Show min M LM 0 M nil 0 mum ra R I 1 4 mv I 1 F ig W I 1 0 I 1 I 1 X ii N C 41 vy national foun ci elation allon tilt elie of the I 1 latest or ot of the newly enfranchised sex no it a ease case of 0 piling ussa ossa on Peli rellon till at least its organizers and promoters say my it isn t they say it ill not trend tread on the toes of the general I of Wo clubs or of the national league of women voters or of the national comans womans party or of the xa ka canal council of women or any of other national I 1 organizations its going to be aC according COrdIn g to its officers the servant of fill all the entities representing women put iut a little differently ferent ly the hie foundation Is to be an organization whose sole purpose Is 13 to le be the furtherance of if all that Is of interest to women and will the national Wolli comans womans alls fo foundation n liae licit headquarters di carters in washington it mill in fact it bas already ready ai this headquarters Is descried as tile hie lovely covely old dean place tin an old mansion surrounded by nearly ten acres of trees rind irid lawns lanns a beautiful but deserted garden spot in the heart of wa iiii hing ton lon they say tie price to lie be paid Is a million dollars or so all and d the first has been made the women nonien are in possession and the foundation Is already functioning in a tent ithe athe sort bolt of way hut but this million nill llon dollars Is but n drop lu it the bucket and the hie bucket Is to be it twelve melve quart affair and lull full to tile bilm there are to be a club home a guest house or womans comans hotel un nit andl lum an in opera house a sylvan tleater tor for pageants etc etc how flow contes all this well voll its this way the idea originated alth mrs C C calhoun and the elie sus sas lois liis l of aut its genesis it first suF suggested sled itself to tile me at the alie democratic Dems cratic cola convention bention ut or sill francisco I 1 hud gone one out merely us as B n slid and with cry attle litter eai in frage bui huf I 1 was reamed lit in lou tanu tana and I 1 confess to still nursing the old traditions of the south as to men net doing ding the work and the big things and diun confining their influence to the lowe and community ks s tile the convention progressed my ebes e eg mere opened I 1 was simply at the speeches made by the women they gjere were by tar far the most forceful and inspiring talks I 1 heard and when I 1 saw how tile men treated them every prejudice I 1 lad been harboring was its overturned it looks as it if women are going to make pretty good national helpmates help bell mates lules 1 I but muke make touch bet ter il if their acidities atles are arc centralized and ali they have tile right sort bort of leadership need help to do tills this an ali all the way uny across the continent a plin was formulating in my mind aleby I 1 could aid at least the sondern ern women later when I 1 was asked by the lie luen representing the southern com congress to become president presed chit gei general erni of their won lonians womans ians auxiliary it fivel led to ghe just the impetus i ceeil fe eil for at once I 1 saw in it au all 1 op I I liquidly for organizing the women of tile hie sixteen tron southern states aay A ay iy not estal offish far for tilen a dearins dearing house at tile the national capital atre atre representatives could come on 11 k 11 a r 0 or X el 0 matters of interest and work as nn all organized unit with our efforts concentrated cent rated in one central place we could do a million times tile amount of evoi k that detH elied clubs could do working orling u separately tin the idea when licit suggested proved such it n popular one that I 1 wits was approached pro proa ached died by organizations of women omel ll lit in the lie north rt questing that it br be made a national movement instead of being confined to the south tit ilir foundation will be a 8 clearing house for the nations housekeepers governed us its a democracy it will have no purpose of its own except to further aj the purposes of forward look ing women and wonie ns organizations it will be divorced front froin factional 1 ln aa of tiny any kind and furnish a neutral ground on oil which to work out No mans viewpoint dew point on national and world quest questions ons affecting the common weal the foundation will be very careful to avold duplication of tic work being done toy by other established agencies it will not liter tere for instance e with the aik oik of if tile the lied cross but vil will ill try to ini lin civic conditions in small towns by working for better and general health and recreation facilities lit in homely hol liely lau language guage women Ao ilien need a switching bi ba rd for ther the interchange of fit idea and dia a 11 0 n of fiort on oil their infinito ly larioza interests te Le tile most ital problem oroliu ni facing the sex on oil the threshold of its new en it demor Is how to take stock of lisel itself L f liow how to find the full measure of its ie ic sources anil and nino nin rhul tio strength of its collective intelligence the building of the alie foundation Is elaborate it lill gins with the election of a bluh till hume beautiful as a te demille mille in which till all organizations desiring headquarters in washington will be to reserve space in conjunction with the club finiw a guest house or domans womans hotel will be bulu bul U so unit members viti vitiating ting lit in Wasl may secure delightful it nc coment at moderate an nor normous auditorium Is with angs holding committee rooms tit t it r club members lecture rooms end ball rooms an opera houst will ile ie built tind leased to american opert companies there will lie ito it sylvan theater for pageants and every modern facility tor for indoor and outdoor and health lic alth exercise plans are also completed for the Prec erection tion of a stately hall ball to be known as the hall of 0 in this liall hall will he be fifty coil columns colun luns ns voil which lell will lie be with tile lie leg of the women contributing most of tile the ills history of their 1 respective state or ter AM t I 1 to 4 i I 1 NIM V acl lop TW citory these women will be chosen by a special commission for cach state all pointed by the lie governor and ain final judgment on hi the names selected passed rn in ly by it linclon al body of four or fhe 11 9 distinguished educators and historians thi the hags ut of all states will nili be hung lit in tills ball which will be placed in a temple of triumph on the dome doine 0 of tile ilie temple will ill tie be it a figure of woman triumphant holding aloft in fit one liand band the torch of life and in the other oilier the ilia scholl of knowledge tin the program of the foundation includes furtherance of the education ol of women in their civil rights anil and duties us its citizens liy by giving and rec receiving elving instruction st lit in history chias adz and all 11 other branches helpful to good citizenship tile maintenance of a hallowd lureau ut of club information which will vill I 1 ie e pic pared at all times to furnish d dua aa organized women bomena j tie activities tivi tivit ties les of any type or locality the issuing of a bulletin of foundation progress of governmental ution action al and kd plans for chic betterment and of alt all ites hens calculated to leep keep tile the women of today well ell Ili informed formed on these pro I 1 lems the fostering of social latar curses ili coment lons ft runis I 1 lie be adrania chamber chai uber music und tind bilins llie ilie boldn of a on eera important question quention tile the hole elbare of womanhood woman hoid in order to make known the lie consensus of wont wom ens opinions fit 1 ii anctil aid to inove inona for civic itt A milking fund will aill lie be created readied said 1 bield eld its is a 1 tn en ac konwent doN went ta tiie interest eom this fund aill lie available aall uble for use upon the seli belt action of if ahe ten acre million dollar property twenty twi nty it Is stated pledged money to bind biml tile purchase among the women mentioned in connection with the foundation are mr mis john hays hammond sirs mrs J borden nils mis harriet taylor L upton mrs george barnett klarnett all end mrs anvid wood park flirk and many other oilier persons an advisory adI sory boerl of bat ikels and other business men iris iota to weigh and report upon all matters mattera of finance |