under the auspices of the Community League, and the success of the experiment is already assured, although the work which has been begun will require not months but years for complete development." Farm Women Organizing. Texas is to have a woman's farm organization, the first of its kind in the south The United States Cen sus report for 1910 discloses the fact that nearly two millions of wo men are engaged in agriculture. Many of these are widows who suc cessfully manage farms and in some cases perform all the duties attend ant ploughing, reaping and care of live-stock. While these efficient wo men are contributing to the food sup ply of the nation, are bearing their share of taxes to support the Gov ernment, and raising families, in ev ery southern State they are classed politically with the idiots. Insane, paupers and disfranchised negroes. The Latest War Song. Mrs. Richard Baxter Hester, a pro fessional pianist of Raleigh, has written a new war song which is be ing favorably received and of which the following is the opening verse: "Do you see those flaming headlines? Have you got the war news scare? Far across the seas a rumble, War on land and sea and air. Ain't you glad that we're not in it, And I hope we won't begin it, Ain't you glad we're free today In the good old U. S. A.? Ain't you glad? Tou bet I am, I belong to Uncle Sam. An appeal to save wild birds, which are being rapidly destroyed by hunt ers for milliners, was made by speak ers 'before .the conservation commit tee of the General Federation of Wo men's Clubs, at the recent Biennial meeting In Chicago. No resolutions were adopted, but it was the general sentiment that women should refuse to wear stuffed birds or feathers In their hats. - ' In Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Ida bo, California, Washington, Oregon,. Kansas, Arisona and Alaska women have full suffrage. In Illinois women vote upon practically all Questions, except for members of the State Leg islature. This means that In the next presidential election nearly four mil lions of women will be enabled to voice their preference tor the presi dent of the United States, and may be a determining party factor. -' .11 Huntley-Stockton '"Hill Company UNDERTAKERS. . August Will lie Bargain Month Everything in summer goods and many staple articles greatly re duced. We take this method to re duce our stock before inventory tak ing which will begin September 1st. J. M. Hendrix & Company THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES 2i!3 South Elm Street. Greensboro, N. C. BIG REDUCTION SALE ALL SUMMER MILLINERY AT HALF PRICE TO MAKE ROOM FOR FALL GOODS. MISS LEAN N A CURTIS 121 X. Elm Sreet. OUR FALL STYLES Are Now Here. See the latest : in COAT SUITS For the coming season at ELLIS, STONE &G0. 0X10 For the Complexion. "GET IT AT O DELL'S" QUALiTY FIRST 1 "jiiTl"""" Odell Hardware Company COOLING - REFRESHING STCULATLNG A dslizhtful (Izrz? In iced I " LOOKFCSTE3 ""' L $12.50 For this large oak library table with four magazine racks and writing desk In the center. 45 Inches long and finished Early English, Fumed and Golden Oak. DR. J. W. TAYLOR. Fitting Glasses a npeclalty. Itelief or no pay. Office 504 lianner Blilg. Office phone Vi&t. Residence phone 1010, Let Me Write Your Next Fire Insurance Policy. I represent many com panics and can give yon absolute protection. I have served the people of Greensboro and Gall ford for many years In this line. The farmer should always have fire protection. Come see and let me explain cost what you should have. R. G. GLENN Guilford Hotel Building, Sycamore Entrance. COMPLETE LTNE OF Good Watches, Jewelry, Silverware and Diamonds All at Lowest Prices SCHIFFMAN JEWELRY CO. 806 8. Elm St, Greensboro SOAP All Druggists Sell It MID-SUMMER REDUCTION 25 Per Cent On all Gurney Refrigerators and Ice Boxes. We make this special oiler at this season so as to make ream in our ware house tor incoming fall, and winter goods.
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