Show U CLUB WOMEN V ENTER NIR NIRON ON CLOSING WEEK OF oi fEDERATION MEETING Great Divergence of OpinIon Opinion Opinion ion Regarding Question of Equal Suffrage SAN FRANCISCO July 1 Before Before the tho chairman's gavel fell ten today toda In the big pavilion where tho the General Federation of Women's Women Clubs of ot the tho United Stat States Is holding Its biennial sessions a very busy time was In prospect for the delegates who ho entered upon the last lut week of ot their sessions Proposed revision lelon of ot the bylaws nomination nomi nation of ot candidates the election eJection of ot officers of ot- of- of leers and po possibly the question of or equal suffrage will be the main even events Tho The first of these will come como before the convention convention con con- when the report of or tho the council Is made on Tuesday morning the second IOn on Wednesday and the third In tho the afternoon of the same day da There is a great divergence enco of ot opinion regarding regarding- tho the advisability l of bringing the question of or suffrage e to the fore tore many of ot tho the delegates deles Inclining to the belief that a discussion might be precipitated that would rive tho the prevailing harmon harmony Some of tho the Texas and southern Cal Call Call- women omen it is said wd are eager e to force a showing of ot hands by the tho Introduction Introduction Intro Intro- of at the subject from the floor of the convention con The matter has not been brought before tho the board which would probably quiet quietly but effectually squelch the vexing question FIght for tor President Goes On The Tho contest for tho the presidency In sue sue- cession to Mrs Philip N. N Moore of ot St. St Louls I goes blithely on Tho The friends of ot Mr Mrs Philip Carpenter of ot New York and of ot Mrs Percy V. V of ot Austin Texas who are the only two candidates who have havo so far appeared In the tha field arc are busy day and night buttonholing the delegates and Insistently pleading their cause couso Saturday was wa-s certainly Penny Penny- backer backeT da day when hen the rex vas Texas as candidate blazed Mazed in the limelight ht In making her re re- port as chairman of ot the field endowment committee following which and tho the pleas picas for tor generous and speedy action a frenzy of ot enthusiasm swept the gathering and more mora than was subscribed to tho the endowment fund within a few tew minutes The friends and supporters of ot Mrs made the most of at the oc oc oc- casion Then rhen the supporters of Mrs Carpenter arranged an informal reception that was held lucId at her hotel last night and ond attended by many delegates who were Importuned to give their votes to the New York can What hat tho the outcome a of tho the election Is Impossible to forecast as SA both sides ar are refusing to publish estimates of ot stat federations which they have set down In Ln their candidates candidates' column Unlike Un Un- like flke the time Baltimore convention there Is no talk of ot a hark horse Bay State Candidate The Theo Massachusetts delegation is pressing the candidacy of Miss Georgia A. A Bacon of ot Worcester Mass laHs for first or second vice president Miss Bacon Is Is' a prominent club woman in the bay state and for three years was president of oC tho the state federation Iowa will a advance ance the claims claim of ot Mrs B. B B. B Clark of ot Red RedOak Oak la Ia for treasurer and the Iowa delegates are aro expressing some pome hope hOle of ot success but It Is doubtful If It any can candidate can con succeed 5 Mrs irs John of or Oklahoma the incumbent An exhibit of ot maps reaps and photographs was as ono one of th thA features marked for tor the session of the department of conservation toda today There were ad addresses ren a on forestry on the work of the women's river river- and harbor congress on the conservation of soIl noil good g roads and betterment of farm Carm conditions The meeting was waR in charge charge- of or Mrs Emmons Crocker of Fitchburg Mass Mas t and Miss Myra I L. L Dock of ot Phila Phila- delphia A At t the afternoon session the department department depart depart- ment of art W was 8 the feature Mrs E Everett Erett rett W. W Patterson of ot St. St Louis LOllis as an chairman chair chair- man had charge chant Health topics and so social so- so cial dat hygiene ne and pure pur food will have their Innings Inning tonight Mrs Ir S S. S S. S Crockett of ot Nashville Tenn will preside at the tho session still BUn another attends attend to the placing of health exhibits and ana directs the health lecture Jecture courses This last work Ork is especially especially es es- es tax taxing It includes providing audiences with lecturers and lecturers with audiences audience One committee has lias collected d a health library of practical value which is available t to anyone desiring de do- siring it and another has organized and andis andis andis is looking after an increasing number of ot keep keen well Wen cub clubs in the factories and nd work workshops hoP I. which are a special effort effort ef ef effort fort of tho the Tennessee TennesS e. e Federation of Women's Women s Clubs The crusade crusado is m sweeping over OTer the country and the tho club women a are fe In Sun San Francisco helping it and several say sev eral other other citi cities an equally vigorous campaign is 18 being waged 3 ed against rats In several towns in New ow Jersey Jorsey the club women are arc demonstrating the fact tut that even oven tho the u Jersey J e ey skeeter skeet cannot I withstand their united warfare While the mosquito warfare is is 15 barely begun hegira I th them thoro ro is little doubt of the final conquest conquest con con- quest of pest The board of health of Montclair N. N J. J J.- J. has a recently passed an ordinance providing pro fine of 10 a da day to the owner of ot any arty property providing a breeding place for or mosquitoes mos mos- and the tho club dub women are planning planning plan plan- ning a vi vigilant JaD campal campaign n i in quest of improperly drained land and ata stagnant nt pools that may Po produce wrigglers Tho health a activities of tho women's omens clubs include many things not yet made public as well wen as every cry known know effort to promote tho the health conditions of community any Experiments are arc constantly being made Dade i in the individual ual uni clubs which if successful will win be bo to the great eat presented international organization or in iii order that the benefits benefit b ble may be as widely d distributed as a POS Tomorrow WOMEN'S CLUB WORK WO VIL In VIL-In In Forestry and aM |