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Show WOMEN PROVIDE FUND FOR SOLDIERS HOT SPRINGS, Ark., April 30. That the sum of $100,000 has been made available avail-able through the efforts of the General Federation of Women's clubs for the establishment es-tablishment of a furlough home for soldiers sol-diers in France, was announced tonight by officials of the federation, prior to the opening' here of the fourteenth biennial convention. The biennial was formally opened here this evening with addresses by Gov. Charles H. Brough, of Arkansas, and Mrs. Jessie B. Harper, Mrs. H. C. Gibson and Mrs. M. G. Thompson, of the Arkansas federation. The response was made by Mrs. Josiah JSvans Cowles, of Los Angeles, An-geles, Cal., president, A military pageant, in which Major General Gen-eral Sturgis, of Camp Pike; Governor Brough and a number of . British and French officers participated, marked the opening ceremonial. |