National Association Notes 1897 - 1902, 1904 National Association Notes. VOL. 1. TUSKEGEE, ALA., MAY 15, 1897. NO. 2 A PLANTATION CHRISTENING. Last Tuesday, a party of teachers went out to the plantation ten miles away where is being conducted lessons in Home making for the plantation women and their children The purpose of this visit was the christening of a little baby boy who has lately come into the home of one the women. The naming of the baby was left with Miss Elizabeth Lane, who assists Mrs. Washington in her work with the people in that section of the country. After much discussion as to whether the baby should be called Booker Washington Campbell, or Francis Grimke Campbell ; Mrs. Washington objecting to the baby being named after Mr. Washington, it was decided to call it Frances Grimke after Dr. Frances Grimke of Washington, D. C. The wife of our physician gave the baby its christening dress; Mrs. Logan furnished the under clothes. They are the only white garments the little one owns. (real white) We dressed the baby in its new white dress, called the father and the other children from the field where they had gone to work and begun the service. Our resident physician acted as cup bearer; Rev. Mr. Bedford of Ill. baptised the baby while Mrs. Washington acted as God mother. This is the seventh baby in this family and is the first one to receive a christian baptism. It would have done one good to have seen the father, children, grand mother just as they had left their hoe and plow come in and take their places near the mother who wore a beaming face because she felt that some body was interested in her and hers. Before we left, the name Francis Grimke was written on a placard and handed to the parents neither of whom can read. The mother repeated the name of the baby several times and promised to call is Francis not Frank. Charging the father with the great responsibility of the development of this boy Grimke ; we said good bye to them all and wended our way back to Tuskegee A MISSION COOKING CLASS. In connection with the work among the town and county women of Tuskegee, the patient desire for a kitchen, fitted up for the practical use of the women and girls, was fulfilled last fall. One of the two rented rooms was set aside for this purpose. Stove, cooking utensils and dishes were donated by Northern friends. Two dry-goods boxes were turned on end, shelves put in and then painted. Curtains of white domestic were drawn across the front of each, and one box used as a closet for dishes, the other for tins, iron and earthen ware. Hereafter the manner of all cook- ing classes of the period ; two divisions were formed. There were nine young women in each, meeting twice a week, securing eight lessons per month—one class alternating with (Continued on 3rd page.) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. ------------------ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. Published Semi-Monthly, at Tuskegee, Ala. ------------------- MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL, - Pres. NRS. VICTORIA EARL MATTHEWS, National Organizer ------------------- MRS. B. T. WASHINGTON, EDITOR. Chairman Executive Committee. -------------------- Entered in the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala. as Second-Class Mail Matter. ----------------------- TUSKEGEE, ALA., MAY 15, 1897. ---------------------- A list of subjects to be discussed will be forwarded to you at an early date. Since the future plans and policy of the Association will be largely determined by our first conference, great care should be exercised in selecting your representatives. The Y. P. S. C. E. Association has, for the first time in its history, invited an Afro-American woman to speak at its annual National Convention in San Francisco, July, 1897. It is an honor to us that the woman chosen to represent us is Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews. The first Convention of the National Association of Colored Women will be held in Nashville, Tenn., September 15, 16 and 17, 1897. You and your society are earnestly requested by the National President and the National Executive Board, to send delegates to this Convention, as it is essential that each organization have a voice in transacting the important business that must come before it. We are grateful for the interest which many of our best men are showing in regard to the work being done by woman for woman. In all reforms, great or small, man and woman must stand together. This is not woman's battle alone. Those who expect to attend the Convention, which meets in Nashville September 15, 16 an 17, will please notify Mrs. Eugene Harris, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn , Secretary of the Phillis Wheatly Club of that city, who has in hand the location of delegates. I have already organized one Club, which I hope will be strong enough to connect itself with the National Association very soon. The aim of this Club is the care of destitute children. I hope to secure the Yazoo Reading Circle. I am leaving no stone unturned to reach the hearts of the women in the State of Mississippi. LIZZIE C. WILLIAMS. Yazoo City, Miss. -------------- I am doing what I can for the success of woman's work. MARY V. COOK KANE. Spring, Ky. ------------------------- HOME INFLUENCES AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE. ------------ That the homes of a people determine, to a great extent, the character and destiny of that people, is a truism too generally admitted for argument. Channing calls home "the chief school of human nature," and so eminent an authority as Herbert Spencer says, "The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society." The progress of the colored people can be assured only as their NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. homes are improved. Unfortunately the efforts of the schools are counteracted, in a large measure, by the influence of these homes. As long as this state of affairs lasts there will not only be retardment of growth, but, in many cases, there will be actual retrogression. The work of the school must be supplemented by the work of the home. In considering, then, how the 8,000,000, colored people of this country may be helped to a higher civilization, an important phase, of the subject is the condition of their homes. It is obvious to the most casual observer that the average Afro-American has a poor foundation for a home; for, while the house is not the home it is an important part of it, a veritable SINE QUA NON. This disadvantage, like many others, may be traced to disabilities growing out of his past bondage. Slavery was a poor training place for the making of homes. It did not give the thrift, economy, and good management which enable the posessor to make the best of very poor circumstances, and it left its victim without anything he could call his own and so surrounded that it is, in many localities, extremely difficult for him to acquire anything. That the Negro does not, in most cases, own the hut he calls home, is often more his misfortune than his fault. What can be done to remedy this state of affairs? How can these people be helped to improve their homes? Send missionary teachers among them, -- earnest, whole-souled, self- sacrificing workers who will not be satisfied with simply teaching in their school-rooms the learning of the books, but who will go in and out among the families and teach the men and women how to better their homes, how to raise the tone of their domestic life. Give them a higher type of ministers, -- men of intelligence who will awaken thought and arouse the people to an intellectual life; men upright and fearless, who are themselves pure and are not afraid to preach purity, who will not, for the sake of gift or gain, pander to the weaknesses of parishioners. ---------- (Continued from 1st page) the other, and securing four lessons in housekeeping, etc., and four in the actual work of cooking good, wholesome food. A graduate of Tuskegee Normal School donated one dollar to purchase material for the use of the class in its first lesson, but finding that a flour-sifter, a small pan and a bowl were needed, fifty cents were disposed of in this way, while the remainder was spent in purchasing milk, yeast, butter, eggs, salt and a small quantity of lard. From these eighty-five cents were realized in the sale of baked custards, bringing twenty-five cents, and bread and rolls sixty; a clear gain of thirty- five cents. A part of this was expended for the next week's work, and so it has continued for six months. Sometimes sales were not easily made, but lunches were put up, orders were sent in from time to time and the net proceeds from the sale of food, simply prepared, has mounted to $7.51 (seven dollars and fifty-one cents.) Five dollars and thirteen cents ($5.13) were paid out for raw material and other small articles needed in the work, thus leaving one dollar and seventy-one cents ($1.71) to begin cooking classes another year. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. NAMES OF THE CLUBS OF THE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. ALABAMA. Eufaula Women's Club. Greensboro Woman's Mutual Benefit Society. Montgomery Sojourner Truth Club. Montgomery Woman's Club. Mt. Meigs Woman's Club. Selma Women's Club. Tuskegee-Notasulga Women's Club CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Woman's Club. NORTH CAROLINA. Biddle University Club. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston Woman's League. Charleston W. C. T. U. GEORGIA. Atlanta Woman's Club. Columbus Douglas Sewing Circle. ILLINOIS. Chicago, Ida B. Wells Club Chicago, Phyllis Wheatley Club. KANSAS Lawrence, Sierra Leone Club. LOUISIANA New Orleans, Phyllis Wheatiey Club. MASSACHUSETTS. Boston Women's Era Club. Boston Lend-a-Hand Club. Boston Eemale Bedevolent Firm. Boston E. M. Fhomas Lee. Bostsn Calvory Circle. New Bedford, Woman's Loyal Union. Salem, Women's Protective Club. Cambridge, Golden Rule Club. Chelsea B. F. Tanner Club. MINNESOTA. Minneapolis, Ada Sweet Pioneer Club. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Twin City Woman's Era Club. St Paul, Woman's Loyal Union and John Brown Industrial Club. MISSOURI. Jefferson City Woman's Club. St. Louis, F. E. W. Harper League. St. Joseph, F. E. W. H. League. St. Louis Suffrage Club. St. Louis Phyllis Whealtley Club. NEW YORK. New York and Brooklon Woman's Loyal Union. New York Cleave Circle. Buffalo Woman's Club. Harlem Woman's Sympathetic Union Rochester Woman's Club. New York and Brooklyn W. A. A. U. KENTUCKY. Louisville Woman's Improvement Club. Echstein Daisy Club, Cane Spring. NEBRASKA Omaha Woman's Club. PENNSYLVANIA. Pittsburg and Alleghany F. E. W. H. League. RHODE ISLAND. Newport Woman's League. Providence Working Woman's League. TENNESSEE. Knoxville Woman's Mutual Improvement Club. Memphis Coterie Migratory Assembly. Memphis Hook's School Association Phillip Wheeley, Nashville. Jackson Woman's Club. VIRGINIA Woman's League of Roanoke. Richmond Woman's League. Cappahoosie Gloucester A. and I. School. Urbanna Club. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington, D. C. Ladies Auxiliary Committee. Washington League Washington, Lucy Thurman W. C. T. U. WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling Woman's Fortnightly Club. National Association Notes. VOL. 1 TUSKEGEE, ALA., JUNE 15, 1897. No. 3 AN AFTERNOON WITH THE BOSTON WOMAN'S ERA CLUB. Last Monday afternoon in the vestry of Charles Street church was held the last literary meeting for the year of the Boston Woman's era Club. A pleasant gathering it was A large number of bright earnest women were present and several ministers of the city were also in. A paper was read by Mrs. Baldwin who was one of the foremost workers in the National Congress of mothers held recently in Washington. She spoke on the important subject "Child study as the mother sees it." The members of the club took up the subject after the speaker had taken her seat and discussed it in a most practical and profitable manner. Mrs. Booker T. Washington who was present, spoke briefly of the mother's conferences which are being begun all through the South and which are doing incalculable good for all women. After the program had been carried out, the ladies and their guests sat over their social cup of Russian tea and chatted of other things than woman's rights. The Era Club is interested in the Convention which meets in Nashville Sept. 15, 16 and 17 and is now planning to send its delegates. The President of The Woman's Era Club is the woman who in 1895 called the women together in National Convention. Mrs Ruffin herself hopes to be able to attend the convention in Sept. No woman in this country is more thoroughly aroused over the needs of women than Mrs. Ruffin. SOME OF THE CONVENTION SPEAKERS. The following are some of the women who will speak at the convention in September. Others will be secured later on. Mrs. B. K. Bruce, of Washington, D. C., the president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of that city and a woman who for many years has led in the uplift of the lowly. Mrs. H. T. Johnson, of Montgomery, Ala., who is the first woman to pass the State examination to practice medicine in the state of Alabama and perhaps in the far South. Miss Cornelia Bowen of Waugh, Ala., who is a wise champion of the plantation woman and whose Alma Mater it is said: "That if she had never graduated another student, her reputation is secure, through Miss Bowen." Mrs. Laura Titus, of Norfolk, Va., who has taken up the Mother's Meetings in that city and pushed them with an energy and vigor not felt before. Mrs. Anthony, of Jefferson City, Mo., who was one of the most prominent women in the first National Convention held in Boston in '95. Mrs. Anthony was the honored treasurer of the National Federation of Afro-American women and has worked hard for many years in the cause of Temperance. National Association Notes. Published Semi-Monthly, at Tuskegee, Ala. President, MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL, 1936 4th St., N.W., Washington, D. C. National Organizer, MRS. VICTORIA EARL MATTHEWS, 33 Poplar St., Brooklyn, New York. Corresponding Secretary, MISS VICTORIA TOMPKINS, 1363 Kennesaw Ave., Washington, D. C. Chairman Executive Committee, MRS. B. T. WASHINGTON, EDITOR, Tuskegee, Alabama. The first Convention of the National Association of Colored Women will be held at Nashville, Tenn. September 15, 16 and 17 1897. Those who expect attend the Convention, which meets in Nashville September, 15, 16 and 17, will please notify Mrs. Eugene Harris, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., Secretary of the Phyliss Wheatley Club of that city, who has in hand the location of delegates. A list of subjects to be discussed will be forwarded to you at an early date. You and your society are earnestly requested by the National President and the National Executive Board to send delegates to the Convention, as it is essential that each organization have a voice in transacting the important business that must come before it. What we need most is practical work for the women and children. Keep them busy and you will have little trouble. The Kansan City League is doing a splendid work. Its departments of work are: Music for Children, Band of Mercy, and Sewing Classes. Now is the time to select delgates for National Association of Colored Women which meets in Nashville, Sept. 15, 16, and 17. No woman is working harder to make the coming convention a success than Miss Lizzie Williams of Greenville, Miss. Miss Williams was at the Convention in Washington last year and showed by her spirit that she was woman of business. She is quite a young woman but her earnestness makes you feel that she is less young. We have a great cause for which to fight, and for the cause of woman and home we need more of our younger women. The Ladies of Auxiliary of Washington, D. C., of which Mrs. B. K. Bruce is president, is thoroughly interested in the coming convention which meets in Nashville, Sept 15, 16 and 17, and requests that a copy of "National Association Notes." be sent to each member of hte Auciliary the membership of which is forty-five Signed by the Secretary. NOTICE The Annual Tax of $5.00 to conduct the business of the Association is to be forwarded to our National Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Frisbee Handy 1341 N. Carey St., Baltimore, Md. No entrace fee is demanded but his tax must be paid so that the work may go on. Mrs. M. E. King, of Raleigh, N C., writes that they will have delegates at the Convention. Let every club do the same. We cannot afford to dispense with any delegate. A Mother's Conference in Raleigh, N. C. has just closed its annual meeting. "The need of a parents' organization," "How may parents secure and hold the confidence of their children?," "At what age should young people enter society?," How children are taught vanity, falsehoods, selfishness, dishonesty, and other vices in the home," and other subjects were discussed at this annual meeting and all of the parents went to their homes feelings benefited by such a meeting. Such a Conference should be held in every community. Let the women who are teachers see to it that such organizations be begun. Many teachers claim that they can not do work outside of the school room. We acknowledge that there is enough in the class room to keep the teachers busy but at the same time it it is necessary not only for the teacher herself to do something aside from what she does in the class room which should be her aim to have her pupils do something for others. It gives all new vigor and strength for their class room. The teachers at Tuskegee this year have all done more than in any previous yea to help the boys and girls, the men and women the children of all ages and thus they themselves have been helped. A business men's Club was organized in the town of Tuskegee by two of the lady teachers and many of the gentlemen teachers came in as members and helped on the work. It was the aim of this organization to instruct and inform the men who who any sort of business in the town. There are several blacksmiths, one tinsmith, three shoemakers, four grocer men, two tailors, one dyers and cleaner, one marketman and others who cam into the meeting. Papers bearing on these industries were secured and read and discussed and when the year closed the feeling was that it had just begun ; next fall we hope to begin this work along with other work there in Tuskegee, thus having nine months for the work. This sort of organization is needed in every town where there are colored business men and they are everywhere in the South even though they have not great buildings and big signs. Perhaps if such organizations were carried on by the teachers, and lady teachers can do this as well as men, larger buildings and bigger signs might appear. Mrs Selena Butler, of Atlanta, Ga. and the wife of one of the most successful physician's in Atlanta, will be at the Convention which meets in Nashville in September. Mrs. Butler from the beginning of organization among colored women has been in the front. She has been energetic and willing to make any sacrifice for the success of the work. She is not one of those who say "I can not afford the expense. I can not ride on a Jim Crow car to get there." How many more such women like this one do we need? Many! Mrs. Butler makes a study of the treatment of colored women and girls who are in the jails and in the chain gangs in the South. She does not turn aside from her working exclaiming: O, I cannot touch such a subject. It makes me shudder! She is not made up of tnis sort of material. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. NAMES OF THE CLUBS OF THE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. ALABAMA. Eufaula Women's Club. Greensboro Woman's Mutual Benefit Society. Montgomery Sojourner Truth Club. Montgomery Woman's Club. Mt. Meigs Woman's Club. Selma Woman's Club. Tuskegee Woman's Club. Tuskegee-Notasulga Woman's Club CALIFORNIA Los Angelos Woman's Club. NORTH CAROLINA. Biddle University Club. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston Woman's League. Charleston W. C. T. U. GEORGIA. Atlanta Woman's Club. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Macon, Ga. Columbus Douglas Sewing Circle. ILLINOIS. Chicago, Ida B. Wells Club. Chicago, Phyllis Wheatley Club. KANSAS Lawrence, Sierra Leone Club. LOUISIANA. New Orleans, Phyllis Wheatley Club. MASSACHUSSETS. Boston Women's Era Club. Boston Lend-a-Hand Club. Boston Female Benevolent Firm. Boston E. M. Thomas Lee. Boston Calvary Circle. New Bedford, Woman's Loyal Union. Salem, Woman's Protective Club. Cambridge, Golden Rule Club. Chelsea B. T. Tanner Club. MINNESOTA. Minneapolis, Ada Sweet Pioneer Club. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Twin City Woman's Era Club. St. Paul, Woman's Loyal Union and John Brown Industrial Club. MISSOURI. Jefferson City Woman's Club. St. Louis F. E. W. Harper League. St. Joseph F. E. W H. League. St. Louis Suffrage Club. St. Louis Phyllis Wheatley Club. Kansas City League. NEW YORK. New York and Brooklon Woman's Loyal Union. New York Cleave Circle. Buffalo Woman's Club. Harlem Woman's Sympathetic Union. Rochester Woman's Club. New York and Brooklyn W. A. A. U. KENTUCKY. Louisville Woman's Improvement Club. Echstein Daisy Club, Cane Spring. NEBRASKA. Omaha Woman's Club. PENNSYLVANIA. Pittsburg and Alleghany F. E. W. H. League. Woman's Loyal Union, Alleghany Co., Pa. RHODE ISLAND Newport Woman's League. Providence Working Woman's League TENNESSEE. Knoxville Woman's Mutual Improvement Club. Memphis Coterie Migratory Assembly. Memphis Hook's School Association Phylis Wheatley, Nashville. Jackson Woman's Club. VIRGINIA Woman's League of Roanoke. Richmond Woman's League. Cappahoosic Gloucester A and I. School. Urbanna Club. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington. D. C. Ladies Auxiliary Committee. Washington League Washington, Lucy Thurman W. C. T. U. WEST VIRGINIA. Wheeling Woman's Fortnightly Club. National Association Notes. Vol. 1. TUSKEGEE, ALA.. SEPTEMBER 1897., No. 7 PROGRAM OF MEETING OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. Wednesday, Sept. 15th. Morning Session, 9 to 12:30 o'clock: Devotional Exercises. Introductory Remarks. Presentation of Credentials. Appointment of Committees. Reports of Officers. Address of Welcome. Response, Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. Reading of Minutes. Lunch 12:30 to 1:30 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 TO 5. Report of Committee on Constitution. Reports From Clubs. Reading of Minutes. EVENING SESSION, 8 O'CLOCK Reception given by Phyllis Wheatley Club to Delegates to the Committees. THURSDAY, SEPT. 16. Morning Session, 9 to 12:30 o'clock. Devotional Exercises. Discussion of the Constitution. Report of Club. Reading of Minutes. Lunch 12:30 to 1:30 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30 O'CLOCK. Paper--"Life in the South," Miss Lizzie C. Williams, Yazoo City, Miss. Paper--"Mothers' Influence," Miss Hellen Abbott, St. Louis, Mo. Chain Gang System, Discussion led by Mrs. Selena Butler, Atlanta, Ga. Separate Car Law, Discussion led by Mrs. Sylvania Williams, New Orleans, La., and Mrs. Sylvia M. Maples, Knoxville, Tenn. Lynch Law, General Discussion. Reading of Minutes. EVENING SESSION, 8 O'CLOCK. Music. Address by the President, Mrs. Mary Church-Terrell, Washington, D. C. Paper- "Great Deeds of John Brown," Mrs. T H.Lyles, Minneapolis, Minn. Paper-"A Few Observations in Passing," Mrs. Fannie J. Jackson, Kansas City, Mo. Music. Paper-"Causes of the Death Rate Amongst Colored People," Mrs. H L. Johnson, M. D., Montgomery, Ala. Announcements. FRIDAY, SEPT. 17. Morning Session, 9 to 12:30 o'clock. Devotional Exercises. Adoption of Constitution. Election of Officers. Reading of Minutes. Lunch from 12:30 to 1:30 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30 TO 5. What Should be Our Attitude Toward the Temperance Movement? Discussion led by Mrs. Lucy Thurman, Jackson, Mich. (CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.) National Association Notes Published Semi-Monthly, at Tuskegee, Ala. President MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL 1936 4th. St., Washington, D.C. Corresponding Sec y. MISS VICTORIA THOMPKINS 1363 Kennesaw Ave., Washington, D.C. Recording Sec. MISS ALICE RUTH MOORE 33 Poplar St., Brooklyn, N.Y. National Organizer MRS. VICTORIA MATHEWS. 33 Poplar St., Brooklyn, N.Y. National Treasurer. MRS. MARY FRISBEE HANDY 1341 N Cary St., Baltimore, MD. Chairman of Executive Com. MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Tuskegee, Ala. NOTICE! Do not delay sending the annual fee. Now is the time to send it in, so that we may be able to know our status. The Convention is to be held in the Howard Congregational Church which can be easily reached from all points of the city. Lunch will be served in the vestry of the church, so as to give the ladies an opportunity to meet and become acquainted with each other. Those who expect to attend the Convention, which meets in Nashville September 15, 16, and 17, will please notify Mrs. Eugene Harris, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., Chairman of reception committee of the Phyllis Wheatley club of that city, who has in hand the location of the delegates. Delegates to the convention will be entertained at the cheap rate of 75 cents per day; this includes room and board. Each delegate shall present to the credential committee her credentials as soon as possible after the opening of the convention. It is earnestly hoped that all will be in before 2 o'clock of the first day of the first session. The credentials must have the signatures of the president and secretary of the club. ATLANTA WOMAN'S CLUB Our club is alive to the interest of our women, our men, and our boys and girls some one of our number is found weekly in the wards of the city holding mothers' meetings. Onward! is the motto of the Atlanta Woman's Club. We expect to be well represented in the National Association which meets in Sept. How many others will follow the example of the Atlanta Women? READ! READ! This is the last issue of the NATIONAL NOTES before the convention. The A.M.E. Publishing House will be the Headquarters of the National Association of Colored Women during their convention which will be held Sept. 15, 16, and 17. All matters for the Association may be addressed to the above. It is earnestly hoped that each club will send delegates. Every club should feel it a privilege to have a say so in the management of the affairs of the convention. If however, this is impossible the club should send their report to be read and their fee of $5.00 to help carry on the work. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. All clubs who wish to keep up their membership must see that their annual fee of $5.00 is paid to the National Treasury before the convention. No club that has not paid its annual fee of five dollars will be allowed a vote in the Convention. There are important questions to be discussed, and every woman should feel it a duty to be there and be allowed a vote in the management of the Association. (CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE-) Need of Mothers' Meetings, Discussion led by Mrs. Thomas J. Calloway, Tuskegee, Ala The Responsibilities of Mothers in The Home Life. Discussion led by Mrs. Susan Adams, Boston. Frederick Douglass Monument Movement, Discussion led by Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, Rochester, N.Y. Should Afro-Americans Honor John Brown? Discussion led by Mrs. T.H. Lyles, Minneapolis, Minn Reading of Minutes. EVENING SESSION, 8 o'clock. Music. Paper-"Our National Association a Means of Development," Miss Mary V. Cook, Louisville, Ky. Paper-"Needs of Organized Effort Among our Women," Mrs. C.S. Smith, Nashville, Tenn. Music. Paper-"Individual Work for and by Women Along all Lines," Miss Cornelia Bowen, Mt. Meigs, Ala. Paper-"Women's Responsibility," Mrs. B.K. Bruce, Washington, D.C. Music. Reading of Minutes of Convention, Adjournment. NAMES OF THE CLUBS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. Alabama Eufaula Women's Club. Greensboro Women's Mutual Ben- fit Society. Montgomery Sojourner Truth Club. Montgomery Woman's Club. Mt. Meigs Woman's Club. Selma Woman's Club. Tuskegee Woman's Club. Tuskegee-Notasulga Woman's Club. Normal, Woman's Mutual Improvement Circle. ARKANSAS. Little Rock Woman's Club. CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Woman's Club. NORTH CAROLINA Biddle University Club. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston Woman's League. Charleston W.C.T.U. Abbeville Alliance COLORADO. Denver, The Woman's League. CONNECTICUT. Norwich, Rose of New England League. FLORIDA. Jacksonville, Woman's Christian Industrial and Protective Union Phyllis Wheatley Reading Circle. GEORGIA. Atlanta Woman's Club. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Macon, Ga. Columbus Douglas Reading Circle Augusta Woman's Protective Club. ILLINOIS Chicago, Ida B. Wells Club Chicago, Phyllis Wheatley Club Chicago, Woman's Civic League KANSAS Lawrence, Sierra Leone Club. KENTUCKY Louisville Woman's Improvement Club. Echstein Daisy Club, Cane Spring. LOUISIANA. New Orleans, Phyllis Wheatley Club. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. MASSACHUSETTS. Boston Woman's Era Club. Boston Lend-a-Hand Club. Boston Female Benevolent Firm. Boston E. M. Thomas Lee. Boston Calvary Circle. New Bedford, Woman's Loyal Union Salem, Woman's Protective Club. Cambridge, Golden Rule Club. Chelsea B. T. Tanner Club. New Bedford, St. Pierre Ruffin Club Cambridge, John Brown Association. MINNESOTA. Minneapolis, Ada Sweet Pioneer Club. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Twin City Woman's Era Club St Paul, Woman's Loyal Union and John Brown Industrial Club. MISSOURI. Jefferson City Woman's Club. St. Louis F. E. W. Harper League. St. Joseph F. E. W H. League. St. Louis Suffrage Club. St. Louis Phyllis Wheatley Club. St. Louis Woman's Club. St. Louis Married Ladies' Humble Club. Kansas City League. MICHIGAN. Detroit, The Woman's Club. Adrian, The Anna Murray Douglas. Dowigiac, The Lottie Wilson Jackson Kalamazoo, The Douglas Club. Battle Creek, The Sojourner Truth Club NEW YORK. New York and Brooklyn Woman's Loyal Union. New York Cleave Circle. Buffalo Woman's Club. Harlem Woman's Sympathetic Union. Rochester Woman's Club. New York and Brooklyn W. A. A. U. New York, Afro-American Union, NEBRASKA. Omaha Woman's Club. PENNSYLVANIA. Woman's Loyal Union, Pittsburg. Pittsburg and Alleghany F. E. W. H. League. OHIO. Toledo, Woman's Club. Toledo, The Lottie Wilson Jackson Club. PENNSYLVANIA. Pittsburg, Woman's Loyal Union Washington, Young Woman's 20th Century League. Philadelphia, Union Missionary Society, RHODE ISLAND. Newport Woman's League. Providence Working Woman's League Providence, Y . P . S. C., TENNESSEE. Knoxville Woman's Mutual Improvement Club. Memphis Coterie Migratory Assembly. Memphis Hook's School Association. Phyllis Wheatley, Nashville. Jackson Woman's Club. Jackson, W . C. T U Knoxville, Emily L. Austin Literary Circle. TEXAS. For Worth, Phyllis Wheatley Club VIRGINIA Woman's League of Roanoke. Richmond Woman's League. Cappahoosic Gloucester A. and I. School. Urbanna Club. Gloucester, Educational Club. Lynchburg, Woman's League. Lexington, Woman's Club. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington. D. C., Ladies Auxiliary Committee. Washington League Washington, Lucy Thurman W. C. T.U. Washington, D. C., Lincoln Memorial Temperance Union. WEST VIRGINIA. Wheeling Woman's Fortnightly Club. Harper's Ferry, Young Ladies Guild, (Storer College.) The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb." Vol. 2. Tuskegee, Ala., September, 1898. No. 4. REPORT OF THE WOMAN'S NEW CENTURY CLUB OF PROVI- DENCE. The actual work accomplished by the Woman's New Century Club during the seven months of its existence, has been really very little compared with what we hope and are planning to do in future. We would like to report to the Convention some of our plans of future work, but like dreams, they are so delusive, that we deem it best and most helpful to report simply what we have done and are doing. Our number was very small to begin with, but we are putting forth every effort to increase our membership. One encouraging feature is that nearly all of our women are active and interested in the work. Our experiences are, I presume, but repetitions of those of other clubs, in that we find it rather hard to impress women outside of our club with the importance of the work, and to inspire them to make an effort in behalf of humanity, outside the narrow limits of the church circles. As you already know, the end towards which we are aiming is to erect a building, but, in the meantime, we are bending our energies in the direction of industrial and race lines. So far, our industrial committee has only made efforts to raise money to begin work in the fall. We wrote two letters to Mrs. Baker, wife of the murdered postmaster, inquiring whether or not the government had in any way assisted her. After nearly two months delay, we received the following letter which we thought might be of interest to the Convention: CHARLESTON, S.C., June, 11, '98. Mrs. Dixon. --I write these few lines to inform you that I and my family are at Charleston. We have not as yet received anything from the government. We are just living on what little we can do and the charity of the people here. The government has promised to give me an amount of money, but it has not as yet. I am just trusting in God and doing the best I can. I am just waiting on the move of the government, hoping it will aid me at an early date. Yours, LAREMIE BAKER We have had the honor of organizing one club since the February Convention. One of the members of our society for two winters had charge of a Working Girl's Club in the city of Pawtucket. The work has progressed delightfully with the girls, but after learning of the work of our club, they concluded they wanted to do something for others, rather than receive all the benefits themselves; so the New Century was invited to organize them into a woman's club. The invitation we most heartily and cheerfully accepted, and we are proud to say the club is doing excellent work. Last month they gave a lawn party, from which they cleared $15.00 for their industrial work. A part of the money is to be paid on a sewing machine, which they are to send to a school in the State of Virginia. I think the New Century Club had better look to its laurals, or its child in club work may take them away. But I am glad to say we aim to do what we can for humanity, whether the end be reached directly or indirectly by us. And, if I may depart slightly from my report, let me say, it will be a glorious day for humanity, a glorious day for christianity, a glorious day for the race, when we have learned and teach the lesson of unselfishness; when our motto shall be, "The greatest good to the greatest number;" when we shall work for the sake of the cause, whether in return comes applause or derision, rather than for the glory and laudation. We have taken steps to represent our club in the Woman's Council of State. This is an organization made up of women from women's socities or club from all parts of the State. Unfortunately the Council has but one colored member, and that person represents the Union Missionary Society of our city. There is no doubt that we shall be enabled to do much for our race through the influence of this organization. Our Executive Committee has been instructed to visit all State and charitable institutions in the city, and report at the fall meeting. It is a question in our minds if the white and black receive the same treatment in institutions, when the free, independent man or woman is scarcely allowed to earn a livelihood by the side of the white man and woman. MARY E. JACKSON, 148 Dodge St., Providence, R.I. BOSTON, Aug. 9th, 1898. Mrs. President, Officers and Members of the New England Federation of Women's Clubs.--I bring you "greetings" from the Lend-a-Hand Circle of King's Daughters and Sons of Boston, and am pleased to submit to you the following report from August, 1897, to August, 1898: The field of usefulness open before us has been larger and wider, and as I think of what we have done and are still striving to do, an old familiar hymn comes to my mind, one verse of which I will quote: To the work? To the work, We are servants of God, Let us follow the path which our Master has [t????] With the balm of His counsel our strength to renew, Let us do with our might what our hands find to do. Toiling on, toiling on; let us hope and trust, Let us watch and pray and labor till the Master comes. We have only two means by which money is turned into our treasury; one by our monthly dues of 10 cents per member, the other by entertainments; but in spite of the fact that our treasury is seldom in a flourishing condition, owing to constant drafts being made upon it, we have been enabled to do quite a little charitable work. The amount contributed to charitable purposes has been $81.50; $52.20 to the St. Monica's Home for sick colored women; $5.00 to the Gordon Rest' a place in the suburbs where convalescents may go to regain health; $5.00 to the Floating Hospital, established that poor mothers with their sick babies might be benefftted by the sea breeze; $3.00 to make up balance of amount to purchase ticket for a sick young woman to return to her home in the South. The balance used in paying room rent for two persons, sick and without homes. The motto, "In union there is strength," holds good in many instances, and as there are seven Circles in our city, this Circle deemed it advisable to form a Union of the Circles, thus strengthening the work. A committee from this Circle was appointed, a meeting called and five Circles were represented. The Union was organized April 4th, 1898, under the name of "Union of Daughters and Sons of the King." We have an auxilary to our Circle, organized in May, 1898, and khown as the "Dandelion Club," composed of young misses whose ages range from 15 to 17 years. They are young in the cause of helping one another, but they have bright ideas, and in the fall they expect to work with a will along the same line as our Circle. Their first charitable donation was 50 cents for medicine. As the chapter in our history closes and another year begins, we feel encouraged to be true to our motto, which is: "To look up, and not down; to look forward, and not back; to look out, and not in, and to 'Lend-a-Hand.'" Respectfully submitted, G.G. CHEEKS, Sec'ty. MRS. H. SMITH, Leader. REPORT OF THE NEWPORT LEAGUE, The Newport League has held its regular monthly meetings, and we feel sure that the interest in the work is growing and our women are coming to understand and take up the work in a most practical and healthful way. Since February eighteen women have come into the League, and thus our number is swelling, We hope this means a redoubling of energy and strength for the work of the coming autumn and winter; at least, let us hope so. So often the question has been asked of us, "What are you women here in Newport doing? I don't see anything you've done." In April we rented a comfortable house, which is now open to women and children. It is intended to be as a Day Nursery for little folks and a lodging place for wosking girls and women. This will fill a much felt want. Our women have shown their big-heartedness by giving for return, crockery, table and bed linen to the Home. We held our first League meeting in the Home in May. How much more satisfactory it is to have a place of our own. We have held three entertainments there, all of which were successful. We are now on the outlook for a matron who will take permanent interest for the home, so that it will be safe for the homeless. Our League has, during the past few months, begun departmental work. No club can succeed, it seems to us, without its different departments. In February we formed a Sewing Circle. This has given us a practical term. We have made 24 garments, most of which have been readily put to use. Three children have been clothed by the Circle. These little ones were enabled to go to Sunday School through the efforts of the Sewing Circle. Our work, you see, is not only moral, but spiritual. A short while ago eighteen young women were formed into a department known as the Girls' Auxillary. These young women are active in telling facts relative to the race; they also do a great deal of work by interesting themselves in the wellfare of other girls. They have given one very successful entertainment, the proceeds of which were used in our several works. We are not boastful, but we are doing all we can for as many people as we can, and no member of the League regrets that she gives of her means, her time and her strength to help her sisters. ABOUT WOMEN Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's reminiscences, to be published soon, will be accompanied by a volume of her poems, partly selections from former collections and partly verses not before published. It is entitled "From Sunset Ridge; Poems Old and New." Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee has been appointed Surgeon in the army, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dr. Mc- Gee is the first woman Surgeon under the War department since the war with Spain. Now that the lines have slipped a bit, we hope there will be more to follow. Mrs. Martha McCullagh Williams, of New York, won the first prize of $300 in a short-story contest recently closed by the S.S. McClure syndicate. The scene of the story is in Tennessee, where much of the life of this writer has been passed. There were over 2,000 competitors, representing every State in the Union. The third prize, $100, also went to a wo- man, a Miss Hitt, of Nebraska. The University of Alabama is to have a woman's annex, and it has been named in honor of Miss Julia Tutwiler, who was mainly instrumental in obtaining the privileges of the State institution for girls. The annex is to be a residence set apart for the use of young ladies from a distance, who wish to take advantage of the opportunity for higher education. There will be a matron under whom the young ladies can do light housekeeping. Miss Tutwiler has been broad enough to take interest also in the development of the colored girls. The first Negro girl to be graduated from Radcliff College is Miss Alberta Scott, of Cambridge, who received her degree this year. Miss Scott was born in Virginia, but has had all of her educational training in Massachusetts schools. Now that she has completed her education in so far as college work is concerned, she expects to go South again to enter the field of teaching in some of the high schools for Negroes. It is said that all of Miss Scott's associations at Radcliff have been pleasant. She was generally liked by her classmates, and was a member of two college clubs. There have been three Negro women graduated from colleges for women in that State. Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont is said to be well versed in architecture and household decoration. Some of this knowledge Mrs. Belmont has applied to the building of her new house at Hampstead, Long Island. A barren waste of land has, under skilled direction, been transformed within a year into one of the most beautiful places to be found on that island, or indeed, in this country. She has personally superintended the laying out of her grounds, going out in all weathers, with high boots and a short gown. The only part of the house which, by authority in landscape gardening, is pronounced not entirely satisfactory, is that which she left to an artist. Sister Ellen Joseph, colored, an inmate of the Convent of St. Francis, Baltimore, Md., is the oldest nun in the United States, both in point of age and length of service. She is said to be 107 years old. When she first put on the habit of her order, the Obiate Sisters of Providence, sixty years ago, she was in the prime of life. She has been active in performing deeds of charity. Connected with the convent is an orphan asylum, in which there are about seventy-five little girls. Nobody has been more painstaking in the training of these children than Sister Ellen. She has been equally zealous in her deeds of charity outside the convent. For two years she has not left the building, and for some time before that she had not been able to take an active share in the duties of the community. Most of her time now is spent in a wheeled chair in her room. She has retained her faculties to the present. She was born a slave, but was given her freedom about 1827. DEAR MRS. WASHINGTON:-- Your letter has just been received. I am indeed pleased to know that the Executive Committee has decided to hold the next meeting of the National Association of Colored Women in our city. Arrangements for the meeting cannot be begun too soon. We must have a large and enthusiastic meeting. Let us all work to that end. I will do my best. I suppose you know that there is a feeling that the West is often left out. We have three clubs here in Chicago, and they each will do all they can to make the meeting a success. If there is anything which we can do to help on, let us know. Yours for women, L.A. DAVIS, 4858 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. My medicine for Rheuma[bis] M Terrell Mrs M. Church Terrell. 326-[JY]-St. N. W. The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb." Vol. 2. Tuskegee, Ala., January, 1899. No. 8 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to MRS. B. T. WASHINGTON, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. PRESIDENT.--Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 1963 Fourth St., N. W., Washington D. C. TREASURER.--Mrs. Josephine S. Yates, 2122 Tracey Ave., Kansas City, Mo. COR. SECT'Y.--Mrs. Victoria Thompkins, 1363 Kenesaw Avenue, Washington, D. C. REC. SECT'Y.--Mrs. C. E. Smith, A. M. E. Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn, VICE-PRESIDENT.--Mrs. B. K. Bruce, 2010 R St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 2d V.-PRESIDENT.--Mrs. Lucy Thurman, 774 W. Main St., Jackson, Mich. NATIONAL ORGANIZER.--Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N. Y. CHAM'N EXECUT'E COM.--Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. THREE THINGS, Remember, three things come not back; The arrow sent upon its track-- It will not swerve, it will not stay Its speed; it flies to wound or slay. The spoken word, so soon forgot By thee; but it has perished not; In other hearts 'tis living still, And doing work for good or ill, And the lost opportunity, That cometh back no more to thee. In vain thou weepest, in vain dost yearn. Those three will never more return. --From the Arabic. For The Association Notes. WHY WE NEED MONEY If any one were to ask me what the National Association of Colored Women needs more than anything else at present, I should say without hesitation, "Money." Many things we have, for which we are thankful; we have intelligent, earnest, large- hearted women, who are willing to give time, strength and money to advance the interests of the Association, which means the elevation of our race; we have a solid foundation on which to stand, and we have the good will of the best women in the country. For all this we are thankful. They are great blessings. But the need of money is just now so great that it is almost impossible to accomplish even a small portion of the work we have planned to do, without more funds. We should by all means send forth a National Kindergarten Organizer. This phase of work among our race is sadly neglected. The various reforms and charities with which we are all familiar, are prosecuted rigorously and continuously, as they should be, but work among the small children is going on slowly, if at all. If the National Association did nothing but arouse our sisters throughout the country to the necessity of providing for the education and civilization of the thousands of poor, neglected children who, without our aid, will remain in ignorance and be reared in crime, it would more than justify its existence as an organization. I believe the proposition to send forth a National Kindergarten Organizer will be favorably received by each and every woman in the Association. "But how are we going to raise the money to do it?" is the question that each one will ask herself and her neighbor. After discussing the pros and cons, counting up the travelling expenses; a big item alone; summing up the board bill and the necessary incidentals, we shall, many of us, shake our heads wisely, though sadly, and declare that it cannot be done. I believe it can. If we attempt to establish kindergartens in just a few sections where they are most needed, and confine our work entirely to that section for a whole year, or for a longer time if necessary, then gradually spread it as we can, we shall accomplish very much which, as colored women, we should do, but which we never shall do if we wait until we can begin on a larger scale. Our condition in this country is so perilous at present, our future must be worked out so wisely and strongly, that we should leave no stone unturned to make the men and women of the next generation, who are the children of to-day, as intelligent, as virtuous and as courageous as possible. The only way to reach young children before habits are formed, is through the kindergarten. All little folks, irrespective of conditions of race, need training that the kindergarten affords, but none so imperatively as the children of our own despised and persecuted people. How then shall we begin our work among the children? We are derelict in our duty if we fail to do this. How can funds be raised to send forth a kindergarten organizer? Let the various organizations of the Association answer these questions, each in its own way. Let us have the benefit of suggestions and plans as soon as possible. There are many fertile brains among us. Who will be the first to devise ways and means to do this work, which should appeal to us as colored women, above all others. * * * * * It will greatly oblige the Chairman of the Executive Committee and the President of the National Association, if the clubs who have not received THE ASSOCIATION NOTES will kindly inform us of this fact. Complaints of this kind have reached us from several sources, and if there are any more such cases, we want to know if immediately. It is needless to say that these omissions are accidental and not intentional. Women who are bound together to fulfill the high and holy mission to which we have pledged ourselves, should be too charitable and sensible to take offense at little omissions and mistakes which occur in all large organizations like ours, try as we may to avoid them. We are all busy women--the time of the majority of us is almost entirely consumed in caring for our children and keeping our homes. It takes a great deal of time to correspond with a large number of friends However much the officers may wish to [??]ite to all of the clubs, it will be impossible to reach every one except through THE NOTES. At our last meeting we urged each and every woman present to take THE NOTES for herself and her club, as the only possible means of communication with each other. Many have done so, but some have not. Let me urge each and every organization, each and every woman in it, to take THE NOTES and read it. If you do not get THE NOTES, let us know if by all means. We want to know the address of the secretary of each club. Please let us have it. From now on, as we prepare for our bi-ennial in Chicago, we shall want to talk with each other about many things of interest to us all, and we can do this only through THE NOTES. * * * * * * * * Let us begin now to plan for the success of our meeting next summer. Let each and every woman who can come, be there. Very few of us can [?????] to be present without making a sacrifice. It is worth while, though, both to the individual and to the Association. The inspiration one gets in a large gathering of women who are all interested in the same work, can be received in no other way. By some of our critics, whose only mission in life is to find fault with the real workers of the world, we are admonished to do less talking and more acting. That is good advice, I admit. But nothing was ever accomplished for humanity without careful planning and discussing the best means to attain the desired end. The women of the National Association need to confer about many things. "Two heads are better than one," everybody knows, and next summer in Chicago, two hundred heads will be much better than fifty. So let us have a large gathering from the four corners of the country. Let us have as many good plans and happy suggestions as our brains can devise, so that the best may be selected and acted upon. Let us hear, through THE NOTES and by letter, from every organization in the Association. It will encourage us all to greater effort. Nothing is more contagious than enthusiasm. Let those who think we have not done as much in the past as we could and should have done, tell us how to improve in the future. We are open to suggestions. MRS. M. C. TERRELL, 326 S. St, N. W., Washington, D. C. CHICAGO WOMEN. A number of ladies met at the home of Mrs. Ada Brown Stuart, 5248 Dearborn St., last Tuesday afternoon and organized a "Mothers' Club" for charitable work in the vicinity. Mrs. J. S. Tandy was elected President, Mrs. H. S. Anderson, Secretary and Mrs. Arthur Wells Treasurer.--Conservator. MAN SUFFRAGE Now this "New Man" of the day You will often hear him say: That for politics* he doesn't care a whit. But for justice and for right, He will work with all his might, And for what is said he cares not a little bit. But that's putting it quite strong, For we know 'twould not be long, When we once extend the suffrage unto all. In our senate chamber neat. They will quickly find a seat, Then good-bye to peace and order in the hall. In discussion and debate, And when feeling quite elate On some measure that was being ably led, On a point in much dispute, I am sure they'd not be mute, But would rise to rap the other fellow's head. Now among us women all When disputes arise at all, It is usually a war of words alone: And, if on occasions rare Are lost a few handsful of hair, What is that unto a head all brokened boned? I most willingly admit The these men of ready wit, Fill in life, a very large [and] useful sphere, As in fighting prairie [?] And in work that greatly tires, [?] clear. But in framing weighty laws, With appendage and with clause, And for "settin' on a conference" so high, Or on anything of note, Where the question goes to vote, Then I think that it is time to draw the line. But this turbulent "new man," Let him say just what he can, Is responsible for all this discontent, And I verily believe, In the mania to achieve, That to dress in furbelows they'll next attempt. But that matters very little, We care not a jot or tittle, How they part the hard, or wear the petticoat, Or on bicycle do ride With a lackie at their side. Or on the latest fashions kindly dote. At the feminine young man We can smile and let him plan, How the metamorphosis is best complete, But the man of means or note, Who imagines he must vote-- Powers defend us from misfortune so replete. --E. C. H., Edgley, N. D., in Western Womanhood. *Politics as usually understood, not the real article. ROYAL EYES. Cleopatra had large, deep-blue eyes. Frederick the Great had large blue eyes with the lustre of polished steel. The Emperor Nero was excessively near-sighted and used a small gem in the shape of a lens to see at a distance. Mary Stuart was not exactly cross-eyed, but one moved more than the other and gave the Queen that appearance. Elizabeth of English had clear liquid blue eyes and always glanced sideways at the person with whom she was conversing. [*To Be Returned to Mrs Terrell*] NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, JANUARY, 1899. JUDGE NOT. Judge not alone by what doth meet the eye, For much remains behind that passeth show; A noble soul in a hovel lie, A gorgeous flower within a desert blow; The lark, to whom the homeliest plumes are given, With sweetest music fills the vaults of heaven-- Judge not. Then since we may not judge by outward show The meaner objects that around we see, How may we, then, in truth presume to know The heart of man, God's greatest mystery? Till thou mayest know what storms have racked his breast, And fill thy brother's soul with wild unrest, Judge not. "Judge not, lest ye be judged." Oh! words of worth, Oh! golden rule, to man divinely given By Him who sojourned a while on earth, That He might ope for man the gates of heaven. Oh! sweet-voiced Charity, Oh! Love divine. This plea of pity in our hearts enshrine-- "Judge not." STRENGTH OF CHARACTER. Strength of character consists of two things- power of will and power of self-restraint. It requires two things, therefore, for its existence- strong feelings, and strong command over them. Now, it is here we make a great mistake; we mistake strong feelnigs for strong character. A man who bears all before him- before whose frown domestics tremble, and whose bursts of fury make the children of the household quake- because he has his own will obeyed, and his own way in all things, we call him a strong man. The truth is, that is the weak man; it is his passions that are strong; he, mastered by them, is weak. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he subdues, not by the power of those which subdue him. And hence, composure is very often the highest result of strength. Did we ever see a man receive a flagrant insult, and only grow a little pale, and then reply quietly? That is a man spiritually strong. Or did we ever see a man in ambush stand, as if carved out of solid rock, mastering himself? Or one bearing a hopeless daily trial remain silent, and never tell the world what cankered his home peace? That is strength. He who, with strong passions remain chaste; he who, keenly sensitive, with manly powers of indignation in him, can be provoked, and yet remain himself, and forgive- these are the strong ones, the spiritual heroes.- Selected. FITTED BY SUFFERING. Sufferer, it is possible that your suffering gives you opportunity and power to do work which no one else on earth can do. Call it not small, say not that you can do nothing. Peter was used to lead the multitudes to Christ, but Andrew of whom we read but little- his one trophy was Peter. Then remember, too, that God, who spends threescore years and ten often in making men fit for something, has some adequate service awaiting them when he has brought them to their best. Oh, Christian, who [??] mourning that because of suffering you can do so little for him, as you remember that usefulness must neither be measured by quantity nor limited by time, the vision of a new field of service for your Lord will open before you, and you will cry, "Blessed be God!" -Selected. WHAT A LITTLE GIRL DID. A little girl was passing an old prison in Chicago on her way to school, when she saw a hand beckoning from behind a cell window and heard a weary voice asking her to please bring him something to read. For many weeks after, she went to the prison every Sunday, carrying the poor prisoner a book to read from her father's library. At last, one day, she was called to his deathbed. "Little girl," said he, "you have saved my soul. Promise me that you will do all your life for the poor people of the prison what you have done for me." The little girl promised, and she kept her promise. Linda Gilbert had been all her life the steadfast friend of the prisoner. She has established good libraries in many prisons, and visited and helped hundreds of prisoners; and from the great number whom she has helped 600 are now, to her certain knowledge, leading honest lives. THE MORNING TOILET. The finest compliment we ever heard paid to a woman was by her husband, and he said in speaking of her: "We always think of her as a morning glory, because she looks so bright and cheery and pretty at the breakfast table." How many breakfast tables are presided over by women who make no effort to be dainty? The claim that household duties keep women from looking pretty in the morning is easily disproved, for in many a household where the lady gives a helping hand in the kitchen, a big apron will thoroughly protect her dress, and then, too, cooking, unless one makes it so, is never dirty work. That woman commits an error who looks uncared for and badly dressed in the morning. The other woman who wears any old thing to the breakfast table is also making a mistake, for that is the time when the men of the household ought to see a woman at her best, and not specially rely on her appearance in the evening, when the soft and charitable light of the gas will hide many defects. MISS WILLARD'S KINDNESS. A very pleasant story is contributed to the Washington Post about the kindness of Miss Frances E. Willard. When the great temperance leader lay dead in Chicago among the flowers near her was a bunch of violets from a Washington newspaper woman. "I never saw Miss Willard but once," said the newspaper woman to me, the day she sent the flowers. "It was in a western city. I was reporter on a local paper, discouraged, overworked, blue homesick, and altogether miserable, for I was only --well, I wasn't out of my teens, and I had been away from home only a few months. "Miss Willard came to the city to organize a W. C. T. U. chapter. I was sent to her hotel to ask her something impertinent. Miss Willard was ill, but sent word that I might come up. I found her sitting in an easy-chair, very pale, but very sweet. I had only begun to tell my errand when she rose and came toward me. She put her hands on my shoulders. "'Why, dearie,' she said, 'how tired you look! Take my chair, child!' "And I-well nobody had called me 'dearie' for so long, nobody called me 'child,' that I-well, I put my head on Frances Willards' shoulders and cried it all out. I had never seen her before. I have never seen her since, but for the memory of those few words I say, 'God bless Frances Willard.'" DONT'S Don't turn the corners. Don't keep books in damp places. Don't borrow books from private libraries. Don't wet your fingers when turning leaves. Don't leave a book "face down," i. e. open. Don't shut a book up with anything bigger than a narrow ribbon in it, Don't mark a book in any way unless it's your own. Don' scorn cheap books if you cannot afford better publications. Dou't scorn cheap books if you can afford better ones. Don't lend books. No one will treat your books as you yourself do it you love them. Don't increase the quantity of your books at the expense of quality in contents. Don't keep books on open shelves if you can avoid it. Don't forget that bookcases with dust-proof glass doors are best. Don't read too much. There is such a thing as book indigestion. Don't handle books carelessly. Treat them as if they were alive. Don't forget that good books are the best company in the world, if read understandingly and apprecatively. Don't buy new books until you are certain they are worth owning. Most new books that are published are never heard of after their first season, and are not worth having in one's private library. NAMES OF THE CLUBS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN ALABAMA. Eufaula Woman's Club. Greensboro Woman's Mutual Benefit Club. Montgomery Sojourner Truth Club. Montgomery Woman's Club. Mt. Meigs Woman's Club. Selma Woman's Club. Tuskegee Woman's Club. Tuskegee Notasulga Woman's Club. Birmingham Sojourner Club. Ladies' Auxiliary, Montgomery. Ten Times One, Montgomery. ARKANSAS. Little Rock Branch of National Association. Woman's Club. Little Rock. CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles Woman's Club. NORTH CAROLINA. Biddle University Club. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston Woman's League. Charleston W. C. T. U. COLORADO. Denver, The Woman's League. CONNECTICUT. Norwich, Rose of New England League. FLORIDA. Jacksonville Woman's Christian Industrial and Protective Union. The Phyllis Wheatley Chatauqua Circle Jacksonville. The Afro-American Woman's Club Jacksonville. GEORGIA. Atlanta Woman's Club. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Macon. Columbus, Douglass Reading Circle. Augusta, Woman's Protective Club. Woman's Club of Athens. INDIANA. The Booker T. Washington Club, Logansport. ILLINOIS. Chicago, Ida B. Wells Club. Chicago, Phyllis Wheatley Club, Chicago, Woman's Civic League. KANSAS. Sierra Leone Club, KENTUCKY. Louisville, Woman's Improvement Club. Echstein Daisy Club, Cane Springs. LOUISIANA. New Orleans, Phyllis Wheatley Club. MASSACHUSETTS. Boston, Woman's Era Club. Boston, Lend-a-Hand Club. Boston Female Benevolent Firm. Boston, E. M. Thomas League. Boston Cavalry Circle. New Bedford Woman's Loyal Union. Salem, Woman's Protective Club. Cambidrge Golden Rule Club. Chelsea, B. T. Tanner Club. New Bedford, St. Pierre Ruffin Club. MINNESOTA. Minneapolis, Ada Sweet Pioneer Club. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Twin City Woman's Era Club. St. Paul, Woman's Loyal Union and John Brown Industrial Club. MISSOURI. Jefferson City Woman's Club. St. Louis, F. E. W. Harper League. St. Joseph, F. E. W. H. League. St. Louis Suffrage Club. St. Louis Woman's Club. St. Louis Married Ladies' Thimble Club. Kansas City Club. MICHIGAN. The Detroit Phillis Wheatly Club, Detroit. The Willing Workers, Grand Rapids. The Nineteenth Century Club, Ann Arbor. The Woman's Federation. Married Ladies' Nineteenth Century Club. NEW YORK. New York and Brooklyn, Woman's Loyal Union. Buffalo Woman's Club. Harlem Woman's Sympathetic Union. Rochester Woman's Club. New York and Brooklyn, W. A. A. U. NEBRASKA. Omaha Woman's Club. Woman's Improvement Club. PENNSYLVANIA. Pittsburg and Alleghany F. E. W. H. League. Woman's Loyal Union, Pittsburgh. Washington Young Woman's Twentieth Century Club. OHIO. Toledo Woman's Club. RHODE ISLAND. Newport Woman's League. Providence Working Woman's League. TENNESSEE. Knoxville, Woman's Mutual Improvement Club. Memphis, Coterie Migratory Assembly. Memphis, Hook's School Association. Phyllis Wheatley, Nashville. Jackson, Woman's Clnb. Jackson, W. C. T. U. TEXAS. Fort Worth Phyllis Wheatley Club. VIRGINIA. Woman's League of Roanoke. Richmond Woman's League. Cappahoosic Gloucester A. and I. School. Urbanna Club. Lynchburg Woman's League. Lexington Woman's Club. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington, D. C., Ladies' Auxiliary Committee. Washington League. Washington, Lucy Thurman W. C. T. U. Woman's Protective Union, Washington D. C. WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling, Woman's Fortnightly Club. [*Montgomery [???] League*] Mary Church Terrell 326 T St NW THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES "Lifting As We Climb". Vol. 2. Tuskegee, Ala., March 1899. No. 10. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. PRESIDENT.--Mrs. M.C. Terrell, 326 T St. N W., Washington, D.C. TREASURER.--Mrs. Josephine S. Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Mo. COR. SECT'Y.--Mrs. Victoria Thompins, 1363 Kenesaw Avenue, Washington, D.C. REC. SECT'Y.-- Mrs. C. E. Smith, A.M.E. Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn, VICE-PRESIDENT.--Mrs. B. K. Bruce, 2010 R St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 2ND V.-PRESIDENT.--Mrs. Lucy Thurman, 774 W. Main St., Jackson, Mich. NATIONAL ORGANIZER.--Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N.Y. CHAM'N EXECUT'E COM.--Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. "We must trust and hope, and neither doubt ourselves nor doubt the good in one another." -- Selected. GREETINGS FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. The National Association of Colored Women felicitates the National Congress of Mothers upon the success it has already achieved, upon the good it has already accomplished, and expresses through me the hope that its past is an earnest of its future. The Association which I represent is the only national organization which colored women have. We therefore feel that a great responsibility is resting upon us, and are putting forth every possible effort to discharge our duty worthily. Into the homes of our people we go preaching the gospel of cleanliness, and morality, cultivation of the mind and the dignity of labor. We feel keenly the need of an enlightened motherhood and make Mothers' meeting a special feature of our work. We know that as the present generation of children are guided aright or are misguided, so will the next generation of men and women stand or fall in their duty of their country, and to their race and to themselves. We believe in the saving grace of the kindergarten and are bending all our energies toward establishing as many possible. Classes in domestic science, are formed by some of our clubs and they are getting good results. We teach our children to be honest and industrious, to cultivate their minds, to become skilled workmen, to be energetic and then to be hopeful, It is easy enough to impress upon them the necessity of being honest and industrious, of cultivating their minds and becoming skilled workmen but did it ever occur to you, Mothers of the Congress how difficult a thing it is for colored women to inspire their children with hope or offer them an incentive for their best endeavor under the existing condition of things in this country? As the mother of the dominant race looks into the innocent face of her babe, her heart thrills not only with happiness in the present, but also with joyful anticipations of the future. For well she knows that honor wealth, fame and greatness in any vocation he may choose, are all his, if he but possess the ability and determination to secure them. She knows that if it is in him to be great all the exterior circumstances which can help him to the goal of his ambition, the laws of his country, public opinion of his countrymen and manifold opportunities are his without the making--From his birth he is a King in his own right and is no suppliant for justice. Contrast, if you will, the feelings of hope and joy which thrill the heart of the white mothers with those which stir the soul of her colored sister. Put yourselves for one minute in her place, (you could not endure the strain longer) and imagine, if you can how you would feel if situated similarly --As a mother of the weaker race clasps to he bosom the babe which she loves as fondly as you do yours, her heart cannot thrill with joyful anticipations of the future. For before her child she sees the thorny path of prejudice and proscription which his little feet must tread--She knows that no matter how great his ability, or how lofty his ambition, there are comparatively few avocations in which any one of his race may hope to succeed--She knows that no matter how skillful his hand, how honest his heart, or how great his need, trades union will close their doors in his face and make his struggle for existence desperate indeed--So rough does the way of her infant appear to many a poor black mother that instead of thrilling with the joy which you feel, as you clasp your little ones to your breast, she trembles with apprehension and despair-- This picture, Mothers of the Congress, is not overdrawn, and a moments reflection upon the subject, which I have touched so lightly will enable you to supply much that I have been obliged to omit. May I not ask you then, that when you teach your children the lofty principals which this Congress represents, you will make a special effort to train them to be just and broad enough to judge men and women by their intrinsic merit, rather than by the adventitious circumstances of race, or color or creed? You will teach them, I am sure, that when they grow to be men and women, if they deliberately prevent their fellow creatures from earning an honest living, by closing the doors of trade against them, and shutting them out of employment, that the Father of all men will help them responsible of the cri-- [?] are the result of their injustice and for the human wrecks which the ruthless crushing of hope and ambition always makes. In the name of the children of my race, Mothers of the National Congress, I come, asking you to do all in your power by word and deed to give them the opportunities which you desire for your own. In the name of justice and humanity, in the name of the helplessness and innocence of childhood; black childhood as well as white childhood, I ask you to do all in your power, both by precept and example, to make the future of the children of my race as bright and as promising as should be that of every child born on this American soil. To you I come as to the court of last appeal. It is in the women of the country who mould public opinion. and when they say that trades and avocations shall not be closed against men and women on account of race or color, then the day of prejudice and proscription will darken to dawn no more. Mary Church Terrell THE WOMEN'S CONVENTION. THE NORTHEASTERN FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUB. The semi-annual convention of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Club was held at Bethel Church, West 25th street, on Wednesday, February 22. An extra session was held Thursday morning. The officers of the association are: President, Mrs. Mary H. Dickerson, Newport; Vice Presidents, Mrs. J St. P. Ruffin, Boston, Mrs. Thomasina Geter, Newport and Mrs. Clara E. Burr, Norwich; Secretary, Miss Elizabeth C. Carter, New Bedford; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. OLivia B Bush, Providence ; Treasurer, Miss Ella P. King, Norwich. The morning session began at nine o'clock, with an invocation for divine guidance. After the roll call, the minutes of the last meeting were read. The address of welcome by Mrs. Margaret A. Dalton, President of the Woman's Loyal Union of New York, was responded to by Mrs. Mary A. Dickerson of the Woman's Newport League. Committees on resolutions, finance and nomination were appointed. The financial report was read. The committee on revision of the constitution reported. Much time was consumed in defining the status of delegates, who had no regular credentials. At 1 o'clock, there was adjournment for lunch. At 3 o'clock, the afternoon session was opened with Mrs. Ruffin in the chair. The minutes of the morning session were read. There were various committee reports. Mrs. Irene Jurix rendered a solo. There were further reports of committees and then adjournment. A reception was held from 6 to 8 o'clock. At the evening session at 8:15 o'clock, the Young Ladies Culture Club of Brooklyn rendered choruses: (a) "Before the Sun Awakes the Morn," (b) "Live We Singing," An original poem, "Honor's Appeal to Justice," (by request) was read by Mrs. Olivia B. Bush, of Providence. A paper on "Some Phases of Woman's Work," by Mrs. T. Thomas Fortune of the Woman's Loyal Union, New York, was read and generally discussed. Solo "The Moth and the Flame" was rendered by Miss Christina Goode. Miss H. Cordelia Ray read an original poem. A quartette, composed of Misses Helen Poindexter, Mamie Curtis, Fannie Perkins and Christina Goode, rendered "Annie Laurie." A paper, "Right-formation vs Reformation, by Mrs. J. St. P. Ruffin, was read, and discussion was opened by Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews. There was a chorus, "Bird Song," by the Young Ladies Culture Club. The report of Committee on Resolutions was read. Announcements were then made, and, after singing, "God Be With You," by the audience, the convention adjourned to Thursday morning. The following to Thursday morning. The following delegates were in attendance: Rose of New England Club, Norwich--Mrs. Clara E. Burr, Mrs. Estelle Scott; Frances Harper Club, Pawtucket--Miss Roberta Dunbar; Women's New Port League--Mrs. Rebecca Nelson, Mrs. Mary Nichols; Dorcas Society, Concord Baptist Church, Brooklyn--Miss Mary Perkins, Mrs. W. Y. Dixon; Woman's Loyal Union, New York--Mrs. M. A. Dalton, Mrs. Kate V. Carmand, Miss Lizzie Frazier; Phyllis Wheatly Union, Boston--Mrs. W. H [?] Circle, King's Daughters, Boston-- Mrs. F. R. Barker; American National Red Cross Relief, New York--Mrs. B. Whitehead, Mrs. Medora Miller; Woman's Era Club, Boston--Miss Bessie Milton, Mrs. E. Taylor, Mrs. Hannah Smith, Mrs. E. Gray, Mrs. J. St. Pierre Ruffin, Miss Mary S. Jackson, Miss Anna E. Calloway; Woman's Loyal Union, New Bedford--Mrs. L E. France; White Rose Industrial Association--Mrs. S. Williams, Mrs. V. E. Matthews; The Woman's Professional Club, Worcester--Dr. Mary Shuyler. Besides the regular delegates, there were an unusually large number of visiting club women most of whom enjoyed the privileges of the convention floor. Mrs. Robert Hemmings and Mrs. Gray, of Boston, are guests of Mrs. Fortune, while Mrs. C. T. Foster is a guest of the Grand Union Hotel. Bishop and Mrs. W. B. Derrick and Bishop and Mrs. Alex. Walters were distinguished observers of the proceedings. The visiting club women were splendidly entertained by the New York clubs--the Woman's Loyal Union, and the Dorcas Home Mission Society and the Loyal Friends Auxiliary. At the morning session, a rule was passed, excluding clubs that have male members. CLUB NOTES. The Tuskegee Woman's Club has pledged itself to send $5.00 to the Ways and Means committee. Who will follow? It takes money to run an organization. Mrs. Silone Yates of 212 Tracy ave,. Kansas City, Mo. is ready to receive the annual dues, $3.00. The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb". Vol. 2. Tuskegee, Ala., April, 1899. No. 11. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money , should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS President.–Mrs. M.C. Terrell, 326 T St. N. W., Washington, D.C. Treasurer.–Mrs.Josephine S. Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Cor. Sect'y.–Mrs. Victoria Tompkins, 1363 Kenesaw Avenue, Washington, D.C. Rec. Sect'y.–Mrs. C.S. Smith, AM . E. Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn, Vice-President.–Mrs. B. K. Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d V.-President.–Mrs. Lucy Thurman, 774 W. Main St., Jackson, Mich. National Organizer.– Mrs. Jerome Jeffery 13 James St., Rochester, N.Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com.– Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee , Ala. "HOW BEAUTIFUL TO BE WITH GOD." LAST WORDS OF FRANCES E. WILLARD. DEDICATED TO THE W. C. T. U. How beautiful along the way , Wherein our weary feet must stray , To feel, amid the toil and strife , A calm content–A joy in life. To know we're walking side by side , With our unseen yet constant guide , Along the way our Saviour trod , "How beautiful to be with God." How beautiful , from day to day , To feel His presence round our way , To know some service kind and true , He'll give our willing hands to do. And let us have an humble share , In purposes, divinely fair , In lowly ways where Jesus trod , "How beautiful to be with God." How beautiful when o'er our way , The clouds shall rise , to simple pray , To say "I know my Lord is near," And then to rest without a fear. To claim His promise , sure and bright , Where only faith can see the light , And know ,while passing thro' the rod , "How beautiful to be with God." How beautiful on mountain height , In golden hours to catch the light , To feel, while walking thus apart , The peace of God within the heart. And when in slumber , long and deep , We close the eyes so wont to weep , And sink to rest beneath the sod , "How beautiful to be with God." How beautiful with spirits blest , To enter into perfect rest , To greet those lovely ones and true , Who nobly lived to dare and do. The battle fought , the victory won , To hear the Master's kind 'Well done.' And learn in service high and broad , "How beautiful to be with God." The following is a paper read before the N. E. F. W., by Mrs. Carrie Fortune, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Fortune is active in club work, being a member of the Woman's Loyal Union of New York, one of the oldest clubs among colored women : PHASES OF WOMAN'S WORK. CO-OPERATION NEEDED IN CLUB EFFORT TO REACH THE UNFORTUNATE. Mrs. President and Ladies of the Convention . The subject assigned me is too comprehensive a one to be properly discussed in the time allotted to me. We are fortunate in living at a time when woman's work, at least in our country, has become as important in all respects as that of men. Indeed, no where else, I believe, does woman occupy so conspicuous and advantageous a position as in the United States. Our civilization is of the highest, and in every such civilization the position of woman must be a high one. The labors of such devoted women as Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Frances E. Willard, Elizabeth B. Grannis and many others, working in many lines, have done much to place the work of woman upon the highest plane, and in so doing, to elevate, ennoble and purify our common humanity. To the noble women of the past and to those who are laboring for the common good in the present, we are all greatly indebted for the measure of respect, of justice and of fair play which the women of to-day enjoy in nearly all avenues of thought and effort. Our own women in the past and in the present have contributed their share to the common store, as opportunity was given them, and I believe they will contribute vastly more in the immediate future. It is not for us to overlook the splendid work our own women have done in the school room, in Sunday School, in works of benevolence– we are grateful to our own beloved president, Mrs. Mary H. Dickinson, and our active and devoted secretary, Miss Lizzie C. Carter, and we are glad that we have engaged in works of charity, education and mission effort such competent women as Mrs. Fannie Jackson Coppin, Mrs. Sarah S. J. Garnet, Mrs. Josiphene St. John Ruffin, Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett, Mrs. Alice D. Cary, Mrs. Butler, of Atlanta. Mrs. Lucy Thurman, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Mrs. Stephens, of Virginia, Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, and a host of others, who represent the force, the character and the hope of our womanhood of to-day, in all the States of the Union. And what a tremendous work lies before our women ! Perhaps no such work was ever before committed to the womanhood of any race, because the womanhood of no other race was ever surrounded as ours has been from the time we first came to this country to the present hour. We have been beset on all sides by obstacles that work for the degradation of our moral and spiritual life and our self-respect. But God heard the lamentations and prayers of our poor slave mothers, and He blessed abundantly the aspirations and the strivings of their daughters since the slave system perished in the smoke, and noise and confusion of war. As He has blessed us in the past, so will He bless us in the present and the future, if we trust Him and continue in faithful and unselfish labor for the uplifting and ennobling of our race womanhood and the common womanhood of the race. For we can have no interests which are not shared by all women. What ennobles us ennobles all womanhood ; what degrades us degrades all womanhood. This great truth is not now generally recognized, but it will be, in the Providence of God, and it is for the Northeastern Federation, and for all other of our club organizations, to bend every effort of soul and mind to the establishment of this great truth in the minds of the Christian womanhood of the nation. No greater or more urgent work lies before us than the creation of a public opinion in the nation, which shall every where accord to our womanhood the same chivalric respect and protection which are shown to the womanhood of other race elements of our vast population. To this end we should draw as closely to the women of other races as possible ; we should seek to make their cause our cause ; we should seek to get them to make our cause their cause. Until we shall do this, we shall not attain to that full measure of success which is the hope and aspiration of, at least, every member of the Northeastern Federation. We have no greater work than this before us, in all sections of our beloved land. In the time allowed me I can do no better than specify the work that lies before us, under the following: 1. A woman's greatest and most beneficent work has always been, and must always be, in the home. Thirty-four years ago our women began life without homes, without legal husbands ; to-day that have 2,000,000, and she is a poor woman who has no husband or could not have on if she so desired. There are no legal barriers in the way. Out of nothing our women have created homes and made respectability. In thousands of these homes are to be found culture and refinement, and a virtue which will yet produce a race of giant men, whose nobility and genius shall impress themselves upon the nation, to a greater extent than has been true of the past. The future will produce as a result of our work in the home, plenty of Booker Washingtons in eloquence, plenty of Dunbars in song and story, plenty of Tanners and Edmonia Lewises in art. We have accomplished much in the home ; we shall accomplish more. 2. We must have a better understanding of, and a closer relationship with, the women of other races who are engaged in the many phases of club work intended to promote the best interests of women. 3. We need to pay more attention to the missionary work which seeks to reclaim fallen women, to protect women who are pure, but surrounded by the temptations which lead to moral and spiritual death, and we need more and more proper protection and care for our orphans and widows. The unfortunate women of the race need the same display of sisterly interest and Christian charity on our part as is displayed by the women of other races for their unfortunates. They will not come to us ; we shall have to seek them out. There are hopeful evidences on all hands that we are beginning to do this. If we shall help ourselves in this vital mat-matter, we shall find that assistance will come to us from unexpected quarters. Our large cities are splendid fields for the display of this missionary spirit, which the Master will abundantly bless. We are our sister's keeper. 4. The work of enlarging the occupations to which our women are circumscribed is one of the most important and urgent character. While the field of labor of white women has been steadily enlarged during the last quarter of a century, that of ours has been steadily narrowed. This is a grievous condition. Our Loyal Union once sought to secure an opening in certain avenues in New York which are closed to us. It was a worthy effort, which should be taken up here again and all over the country by our clubs. There is no more good reason why stores, factories, business offices and service should be closed against us than against white women. A woman with a black face must have an opportunity to earn a living as well as one with a white face. It is for our club organizations to make this clear to those who deny us equal opportunities as bread winners. The effort along this line should be thoroughly organized and sleepless and tireless in its vigilance. We shall have all the more success if we labor earnestly to prepare our women for the work to be done, and this could be done in mission homes and schools, sheltering arms and like places we should labor to establish in the missionary direction I have before indicated. The teaching of domestic science should be encouraged in our club efforts, as much to fit women for the discharge of their home obligations, as for possible employment outside their homes if necessity requires. Enough material is ruined or squandered, through ignorance of how to purchase and prepare it for use, to support the race in luxury. Typewriting, stenography and practical book-keeping could also be taught in these various departments of club work, which we should inaugurate and encourage. 5. In line with all the foregoing, it seems to me that we should also begin a more active participation in business on the part of our women. We have plenty of dressmakers but few milliners. In nearly every town and city we could encourage combinations between two to five or more of our dressmakers to conduct milinery establishments. We buy enough goods to support such establishments. We do not need to start them on a large scale. The existence of such would open employment for our girls and young women, which is now closed to them. Saleswomen, seamstresses, book-keepers and typewrit- [CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.] THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. "Lifting As We Climb." Vol. 2. Tuskegee, Ala., May, 1899. No. 12. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. PRESIDENT.--Mrs. M.C. Terrell, 326 T. St. N. W., Washington, D.C. TREASURER.--Mrs. Josephine S. Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Mo. COR. SECT'Y.--Mrs. Victoria Tompkins, 1363 Kenesaw Avenue, Washington, D.C. REC. SECT'Y.--Mrs. C. S. Smith, A. M. E. Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn, VICE-PRESIDENT.--Mrs. B. K. Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d V.-PRESIDENT.--Mrs. Lucy Thurman, 774 W. Main St., Jackson, Mich. NATIONAL ORGANIZER.--Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N.Y. CHAM'N EXECUT'E COM.--Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. Club Notes. Miss M.A. Lynch, the organizer of North Carolina, is a fine specimen of the young women whom the Association delights to know. I shall do all in my power to work up interest in the meeting in this section of the country. MRS SILOME YATES. Kansas City, Missouri. I am very glad we are to go to Chicago. That city will give us a royal welcome. Depend upon me to do my part. Anna V. Tompkins, Washington D.C. Mrs. J. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, Mo., is now ready to receive the annual dues. Every one of the two hundred clubs wants a voice in the Association. The one sure way of getting this is by paying the annual fee of three dollars($3:00.) The Ladies Auxiliary of Montgomery Alabama, is the most practical organization in the city. It has been and is still doing a great work for the poor of the city. Montgomery has three clubs, all of which are doing good work. Mrs. Booker T. Washington left May 5th, for Europe. Mrs. Washington will be back in this country for the meeting in August. Miss D.D. Walker, Normal School, Tuskegee, Alabama, has the business of Mrs. Washington's office during her absence and will be glad to have reports of club work, etc. I hope the meeting in Chicago in August will be a grand success. I feel it will be a meeting of much good and a great many thoughts be brought out. My heart will be there for I am interested in the work I will urge all club members to attend the meeting. Yours in the work, Mrs. J. H. Young. I shall do all that I can to make the meeting a success. I was well pleased with the Association Notes this month and am trying to get some new subscribers. I am as usual very busy. I send you some cuttings to show you what I have been doing lately. My concert for the orphans was a great success. Mrs. S. F. Williams, New Orleans, La. Those whose hearts have been torn with the evils of the convict lease system will be glad to know that Georgia has abolished it after it has been the practice there for thirty years. Hereafter the State will work the convicts under the supervision of State guards, and the men will be led and imprisoned in State convict camps. The recent abolition of this system in Louisiana and Georgia is the result of enlightened public sentiment, both within the States and beyond their borders. The last four clubs to send in their annual fee to the National Treasurer, Mrs. J. Silome Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Mo., are Tuskegee Woman's Club, six dollars for the two years; the Sojourner Truth Club, Battle Creek, Michigan; the Minerva Club, Cleveland, Ohio; the Lucy Thurman W. C. T. U., Columbus, Ohio. Who will follow? We cannot carry on this work unless the clubs stand by us in a financial way. It will mean some sacrifice, but we shall be equal to the emergency. Whenever, wherever the National meets, we shall be loyal to it and will give it our hearty support. This is the sentiment of the N. E. F. We will send our help in time so we can send our delegate. Our club here in Norwich has a great deal to do just now. We are still carrying on our Sewing Circle, and are accomplishing much good in this direction. Our motto, "Lifting as we Climb," dwells with me and urges me on to do more and more for the cause. We stand ready to help all we can. I pray for the work of the National. Mrs. Clara A Burr, Norwich, Conn. I am glad to learn of the work among our women. May God help the work. I will not be able to be with you at Chicago except in prayers. I will pay what dues are required of a member and will try to get others to do so. Enclosed find stamps. Please continue the Notes as I enjoy reading it very much Send a copy of the constitution. I promise that I will do all and the best I can. Pray that we may succeed and awaken to our duty. Yours in the work, Mrs. E. S. Austin, San Antonio, Texas. The Industrial Home for Colored Orphans at North Harvey, Ill., founded by Mrs. Amanda Smith, that great and good woman, so widely and well known as an evangelist and saver of souls, will be opened May 1st, 1899. We take an especial pride in pointing to this great work in our Woman's Missionary News Column. It is a grand evidence of what can be accomplished by women. Contributions as small as one dime are being solicited, the same to be sent to Miss Ida Cornell, 1722 Addison St., Phila., who is authorized to receive all moneys intended for this purpose. Let every woman with an ounce of missionary blood within her give something, as the Lord has prospered us. --The Christian Recorder. A bill to confer the elective franchise on the women of Victoria, Australia, and make them eligible to the Legislative Assembly, was carried triumphantly through the Representative House of the Assembly by a vote of two to one, but was thrown out in the Upper House by a small majority. According to the South Australian law giving women the suffrage, they are eligible to all offices in the colony. In New Zealand, only the right to vote was given, and already women are asking to be made eligible to sit in Parliament. It cannot be long before equal rights will prevail in all the Australian Colonies. Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo., April 24, '99. We sincerely, hope that all the clubs in the National Association will send a contribution, however small, to Mrs. Yates, our Treasurer for the Ways and Means Committee, as requested. If the public meeting can not be held, do the next best thing. I hope all members of the committee will bestir themselves that we may report the much needed funds to push forward our work in the coming year. Yours anxiously, Libbie C. Anthony, Chairman, Ways and Means Committee. (Let every club help this committee.) I would like to offer this for consideration. Would it not be well to have one night set apart called White Ribbon or Temperance night. Let it be devoted entirely to this line of work. Its growth and what we are doing in that particular? Could we not also have a memorial hour at which time we could remember our departed leaders and co-workers, viz: Francis E. Willard, Hon. B. K. Bruce and John M. Langston; Mrs. Bishop Turner and possibly others. Don't you think a pause in our meeting to speak of them and their hie work would be a great stimulus to the living present? I am willing to do all I can to make this meeting the best we have ever had. If God is willing, I will be with you. Yours for good. MRS. C. H. PHILLIPS. There is an organization in this country known as the National Council of Women. This organization is composed of National bodies only and is the highest body of women in the country. Almost all the leading National bodies in this and other countries belong to this council. It takes one hundred dollars to become a member of this council and in addition to this a hundred dollars to be paid every three years. Are we, the National Association of Colored Women ready to join this council? Are we willing to see the advantages which will come to us by becoming a part of this great organization. The white women belong to it. Why not others? Let us think of this and give expressions as to this matter through the "Notes." This ought to be one of the questions discussed at the coming convention in Chicago. I received the "Notes," each issue of which, I await with interest. They are so helpful and inspiring. The only complaint I have to make is that Mrs. Terrell nor any one else said any thing about our women holding public meetings and raising money for the Ways and Means Committee.. I am kept very busy, and it takes time and stationery to write so many individual letters that I hope the matter might be kept continually before our women through the "Notes". I was delighted that, the Tuskegee Club gave $5.00. If the clubs prefer to give in this way it is equally gratifying to us. I am very anxious that we urge our women to action. I will certainly do all in my power to get our women of this section to attend, and will be present myself unless something unforeseen happens to prevent. I know there is much to be done, but have full confidence that under wise management it will be accomplished. Faithfully yours, L. C. Anthony, Jefferson City, Missouri. The severe winter just passed and misfortune among many of our Club members, has caused some delay in our Club work. We hope to meet with the National Association in Chicago. We have done some work, but nothing like what had been mapped out. There are several new clubs in our city, who hope to be represented in Chicago. I never fail to try and impress them with the idea and the need of their co-operation and the help they give the National Association by paying their annual dues. We need united effort now, as never before. As a member of the Ways and Means Committee I am trying to do what I can along the line of finance. [CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.] The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb". Vol. 3. Tuskegee, Ala., June, 1899. No. 1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication , subscriptions and money , should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington , Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS President.–Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T St. N. W , Washington, D.C. Treasurer.–Mrs.Josephine S. Yates , 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City , Mo. Cor. Sect'y.–Mrs. Victoria Tompkins, 1363 Kenesaw Avenue, Washington , D. C. Rec Sect'y.–Mrs. C. S. Smith , AM. E. Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn, Vice-President.–Mrs. B. K. Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis , Ind. 2d V.-President.–Mrs. Lucy Thurman , 774 W. Main St., Jackson, Mich. National Organizer.–Mrs. Jerome Jeffery , 13 James St., Rochester , N. Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com.– Mrs. Booker T. Washington , Tuskegee , Ala. Notice ! The National Association of Colored Women will hold its annual meeting in the city of Chicago, August 13 , 14, 15, 16 and 17. Clubs will now elect their delegates. The following is the committee appointed by the Chicago Woman's Club to carry the convention through. Chairman Com. of Arrangemement, Mrs. Agnes Moody, 3604 Dearborn Street. Reception Committee , Mrs. Rosa Moore , 2807 Wabash Ave. Transportation Committee , Mrs. C. A. Curl , 2935 Armour Ave. Music , Miss Albert Hall. Bureau of Information , Mrs. Birdie Evans , 2917 Dearborn Street. Location of Delegates . Mrs. Mary Davenport , 403 33rd Street. All these ladies may be addressed through Miss L. A. Davis, 5017 Armour Ave., Chicago, Ill. Miss D. D. Walker, Normal School , Tuskegee , Ala., has the business of Mrs. Washington's office during her absence in Europe , and will be glad to have reports of club work , etc. THE ATTACK ON MRS. BRUCE. A GRACEFUL DEFENSE OF A GRACIOUS WOMAN BY A MOST WORTHY EXEMPLAR OF HER SEX. The following article, which was written by Mrs. Terrell for The Colored American, will explain itself, and will be of interest to each and every member : Editor Colored American : In some controversies, silence is golden. Believing in the efficacy and wisdom of silence, I have thus far refrained from saying a word in reply to those who assume to know so much about the ways that are dark and the tricks that are vain the affairs of the National Association of Colored Women. Since reading the unwarranted, unjustifiable and unmanly attack made by Mr. Albert George upon Mrs. Josephine Bruce in this week's issue of The Colored American, however, I am convinced that justice to this officer of our organization demands that I no long hold my peace. In the first place, I must express my surprise that a young man of Mr. George's attainments and parts could bring himself to publicly insinuate– almost directly assert– that a woman of Mrs. Bruce's national reputation for integrity and high moral character, had told a deliberate falsehood. To my mind, there is nothing so despicable in a man as an attempt to besmirch the fair name of any woman, or hold her up to ridicule, no matter what may be the provocation ; but to do so by making false charges against her is the quintessence of all that is base, and unworthy a true gentleman. Mr. George says: "The truth is that everything I said about the National Association of Colored Women is true, and there is no doubt of it here." How this young man, who has nothing whatever to do with the Association, can feel justified in making such a statement, I cannot tell. I fear that he has been wilfully misled by some designing person or persons, who would, in all probability, be ringleaders among those who would everything in their power "to submerge our Association into an unseemly scramble for office." Mr. George was once a pupil of mine. I was very proud of him, and held him in the highest esteem. Unless "the leopard can, indeed, change his spots," I cannot believe he would maliciously cast a slur upon a great and good woman, if he were not used as a cat's paw without his knowledge, or if he did not repose too much confidence in designing people. The facts about the contemplated change from Indianapolis to Chicago, are as follows : The officers of the National Association of Colored Women at one time thought of making the change, because we learned to our dismay and surprise that, unless we could pledge at least a hundred delegates, we could not get reduced rates. As soon as our women in various sections learn of this, both Mrs. Washington, the Chairman of the Executive Committee, and myself, received many letters protesting against holding the convention in a city to which we could not get reduced rates. Many of the officers feared that it would be too great a risk to pledge one hundred delegates in order to secure the concessions for which we asked. We honestly believed, also, that it would be a great injustice to many women, who have the interests of the Association at heart, to insist upon holding the convention in a city to which we could not get reduced rates. We, therefore, decided to cast about for some other place of meeting. We learned that the Epworth League would meet in Indianapolis about the time we wished to hold our biennial. We were also informed that return tickets from all points could be purchased for one fare. It was the most natural and most sensibie thing in the world, therefore, that in the interest of the majority of our members, we should think best to go to Indianapolis. This is the reason that the change from Chicago to Indianapolis was discussed, and whoever assigns any other reason, is either ignorant of the facts or willfully and maliciously misrepresents them. If Mr. George will ask Mrs. L. A. Davis or any other reputable, responsible woman in Chicago, who understands the situation, he will ascertain that the facts are as I have represented them. So far as I am personally concerned, I see no reason why any one should be ashamed to acknowledge that she wants Mrs. Bruce to be our next president. She is a well educated, broad-minded, large-hearted woman. with a spotless reputation. I publicly plead guilty to the charge of wanting just such a woman as our next president, and I also promise to oppose any woman who does not represent all this. I have, however, made no canvass for Mrs. Bruce, either publicly or privately. I do not think I have ever suggested her name for that office to any living being. I do not fear Mr. George or any one else so much that I would deny advocating the change from Chicago to Indianapolis, if I felt that by so doing the highest, best interests of the National Association of Colored Women would be subserved. I defy any living man or woman to prove, however, that I have by hint, inuendo or suggestion, by word or deed, done anything to secure anybody's election to the presidency of our Association. I do not believe, moreover, that Mrs. Washington has done so. It is a great pity that a few suspicious, misinformed men should try to stir up strife and dissension among us by impugning and misconstruing the motives of our officers, upon whom they wish to bring public odium and contempt. The men of our race are uniformly courteous and chivalrous to their women, and I do not rememb r ever having read from the pen of a single one of them an attack upon a woman so false, cruel and wanton as that made by Mr. George upon Mrs. Bruce. A gentleman should hesitate a long time before publicly accusing a woman of telling a falsehood, even when he is sure she has done so ; but what possible excuse or justification can there be for a young man who prefers this charge against a woman of Mrs. Bruce's integrity and high standing, when there is not a scintilla of truth in the accusation? Mr. George is young yet, and before he makes a reputation for attacking he best women of his race, I hope he will see the error of his way and refuse to spread broadcast the slanders, the mean insinuations and deliberate falsehoods which mischief-makers and defamers of character whisper in his ear. No one who has the slightest acquaintance with Mrs. Bruce will believe for one moment the rumor, that Mr. George claims is related with persistency in Chicago, that Mrs. Bruce offered to entertain the delegates at her own expense if the convention were held in that city. Mr. George has doubtless heard this rumor from the same source whence he gleaned the other scurrilous gossip about the affairs of our Association. The first convention of the National Association of Colored Women was composed of some of the most orderly, thoughtful, public-spirited women I have ever seen gathered together. I say that, too, after having attended for the past ten years nearly all the conventions of women in this city. There was no disorder, no unseemly scramble for office, and I feel that I can safely predict that peace and harmony will characterize our meeting in Chicago, unless mischief-makers are more successful than I believe they will be. If there are, perchance, a few unworthy ones among us, the same is true of all large organizations. Most of the women who have cast their lot with us, however, have done so because they wish to do all in their power to uplift our race in particular, and humanity in general. I have, therefore, no fear that our Association, composed of such women, will ever be wrecked on any rock of petty jealousy, ignoble strife or indecent scramble for office. Let those who doubt this, attend our biennial, to be held in Chicago the 14th, 15th and 16th of next August. He will then see with his eyes, hear with his ears and learn with his understanding, that I have rated the National Association of Colored Women at its true worth. Mary Church Terrell, President of the National Association of Colored Women. Washington, D.C., May 23, 1899. Club Notes. High Point, N. C., June 1, 1899.– One of the best ways, I think, to help with National Association Notes is to subscribe and keep subscriptions paid up. I enclose twenty-five cents for one year. M first and only meeting with our good body of workers, National Association of Colored Women, I represented an organization in Virginia, my native state, and one in which my interest has not ceased. For several years, my work has been in North Carolina, and where my work is, there my interest must be also. In looking over the list of the various States represented in the N. A. of C. W., I see North Carolina occupying no space. While this is true, it does not mean that the women of this State are not awake to the needs of humanity. There are in this section many organizations doing good work. There are many W. C. T. U. organizations, King's Daughters and Home Mission Societies. All of these, while they have not adopted it as their written motto, have, in their hearts and with their works, "Lifting as they climb." I trust ere many more publications of the National Notes, some of these organizations will be represented. The annual meeting in Chicago is not claiming the attention of all the members, I suppose. It is my prayer that much good may result. Yours for the work, Susie E. Edwards. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES - OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association Colored Women - Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. - Published monthly, Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Tuskegee, Ala. - NATIONAL OFFICERS. PRESIDENT. -- Mrs. M.C Terrell, 326 T St. N. W., Washington, D.C. TREASURER. -- Mrs. Josephine S. Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Mo. COR. SECT'Y. -- Mrs. Victoria Tompkins, 1363 Kenesaw Avenue, Washington, D. D. REC. SECT'Y. -- Mrs. C. S. Smith, A. M. E. Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn. VICE-PRESIDENT. -- Mrs. B. K. Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d V.-PRESIDENT. -- Mrs. Lucy Thurman, 774 W. Main St., Jackson, Mich. NATIONAL ORGANIZER. -- Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St. Rochester, N. Y. CHAM'N EXECUT'E COM. -- Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. - Notice: The National Association of Colored Women will hold its annual meeting in the city of Chicago, August 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17. Clubs will now elect their delegates. The following is the committee appointed by the Chicago Woman's club to carry the convention through. Chairman Com. of Arrangemement, Mrs. Agnes Moody, 3604 Dearborn Street. Reception Committee, Mrs. Rosa Moore, 2807 Wabash Ave. Transportation Committee, Mrs. C. A. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave. Music, Miss Albert Hall. Bureau of Information, Mrs. Birdie Evans, 2917 Dearborn Street. Location of Delegates, Mrs. Mary Davenport, 403 33rd Street. All these ladies may be addressed through: MISS L. A. DAVIS, 5017 Armour Ave., Chicago, Ill. - Pleasure as well as business is a part of our program at Chicago. - NOTICE!!! The constitution may be amended by vote of two-thirds of the members of the National Convention. Notice of such proposition to amend must be sent to the Chairman of the Executive Board by the organization offering the same, one month prior to the assembling of the convention Immediately on receipt of a proposition to amend, it shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Executive Board to send a copy thereof to each member of the Executive Board. - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. - EVERYTHING NOW IN READINESS FOR THE ANNUAL SESSION, AUGUST, 14TH, 1899. - It is absolutely necessary that certificates be procured, indicating that full fare has been paid for going passage and the route for which ticket or tickets for the return journey should be sold. No refund of fare can be expected because of failure to secure such certificates. Everything is in readiness for the second convention of the National Association of Colored Women. The railroad concessions have been secured, as has already been announced in the circulars recently sent out. When the ticket for Chicago is purchased, full fare must be paid from the starting point, but the delegates of visitors to the convention must ask the ticket agent, from whom the ticket is purchased, to give each one a certificate, showing how much was paid for the ticket. It will be necessary to tell the ticket agent that you are coming to convention of the National Association of Colored Women. This certificate, which is given by the ticket agent at the starting point, will be signed by some one duly appointed at the convention, and will enable the holder thereof to purchase a ticket home for one third of the usual fare. In order that every one may understand the matter thoroughly, I wish to repeat that full fare must be paid of the ticket from the starting point to Chicago, and that the certificate, which is then received, will, when signed at the convention and presented to the ticket agent at Chicago, enable the delegates or visitors to the convention to purchase a ticket home for one-third of the fare usually charged. The tickets will be good from the 10th to the 23rd of August. Board may be had for one dollar a day. Baggage of the delegates will be carried to all parts of the city for twenty-five vents. Lunch for the delegates will be served every day in the church. Mrs. Davis writes me that the Bureau of Information is managed by several bright young women, from whom delegates and visitors will receive the most courteous attention. Polite ushers and swift little pages will be at the command of the delegates. A letter from Mrs. Carmichael, corresponding secretary of the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Club, states that the Association will be entertained Friday evening. We can therefore look forward to a good social time, after we have completed the work of the convention. Information of any kind, which delegates or visitors may wish to secure, will be gladly furnished by Mrs. L. A. Davis, 5017 Armour Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Let us not fail to be at the opening session of the convention. The Ways and Means Committee under the efficient leadership of Mrs. Anthony must be borne in mind. This committee has made a desperate and a noble effort to raise funds for the Association, of which it is in such sore need. With money, what might we not do? We could take care of the children by providing day nurseries, where mothers who work hard all day might leave their little ones who would receive proper attention. We might establish schools of domestic science in which our girls might be made so proficient in everything that pertains to household affairs, that they would be eagerly sought for and could demand good wages for their services. We might establish as many kindergartens as possible, where most needed. We might do a number of things which it is plainly our duty to do, if we only had a little money. Let all who have a genius for raising funds set their brains to work for the Association. Bring an ocular demonstration of your interest in and love for the Association, in the shape of some bright little coins for Mrs. Anthony's Ways and Means Committee. So many wonder why the date of the convention was changed from July, the month in which we intended to hold it, to August, that I feel as tho every body should be let into the secret. As soon as we learned that, in order to get reduced rates, we must pledge on hundred delegates, we feared that the place of meeting must be changed. We knew that we could not safely pledge that number of delegates to the convention. We were perfectly sure also, that if we could not get reduced rates, we would have a very small attendance. When it looked as though we should have to change the place of meeting or give the biennial up altogether, something auspicious happened, which let in a ray of hope. Hearing that an important committee of the Afro-American Council was about to hold a meeting in Mr. Terrell's office. I asked if I might attend it, in order to submit a proposition to the members of this committee. Being answered in the affirmative, I asked these Lords of Creation to hold their convention the same week in which the Association would meet. The Council had intended to have their convention in September, I believe. After explaining the difficulties which confronted us in securing railroad concessions, the good and the gallant gentlemen there assembled agreed immediately to accept my invitation. Of course, we had to make a compromise about the time. The Council met one month earlier than it had thought of meeting, and the Association will convene one month later. Now every body knows the secret about the change of date. I am sure that, under the circumstances, each and every member of the Association will be glad the date was changed. The program has been so arranged as to embrace those subjects in which we, as a race, are most deeply interested. A great deal must be done but unfortunately we have so little time in which to accomplish it all. We must, therefore utilize every available minute. In justice to the audience and the last speaker on the program, all the papers to be presented at the evening sessions, will be limited to twenty minutes. The first two afternoons will be devoted to discussing questions which appeal directly to women. After the papers have been presented, we should like to have as many delegates as possible express an opinion. We hope to have an hour for general discussion both Monday and Tuesday afternoons. It is of the greatest importance that the delegates assemble on time. If they do not, it will be utterly impossible to carry out the program, for which some of our most thoughtful, earnest women have been secured. We want to have reports read from every organization which sends on in. We are not only encourages, but instructed by hearing what our sister clubs are doing. In order to hear from all, the time allotted for reports must be fixed by the convention. Those who write reports therefore, must make them as short and to the point as possible. One can get a large number of [fac????] [?] very small space [?]. MARY CHURCH TERRELL - AMONG THE WOMEN'S CLUBS. - WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHY. - Chicago, Ill,. July 4th 1899- To Editor of Association Notes:-- The club women of Chicago [w??] have in charge the local arrangements for the meeting of the National Association, take pleasure in responding to your general request to furnish to The Notes any information relative to the preparations for the August meeting. The Notes has already published a list of the various committees and the names of their chairmen by whom the work is being pushed here. Aside from the immediate committee work of arranging details, the women are meeting with deserved success in arousing popular interest in the importance of the National association and Chicago's opportunity and responsibility in the August Convention. Two large mass meetings have been held, in which the work and aims of the Association have been set forth if the most generous manner. Two of our largest and most beautiful churches, Quinn Chapel, where the Convention is to be held, and Bethel Church, which is to be used for some of the social functions connected with the entertainment of the Association are being redecorated and refurnished in honor of the coming event. The entertainment committee has secured a list of desirable homes where delegates and visitors can be fittingly accommodated at a cost of $1.00 per day. The chairman of the social committee has secured to co-operation of some of the best women of the city, in and out of the club, to aid in the agreeable work of dispensing hospitality. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. "Lifting As We Climb." Vol.3. Tuskegee, Ala., November, 1899. No. 5 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, NOVEMBER, 1899. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala. as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. PRESIDENT.-- Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T. St. N W , Washington, D.C. 1st. VICE-PRESIDENT-- Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V.- PRESIDENT.--Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Jackson, Tenn. COR. SECT-Y.--Mrs. Mary A. Lynch, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N.C. REC. SECT'Y.--Mrs. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave, Chicago, Ill. REC. SECT.--Mrs. S. Lilian Coleman, 2824 Douglass St., Omaha, Neb. REC. SEC'TY--Mrs. Wm. Clifford 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio. TREASURER.--Mrs. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave, Kansas City, Mo., NATIONAL ORGANIZER.--Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N. Y. CHAM'S EXECUT'E COM.--Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NOTICE: Will the party who, at the biennial meeting in Chicago, gave the Treasurer, J.S. Yates, an unsealed letter, containing a note from Mrs. J.N. Kemp, of Minneapolis, send name and address to Josephine S Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Missouri. WHY THE N.A. OF WOMEN SHOULD DEVISE MEANS OF ESTABLISHING KINDERGARTENS. Because there is no agency that will ever influence the lives of our little ones and bring to them so much of joy and strength and brightness as the beautiful and helpful teachings of the Kindergarten. To the little ones who are slipping off your laps and viewing with curious and wonder-wide eyes, all objects which meet their gaze; whose constant and often puzzling questions as to the why and wherefore of each and every occurrenc, indicate the awakening consciousness, the dawning intelligence; promptly and effectively comes the training and principles of the enlightening Kindergarten system. The time will come, doubtless, when in spite of the care and tenderness of the home life, it must be for a while forsaken and the child must go forth to meet the realities of school life, even before facing the trials and vicissitudes of real, everyday existence. And here, mothers, let me plead with you for those little ones whose happiness and welfare is above all price, that you will grant to them the opportunity to prepare for their future--that you, in the abundance of your love and foresight, will help them through the stages of babyhood and childhood, that they may be fitly prepared for the advent of youth and manhood. As life is made up of progressive stages, both mentally and physically, each growing out of the preceeding, so each most receive the necessary supply, in order to arrive at perfection. As in each child there is possibilities of a perfect man, the important truth that that which is lost to the child, can never be made up to the man, should be ever kept in view and regarded in the development of the faculties of the child by presenting, at each step, the right opportunity for growth in the right direction. If the truisim that each living being, whether he be child or man, must live his own individual life, in order to properly understand and appreciate what he has passed through, be accepted; it from our own point of view we have the light of experience and of research to shed upon the path which the baby feet must tread, shall we withhold it? If you and I realize the fact that the little one must endure certain experiences in order to obtain certain results, it is our boundless duty to lead him gently onward in the right way, the way in which we are persuaded he will find wisdom, and whose paths are paths of peace. Our plain duty then to the children about us, is to adorn with flowers of beauty and attractiveness the pathway which tempts the childish feet from the sacred precincts of home, on into the more exacting life of the school room; and this pathway, so inviting, so lovely , is the helpful Kindergarten, where the process of learning is shortened and the tender mind strengthened in a way that is impossible amid the surroundings of life at home or school And what to the cherished little child does the change from home to school life mean--from romping, unguided, buoyant freedom to the necessary, but to him, cruel, restrictions of the school room--from the tender, loving sympathy of the mother in his childish griefs and joys, to the chilling atmosphere, where order and discipline must prevail? And now, let me ask, would this dismal, unhappy conditions exist were the child properly prepared through the Kindergarten training to enter the school room to receive the more advanced branches of instruction? Would not the young mind, like a garden skillfully cultured and watered, readily receive the seeds of knowledge and produce, as the years go on, flowers of learning and goodness, whose fragrance would perfume and make glad the waste places of the earth? The Kindergarten play has an activity which is its own and its own reward. Work is an activity having a definite aim. The Kindergarten is the mediation of the two, because through its adaptation to the needs of the child, its work constantly passes into play. In the Kindergarten, the little one finds an atmosphere especially congenial. Here he finds new playthings, new-plays, new associates. Here his activity is guided, not repressed. His little body is given freedom of action; his hands are supplied with ever new and beautiful material; his feet march, dance and run, aided and regulated by strains of music; he laughs when he is happy; he listens to instructive stories; he joins in the sweet child songs. His teacher is free to note his individuality and give it expression, helping him to adapt himself to intercourse with his equally free fellow-playmates. And while to the child it means new friends, new plays, new playthings, new beauties and new pleasures, in reality, it means that his body is developed by physically exercises, every part of it. His hands become skillful to use material, his eye is trained to distinguish, recognize and discover harmonies of form and color. He has become susceptible to harmonies of sound; his intellect unfolds as universal principles are presented to him in simple forms. His soul responds, as he is gently led from the actual use of things to the laws which govern them. "His sense of distinctness increases." The physical relation to this mother passes into a more spiritual one as he spends happily the hours he is separated from her while he is gaining power of expression. He returns to his mother, after the three hours separation, eager to tell every little joy that has come into his life. The strengthening of his relationship to his mother, also strengthens his sense of relationship to his Creator, as his mother gently withdraws her external control, he listens to the voice of conscience. Through the many open avenues of Kindergarten songs, games, stories, etc., the child is led to an appreciation of the beauties and wonders of nature and also to the fact of this relationships to nature. Through the contemplation of relationship in nature, he is again led to feel his connection, with God. Keenly alive to all that surrounds him, awakened to a sense of harmonious relationships of all things, eager to know more of their nature, familiar with various modes of expression, able to follow and execute verbal dictation; in brief, with a body somewhat under his own control, an awakened mind, ready to concentrate upon definite subjects, a sense of moral obligation somewhat developed, your child passes on from the Kindergarten to the school room. His play has passed naturally into work and he is ready now to work some of the time without play. His faculties are somewhat developed, he is able to let his body remain inactive for a time, while he exerts his mental power. We leave him in school, growing, advancing naturally. The child does not carry from the school room a bundle of facts stored away in his memory, to be called up and presented at will, but he does carry with him the strength of accumulated experience, which equals power. Physical power is shown by physical self control. He knows how to use his body rightly; to stand or walk in unison with his fellows, to take rythmic motion in physical exercises, to control hands, feet and lips for a time. His ears are susceptible to sound, as his eyes are to sight--when he listens he hears something of value, when he looks he sees something; that is, he retains a mental picture. His hands are obedient servants and readily accommodate a pencil, which traces letters instead of pictures. His lips are not lawless, but respond freely, and he has gained control of language to a degree which is consistent with his mental condition. Habits of attention are formed--the child is in a state of readiness to acquire new knowledge; the readiness should exist in a degreased to equal eagerness to learn more than seeking. Confidence in self is also gained. Morally or spiritually the Kindergarten child has learned , in a degree, to subordinate himself, first, to the institution and second to his neighbor. to illustrate: He has learned that certain laws exist, which he must obey, and since his reason and his faith have responded, he yields willing obedience. He has learned that he has certain rights and privileges and so has his neighbor, and begins to respect both. If the Gardner whose flowers are most carefully cherished, is to reach the highest state of perfection, the conditions named in the foregoing pages of this article must undoubtedly be fulfilled and the child-garden, whose blossoms are precious, immortal souls, shall they not receive our choicest love and care? A brief word regarding the Gardner, to whose tender care the growth and development of these flowers is confided: Wha must be her requisites that her productions may be perfect? She must be, first of all, intelligent and conscientious, strong and vigorous in body, of determined purpose, gentle of manner and rich in love and patience. She must be cheerful always, well informed and sympathetic; her reservoir of love and strength must be full and deep. Endowed with these qualifications, what may she not hope for and realize? And the soul of that loving child, will it not respond and give love for love, and loving service for loving? Most assuredly it will, and guided and influenced by that love, what wonders may we not behold springing from the patient Gardner's work? The plan of the Kindergarten system has been moulded according to the nature of the child, and through it he may be led to a higher state of development of body, mind and soul and a fuller consciousness of his relationship to nature, to his fellow-man and to his God. This is the aim, the vital purpose of the Kindergarten education. The Kindergarten assists the natural growth of the child, developing the good that in him lies and helping him to receive from his environment the good it may contain. As tools to this end, Froebel has given us songs, games, stories, talks, gifts, occupations, lunch and garden work, and these are only tools to be subordinated always to the thought which directs their use. Through the songs we give the child presentments of the highest truths, not that we expect The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb." Vol. 3. Tuskegee, Ala., December, 1899. No. [?] NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscriptions 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President.-Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T. St. N. W., Washington, D. C. 1st Vice-President--Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V.-President.--Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Jackson, Tenn. Cor. Sect'y.--Miss. Mary A. Lynch, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C. Rec. Sect'y.--Mrs. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave, Chicago, Ill. Rec. Sect.--Mrs. S. Lilian Coleman, 2824 Douglass St., Omaha, Neb. Rec. Sec'ty--Mrs. Wm. Clifford, 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio. Treasurer.--Mrs. J. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave, Kansas City, Mo., National Organizer.--Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N. Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com.--Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NOTICE: Will the party who, at the biennial meeting in Chicago, gave the Treasurer, J. S. Yates, an unsealed letter, containing a note from Mrs. J. N. Kemp, of Minneapolis, send name and address to Josephine S. Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Missouri. WHY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN SHOULD BECOME A PART OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES BY ADELLA HUNT LOGAN. The preamble of the constitution of the National Council of Women of the United States, contains these words: "We women of the United States, sincerely believing that the best good of our homes and nation will be advanced by our own greater unity of thought, sympathy and purpose, and that an organized movement of women will best conserve the highest good of the family and the State, do hereby unite ourselves in a confederation of workers, committed to the overthrow of all forms of ignorance and injustice, and to the application of the golden rule to society, custom and law." Some people facetiously, others derisively, say that the Negro is of no nation. So far is this from being true, that the so-classed Negro people are of many nations. Any people thus mixed would demand great thought for its life, but when such a mixed race, with its various grades of civilization, are classed and treated according to the lowest grades within its ranks, then the problems of its life become peculiarly complex and difficult. Many of the best women of this race are club women. If Anglo-American women feel the need of greater unity of though, sympathy and purpose, and resort to organized effort to overthrow ignorance and injustice, how much more do Afro-Americans need to see and feel the advantages of greater unity of thought, sympathy and purpose? And how infinitely more do the latter need to band together to overthrow ignorance and injustice, and to bring about the application of the golden rule to society. Why join the National Council of Women? Because we are American women and the council exists to promote the welfare of all women of the country. We do not of course, expect or desire direct help from any organization without contributing our quota to the life of said organization. We shall be better understood and, we trust, more highly esteemed, by the people of other races and nations, if we are given opportunities to work in sympathy with them, rather than be left out of their plans altogether, or at best, made the subject of their missionary endeavorers. Ignorance of each other is at the bottom of the prejudice existing between the races. This ignorance is the natural and direct outcome of separation. There are valuable lessons to be learned by both races by a closer relationship. This is true also of the clubs. By allying ourselves with the National Council we shall, under its constitution, be entitled to representation and two votes on all questions coming before that national body. The president of the National Association of Colored Women will become one of the ex-officio vice-presidents of the National Council, just the same as the president of the W. C. T. U. or other organizations presidents are thus honored. In no way can we better get the claims for our work for the elevation of the race before the people of the country, and indeed of the world. We must be known and we should like to be known at our best. Dickens makes one of his characters, a bad fellow with much good in him, plead with his friends and acquaintances to remember him "at his best." That is one of the pleas of the colored woman; "Remember my people at their best." Not all are incompetent menials; too many are. To lessen their number is a part of our work. Only a small minority constitute the criminal class. To reform that minority is also a part of our hope. We have so many and such weighty problems to consider that we need sympathy and inspiration from whatever source we can get it. Where in all our country can we get it in fuller measure than good women who constitute the National Council of Women? We gratefully admit that many of our best friends are not club people, but as club women, we want to be classed with that which is highest in club life. Club work ought to be increased among our women. Connection with old associations and societies that have gained their title to respect by their long existence, will cause many to fall in line who could not otherwise be induced to join a club. The National Association of Colored women is eligible to membership in this Council by reason of the fact that its work is national in scope and in value. We are fully able and willing to pay the membership fee of $100 triennially. It is barely possible that there are those who take such a utilitaaian view of it as to doubt if this alliance will be worth the money. Every worker is liable to grow dull and discouraged at times. For such the proper balm is the inspiration that can come alone from those who sympathize and encourage. Any member of this organization will be permitted to attend the Council's triennial meetings. Only officers and delegates may vote, but every attendant may catch the inspiration and pass it along to others. Colored women have appeared on the programs of this national body, composed almost wholly of white women. It was at the triennial of '95 that our lamented Douglass spoke his last eloquent words for the advancement of women. The touching "In Memoriam" of that body and the poem on Frederick Douglass by its then president, Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, go right to the heart of lovers of truth and humanity. In the evolution of this race, woman has not, as a rule, taken many steps backward. Here is an opportunity to take a long stride in advance, and we are confident our club women will not lose the opportunity. We shall be the gainers for closer relationship with the W. C. T. U., Sorosis, Wimodaughsis, Universal Peace Union and other splendid clubs, and most prominent of all, that pioneer of women's rights, the National American Woman Suffrage Association. What wonders have been wrought for humanity in general and woman in particular, by that grand band of women, under the leadership of the sainted Lucretia Mott, scholarly Lucy Stone, the sweet poetess, Julia Ward Howe, brilliant Elizabeth Cady Stanton and popular Mrs. May Wright Sewell, now president of the International Council of Women, and strongest of all; every woman's champion and friend, dear Susan B. Anthony. Mere association with such women and others of that class, is a rare privilege. There are now seventeen organizations in the National Council, representing almost every line of thought and work in which women are interested. Surely every one of our club women can find her element. The last triennial of the National Council was held early in 1899 at Washington D. C. Before the next triennial the National Association of Colored Women should be enlisted and keeping step with this grand army of women. NOTICE. The Secretary or President of any club, old or new, that paid money into the Association in the form of dues, during the biennial meeting in Chicago, will please communicate at once with the Treasurer, J. S. Yates, giving name and address. Mrs. J. SiLone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave.. Kansas City, Mo. THE BRIGHT SIDE. MARY CHURCH TERRELL. He who would be considered a philosopher today, must pose as a pessimist. Wrapping the drapery of gloom about him, he must lie down to night-mares of the awful wickedness of the world at present and to prospective depravity of generations to come. He must cultivate religiously the science of being miserable and see little of good in any body or anything. If our philosopher belongs to the race which dominates the country to-day, he must fall into paroxysms of dread apprehension for the future of the glorious republic, whenever what is called the race problem is broached. For the Negro and his future, he must have no hope at all, believing that no good thing can come out of Nazareth If our philosopher belongs to the race which has but recently been released from bondage, and is still quivering under the lash of prosecution and prejudice, he is just as hopeless of the future as a delusion and snare. Looking on the dark side of the race problem has become so popular that even those who see the bright side are often prevented from presenting it to the views of others for fear of being considered short-sighted, light-headed and too weak to grasp the subject in its entirety. Thus it happens that many of our own ranks are daily pursuing a course which leads to blight the prospects, since it blasts the hope of the race. If one were bent upon the destruction of a race, he could employ no swifter, surer method than that of convincing those identified with it, that because of native capacity which surrounds them, that success in anything would be an impossibility. Snatch from a people their hope and the doom of that people is sealed. Instead, then, of looking on the dark side, those who really have the interest of the race at heart will consider it their duty to dwell more upon the virtues which we as a race possess, rather than enlarge more upon the opportunities for progress already within our grasp. It behooves us, therefore, if we would inspire the race, to put forth every effort for the best interest of the whole. In urging the necessity of looking on the bright side, instead of the dark side, I advise that we do not close onr eyes to the customs and laws of the country, of which many are hostile to our race. There is a tendency today to persuade the Negro to content himself with his humble position, and to discourage the idea of higher elevation (Continued on Second Page.) The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb." Vol. 3. Tuskegee, Ala., February, 1900. No. 8 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 since a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President. — Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T. St. N. W., Washington, D. C. 1st Vice-President — Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V.- President. — Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Jackson, Tenn. Cor. Sect'y. — Miss. Mary A. Lynch, Living Stone College, Salisbury, N. C. Rec. Sect'y . — Mrs. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave., Chicago, Ill. Rec. Sect'y. — Mrs. S. Lillian Coleman, 2824 Douglas St., Omaha, Neb. Rec. Sec'ty — Mrs. Wm. Clifford, 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio. Treasurer. — Mrs. J. Silone Yates 2122 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, Mo., National Organizer. — Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N. Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com. — Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NOTICE. We shall be very glad to have the addresses of the presidents and secretaries of all clubs. CLUB NOTES. There was held in the city of Montgomery, Ala., December 28-29, a convention of Southern colored women. The object of the meeting, as expressed by Mrs. Booker T. Washington, was to band together Southern women for greater usefulness in their own section of country. There were present at the four sessions more than 200 women, all interested in modern movements for the elevation of home and children. Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi were represented by strong and earnest women. The other States all sent letters of greeting and hearty co-operation in the convention. There was perfected, not only a State organization for Alabama, but a permanent Southern Federation. The Southern women all feel that there are great and peculiar needs here in their own land, which they must meet, and that in such an organization they can better study and plan for such by being brought closer together and make it possible to more effectually help carry on the work which the National has in hand. The importance of mothers' meetings, the greater need of kindergarten and manual training schools and day nurseries for children were discussed, and plans set on foot to meet these needs. The enormous death rate of the race was brought to the notice of the convention. We are all going to work harder than ever to perfect the work so needed and our part of the country, and so swell the influence and value of the National Association of Colored women, which stands for all that is best in the race. RESOLUTIONS Adopted by the Southern Federation of Colored Women, which was held in Montgomery, Ala., December 28-29. We, your Committee on Resolutions, beg leave to make the following report: Whereas, We, the Federation of Southern Colored Women, feel that the moral tendency of excursions on our people is such that it draws them downward, instead of lifting them upward; be it resolved, That the women of the Southern Federation do condemn excursions, given for whatever purpose. And be it further resolved, That we condemn any minister who may attempt such for church benefit. Whereas, We see and know the evil effects of alcohol on our women, as well as our men; the power it has to make brutes of men and immoral wrecks of women; be it resolved, That we condemn the use of alcoholic drinks in any form, and that we recommend total abstinence. As law-abiding citizens we believe in the protection of law; therefore, be it resolved, That we condemn all mob violence, since it is wholly against law and order. Whereas, The tendency of improper dressing is so prevalent among our women as to affect health and morals; be it resolved, That we condemn all improper dressing on the part of our women. Resolved, that we devise ways and means in different communities to see after and care for the indigent, poor and sick. Resolved, That we encourage all advanced steps for the elevation and sustenance of women, and especially patronize the places where they are given employment. And be it resolved, That the Federation of Southern Colored Women will do whatever we can to encourage the patronage of all race enterprises. Resolved, That we tender our profound gratefulness for the hospitality which the Federation of Southern Colored Women have received at the hands of the Federation of the city of Montgomery. Whereas, We realize that the ranks of the criminal classes are being constantly filled with the youth of our race, who have no early moral training; and, whereas, we do feel that by organized effort on the part of our women for the carrying out of successful and approved plans for training children be it resolved, That this body do recommend that such work be undertaken through kindergarten schools, in all places where clubs exist. Resolved further, That a central committee be appointed, consisting of one member from each Southern State, who will take the work in charge. Respectfully submitted Mrs. Bailey, " Shaw, Alice Fields, Lucy Phillips, Agnes Jenkins, Cornelia Bowen. DO WE NEED REFORMATORIES? One of the most important questions that confronts us at this, the close of the nineteenth century, is what to do with our boys and girls the have reached the age of ten, twelve and fourteen years, and who show a predisposition to crime? It is a fact that our streets are filled with little criminals of this age. They congregate at our street corners, smoke, chew, and use vile language, offensive to the ears of all who happened to pass. This results from one or two things; heredity or environment. There are children who have never had the refining or restraining influences of the home. From babyhood they roam the streets at will, associate with bad companions, acquire no systematic knowledge save that of vice, no self-control save that which helps them to them take advantage of others. For these children no such thing as law or order exists. Then there are parents who lead the most degraded lives, before and after the birth of their children. They steal, fight, drink, lie and do all manner of bad things. Both by heredity and environment these children can be nothing else except a terror and plague to society. Some one has well said, "The city streets are the devil's kindergartens." The pupils are apt, going from bad to worse, till detected in some crime, they are sentenced to hard work on the streets or sent to the coal mines. This certainly makes them no better. While there they associate with hardened, vicious criminals, who delight in filling the ears of the young with immoral teachings. I saw a case of that kind this morning, just in front of my door, where a gang of prisoners were at work. Among them were several small boys, the youngest about ten years of age. This little fellow, as dirty as he could be, with the regulation prison stripes on, was carrying water for the others. Between his lips was a cigarette, which he evidently enjoyed, and occasionally passed to some of the men, who would take a whiff or to at it. A visit to the prisons and a careful study of them, would convince the most skeptical that the methods now in vogue for punishing criminal youth, are very faulty, indeed. Were there such places as reformatories in our State, the judge would suspended sentence. He would send these children where they would be given every opportunity and encouragement to become law-abiding citizens. To most of our minds a reformatory is associated with iron bars and high prison walls. In fact, every means is now taken to make these places as home-like as possible. At these institutions the inmates are not humiliated by being reproached with their past; they are rather taught to forget it and establish a new foundation for useful, virtuous lives. It is a home for these poor, ignorant children; a home where they will be sheltered from temptation and led into the path of truth. "The House of Refuge," at Glenn's Mills, near Philadelphia, is such an institution. It is said by an eye witness, to be a most beautiful place — more like a summer resort than a reformatory. It comprises 410 acres, with fifteen comfortable cottages for the boys to live in, an administration building, a chapel and a number of other buildings scattered over the grounds. A gymnasium has recently been erected just back of the chapel, and is said to be a very fine building, containing all necessary apparatus. The boys till the farm, the products of which supply the tables of both the boys and teachers with healthful food. In this way they gain knowledge which is of great value to them, especially to the boys from the country. The boys are required to attend school a part of each day; neither is the social life forgotten. Do we need such an institution as (Continued on Third Page.) [* Mrs. Mary C. Terrell *] [* 326 T. St N.W. *] The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb". Vol. 2. Tuskegee, Ala., March, 1899. No. 10 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 since a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President. — Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Treasurer. — Mrs. Josephine S. Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Cor. Sect'y. — Mrs. Victoria Thompkins, 1363 Kenesaw Avenue, Washington, D. C. Rec. Sect'y. — Mrs. C. E. Smith, A.M.E. Publishing House, Nashville Tenn. Vice-President. — Mrs. B. K. Bruce, 2010 R St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 2d V.-President. — Mrs. Lucy Thurman, 774 W. Main St., Jackson, Mich. National Organizer. — Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N.Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com. — Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. "We must trust and hope, and neither doubt ourselves nor doubt the good in one another." — Selected. GREETINGS FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. The National Association of Colored Women felicitates the National Congress of Mothers upon the success it has already achieved, upon the good it has already accomplished, and expresses through me the hope that its past is an earnest of its future. The Association which I represent is the only national organization which colored women have. We therefore feel that a great responsibility is resting upon us, and are putting forth every possible effort to discharge our duty worthily. Into the homes of our people we go preaching the gospel of cleanliness, and morality, cultivation of the mind and the dignity of labor. We feel keenly the need of an enlightened motherhood and make Mothers' meetings a special feature of our work. We know that as the present generation of children are guided aright or are misguided, so will the next generation of men and women stand or fall in their duty to their country, to their race and to themselves. We believe in the saving grace of the kindergarten and are bending all our energies toward establishing as many possible. Classes in domestic science, are formed by some of our clubs and they are getting good results. We teach our children to be honest and industrious, to cultivate their minds, to become skilled workman, to be energetic and then to be hopeful, It is easy enough to impress upon them the necessity of being honest and industrious, of cultivating their minds and becoming skilled workman but did it ever occur to you, Mothers of the Congress how difficult a thing it is for colored women to inspire their children with hope or offer them an incentive for their best endeavor under the existing condition of things in this country? As the mother of the dominant race looks into the innocent face of her babe, her heart thrills not only with happiness in the present, but also with joyful anticipation of the future. for well she knows that honor wealth, fame and greatness in any vocation he may choose, are all his, if he but possess the ability and determination to secure them. She knows that if it is in him to be great all the exterior circumstances which can help him to the goal of his ambition, the laws of his country, public opinion of his countrymen and manifold opportunities are his without the making — From his birth he is a King in his own right and is no suppliant for justice. Contrast, if you will, the feelings of hope and joy which thrill the heart of the white mothers with those which stir the soul of her colored sister. R[??] of [?] minute in her place, (you could not endure the strain longer) and imagine, if you can, how you would feel if situated similarly — As a mother of the weaker race clasps to her bosom the babe which she loves as fondly as you do yours, her heart cannot thrill with joyful anticipations of the future. For before her child she sees the thorny path of prejudice and proscription which his little feet must tread — She knows that no matter how great his ability, or how lofty his ambition, there are comparatively few avocations in which anyone of his race may hope to succeed — She knows that no matter how skillful his hand, how honest his heart, or how great his need, trades union will close their doors in his face and make his struggle for existence desperate indeed — So rough does the way of her infant appear to many a poor black mother that instead of thrilling with the joy which you feel, as you clasp your little ones to your breast, she trembles with apprehension and despair — This picture, Mothers of the Congress, is not overdrawn, and a moments reflection upon the subject, which I have touched so lightly will enable you to supply much that I have been obliged to omit. May I not ask you then, that when you teach your children the lofty principles which this Congress represents, you will make a special effort to train them to be just and broad enough to judge men and women by their intrinsic merit, rather than by the adventitious circumstances of race, or color or creed? You will teach them, I am sure, that when they grow to be men and women if they deliberately prevent their fellow creatures from earning an honest living, by closing the doors of trade against them, and shutting them out of employment, that the Father of all men will hold them responsible for the crimes which Are the result of their injustice and for the human wrecks which the ruthless crushing of hope and ambition always makes. In the name of the children of my race, Mothers of the National Congress, I come, asking you to do all in your power by word and deed to give them the opportunities which you desire for your own. In the name of justice and humanity, in the name of the helplessness and innocence of childhood; black childhood as well as white childhood, I ask you to do all in your power, both by precept and example, to make the future of the children of my race as bright and as promising as should be that of every child born on this American soil. To you I, as to the court of last appeal. It is in the women of the country who mold public opinion. And when they say that trades and avocations shall not be closed against men and women on account of race or color, than the day of prejudice and proscription will darken to dawn no more. Mary Church Terrell THE WOMEN'S CONVENTION. THE NORTHEASTERN FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUB. The semi-annual convention of the Northeastern Federation Of Women's Club was held at Bethel Church, W. 25th Street, on Wednesday, February 22. An extra session was held Thursday morning. The officers of the Association are: President, Mrs. Mary H. Dickerson, Newport; Vice-presidents, Mrs. J St. P. Ruffin, Boston, Mrs. Thomasina Geter, Newport and Mrs. Clara E. Burr, Norwich; Secretary, Miss Elizabeth C. Carter, New Bedford; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. Olivia B Bush, Providence; Treasurer, Miss Ella P. King, Norwich. The morning session began at nine o'clock, with an invocation for divine guidance. After the rollcall, the minutes of the last meeting were read. The address of welcome by Mrs. Margaret A. Dalton, President of the Women's Loyal Union of New York, was responded to by Mrs. Mary A. Dickerson of the Women's Newport League. Committees on resolutions, finance and nomination were appointed. The financial report was read. The committee on revision of the constitution reported. Much time was consumed in defining the status of delegates, who had no regular credentials. At 1[?] o'clock, the afternoon session was opened with Mrs. Ruffin in the chair. The minutes of the morning session were read. There were various committee reports. Mrs. Irene Jurix rendered a solo. There were further reports of committees and then adjournment. A reception was held from 6 to 8 o'clock. At the evening session at 8:15 o'clock, the Young Ladies Culture Club of Brooklyn rendered choruses: (a) "Before the Sun Awakes the Morn," (b) "Live We Singing." An original poem, "Honor's Appeal to Justice," (by request) was read by Mrs. Olivia B. Bush, of Providence. A paper on "Some Phases Of Women's Work," by Mrs. T. Thomas Fortune of the Women's Loyal Union, New York, was read and generally discussed. Solo "The Moth and the Flame" was rendered by Miss Christina Goode. Mrs. H. Cordelia Ray read an original poem. A quartette, composed of Misses Helen Poindexter, Mamie Curtis, Fanny Perkins and Christina Goode, rendered "Annie Laurie." A paper, "Right-formation vs. Reformation, by Mrs. J. St. P. Ruffin, was read, and discussion was opened by Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews. There was a chorus, "Bird Song," by the Young Ladies Culture Club. The report of Committee on Resolutions was read. Announcements were then made, and, after singing, "God Be With You," by the audience, the convention adjourned to Thursday morning. The following delegates were in attendance: Rose of the New England Club, Norwich — Mrs. Clara E. Burr, Mrs. Estelle Scott; Francis Harper Club, Pawtucket — Miss Roberta Dunbar; Women's New Port League — Mrs. Rebecca Nelson, Mrs. Mary Nichols; Dorcas Society, Concord Baptist Church, Brooklyn — Miss Mary Perkins, Mrs. W. Y. Dixon; Women's Loyal Union, New York — Mrs. M. A. Dalton, Mrs. Kate V. Carmand, Miss Lizzie Frazier; Phyllis Wheatley Union, Boston — Mrs. W. H. Jurix, Miss Adelia Wofolk; Lend A Hand Circle, King's Daughters, Boston — Mrs. F. R. Barker; American National Red Cross Relief, New York — Mrs. B. Whitehead, Mrs. Medora Miller; Women's Era club, Boston — Miss Bessie Milton, Mrs. E. Taylor, Mrs. Hannah Smith, Mrs. E. Gray, Mrs. J. St. Pierre Ruffin, Miss Mary S. Jackson, Miss Anna E. Calloway; Women's Loyal Union, New Bedford — Mrs. L. E. France; White Rose Industrial Association — Mrs. S. Williams, Mrs. V. E. Matthews; The Women's Professional Club, Worchester — Dr. Mary Schuyler. Besides the regular delegates, there were an unusually large number a visiting club women most of whom enjoy the privileges of the convention floor. Mrs. Robert Hemmings and Mrs. Gray, of Boston, are guests of Mrs. Fortune, while Mrs. C. T. Foster is a guest of the Grand Union Hotel. Bishop and Mrs. W. B. Derrick and Bishop and Mrs. Alex. Walters were distinguished observers of the proceedings. The visiting club women were splendidly entertained by the New York Clubs — the Woman's Loyal Union, the Dorcas Home Mission Society And the Loyal Friends Auxiliary. At the morning session, a rule was passed, excluding clubs that have male members. CLUB NOTES. The Tuskegee Women's Club has pledged itself to send $5.00 to the Ways and Means committee. Who will follow? It takes money to run an organization. Mrs. Sloan Yates of 212 Tracy ave., Kansas City, Mo. is ready to receive the annual dues, $3.00. The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb." [*[??] Ruff[??] Attack*] Vol. 3. Tuskegee, Ala., 1900. No. 10 The World The world is well lost when the world is wrong, No matter how men deride you, For if you are patient, and firm and strong, You will find in time (though the time be long) That the world wheels 'round beside you. If you dare to sail first o'er a new thought track For awhile it will scourge and score you; Then, coming abreast with a skillful tack, It will clasp your hand and slap your back, And vow it was there before you. The world means well, though it wander and stray From the straight, short cut to duty: So go ahead in that path, I say, For after awhile it will come your way, Bringing its pleasures and beauty. REPORT OF THE WOMAN'S ERA CLUB FOR 1899 This full report of the Woman's Era Club is given that friends may thereby get a clear understanding of its aims and results thus far; to again emphasize the fact that the movement was not primarily started for charity, nor yet for self-culture alone, and yet [?] [?] of this report will show that our methods lead directly to these ends. The work for humanity in the way of interesting oneself in public affairs leads to self-culture and an active interest in the laws of education, labor and morality, is the highest form of charity. The regular meetings of the Woman's Era Club are held on the first and third Monday evenings of the month; the first a business meeting, and the second a literary and public meeting. The first public meeting in January took the form of a Spelling Bee, at which Miss A. T. Miller took the first prize. A drama was rendered by young friends from Cambridge. Music by Mrs. Gilbert Harris and Mrs. Irene Jurix; accompanist, Mr. Geo. L. Ruffin. The first literary meeting was held, at which Miss Margaret Gregory of the B. U. read a paper entitled: "Woman as a quiet worker." Music and tea. In March a public meeting was held, the subject being "Territorial Expansion," in charge of the Civics Committee, Mrs. Ruffin, chairman, Current Events Committee, Mrs. A. A. Casman, chairman. A paper was read by Mr. B. R. Wilson on the subject, and a profitable discussion followed by Lieut. Jackson, Rev. W. W. Lucas and others. A silver collection was taken and sent to St. Monica's Home. At the regular business meeting in June, an open letter, published in the Boston Globe, from Mrs. Frank Gale, President of the Negro Department of the Educational League of Georgia, was read, asking the North for funds to forward a much-needed work among the very young Negro children of that State. An open letter in reply, for publication, was submitted for the club's endorsement by the president, Mrs. Ruffin, which it gave; but at her request further action was suspended until after consideration of a proposition submitted by Mrs. Ridley as a substitute. The president's letter was laid on the table to await the result of Mrs. Ridley's published reply to the Georgie League. Delegates were then elected to the annual meeting of the Massachusetts State Federation of Clubs, of which the Woman's Era Club is an old member, being admitted to membership in '94. At this Convention our club was honored by having its president elected to the Board of Directors for three years. The honor was emphasized by the unanimous vote of the delegates representing 200 clubs. at the quarterly meeting, as well as at the numerous festive gatherings of the different clubs in the Federation, literary meetings, high teas, club house openings, etc., throughout the year, this cub is always represented by one or more members. In August the vacation custom of holding no meetings of the club was broken by the president calling it together, to show its interest in a movement then started to bring North for exhibition purposes, the family of the murdered postmaster Baker. This movement was so vigorously opposed by the leading members of the club, because of what they considered the untimeliness of the movement - removing from the State before the retrial, set for the following November, of the chief witnesses to one of the best cases against the crime of lynching ever presented to the United States Courts: and also, because of the unreliability of the chief supporters of the movement. That this protest failed to prevent the injudicious friends of the Baker family from making a most humiliating exhibition of themselves, does not prevent the club's feeling of satisfaction that it early sounded a note of warning against what has now proven to be an interference with, and hindrance to, the course of justice, and a possible money redress for the wronged and needy Baker family. The Ways and Means Committee, Mrs. Nancy Lewis,chairman,arranged and carried through a delightful Lawn Party on the spacious grounds of Miss Classey, in Cambridge, the proceeds of which were donated to replenishing the club treasury. In September a special meeting was called in honor of Mr. John Leith, of Aberdeen, Scotland, a delegate to the International Congregational Council, held in Boston during September. Mr. Leith brought a letter of introduction from our mutual friend and co-worker Mr. E D. Tobias, who is lecturing in European cities on prison reform and lynching. Hon. Archibald Grimkee kindly gave his paper, "Economic Aspects of the Negro Problem," and an interesting discussion followed, participated in by Mr. Leith and other distinguished clergymen from England, Scotland and Wales. OCTOBER 2, 1899. At a regular business meeting of the club, the delegates to the N. A. C. W., held in Chicago in August, reported, and a committee was appointed to draw up resolutions of censure. The committee submitted the following report and recommendation, which was unanimously adopted by the Woman's Era Club: That having heard and considered the reports of delegates sent from the Federation of Northeastern and Woman's Era Clubs to the Convention of the National Association, just closed in Chicago, it is the unanimous opinion of your committee: That ours being the mother club of the N. A. C. W., should not hesitate to discharge a plain duty; that of giving expression to its disapproval of the conduct of all the business sessions of that convention, to the high- handed, unparliamentary rulings of the presiding officer, and the unconstitutional elections, and as the time. limit of the president had legally expired, our Northeastern delegation was sent to Chicago, instructed to work for the election of one who could and would be both able and willing to accomplish two things, considered by us necessary to the healthy growth of the National Organization. First: To secure to each section represented, a directing voice in developing the plans formed for it at its inception, especially to New England, which had, after giving of its best, mentally and financially, stood aside, and for three years allowed itself to be ignored, while the larger and more clamorous sections divided the offices, which, in many cases, they have shown woful lack of ability to fill. Second: To cement the union with the larger clubs, notably that of the Washington League, a Union that our first Federation formed in '95, was desirous enough to go to Washington in '96, surrender its name, money and all offices to secure. The compromise president then accepted, having utterly failed to do the work expected of her, the most earnest, best informed club leaders in every section, looked forward with calm resignation to the expiration of the constitutional time-limit of that officer; and the righteous resentment expressed by our delegate for the illegal means used to force her upon us for another two years, is heartily endorsed by this club. And while it is earnestly desired of the Woman's Era Club to keep in helpful touch with all individual clubs that will accept its co-operation, we recommend that it withdraw all affiliation with the National Association until such a time as that organization is presided over by constitutionally elected officers. We desire, also, to record our regrets that ta violation of club fealty and loyalty, in making public the doings of the secret sessions of the convention should be made necessary by the disloyal example set by the presiding officer of that convention, in misleading articles published by her in the public press, in which it is sought to make it appear that but for a. burning desire of the Northeastern delegates to secure office, the conversation would have been a huge success, when from all quarters the charge is made that it was a clamitous failure, because of its surrender of principal to politics. N. B. The report was received and unanimously endorsed by the club at its next regular business meeting, but at the request of the president, was laid upon the table for more careful consideration, and consultation with other clubs in the Federation. The request was assented to, with the proviso that the statement and recommendation be published in The National Notes and The New York Age, forthwith. Mrs. Ellen M. Taylor, Chairman Commtitee. Miss Pauline E. Hopkins, Secretary. Miss Agnes Adams, Mrs. Hannah Smith, Mrs. Geo. Lewis, Mrs. Arianna Sparrow. At the business meeting in November an appropriation was made to purchase 500 votes for Miss Imogen Howard of New York City, who is securing votes for the trip to Paris, offered by The New York Telegram. An entertaining and interesting afternoon was spent at a Japanese Tea, given to Miss Pauline Hopkins, to aid her in the publication of her novel, "Contending Forces," portion sof which she read. Mr. Pollen of the Conservatory of Music, rendered instrumental selections, and tea was served by young friends in Japanese costume. (Continued on Second Page.) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President.--Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T. St. N. W., Washington, D. C. 1st Vice-President--Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V.- President.--Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Jackson, Tenn. Cor. Sect'y.--Miss. Mary A. Lynch, Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C. Rec.Sect'y.--Mrs. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave, Chicago, Ill. Rec. Sect.--Mrs. S. Lilian Coleman, 2824 Douglass St., Omaha, Neb. Rec Sec'ty--Mrs. Wm. Clifford, 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio. Treasurer.--Mrs. J. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, Mo., National Organizer.--Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N. Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com.--Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. An exceedingly good report of the work accomplished by the Woman's Era Club of Boston Mass., appears elsewhere in this issue. Mrs. B. K. Bruce, first vice-president of the National Association of Colored Women, and Dean of the Woman's Department at Tuskegee, Ala., will be one of the speakers at the Ecumenical Congress, which meets in the city of New York from April 21-24. The World's W. C. T. U. convention will be held at Edinburg, Scotland, June 23 to 28,1900. Members of the W. C. T. U. and friends who desire to attend the convention can secure passage by the Dominion line, on the steamer Vancouver, sailing from Montreal, June 2, at special rates. As the party will be limited, an early application will be necessary to secure accommodations. Address W. T. C. U. Party at 14 Beacon Street, Boston Mass., Room 104 Receipts to date on the fund of One Hundred Dollars for Membership into The National Council of Women. Mrs. R. Whetsel, St. John, N. B. $5.00 "M. L. Benston, San Francisco 5.00 "J. H. Young, Lawrence, Kan. 2 50 "M. L. Harrison, St. Louis Mo 5.00 (donated as follows:- Mrs. M. L. Harrison, .50 Self Culture Club, St. Louis, Mo. .50 Woman's Club, " " " .50 Orphan's Home Asso'n, .50 Ladies Sweing Club, St. Louis Mo. .50 F. E. Harper W. C. T. U. .50 Progress Study Club, Kan. City Mo. .50 Woman's League, " " " .50 Willing Workers Club Palmyra " .50 Woman's Club, Jefferson City " .50 J. S. Yates, Treasurer, N. A. C. W. The second anniversary of the Mrs. Booker T. Washington club of Columbus, O. was the social event of the week and a pleasurable affair indeed. The spacious Parlors of Mrs. Celia Smith, 1339 Baker Street, never looked more beautiful and each was crowded until standing room was not comfortably gained. The honored guest were : Rev. I. N. Ross and wife, Rev. H. W. Tate and wife, Rev. H. E. Stewart and wife and Rev. H. C. Randolph, Chillicothe. The president, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, in a few well chosen remarks, happily welcomed the guests and requested Rev. H E. Stewart to offer prayer. PROGRAM Solo, "Sweet Noreen." Mrs. A. J. Gordon. Recitation, "Old Ladies' Opinion of Young People's Meetings." Mrs. Sarah Blake. Select reading, "The Chain Gang in Georgia." Mrs. W. H. Rickman Solo, "Strangers Yet" Mrs. M. Smith Select reading, "The Negro Problem." Miss Daisy Armstrong. Solo, "Afterwards." Miss Cordia Hamilton. Paper, "True Womanhood." Mrs. Isam Melton. Following the program interesting and encouraging remarks were made by Revs. Ross, Tate, Randolph and Stewart. The dining room was thrown open and a most inviting scene appeared. The tables were beautifully decorated with plants and cut flowers artistically arranged. President, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, led the assembly to the dining room, when seated all joined in singing, "Praise God From whom All Blessings Flow." REPORT OF CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Money received on acc't of N. A. C. W. From Sept. 17th of 1897 to Sept. 17th 1899. 1898 Apr. 1st Sojourner Truth Club, Birmingham, Ala $3.00 1899 Mar. 15th, Woman's Loyal Union, New York 3.00 "June 24th, I. B. Wells Club, Chicago, Ill 6.00 "June 27. Woman's Club, Little Rock, Ark., 6 00 "July 7, Woman's Conference, Chicago, Ill., 3.00 "July 7, Ideal Woman's C. W., from Sept. 17, 1897 to 1899. 1897 Sept. 8th, to Smith Bros. Club, Chicago, Ill, 3 00 "July 17, 10XI=Club, Montgomery, Ala.,- 1.50 "July 17, Douglass Circle, Columbus, Ga., 3.00 "July 29, Woman's Imp. Club, Louisville, Ky., 3.00 "July 29, Wayman Circle Chicago, Ill., 3.00 "July 29, J. B. Bruce, St. Paul, Minn., 3.00 "July 29, Lucy Thurman, W. C. T. U., St. Paul, 3.00 "July 29, John Brown Mem. Asson, 3.00 "Aug. 14th, Julia Gaskins Club, Evanston, Ill., 3.00 "Aug. 14th, Woman's Imp. Club, Detroit, Mich., 3.00 "Woman's Missionary Association, St. Louis, Mo., 3.00 "Woman's Club, Rochester N. Y., 6.00 "August 14, F. E. W. Harper, Pittsburgh and Alleghany, Pa. 3.00 "B. T. Washington Club, Lima, Ohio, 3.00 "Aug. 14th, Woman's Club, Omaha, Neb., 6.00 "Aug. 14, Woman's Imp. Club, 6.00 "Aug. 14, W. C. T. U., Jackson, Tenn., 2.00 1898 July 25, Rose of N. E. League Norwich, Conn., 3.00 "July 25, 10XI-10 Montgomery, Ala., 1.50 "Oct. 9 F. E. W. Harper Pittsburg and Alleghany Pa., 3.00 "Oct. 10 Woman's League Newport R. I. 3.00 "Dec. 20 Woman's Imp. League Charleston W. Va., 3.00 1899 March 11 Woman's Club Atlanta, Ga., 6.00 "March 11 10XI-10 Montgomery, Ala., 1.50 "May 12. Federation of Clubs Chicago 3.00 "May 12 Progressive Circle 3.00 June 5, Coterie Migratory Memphis., Tenn., 3.00 June 26 Sojourner Truth Memphis, Tenn., 3 00 June 28 Rose N. E. League Norwich, Conn., 3.00 June 28 Womans Loyal Union New York 3.00 July 8 Anx. Frederick Douglass Hospital Phila. Pa., 3.00 "13 Wed. Afternoon Club St. Louis, Mo, 3.00 "13 Woman's Imp League Charleston, W. Va., 3.00 "13 Orphans and old Laies Home Ass'n Memphis, Tenn., 3.00 "July 21, W. C. T. U. Jackson Tenn., 4.00 "21 Civic League Chicago, Ill , 6.00 Aug 2 Loyal Union New Bedford, Mass., 6.00 "2 Ruth Circle, Kings Daughters Memphis, Tenn., 3.00 "Willing Workers Palmyra, Mo., 3.00 From sale of Constitutions 35 Total 154.85 Money expended on acct. of N. A. for printing Constitutions 7.00 "Oct., One Register 60 1898 Oct., 28th, To Mrs. B. T. Washington for printing Constitutions and Applications 5.05 "Oct. 28th, For expressage 75 "July 18th, One Receipt Book 25 1899 Jan. 1st, To Mrs. B. T. Washington for printing "Notes" 8.00 "April 15, To Mrs. B. T. Washington for F. C. Donald R. R. Commissioner, Chicago 10.00 "May 24, To Smith Bros. for printing circular notice of Biennial Convention 2.00 "July 15, To Jos. Richardson, Chr'm Central Passenger Ass'n, Atlanta, Ga., for 200 R. R. circulars, 1.00 "July 15, To F. C. Donald R. R. Com. Chicago, for 100 R. R. Circulars 1.00 "July 25, One order book 25 "Aug. 21st, To Mrs. A. M. Smith, Chicago, for type- "Nov. 20th, For postage stamps, 1897-1899 2.50 "For money order fees and Revenue stamps 1.01 Total 50.36 A. V. Thompkins, Cor. Sec'y. for 1897 to 1898 (Continued from First Page) Both December meetings were given to preparation for annual election,arranging a program and reorganizing committees for next year's work. Members in good standing . . 75 Resignations, . . . . . . 1 Deaths, . . . . . . . . 1 Admissions, . . . . . . . 6 And a long waiting list. At the business meeting in January, 1900, the annual election took place, and the following candidates were unanimously elected : Mrs. J. St. P. Ruffin, president ; Mrs. M. S. Ransom, first vice-president; Mrs. Mary Howard, second vice-president; Mme. M. Cravatte Simpson, recording secretary; Miss L. M. Stewart, ass't recording secretary; Mrs. Hannah Smith, corresponding secretary; Miss E. L. Francis, ass't corresponding secretary; Mrs. E. L. Taylor, treasurer; Mrs. W> L. Richards, auditor; Mrs. G. W. Lewis, Chairman Executive board. The annual election was a most harmonious affair. Every candidate was elected without a dissenting voice, and the Era Club enters to-day on its eighth year, stronger and more enthusiastic than ever before. Three of the chief officers being re-elected to positions that they have held during the whole term of the existence of the club. Hannah Smith, Recording Secretary. Josephine St. P. Ruffin, President. At this time of the year subscriptions are highly appreciated. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, APRIL, 1900. CHARLESTON, W. VA. CLUB NOTES. The "Charleston Women's Improvement League" was organized January 15, 1897, mainly through the efforts of Mayme McCechen, of Wheeling, who was at that time the organizer for the State of West Virginia. Miss M. Blanche Jeffries was the moving spirit in the organization of such a club, and was its first president. We have now a very flourishing organization of about twenty members, all of whom are women of energy and ability imbued with the real League spirit. Aside from bringing these women together in a way in which they may more thoroughly understand each other, it has given them social recreation and mental stimulus, from which all feel benefitted. So in helping others we have ourselves been helped. The work of the League aside from that of self improvement, has been almost exclusively confined to charity in our own city. Last winter we assisted a worthy student, from a neighboring town, to the amount of three dollars per month, in one of our institutions. By way of self improvement, we have done much reading from standard authors; among them being "Quo Vadis" Shakespeare's "Mid-summer Night's Dream," Longfellow's "Blind Girl." "Spanish Student" and "Miles Standish." At the completion of the study of Longfellow, a Longfellow's evening was given in the home of one of the members, to which the public was invited. A program was rendered, the recitations and music were taken from that author, and essay giving the conditions under which certain poems were written and an essay with a description of his life. The quotations were from Longfellow. While we read "Quo Vadis," Mrs. Phil H. Waters read perhaps the most helpful and exhaustive paper that has been read before the League, on the "Roman Homes," which made the reading of this very interesting story clearer. Along with this reading, the life of the author was studied and the characters discussed. Current topics every Friday evening. The war in South Africa has furnished an interesting topic for discussion during the past few months. Dr. H. F. Gamble our practicing physician in this city, aided the club very materially in its work of uplifting, by a lecture, subject, "Homes of our People, and How to Improve Them." This lecture was well advertized and well attended. The ladies prepared luncheon, a small admission fee was charged, and the League helped financially, to say nothing of the moral and mental good that must necessarily accrue from a lecture prepared by a man like Dr. Gamble, a man of wide and varied experience, thoroughly acquainted through his profession, with the homes of our people and with a deep abiding interest in their welfare. We also have public meetings called "Quarterlies," at which time a program is rendered, and our very best efforts are put forth. Luncheon is served, a small admissions is charged, and in this way we collect quite a little. Mrs. Booker T. Washington visited us before she left for Europe, and under the auspices of the Charleston Women's Improvement League, addressed the citizens of Charleston. This is perhaps the brightest spot in our history, for from it the League received stimulus, and the public generally better understood the object of our organization. Since the appointment of Miss Rebecca I Bullard as state organizer, she has been successful in organizing another League, viz., "Women's Loyal Union," in this city, which has been organized more than a year, and is composed of women characterized for their sterling qualities and ardent desire to better the condition of our people. Miss Bullard has done what she could by way of correspondence, to get the work organized in other towns, and hopes soon to have enough Leagues in the state to form a State Federation and in that way spread the work more rapidly. Since the work is not represented in the northern part of the state, Miss Bullard is very desirous to have an organization at Clarksburg, and with the assistance of Mrs S. H. Guss, one of the leading women in that city, she hopes soon to have a League organized there that will be a credit to the city. Mrs. Guss wrote the state organizer, and suggested the idea, at the same time, pledging herself to do all possible to effect the organization, which is an evidence of her sincere earnestness to help in the work incumbent upon the women of our race. Our election of officers is held semi-annually; we have found from experience the work could be done more effectually by longer terms, as they better understand and become accustomed more to their duties. Roll call responded to by quotations from favorite authors, and that other article that will make the response valid-dues which are twenty cents per month, paid weekly or monthly. For the past few months, the Charleston Women's Improvement League, has for self improvement taken vocal music from Mr. Geo. L. Cozzens, who is himself a vocalist. The women of both of both these organizations read the Association Notes, with a great deal of interest, and from them get much that is helpful to us in our work. Mrs. W. O. Lee is at present presiding officer of the Womens' Improvement League; Mrs. James Davis, presiding officer of the "Women's Loyal Union." The ladies of the Improvement League, have had made to order, some very neat badges of royal purple, in the shape of a four leaf clover, with their initials, C. W. I. L. We take much pride in our organization. Such is our past and as we grow older, we hope to live a larger, fuller life for good. Obviously we have done well, but we are not at all satisfied with our past efforts. We hope to have a delegate at the next annual meeting. FANNIE C. COBB, Cor. Sec'y Women's Improvement League. Charleston, W. Va. ATLANTA WOMAN'S CLUB NOTES The anniversary exercises of the Atlanta Woman's Club was held at Big Bethel Church, January 15th. The President of the Club Mrs. S S. Butler, being ill, the Vice president, Mrs. J. W. E. Bowen, presided over the meeting in her easy and scholarly way. The program, which was well rendered, consisted of a paper on the National Association Convention held in Chicago, read by Miss Josie Holmes. This paper had been presented by Miss Holmes at a regular meeting of the Club as her report of the proceedings of that convention, but it was so excellent in style and so full of facts interesting and instructive, that the Club clamored for a public presentation of the same. A paper on the Club Idea was read by Mrs. Bowen who always delights her hearers. General remarks from a number of prominent gentlemen, reports, and music followed. The vocal solo by Mrs. Alexanber Hamilton and the piano solo by Mrs. McKenney added much to the charm of the program. The committee on decoration had the church most tastefully adorned with buntings and palms. The election of officers took place January, 23rd. It was a source of regret to all of the members that the president had served the full term of office and was not subject to re-election. The loving sympathy and ability to manage as displayed by Mrs. Butler had endeared her to the women in such a way as to make them wish to retain her as their presiding officer. However, she was succeeded in that office by Miss Josie Holmes, a young woman of warm heart and fine intellectual qualifications, and who will no doubt follow in the line of her predecessor. The other officers of the club are as follows:- Mrs. M. E. Ford, Vice-President; Miss Hattie Eskridge, Recording Secretary; Mrs. A. D. McKenney, Treasurer; Miss Annie Thomas, Assistant Secretary; and Mrs. W. A. Hunton, Corresponding Secretary. February 15th, the Club held a Douglass Memorial Service at the First Congregational Church. The following program was rendered:- Invocation. Music. Quotation from colored authors. Vocol Solo, Mrs. Cheeks. Symposium- Incidents in the life of Douglass- Mesdames Currington, Upshaw, Hamilton, McCree, and Bryant. Address- Rev. P. J. Bryant. Vocal Solo- Mrs. A. Hamilton. Recitation- Miss Emma Holmes. Delicate refreshments were served in the vestry of the church and netted a neat sum for the treasury. February 15th, the club met at the residence of Mrs. J. R. Porter and heard the annual reports of its various committees and installed its new officers. It was not only interesting to hear the amount and variety of work gone over that had been accomplished by the club during 1899, but it explained why the Club has gained such a permanent place in the heart of the community. At this meeting the Club heartily endorsed the work of the Southern Federation recently organized at Montgomery and hopes to do some definite work for the kindergarten and reformatory movement during the present year. THE WORK OF THE WOMAN'S LOYAL UNION OF NEW YORK CITY. The work of the Woman's Loyal Union during the present season has been mainly directed toward the support of measures which are closely in sympathy with the spirit of the constitution of the association. The chairman of the literature committee, Miss Florence T. Ray, planned that the work of her section should be the circulation of the important leaflet. "An Address to the People of the United States," prepared by Prof. Jesse Lawson and issued by the National Afro-American Council; the object to be gained by such circulation being to furnish to the dominant class an accurate statement of the true condition and progress of the race, in accordance with that clause of the constitution of the Woman's Loyal union, which provides for the dissemination of race literature. It was deemed advisable that the pamphlet should be sent primarily to those who need enlightenment on the present position of the Afro-American; such persons to be reached either directly or through the co-operation of others known to be favorably disposed. Two hundred and fifty leaflets have thus far been circulated, many of them being sent to the woman's clubs of Greater New York, among which may be mentioned the following: Society for Political Study, League for Political Education, West End Women's Republican Club and Woman's Suffrage Association of Brooklyn. The literature committee was also active during the fall securing signatures to the petition which was an outgrowth of the able bill against lynching, drawn up by Lawyer Edward Everett Brown of Boston. The petition was returned to Washington with many signatures obtained by the Union. The members of the association have recently had the pleasure of intertaining two women who are widely known as leaders, each in her especial field of usefulness, Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett, so inseparably and memorably associated with the birth of the Woman's Loyal Union, and Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, so honorably identified with the club movement among colored women. The work undertaken by the former as chairman of the anti lynching bureau of the National Afro-American council, still claims the hearty interest of those who have ever keenly ap- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, APRIL, 1900. preciated her earnest struggles in that momentous cause. an enthusiastic audience listened with the closest attention to Mrs. Ruffin's lecture on Club Ideals given at Bethel Church, under the aupices of the Woman's Loyal Union, assisted by other clubs of the vicinity. the thoughtful arguments presented in the paper abounded in stimulating suggestions to the clubs, for whose benefit it was essentially designed. MRS. VASHON'S WORK IN ST. LOUIS, MO. Mrs. Susan Paul Vashon sends in the following splendid report of the St. Louis Women's Club. "I have read with much interest--from time to time--accounts of the aims and work of the various Women's Clubs thoughout the country as published in the "Notes", and it has long been my intentions to give a brief statement of the object and progress of the St. Louis Woman's Club, which was founded some four years since, and reorganized in '98 for work on more comprehensive and extended lines. The object for which this club was organized--as stated in its Constitution, is the enlightenment and consequent elevation and advancement-- intellectually, physically, materially-- of the women of the race, not only in this section, but as far as the influence of the Club might extend: to this primary object has been added the successor and care of children. These objects have been steadily kept in view, and evidences of progress have not been wanting wherever opportunity occurs. The motto adopted by our club as the expression of it sentiments and rule of action, is, Constant Effort is the Prince of Progress; and with this reminder inspiring and admonishing us, we trust to attain to that height of excellence in our labors of love, that shall make us, and those for whom we strive- wiser, nobler, more worthy. The St. Louis Woman's club has about fifty members at present, though the roll of membership was considerably large in the beginning; but some have fallen by the wayside, as is often the case. We still have a band of earnest workers, however, resolved to interpret most fully, the letter and spirit of our Constitution- to "enlighten elevate, advance." The practical work which the Woman's Club is at present urging, is the establishment and maintainance of a day Nursery, which, as the name indicates, is for the benefit of those helpless little ones, whose mothers are compelled to leave them insufficiently cared for, while they are absent from the home, earning their daily bread. The plan upon which this enterprise is to be conducted, is simple and feasible, and when put into execution, will doubtless secure the best results; the mother- relieved of the care of the child, and assured of its welfare during the day- will perform her duties faithfully and well- the little one, carefully tended and nourished, will evidence in its improved and healthful conditions the beneficence of the institution, which shelters and sustains it,- and thus the twofold blessing of security and comfort is given and received. In addition to the more practical work of the club- or rather the work more exclusively devoted to the material or physical needs- we have a department in literature, which we regard as being equally important- equally beneficial. We have papers on social and economic questions- on important current events- and more frequently on questions of vital interest to the race at large: these papers are subjects of discussion by the club and frequently new and enlarged ideas are evolved, which arouse the interest and introduce research. Music and quotations from various aut hors, usually complete an enjoyable and instructive program. Another important feature of our club-work is the "open" meeting, held quarterly, at which a resume of the quarter's work is given, a paper or two, referring to the work, a select reading, music, and perhaps remarks from a member, combine, to form an entertainment to which the public and all well-wishers are invited. I have endeavored to give to the readers of the "Notes" a brief, though hurriedly written account of the efforts of the St.Louis Woman's Club, to arouse, to a realizing of their great possibilities, the Negro woman of the present day, and to show by example as well as by precept, the determination to wage an unceasing warfare against ignorance, superstition and vice. It were vain to deny that our progress in all that we wish to accomplish, is far from being commensurate with our desires, for too often the force of circumstances which environ us, overpowers our most earnest efforts, and we are confronted with the knowledge that success in our high purpose is yet to be secured; still undismayed we will work on- still, with an unfaltering trust we will fight the fight: and strong in our integrity of purpose; animated and inspired by the vastness of the work before us, we cheerfully and prayerfully consecrate to its successful development the noblest qualities of our being- our highest capacities- our energies- our influence- our love. Women of the Negro race- shall we falter or hesitate in the noble cause we have espoused- shall danger or scorn, or apathy, or fear, inspire us in us a faintness of soul, a weariness of the flesh?- No, rather let us with renewed vigor, born of each fresh indignity toward our women- wage the warfare with words that give forth no uncertain sound- deeds that keep pace with the exigencies and needs of the hour, until the sanctity of Negro home, and the purity of Negro women shall no longer remain a byword and a jest, among the children of men." Susan Paul Vashon, Sec'y Woman's Club. COMMENT OF THE PRESS UPON MARY CHURCH TERRELL'S ADDRESS BEFORE THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION DURING THE CONVENTION RECENTLY HELD IN WASHINGTON, D. C. Knowing that it will interest the members of the National Association of Colored Women to learn what an impression was made by the address delivered by the president, Mary Church Terrell, before the Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association recently held in Washington, the following notices from the press are given: The Boston Transcript, which is one of the recognized leaders of Eastern thought, called special attention to the address delivered by Mrs. Terrell in the following head-lines: "Mrs. Mary C. Terrell's Address Able and Brilliant." And then in reporting the speeches of the evening the Transcript said: "The Friday evening session of the suffrage convention brought before a very large audience a woman of whom few present had ever heard, but whose address was one of the ablest and most brilliant to which a Washington audience may listen. The woman was Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, a graduate of Oberlin College, and president of the National Colored Women's Association. Her topic was "The Justice of Woman's Suffrage," and she combatted the old objections with earnest argument, biting sarcasm and delightful raillery. At her close the applause lasted several minutes. The Washington Post called special attention to Mrs. Terrell's address by its headlines and thus commented upon it: "Mary Church Terrell, of this city, president of the National Association of Colored Women, spoke upon "The Justice of Woman Suffrage." Her effort was a scholarly and logical argument for woman suffrage, and at the close her address was greeted with prolonged and merited applause." And then The Post proceeds to give extracts from the address. In commenting upon Mrs. Terrell's address The Colored American said: "Many of the nation's brightest women took part in the gathering, headed by the veteran Susan B. Anthony, but no one made a better impression for wisdom, happiness of expression and power of oratory than did our own Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, president of the National Association of Colored Women. As was noted in a former issue of this paper Mrs. Terrell was announced to speak on "The Justice of Woman Suffrage," the piece de resistance of the whole convention. We said Mrs. Terrell would meet the highest expectations in handling this trying topic- and she more than did so. Her effort was a masterpiece of argument, scholarly and logically put, and was delivered with that ease and grace of bearing, that ineffable charm and magnetism of manner and dignity and force that are characteristic of all Mrs. Terrell does or says. She was herself- at her best- that's all, and to state that her presentation was "Terrell- esque" will convey a perfectly clear idea of its excellence to all who know the leader of Afro-American womanhood. The race may well feel proud of such a splendid representation. By Mrs. Terrell's appearance at this convention both the cause of women in general and the Negro in particular has been incalculably benefitted. in a recent issue, The Boston Transcript made special reference to Mrs. Terrell's address in an editorial, headed "A Survey of the Suffrage Cause," and after declaring that "The National American Woman Suffrage Association has just closed what is undoubtedly the most brilliant, enthusiastic and memorable convention of its long history," expressed itself as follows: "A remarkable feature of the convention was the number of pioneers in attendance. But the speakers, it is to be noted, were, as a rule, yonng women, and many made their debut at this time on the national suffrage forum. Among these there was no more interesting personality than Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, president of the National Association of Colored Women, an Oberlin graduate and a highly cultivated orator, whose time is almost wholly devoted to work among her race, of which she is a noble and inspiring example, Mrs. Terrell, it is pertinent to note, was the first colored woman to be made trustee of Washington schools. Perhaps the most striking and concise statement of the whole session was uttered when she declared during her impressive address on "The Justice of Woman Suffrage:" The Transcript then cited a few points which it considered especially striking and strong in Mrs. Terrell's address which was the only one quoted in the editorial. When one considers the fine speeches which were made during this notable convention, which lasted a week, and reflects upon the fact that some of the brainiest women in the country addressed it, the estimate placed upon Mrs. Terrell's effort by a journal of the Transcript's standing in the world of literature, seems very high indeed. In calling attention to the compliment paid Mrs. Terrell the Colored American said in an editorial: "The Boston Transcript, one of the strongest newspapers in New England and undoubtedly the fairest friend the race has in American Journalism, pays a merited editorial tribute to our distinguished fellow citizen, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell. It is not necessary for us to enlarge upon the worth and the splendid character of this helpful woman who has made brighter and better the life of the District of Columbia by her citizenship among us. The example of her youthful but brilliant career, and her private and public virtues endear her to the womanhood not only of the District of Columbia, but of the Republic. She cannot but serve as a striking example worthy of emulation by the rising womanhood of the Afro-American race." The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb." Vol. 3. Tuskegee, Ala., May, 1900. No. 11. TWO WOMEN. I know two women, and one is chaste, And cold as the snows on a winter’s waste. Stainless ever in act and thought – (As a man born dumb in speech errs not) But she has malice toward her kind, A cruel tongue and a jealous mind; Void of pity and full of greed, She judges the world by her narrow creed; A brewer of quarrels, a breeder of hate, Yet she holds the key to ‘society’s’ gate. The other woman with heart aflame Went mad for love that marked her name, And out of the grave of her murdered faith She rose like a soul that has passed through death; Her aims are noble, her pity so broad, It covers the world like the mercy of God A soother of discord, a healer of woes, She carries happiness wherever she goes. WORK OF MRS> SYLVANIA WILLIAMS IN NEW ORLEANS, LA. The following will show somewhat of the extent of the influence of Mrs Sylvania Williams, State Organizer for Louisiana: Recently the beautiful Chapel of the Sisters of the Holy Family on Orleans Street, what is throng with a large, devote congregation, to witness the solemn reception into the order of six young girls, who having served the required time as postulate, were deemed worthy of entering the novitiate, and a solemn pronouncing of the final vows of three others, who having been tried in the rules and obedience of the order, were not found wanting, and were permitted to forever become its devoted children and adherents. The altars were beautifully decorated As for a bridal. Within the sanctuary where his grace, Rt. Rev. Bishop Rouxel, D.D., Rev. J. M. T. Massardier, Very Rev. H. C. Mignot, Rev. Father J. Gerlach, S. J., Rev. Father O’Conner, S. J., Rev. Father Garbley, S. J., Rev. J. Thebault, Rev. J. Soliganc, Rev. P. Keller, of Galveston, Texas, Rev. Fathers Barnabey, Amedee And Sophronien, A. A. The chapel bell rang, and the long line of black-veiled sisters filed on, followed by the reverend superioress of the order, who has so long and faithfully guided these earnest workers. She was accompanied by the sister who is the mistress of novice, and they led the way for the band of young girls who came to offer their all at the feet of the lowly Jesus. These ladies were all beautifully dressed as brides, with flowing veils; They were each preceded by a little girl robed as an angel, who carried the corbeille or basket in which was the somber habit of Religion which she had chosen to assume. These young girls in turn were followed by three novices wearing the black habit of the order and the white Vale, the latter about to be cast aside for these solemn and eternal earthly habiliment of black. The novice and postulate knelt before the altar and mass was offered by the reverend Chancellor of the diocese, Father Massardier. at the close of the mass, Rev. Father O’Conner, the eloquent Jesuit, delivered one of his fervid and impassioned discourses, speaking in the most beautiful terms of the high and sacred callings of the religious and god-like members, whose lives were consecrated in a special manner to His services. As Father O’Conner concluded, Bishop Rouzel conferred the white veil of the order. He also bestowed the black veil of the order upon the following young ladies and received their final vows: Sister Mary Alexis, known in the world as Miss Amelia Eaglan, of Grand Coteau, La.; Sister Mary Sebastin, Known in the world as Miss Christine Victor, of Galveston, Texas. At the conclusion of the solemn ceremony of profession and benediction, the blessed sacrament was given by Very Rev. Father [Mig?] of the cathedral. And thus closed a memorable and beautiful morning in the history of the convent. The sisters of the Holy Family are devoted to the Noble work of elevating and educating the colored race in Louisiana. It is colored sisterhood, and its work stands unique in the annals of this State and of the Union. In addition to their large and flourishing days school, for young girls of color, where they are instructed in all useful knowledge. They also conduct the large Asylum of St. John Berchmans for girls, and they Thomy Laton Home for the Aged Colored People. Their work is a benefaction in the noblest sense of the word, and quietly and faithfully these brave and faithful women are doing more to solve, on the truest grounds, the colored question in the South, than all the politicians from the time of the emancipation to the present, for they are teaching the young people of their race how to live and their solemn duties to God. Their work commends itself to the thoughtful and intelligent everywhere. THE WOMAN’S ERA CLUB AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Memphis, Tenn., April 25, 1900. Editor of the National Notes:-- To whom it may concern: To say That we were perfectly horrified to see The uncalled for and most malicious attack of the Woman’s Era Club of Boston, on the officers of the National Association, it's falsehoods of the business sessions, and the gross insults to every delegate presence (except delegates from the Era Club), is putting it mildly. We had received a circular, but thought very lightly of it, knowing, as we did, that the New Era delegate wanted to be elected president, and being disappointed in that, we knew she was capable of vilifying the Association for not helping her gratify her own selfish, ambitious ends. But how in the name of all that is just, write an honorable, The Notes, the organ of the National Association and supported by it, could print such a tirade and multiplicity of untruths against its own officers and delegates, is beyond our comprehension. We attended every session of the Association while In Chicago, and we would not, for our lives, state anything but the plain, unadulterated truth. We candidly say that every officer of the National Association was legally elected. The president, after refusing again and again, was forced to accept the position which she has so queenly, nobly, honorably and scholarly filled. She was [?] and last choice of the majority of the delegates. There were six candidates nominated, there were 141 delegates; of this number Mrs. Mary Church Terrell received 106; thirty-five being Distributed among five other candidates. There was not a vote solicited, for the delegate from the New Era Club had each State and club called separately, and as they were called, the delegates marched to the table and deposited her written ballot. Nothing was more fairly done. The Association elected whom they wanted, And the women of the clubs who belong to the N. A. C. W., and desire to protect the president and other officers whom they elected of their own free choice, must rise en mass and let their protest be published to the world. For the Era Club delegate to be they only judge of the president’s knowledge of parliamentary usages and rulings, is sad indeed. The Chicago press several times commented upon the ease, grace, quick perception, impartial ruling and broad knowledge of parliamentary law exercised by the president. Indeed, one prominent editor wanted to know if she lived in the House of Congress when in Washington. The president has not failed to do what was expected of her, but rather surprised all right-thinking people in accomplishing so much. The majority of the women composing the N. A. C. W. have the utmost confidence in the integrity, intelligence, unswerving devotion, womanly bearing and magnetism of the president to her race. She has sought no office, but the office sought her, and should be listen to an overwhelming majority of the women, she would be there presiding officer always, for she has the love, esteem and goodwill of nearly all of them. Regarding the time limit of officers every delegate saw, after the matter have been explained, that every officer could be re-elected. The constitution says, “No officer shall hold office more than two successive terms.” This constitution was adopted in Nashville, Tenn., September, 1896,; the first convention of the N. A. C. W. A term is two years, therefore, Mrs. Terrell Having served only one term, with the rest of the officers, was eligible to re-election. Every officer in the N. A. C. W. was constitutionally elected, report to the contrary, notwithstanding. We do not see why these so-called Mother Club should have anymore prestige then the youngest club in the N. A. C. W. Besides, Washington, D. C., claims the mother club, and this was proven in Chicago. We do not hesitate to say that every lady elected to an office, is fully capable of filling the position to which she was elected; Furthermore, the clamerous sections knew whom they wanted, and having the material and the votes, elected them. We can't see why a lady who several years ago boasted of her superior blood, and that no Southern blood flowed in her veins, of which she was proud, could expect the people from this section to support her in anything. Again, in Chicago she used language that intimated that all the ignoramuses is came from the South. We, as delegates and members of the N. A. C. W., do enter are solemn protest, and assert that every word said by Mrs. Josephine St. P. Ruffin regarding the conduct of the meetings, the lack of ability in any officer to fill the same and her scurrilous heartless and malicious attack on the president, especially, or falsehoods of the deepest dye. We also think it very untimely in the editor of Notes to allow one club to rule the whole National Association. if any individual or an individual club is to rule and insult the entire Association, we I think it best to stop printing The Notes and disband the National Association of Colored Women. the printing of this one article will license any other club or person who becomes disappointed or thwarted in not being elected to an office to which she or it aspires, to insult the officers and Association at any time. (Continued on Fourth page.) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, MAY, 1900. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS, PRESIDENT.- Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T. St. N. W., Washington, D. C. 1st VICE-PRESIDENT- Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. VICE-PRESIDENT.- Mrs. Lucy Philips, Jackson, Tenn. COR. SECT'Y.- Miss. Mary A. Lynch, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C. REC. SECT'Y.- Mrs. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave, Chicago, Ill. REC. SEC'TY- Mrs. Wm. Clifford, 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio. TREASURER.- Mrs. J. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, Mo., NATIONAL ORGANIZER.- Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N. Y. CHAM'N EXECUT'E COM.- Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. CLUB NOTES. During the months of June, July and August, the publication of the NOTES will be suspended, owing to the fact that the cost of the printing and work on our paper has increased. After a meeting of the Executive Board of the National Association of Colored Women, which will meet in August of this year, where the matter of the extra expense of the publication of the NOTES will be discussed and decided upon, the NOTES will be begun again, which will be about September first, 1900. Diamonds- The tears of fallen women turned to ice, by man's cold pity for repentant vice. Rubies- The crimson life drops from a virgin heart, pierced to the core by Cupid's fatal dart. Turquoise- A baby went to Heaven while it slept, and waking missed its mothers arms and wept. Those angel tear drops, falling earthward through God's azure skies, into the turquoise grew. Mrs. Cora Moten of Selma, Ala. corresponding of the W. C. T. U. of this state, wishes all women of the state, who are interested in the work of Temperance, to be present at the State Teacher's Association which meets in Selma, April 11-12, and 13th. The following report is the work of a white woman's club in the interest of colored women: The first seed sown in this work arose from the sympathy for a suffering child and indignation at the inhumanity of those who were its natural protectors. Another case was found by one of its members who was visiting the sick and poor in the negro settlement, who found a half clothed little fellow shivering with cold and crying piteously. He said he could not go home because his mother was away washing, and would not be home until night. The neighbors who were home sometimes took in the children thus left, but the majority of them was left to roam at large, with no care, nor moral nor any other kind of teaching. These cases led to the effort to reach the mothers through the organization of the "Woman's Improvement Club" at the Opera House Dec. 12, 1897. The attendance of the colored women was small but all were interested in the words spoken to them by Dr. Judd and others. The work of this club was modelled after the famous "Woman's Conference Club of Tuskegee, Ala., and has held meetings at intervals since that time, but was much hampered in its work for want of a suitable place of meeting for its sessions. Mrs. Booker T. Washington visited Daytona soon after this work was commenced, and spoke at the Baptist Church in Waycross, and also at the Congregational Church in Daytona. Mrs. Washington has a good voice and persuasive manner, and her lecture was full of inspiration to her audience. She pleaded eloquently for the little ones left without care, too young for school, while their parents worked to earn their living. In this way our line of work was marked out for us, and the gift of a lot in Waycross by Mr Blodgett made a realization of our desires possible. Through giving entertainments and soliciting contributions, enough has been raised to complete the new building two stories in height, with two well lighted rooms 20x30, the upper story reached by an easy flight of stairs on the outside, and a nice platform approach to the lower room. This building is insured, and it is also furnished with tables and chairs for both rooms. The next thing needed is the money to provide for teachers' salaries so that the Kindergarten and nursery departments may be opened soon. The mothers who have children will gladly pay something for their care and training, and those members of the "Woman's Improvement Club" who have no children volunteered to pay for children whose parents could not afford to send them. It is the hope of all the ladies interested that all of our citizens will help us to carry forward this much heeded work, and that together we may be able to fulfill the design of thorough Industrial training. We are certainly "coworkers with God" in this effort for "it is not His will that one of these little ones should perish." In order to hold property and build the formation, the Daytona Educational and Industrial Association was formed March 9, 1898, an outgrowth of the Philanthropic Department an independent, chartered body, organized for the purpose of assisting the colored people of Daytona in educational and industrial work. The ladies making the application for incorporation were: Maud R. Starr' Daytona. Mary M. Ruger, Daytona. Mary E. Thompson, Daytona. Eliza C. R. Greene, Daytona. Martha R. Robinson, Daytona. It is trite saying that figures do not lie and it is sometimes very inconvenient that they do not, but in this case I take pleasure in presenting to our friends, the public, the following statement: The Daytona Educational and Industrial Association and annual dues, $523,90. Entertainments, $130.00 Interest on Bank Account, 9.50 Total, $664.16 We have disbursed the following amounts: Cost of Lot, $65.00 Cost of Building, 493.13 Cost of furniture, 41.95 Cost of Insurance, 7.65 Sundry Expenses, 7.75 Total, $615.47 Cash on hand, $48 72. We wish also to acknowledge not only the substantial aid given to us by subscriptions from the citizens of Daytona, but also the spirit of true generosity and sympathy that has been almost universally extended to us. To the following firms who made such reductions in building material as enabled us to erect our building within our means, we are especially indebted, and wish her to offer our sincere thanks, as an association: Bond & Bond Lumber Co, Daytona Novelty works F. Dillingham, proprietor; R. S. Maley, Mason & Wall, C. M. Bingham, Jr. The colored people are also interested and do what they can to aid us. The men cleared the lot and have agreed to do some filling in and planting of trees. One man did hauling of lumber and furniture without charge. Others contributed some work on the building. Another man contributed a dollar. The colored woman's Improvement Club gave a supper which netted $36.35 and raised in various ways fifteen dollars more to be applied toward furnishing. Some of them have also agreed to help pay for some of the Kindergarten pupils when the school shall be opened. All seem more than willing to do their part. Mrs. Booker T. Washington also sent a contribution. NEWS CONCERNING THE W. C. T. U. GLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF CLUB WORK BEING DONE IN MINNESOTA. I make here a small report of our Club work in Minnesota. I do so with a feeling of encouragement. We are making good progress all along the line, particularly in charity and temperance work. We have five good working clubs. Mrs. T. H. Lyles organizing all of them, and which are united and in their work for the improvement of the race: The Frances Harper W. C. T. U., the B. K. Bruce W. C. T. U., Loyal Unions, John Brown Monument and Memorial of St. Paul, Minn., and Lucy Thurman W. C. T. U. of Minneapolis. We are very proud of the great honor that has been bestowed on one of Minnesota's noble citizens, one who is a christian lady, and whose sympathy and money go to every worthy need of humanity; she is one of the leading women of the west, and one who is trying to pay a debt of gratitude that the whole colored race owes by erecting a monument to John Brown, the hero at Harper's Ferry. Now this worthy woman has been appointed a delegate by the officers of the National W. C. T. U. to the World's National W. C. T. U. Conventions at Edinburg, Scotland, June 22nd and to June 29th, and invited to speak on the fruits of intemperance and also invited by the federation of whites to speak at Paris, and Sunday [??] life and great deeds of John Brown, and if health permits, she will sail on the 6th of June with the delegates. We just closed our Ramsey County W. C. T. U. convention, with much good work done in the past year for temperance. The President and all the officers are white except Mrs. Lyles and she was unanimously elected Secretary for the third year, claiming she is the best secretary they ever had. Mrs. Ann B. Harris, treasurer of B. K. Bruce's Union, has done some good work in the Bruce union, also in the eastern star chapter by adding to its ranks a large number of the best families in St. Paul. Mrs. Harris is a christian lady and matron of the St. Paul Chapters. Mrs. Lyles is very sick at this writing. Many prayers for her speedy recovery, as we want to have her make the trip to the General Conference at Columbus, O., as she is a delegate from Minnesota, and then on to Paris. Mrs. Lucy Thurman was here the guest of Mrs. Lyles, and made many encouraging speeches for the temperance cause, hoping to have more to report next time. Respectfully, Mrs. James H. Thomas, Corresponding Sec'y. of Conference of Unions Clubs. NOTICE! Remember that the NOTES will not appear again until after the meeting of the Executive. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, MAY, 1900. THE PURITAN WOMEN AND THEIR AFRO-AMERICAN SISTERS. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE PHYLLIS WHEATLY CLUB OF CHICAGO, JAN. 30, 1900, BY KATHERINEN DAVIS TILLMAN, AUTHOR OF PAMPHLET-- "HOW TO LIVE WELL ON SMALL SALARY." There should be in existence such a strong organization of intelligent Afro-American Women as is represented here this afternoon, and that in connection with its other helpful features, there is in operation a department known as the Home Section, - a department dedicated to the work of making the home-life of the race that we represent sweeter and purer, are facts that are of themselves a positive inspiration. A century ago, such an organization would have been considered an impossibility for Anglo-American Women, and a half century ago a still greater impossibility for Afro-American Women. But Tennyson never uttered a greater truth than when he wrote the lines, "More things are wrought by prayer, than this world dreams of." The Puritan women whose fathers, husbands, and sons have furnished the greater number of martyrs to Right that have been sacrificed by their countrymen upon the altars of greed and selfishness, were emphatically women of prayer! They came not from their loved English homes in search of wealth, fame or any ephemeral advantage, but in search of a religious asylum where they, with their families, might worship God without persecution. This was the principle upon which their womanly hands began the civilization of the New World and all of the folly and corruption of latter periods of American history has not been able to quench the holy light that their brave hands first held aloft upon the American continent. When a little slave girl stolen away from her home in Africa, was found half-naked and half-dead from exposure, in a Boston harbor 1761, it was a woman of this type, a Mistress Wheatley whose tender woman's heart warmed toward the helpless child, and who took the girl to her home and cared for her as kindly as if she had been the fairest child in the city of Boston! verily a brave woman, and a brave deed! And later when the whole country- trembled beneath the gigantic slave power, it was the Puritan women who, stepped to their husbands sides and shared with them the calamity and persecution that was dealt to all those who were known as abolitionists. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lydia Maria Child, Myrtle Mineo are names that are inseparably linked with the early history of our race. And the influence of the Puritan women still lives. Their prayers are still felt. A race of women who can give to the world a Frances Willard, is worthy of the world's highest admiration. But the Puritan women were not the only women who learned to pray during days of adversity. Another class of women, a lowly class, representing a greater inferior civilization, women humbled by their hard life and cruel environments, for in their native Africa, some were by birth daughters of kings, also learned to pray. Frances Ellen Watkins, now the Frances E, Harper, author of several volumes of verse and a novel entitled "Leola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted," Mary Shadd, editor of an anti-slavery newspaper, Sarah Forten, writer and educator, and Sojourner Truth, who though wholly illiterate, struck slavery some telling blows by their quaint humorous speeches; are some of the stars that illumined our night of bondage. And what of the Afro-America women of today? Left penniless and homeless at the close of the Civil War, out women had no time for mental improvement, there was a constant struggle to keep the wolf, a very real and ravenous wolf from the door. Churches which were then the main school houses of the race, had to be built and supported, the children must be fed, clothed and schooled, and the Afro-American women made strong by the same influence that was the strength of the Puritan woman's life, was sufficient for all of these things, in at least a large measure. I believe that the Afro-American women according to their means, compare favorably with the women of any race in supporting churches, schools and in caring for their homes. Their benevolence sums fair beyond their means. It is said that the first five dollars given toward the erection of Lincolon's monument, was given by one Charlotte Cushman, an ex-slave. The prominent men of the race owe their rise, largely to the heroic mothers and wives who stood by their sides and helped them in their struggles. The mother of Booker T. Washington laid the foundation of her son's success, by training him to be severely honest. "Wear only that which you can afford," was one of her maxims. The wife of Bishop Arnett worked and helped to support their large family, while her husband completed his education; and the mother of William J. Simmons, author of "Men of Mark," and founder of an industrial school at Cane Springs, Ky., educated her boy, as have countless other Afro-American women, out of the earnings of her wash tub. In these days of higher education for women, the number of intelligent Afro-American women has increased until there is in existence an organization known as the "National Association of Colored Women," pledged to the work of elevating their race. This organization met in Chicago during the month of August ,and won many enconiums from the Anglo- American press, because of its business like methods and the many practical features that were advanced. A paper entitled "National Association Notes," is published by Mrs. Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee. Some Afro-American women have attained a national reputation because of their labors in some particular line, Edmonia Lewis, the sculptor, now a resident of Rome, Italy; Ida B Wells-Barnett, pioneer in the anti- lynching movement and a tireless worker in all matters of reform; Lucy W. Thurman, a strong worker in the ranks of the W. C. T. U.; Hallie Q Brown, the lecturer, now in England; Francis Joseph, of New Orleans, an advocate of prison reform; Fannie Jackson Coppin, founder of the Institute for the Higher Education of Colored Youth, one of Philadelphia's solid institutions: Amanda Smith, the evangelist, who though an educated woman, has preached the gospel on four continents, and has recently founded a home for orphan children at Harvey, Ill,; Mary Church Terrell and Josephine Bruce, wife of Senator B. K. Bruce, now deceased, whose names are associated with practical club work and free sewing and cooking classes for Afro-American girls. There are, of course, many other women not so well known, who are doing effective work in the matter of race elevation. Upon the Afro-America woman of to-day there rests a burden equally great as the burden that was the inheritance of the Puritan women, who came over in the historic Mayflower to found a new civilizatian. We, too, are the pioneers of a new civilization. We are laying the foundations of the civilization of the Afro-American people. Our race must abound with pure, modest women, like the Puritan maiden, Priscilla, and with men like the sturdy sons of New England, who fought for the slave's freedom, and the college where this training is to be given, is the home. Among the things that club life should emphasize, is a woman's duty to her home and children. Some club women get the idea that to preside over a club and to be upon a great many committees, is of more important than to greet the husband who comes home from his daily work, with a smiling face and a carefully prepared meal, or to spend time in the constant training of the boys and girls of the home, but this is a sad mistake. Booker T. Washington said in an address delivered to his people at Chicago January 7th, "Better one solid business man of the race, than ten thousand orators," and I say, better one happy home, than any amount of clubs. A club life that weans a woman's mind from her home, is an unhealthy attraction and should be given up. One of the greatest evils of fashionable society, is that women are encouraged to love dress and notoriety more than home. Married women boast of their conquests among their male admirers. They become slaves to social engagements, the care of their little children is shunned, and the whole life is spent in a round of unhealthy dissipation which, sooner or later, will surely end in regret. Comparatively few Afro-American women have been able to reach this height of folly, but there is a rapidly increasing class of Afro-American women who have no higher aim in life than to imitate the most corrupt and pernicious forms of Anglo-American society. It should be the aim of such organizations as the one that I have the honor of addressing, to lead the women of the race to higher and nobler things. Every woman who desires the elevation of her race, should endeavor to elevate the home life, for the homes are the bulwarks of the nation. To inspire in the home a greater love for charity, for honesty, for obedience to parents, for cleanliness, for well-cooked meals, for respect of hygenenic laws, and thus for the highest development of all the faculties of each member of the home, should be the ideal of the women who love their race. Again, a club woman should be a progressive being. If in her community there are girls who need instruction in cooking, sewing or any branch that she feels herself competent to teach, why not meet these girls at least one hour in each week and give to them such instruction, and thus continue the good work of helpfulness indefinitely? Many an Afro-American girl who is to-day an outcast, might have remained respectable, had she known how to do some one thing well enough to keep a place as a domestic. But some to whom I have advanced these ideas, say that these things should be taught the girls by their mothers. How about the mothers who do not know how to do these things themselves? How about the Afro-American mothers who are so foolish as to think chilbren too good to work and bear the burden all the drudgery themselves? In either case, I think we are called upon to obey the scriptural injunction and "Bear the infirmities of the weak." In conclusion, I believe in women's clubs, as they prove themselves a real help to their own sex, and through this channel to the world. I believe that the life of the club woman should be large, free and joyous; free from the petty jealousies and malicious tattlings that often occur among women of narrow spheres. I do not believe that the best club is the one that is the most exclusive, but the one which most emphasizes sisterhood and helpfulness. There are many perils that confront us as a race, but with the example of the strong and pure Puritan women before us, and so vast a number of Afro-American women pledged with you to the elevation of a long-oppressed people, we need have no fears W. C. T. U. CONVENTION. Miss Mary A. Lynch, Salisbury, N. C , Mrs. Lucy Tappan, Phillips, of Jackson, Tenn., Mrs. T. H Lyles, of Minn., and Mrs. Booker T. Washington have been appointed delegates to the W. C. T. U. Convention, which meets in Scotland, in June. Mrs. Thurman by virtue of her position has also been elected to the Convention. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, MAY, 1900. (Continued From First Page.) In Conclusion, we will further state what directly after the close of the National Association, Mrs. Terrell was compelled to set herself right in a newspaper article regarding a false idea concerning the election. We read the article in The Notes, and every word of it was the truth, rightly told; Not a word of it was misleading, and we can truthfully say that all this clammer came from that portion of the Northwestern delegation who came for the sole purpose of securing certain offices, but failed to get them. Again we say that every delegate who voted for our present able coterie of officers should send in their protest. Mrs. F. P. Cooper, Chairman Committee. Mrs. T. J. Gray and A. Whitlow, Delegates, Coterie Migratory Assembly. Mesdames G A. Hodges, D. E. Harvey, H. Taliaferro, D. Lightfoot, Delegates, Orphans’ and Old Ladies’ Home Association. Mrs. Epsie Freeman, Sojourner Truth Club. –Ruth Circle. AGE OF WOMANHOOD The age oh womanhood is come, And The time of Paradise family appears, When the yoke of the mane shall be broken forever, And the wickedness of his lordship shall cease. For the term of her bondages served out, The year of her humiliation is ended, The hour of her deliverance has come; And she shall receive at the hand of Jesus [?] Blessings double for all her pain. Lift thy voice, O womanhood an cry, Cry a forward to the ends of the earth and say, Woman is free! Woman is free! Woman is free forevermore! By the life of God within her, By his light is her inmost heart, She shall rule in the family life, She show guide in the Eden day. Blessed be God the father in heaven, Blessed be Jesus his Son; For the curse upon Woman is taken away, And the day of her glory is come. PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO. The Pulpit and Pew of St. Louis, Mo., is responsible for the following statistics: in 30 years the race has wiped out 49% of its illiteracy; Have 40,000 students in the higher institutions of learning, 30,000 teachers, 30,000 youths learning trades, 12,000 pursuing scientific courses abroad, 17,000 graduates, 254,000 volumes in library valued at $500,000; 156 normal schools, colleges, and universities in the South: 300 authors, three banks, 255 newspapers, four magazines, ten Million dollars in school property and ten million dollars In church property. The census of 1900 shows that the Negro population of the United States represent eight million persons worth in cash and real estate, acquired largely since the war four hundred million. The Negroes of Massachusetts are credited with $9,114,525. It will be seen by reference to the census report for 1899 that the bulk of wealth owned by Negroes in The United States is owned and located in 22 Northern and Western states and represents $211,961,385. While the wealth of the Southern Negroes is $190,136,615. not a bad showing for a people long without education or morals or opportunities, such as the Negroes of the North enjoyed, for mental, moral and material development. CLUB NOTES The Peoria Colored Woman's Club of Peoria, Ill., has just closed a most successful "apron fair" the report of which is to be found below. The Apron Fair now being held at No. 620 Main street under the auspices of the Peoria Colored Woman's Club, was formally opened yesterday afternoon, the ceremony being distinguished by a brief address by Mrs. Clara P. Bourland of the Peoria Women's club. Mrs. Bourland congratulated the club on the enterprise which it had displayed in making such a fine exhibit and also on the charitable object which lay behind that enterprise, the proceeds of the fair being destined for the relief of the poor among Peoria's colored population. The speaker urged the club not to be content with what it had accomplished, however, but to make some effort at self-culture, and advised a concerted movement in the direction or study, especially of the literature of our own country. Mrs. Bourland's remarks, which were marked by characteristic good taste and sound sense, met with general appreciation and the incident made the happiest and most auspicious beginning for the little bazaar. The display made at the fair is certainly an astonishing one, including as it does over five hundred aprons, ranging from the big gingham variety, esteemed more for their usefulness than beauty, to the coquettish little confection all lace and ribbon and intended for the serving of afternoon tea. These aprons have all been donated and come from forty-two different states in all parts of the union. There is one apron sent by Mrs. Booker T. Washington, which is to be raffled for, and another equally distinguished, which is the gift of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, the President of the National Federation of Colored Woman's clubs. The Peoria Colored Woman's club was organized in May 1899, and is a highly flourishing organization. Its work heretofore has been chiefly of a charitable nature and it is in the interests of that department of their club that this recent bazaar has been started. They propose now, however, to add other department of an educational nature to the organization and bid fair to accomplish a great deal in the second year of their existence as a club. The fair will close to-night, when doubtless their pretty and useful wares will be all disposed of. The Minerva Club of Cleveland, Ohio is doing some very practical and helpful work. Patents taken out by Negro Women. Miss Merriam L. Benjamin, Boston Mass, Gong and Signal Chair for hotels- 1888. Sarah Boone, New Haven, Conn., Ironing-board, 1892. Sarah Goode, Chicago, Ill., Cabinet- bed, 1885- Julia Terry Hammonds, Lebanon,Ill., Apparatus for holding Yarning Skeins, 1896. Lyda D. Newman, New York, N. Y., Brush,1898 Judy W. Reed, Washington, D. C., Dough Kneader and Roller, 18884, Mrs. Booie of Selma, Mrs. A. E. Duncan of (Montgomery) Mrs.Wells Eufaula, Miss Georgia Washington, Mt. Meigs, Mrs. S. A. Beckwith of Montgomery, Mrs. B. T . Washington of Tuskegee, formed the committee on constitution for the (Alabama) State Federation. The committee on constitution of the Alabama State Federation have held a meeting at the State Teachers association which convened in Selma Apr. 11-12-13. An executive of the State Federation was held in Selma, Ala., during the session of the State Teachers Association which met Apr. 11-12-13. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, President of the Woman's Era Club of Boston Mass. is still tn the lecture field. Club women in Atlanta Ga. and Tuskegee Ala. are still hoping that Mrs. Ruffin may see her way clear to come South. Dr. Emma A. Reynolds of New Orleans, sends her subscription for the Notes; says, "I think the Notes is destined to be a factor in the up building of our race." Dr. Reynolds is Secretary of the Afro American Club of New Orleans. Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford of Cleveland Ohio sends $2.50 to the $100 fund for member-ship into the National Council of Women. This money is the gift of a Social Club in Cleveland who although not members of the N. A. C. W. is sufficiently interested in this way. Mrs. L. A. Davis of Chicago Woman's Club writes; "We are all working hard here, and the Clubs are all doing good work. I have just succeeded in raising the $5 00 for member-ship into the National Council of Women. Mrs. J. H. Young of Lawrence, Kansas writes "All western women are willing to do their part. We are thinkihg of founding a Sanitarium. Our Club consists of 24 members, who meet every Thursday afternoon at the homes of different ladies. lunch is served at each meeting. We are to hold a public meeting in one of the Churches soon in order to present our cause to the public. The minister of this Church is doing all he can to help us. We have only $60.00 in our treasury. We want to rent land outside of the City, in order to take care of the poor, aged and orphan children." Mrs. Lizzie Williams Coleman, of Greenville, Miss., writes: "What can I do to aid in the general work of the National Association of Colored Women?" How many more can ask such a question? Mrs. A. W. Hunton, of Atlanta, Ga., sends one dollar for four subscriptions to the Notes. Mrs. England of Birmingham has been asked to take charge of the work among the miners of the State of Alabama. Mrs. England has just sent in her subscription for the Notes. A mass meeting of Club Women was held at the State Teachers Association in Selma, under the direction of Miss Cornelia Bowen, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Southern Federation of Women. Mrs. Lucy T. Phillips, of Jackson, Tenn., second Vice-President of the National Association of Colored Women, is well pleased with the appearance of the Notes. A new club has been organized at Danville, Ky., under the direction of Mrs. M. B. Wallace. We welcome not only this club, but Mrs. Wallace into our ranks. The Mother's Council of Opelika, Ala., holds its meetings regularly. At its last meeting they took up the very practical subject of-- "How Food Should Be Prepared." Miss Alice Raburn of Boykin, Ala., writes as follows- "We have a charitable aid society in our town, and there are fourteen members. Each one pays ten cents a month with the object of helping the poor pay their doctor's bills." The Phyllis Wheatly nurse training school of New Orleans, under the auspices of the Phyllis Wheatley Club of that city has just turned out its first graduating class. We all remember that Sylvania Williams is president of this Club. A most interesting report of the Old Folks and Orphans Home, organized and conducted by Amanda Smith, has just been published. Last year $ 730.30 was contributed, of which sum $566.30 was given by Negro churches, schools, societies and friends. The trip plan for the 1900 World's convention of the W. C. T. U. at Edinburgh Scotland, is on the Royal Belgium Mail Steamer, Noodland, of the Red Star Line. The boat leaves New York City at noon, June the sixth. The following ladies of Montgomery Ala., has sent their paid subscriptions to the Notes: Mrs. Alstork, Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. Saffold and Miss Peterson. Miss Rebecca Bullard of Charleston, W. Va., sends $1.00 for four subscriptions to the Notes. The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb." VOL. IIITUSKEGEE, ALA., NOVEMBER, 1900. NO. 10 THREE ANGELS. They say this life is barren, drear and cold, Ever the same sad song was son of old, Ever the same long, weary tale is told. And to our lips is held the cup of strife, And yet — a little love can sweeten life. They say our hands may grasp but joys destroyed, Youth has but dreams, an age and aching void, Whose Dead Sea fruit long, long ago has cloyed, Whose night with wild tempestuous storms is rife — And yet a little hope can brighten life. [Illegible] we fling ourselves in wild despair [illegible]all once promised [illegible]ad ourselves with sorrows two-edged knife — And yet a little patience strengthens life. Is it then true, this tale of bitter grief, Of mortal anguish finding no relief? Lo! Midst the winter shines the laurel's leaf; Three angels share the lot of human strife, Three angels glorify the path of life. Love, Hope and Patience cheer us on our way, Love Hope and Patience from our spirit's stay, Love Hope and Patience watch us day by day, And bid the desert bloom with beauty vernal, Until the Earthly fades the Eternal. — Temple Bar. A REVIEW OF "THE WITCH'S DAUGHTER," BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. The Witch's Daughter, also known as Mabel Martin, is a poem consisting of sixty-nine stanzas, containing three verses each. In this poem Whittier has painted a very beautiful picture of rustic, plebeian life. The habits and customs of the times are most vividly pictured. The characters about whom we are concerned are Mabel Martin, the witch's daughter, and Esek Harden, Mabel's admirer. The mother is condemned and hanged for witchcraft; and very naturally, Because of the accusations which were heaped upon her, Mabel is jeered and taunted by the unmerciful people. Esek Harden, who is a very influential man among his countrymen, comes to her assistance and comforts her in distress. To this suitors she gives her hand. As you see, the plan of the poem is simple, and the circumstances which surround it are commonplace. However, the simplicity of the poem is its most noted, most admirable quality. The preponderance of vowels and liquids lend softness to the sound, ease and grace in pronunciation, and in this particular it reminds one of the beautiful Italian and French lyrics. This same pleasing effect is prolonged and intensified by a proper alternation of vowels and consonants. In the following stanza note the examples of grace, elegance of poetic thought, and the blending of sound with sense: "For Mabel Martin sat apart, And let the haymow's shadow fall Upon the loveliest face of all." It is not, indeed, easy to find an intermingling of softer, more euphonious tones, in which almost every vowel regularly alternates with a consonant at almost every consonant is a liquid. There is a little of the pessimistic sentiment running throughout the poem. We most vividly detect this in the following lines: "And still her weary wheel went 'round, Day after day with no relief; Small leisure have the poor for grief." It has been said that the plan and attending circumstances of the poem were simple. Likewise are its characters. Mabel is weak and unassuming; yea, weak but not vacillating; weak in that she is easily crushed. Notwithstanding this weakness her simplicity and purity of soul is perfectly adorable. If only we could find in her one trait of character resembling those of the simple, sweet, yet womanly Evangeline; one drop of Antigones' heroic blood; yea, even a spark of that never wavering faith which we so much admire in the female characters of George W. Curtis, we might add her name to the list of noted female characters found in literature. Taking into consideration his situation, Esek Harden is not so firm or heroic as one might naturally expect. Had he possessed more force of character the whole situation would have been strengthened, and still this addition of force would not have destroyed the simplicity of the poem; as it would still retain it's weird subject, it's rural setting, and its rugged picturesqueness which wins for it a place among the choicest of not only Whittier's works, but also the best known lyrics upon similar subjects. The poem would furnish excellent opportunity for the study of the couplet, the metaphor and examples of perfect iambic, tethrameter verse. In conclusion, it might be of interest to note that the poem had one peculiarity which we might safely [?] a fault, namely, a total absence of tr[?] beautiful and almost indispensable figure, the simile. This figure would have added embellishment, charm and strength to both Mabel and Esek's character. There were only three examples in the poem that might possibly be termed similes; and these were so drawn, the thoughts so mixed and obscure that to my mind their identity was hidden entirely. However, in defense of this fact, I will quote the author: "That there are pieces among my Collection which I have been unable, by reason of illness, to give that attention to the revision and arrangement which respect for the opinion of others and my own afterthought and experience demand, I am free to confess, and I must submit to the inevitable penalty of poetical as well as other sins." M. A. J. WHAT COLORED WOMEN HAVE DONE. THE FEDERATION'S ATTITUDE. (By Mary Church Terrell, President of The National Association of Colored Women) Should anyone ask what special phase of the Negro's development makes me most hopeful of his ultimate triumph over present obstacles, I should answer unhesitatingly, it is the magnificent work the women are doing to regenerate and uplift the race. Judge the future of colored women by the past since their emancipation, and neither they nor their friends have any cause for anxiety. Four years, either banding themselves into small companies or struggling alone, colored women have worked with might and main to improve the condition of their people. The necessity of systematizing their efforts and working on a larger scale became apparent not many years ago and they decided to unite their forces. Thus it happened that in the summer of 1896 the National Association of Colored Women was formed by the union of two large organizations, each of which has done much to show our women the advantage of concerted action. So tenderly has this daughter of the organized womanhood of the race been nurtured and so wisely ministered unto that it has grown to be a Child hale, hearty and strong, of which its fond mothers have every reason to be proud. Handicapped though it's members have been, because they lacked both money and experience, their efforts have, for the most part, been crowned with success in the twenty-six States where it has been represented. Kindergartens have been established by some of our organizations, from which encouraging reports have come. A sanitarium with a training school for nurses has been set on such [?] foundation by the Phyllis [?]nd has proved itself to be [?] a blessing to the entire community That the municipal government has voted it an annual appropriation of several hundred dollars. By the Tuskegee, Ala., branch of the association the work of bringing the light of knowledge and the gospel of cleanliness to their poor benighted sisters on the plantations has been conducted with signal success. Their efforts have thus far been confined to four estates, comprising thousands of acres of land, on which live hundreds of colored people yet in the darkness of ignorance and the grip of sin, miles away from churches and schools. Plans for aiding the indigent, orphaned and aged have been projected and in some instances have been carried into successful execution. One club in Memphis Tenn., has purchased a large tract of land, on which they intend to erect an old folks' home, part of the money for which has already been raised. Splendid service has been rendered by the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, through whose instrumentality schools have been visited Truant children looked after, parents and teachers urged to cooperate with each other, rescue and reform work engaged in, so as to reclaim unfortunate women and tempted girls. public institutions investigated, garments cut, made and distributed to the needy poor. Questions affecting our legal status as a race are sometimes agitated by our women. In Tennessee and Louisiana colored women have several times petition the legislature of their respective States to repeal the obnoxious Jim Crow car laws. In every way possible we are calling attention to the barbarity of the convict lease system, of which negroes and especially the female prisoners are the principal victims, with the hope that the conscience of the country may be touched and this stain on its escutcheon be forever wiped away. Against the one room cabin we have inaugurated a vigorous crusade. When families of eight or ten men, women and children are all huddled promiscuously together in a single apartment, a condition common among our poor all over the land, there is little hope of inculcating morality and modesty. And yet, in spite of the fateful heritage of slavery, in spite of the manifold pitfalls and peculiar temptations to which our girls are subjected, and though the safeguards usually thrown around maidenly youth and innocence are in some sections entirely withheld from colored girls, statistics compiled by men not inclined to falsify in favor of my race show that immorality among colored women is not so great as among women in some foreign countries who are equally ignorant, poor and oppressed. Believing that it is only through the home that a people can become really good and truly great the National Association has entered that sacred domain. Homes, more homes, better homes, pure homes, is the text upon which sermons have been and will be preached. There has been a determined effort to have heart to heart talks with our women that we may strike at the root of evils, many of which lie at the fireside. If the women of the dominant race, with all the centuries of education, culture and refinement back of them, with all the wealth of opportunity ever present with them, feel the need of a mother's congress, that they may be enlightened upon the best methods of rearing their children and conducting their homes, how much more do our women, from whom shackles have but yesterday been stricken, need information upon the same vital subjects. And so the association is working vigorously to establish mothers' congresses on a small scale, wherever our women can be reached. From the brief and meager account of the work which is still being accomplished by colored women through the medium of their clubs, it is easy to observe how earnest and effective have been their efforts to elevate there race. No people need ever despair whose women are fully aroused to the duties which rest upon them and are willing to shoulder responsibil[ity] NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, NOVEMBER, 1900. National Association Notes OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President. — Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T. Street N. W., Washington, D. C. 1st. Vice-President — Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V. President — Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Jackson, Tenn. Cor. Sect'y. — Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C. Rec. Sect'y. — Mrs. C. A. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave., Chicago, Ill. Rec. Sec'y — Mrs. Lillian Coleman, 2824 Douglas St., Omaha Neb. Rec. Sect'y — Mrs. Wm. Clifford, 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio Treasurer. — Mrs. J. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, Mo. National Organizer. — Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13, James St., Rochester N. Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com. — Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. --- Notice. We are still trying to raise the $100. to become members of the National Council of Women by the time we have our next meeting. We now have $27.50 of this fund. Any one wishing to contribute to this amount may send their subscription two 2122 Tracy Avenue to our National Treasurer, Mrs. J. S. Yates. --- Representation in the National Association is as follows: One delegate at large and an additional delegate for every ten members. Each member of a club is taxed ten cents per year: this to be paid by the club to the National Treasurer. --- I shall very soon have printed report blanks, these to be sent to the Corresponding Secretaries of the individual clubs, so that we may be able to gather data which will show the progress of the clubs with the Association. --- It was my pleasure to be present at the Annual Conference of the Northeastern Confederation of the Eastern Clubs which met at Providence, R. I., August 9th. In the absence of Mrs. Washington, I was requested to speak on the night of the first day's session. Mrs. Carter, the President of the Northeastern Confederation, urged me to make an appeal to [?] delegates for the loyalty of the National Association of Women. Mrs. Carter's motto is, "United We Stand, Divided We Fall." How much more progress would we make if every woman could be thus spoken of. The meeting was a splendid one. The above is a message that comes from our Corresponding Secretary, Miss Mary A. Lynch. --- Mrs. Lizzie Williams Coleman, of Greenville, Miss., Has also been an Ernest worker for the National Association of Colored Women. She has a Woman's Meeting, with several departments, such as "Relief and Comfort," "Sunday School and Education," "Housekeeping and Sewing," "Ways and Means." --- Miss Nellie A. Bolden of Washington, Pa., Is interested in the club work in her neighborhood, and has promised to go ahead and organize a club and bring the same into the National. --- Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, the National President, has recently delivered a lecture before the American Missionary Association. --- The Women's Christian Temperance Union, will hold its National Convention in the city, Washington in the month of November. The twenty seventh and twenty eighth of December are th[?] Set for the meeting of t[?] Federation of Colored W[omen] have had the most cordial i[?] From the ladies in the city of Atlanta which we have accepted. There will be a good programe and an excellent opportunity for the women of this section to come together and discuss their needs. --- Notice. Any woman wishing to attend the Southern Federation which meets in Atlanta December twenty seventh and twenty eighth Will please write Mrs. Selena Butler 269 Auburn Ave. Atlanta, Ga, or to Miss Josie Holmes, South Atlanta, Ga. --- Miss Josie Holmes of South Atlanta Ga., Is organizer for the state of Georgia, and during the Southern Federation one whole afternoon will be given up to the State Federation of Georgia. Miss Holmes will be glad to hear from any woman in the state of Georgia, with reference to any work she is now doing. --- Mrs. Lillian Dungee, the Alabama State Organizer, has been up in the northern part of the state doing good work. She has recently organized a club at Decatur and at Athens. Miss. Anna Duncan, State President for Alabama has a noble helper in Mrs. Dungee. We are expecting great things of Alabama with these two women as leaders. --- NOTICE. Any club woman not receiving her paper regularly, will do us the favor of dropping us a card. The paper is printed regularly every months and we wish every club woman to see what we are doing. Mrs. Lulu W. Demond formally of the Women's Club of Montgomery, Alabama, writes us from her new home now in New Orleans, La. we feel sure that Mrs. Demond will be of great assistance to the women of New Orleans in their club work. It would be difficult to find a more useful club than the Women's Club of that city. --- Mrs. J. R. England of Birmingham, Ala., is interesting herself in jail and prison work in this city. --- Mrs. Mary Church Terrell has been invited to speak before the Executive Meeting of the National Council of women which is to meet in the city of Minneapolis. --- The colour question is disturbing a great many of the women's clubs through the country. At the State Federation of Illinois a few weeks ago, it was the subject of much importance; and the newspapers claim that it will be taken up in the New York Federation which will meet in a few days --- NOTICE. The next biennial of the National Association of Colored Women, is to be held in the city of Buffalo, during the month of July 1901. Let every club begin now to work for the Convention, remembering that no club can be represented who fails to pay its dues — --- New clubs have recently been formed at Decatur and Athens, Alabama. The one at Decatur being called — "The Francis Harper" and the one at Athens — "The Patti Malone Club." --- At a meeting this week of the Brooklyn Women Suffrage Association, the first of the season, Mrs. Mary Lownes President of the society, and Mrs. Marianna Chapman, a member, and also President of the State Suffrage Association, were appointed delegates to the Albany meeting of the New York State Federation. In connection with their appointment the matter of their instructions for voting for or against The admission of clubs of Negro women to the State Federation came up. A motion endorsing, on behalf of the Association, the movement in favor of Negro women, and empowering the delegates to vote for their admission, was unanimously passed. — The New York Evening Post. --- Mrs. Lucy Tappan Phillips of Jackson, Tennessee writes as follows: "What about our Southern Federation? I stand ready to help, only lead, we will follow." --- The following message comes from Pine Bluff, Arkansas "We have many organizations amongst us, but most of them tend to demoralize rather than uplift the people. Our women seem to feel that they must please the men. Our ministers are afraid in many cases to speak against wrong." In reading the above message we wonder if there is a Women's Club in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and if this club cannot be made to better and uplift the moral conditions around it. --- Miss E. Pelham, of Hannibal, Missouri who was in attendance at the Michigan Federation which was held in August, was instrumental in getting eight paid subscriptions for The Notes. In connection with the widely advertised announcement that the question of receiving clubs of Negro women into State Federations or the General Federation will be brought up at the Albany meeting, it is perhaps significant to quote the words of Mrs. Booker T. Washington. In her address at the recent annual meeting in Detroit of the Michigan State Federation of Negro women she said: "I believe strongly in distinctively Negro associations. I believe in them because I am a Negro woman. It is by means of these efforts to bring Negro women together that we come to trust one another, and nothing will do more for our race then mutual respect and trust." In contrast to this sentiment, Mrs. Tate, the State Organizer In Michigan, well willing to admit that the majority of her race is not yet ready for social equality with whites, asserted that the time was not far distant when this would be true, and she expected to [?] Side-by-side, [?] Anglo-Saxons in every org[anization] — The New York Evening Post. --- A Brave and Faithful Woman. --- Sophia Holmes who died October 10th., At her home in Washington, is worthy to be remembered as one who in the faithful performance of the humblest duties found opportunity to the noble and heroic. During President Lincoln's administration Gen. Spinner employed Sophie as chairwoman in the Treasury the first colored women who obtained a government position. In cleaning up the building one afternoon she found a lot of Treasury notes in a waste basket. She quickly wrapped them in an old paper and placed them in a corner of the room where when her work was done she sat down on them. She was afraid to tell the watchman of her discovery and she decided to wait in the room until General Spinner made his usual nightly visit to the Treasury building. When at last he came she called to him and a dramatic scene followed, Sophie gave to general Spinner over half a million dollars after which he sent her home in his carriage. She was appointed to a life position on the day force at an increased salary. On another occasion Sophie's watchful eye detected a person committing a theft. She gave information which led to the arrest of the party and the restoration of $47,000. She received no reward for this service, but it was her nature to be loyal and noble, and these qualities made her loved and respected by everybody in the Department. Sophie Holmes did more than this for her country. She gave her husband to the cause of freedom. When she married Melchior Holmes he was a slave, but with her own earnings of $1,000 she bought his freedom. He lost his life in the first battle of Bull Run. Mrs. Holmes brought up with the labor of the hands five children, and these all survive her. She was buried from Asbury A. M. E. Church, October 13, and surely a fitting good-bye to her is, "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, NOVEMBER, 1900. REPORT OF THE WOMAN's MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT CLUB. OF KNOXVILLE, TENN. MY DEAR SISTER: Please allow me space in your National Notes to give a brief sketch of the work that we are doing. The Woman's Mutual Improvement Club, of Knoxville, Tenn., has worked in a social line, but seeing that we were needed in quite a different direction, we have now put forth our hands, heart and means to work for God and humanity. Although our number is yet small, we still think that we can accomplish much good with God to help us. About seven months ago we opened a home for the friendless, with very little means, but to-day we have a five- room house, very comfortably furnished, with five inmate to be cared for. The baby of our home is a very old lady, who is blind. She is one hundred and twelve years old. There are two others that are helpless; one is a Mrs. Whetson, who in her younger years traveled for three years or more with the great poet who now lives in Washington, D.C. She spent a great while across the waters and also through, the South; but to-day she is one of the friendless. We are a happy band, to think that we can work and help those that cannot help themselves. Our home is visited by both white and colored. We solicit aid from both, and they contribute very liberally. Our number is small, but they are willing workers. Within a short time we expect to purchase a l ot and erect thereon a home of our own. Although we have very little money, we have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and with His aid we will come through victoriously. Our matron, Miss Frances Hatcher who is a graduate of Knoxville College, gave up the work to teaching to come and help us carry on our work. She, too is working for the good that may be reaped from it, and is a very sweet, modest, Christian lady; evening and on the Sabbath we have regular services once a day by some of the ministers of the city, who are employed by all of the inmates of the Home. Our worthy President, Mrs. A. S. Jones, deserves much credit. She is a true and faithful worker for the cause. Since we have started in this line of work our troubles have been many, but yet we are a determined band— to struggle until we reach the Prom- ised Land. MRS. FLORENCE SHERILL LEVERE. The following is the report of the Wags and Means Committee, Mrs. L. C. Anthony Chairman: WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE REPORT. As Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, I desire to say that we have not thought it wise to push the claims for money this year, as the clubs have so many local demands and the question, what is to be done with the money? Is invariably to be answered. We thought, however, to make special effort in the coming year, as before, to have each club in the National, together with persons, make an offering to our work, and at our next meeting present the gold medal, which is now in the hands of Mrs. Smith, of Nashville, to the President of the club sending the largest amount. If this plan meets your approval, circular letters to this end will be sent out immediately. I trust you will carefully look over the following original committee, and if there are any additions, or omissions, or change of addresses, I would very much like to have the list corrected and sent to me at once. The only change to my knowledge is that of Mrs. Agnes Moody, 3604 Dearborn St., Chicago, who was put on in place of Mrs. C.A. Curl, who was elected Recording Secretary. Sincerely yours, L.C. ANTHONY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. Mrs. L. Williams Coloman, Green- ville, Miss. Miss L.C. Carter, New Beford, Mass. Mrs. W.B. Snelson, Athens, Ga. " Agnes Moody, Chicago, Ill. " Florence Cooper, Memphis, Tenn. " Kate V. Carmand, New York. " H. H. Young, Lawrence, Kan. " Rosa Bowser, Richmond, Va. " Willie Layton, Philadelphia,Pa. " L. A. Dillard, Selma, Ala. " Lotta Jackson, Bay City, Mich. " E. L. Ensley, Denver, Colo. " J. H. Hart, Jacksonville, Fla. " C. H. King, Raleigh, N. C, " M. A. Spight, Little Rock, Ark. " Clara Burr, Norwich, Conn. " Mary Cook, Parrish Louisville, Ky. " T. H. Lyles, St. Paul, Minn. "Ida J. Jackson, Jefferson City, Mo. Secretary. " L. C. Anthony, Jefferson City, Mo., Chairman. FIRST FREE KINDERGARTEN FOR COLORED CHILDREN. The convention of Southern colored women held last December in Montgomery, presided over by Mrs. Booker Washington, and out of which grew the Colored Women's Kindergarten Association, has not been without its results, for several flourishing kindergartens have been established in various sections of those States where the Negro population is largest. In view of the fact that Mrs. W. B. Lowe, President of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, was an actor in the recent biennial of women's clubs, where the "color line" was [??] cisively drawn, it is interesting to know that that distinguished Southern woman, far from being indifferent to the needs of the race, was the inspiration of the convention of colored women. Mrs. Lowe had been frequently approached for advice by Alice Carey, a progressive colored woman of Atlanta, Ga., who desired to do something for the betterment of her race, and she was ever advised in the direction of organized effort among the women of her race. "You need what we need," advised Mrs. Lowe, "free kindergartens for the poorer children of your race; we operate them here for the poor white children by subscriptions raised by an association, and you might make the same efforts in the same way." After communications of these ideas by Alice Carey to Mrs. Booker Washington, the convention was called at Montgomery, and the necessary funds for the trip to the convention were furnished Alice Carey by Mrs. Lowe. The latter, when the Kindergarten Association was organized received a most gracious letter from the official board, acknowledging her as a great inspiration to the movement. By subscriptions from various sources, and through the continued interest of Mrs. Lowe and other prominent Atlanta club women, Alice Carey, who had been elected Secretary, organized the first Kindergarten in Atlanta. It has proved a flourishing institution. The three youngsters pronounced the brightest and best in their classes as black as the proverbial ace of spades. They have kinky hair, beady eyes and teeth as white as snowflakes. Among the patrons of the colored kindergartens none is more enthusiastic than the wife of Georgia's Governor, Mrs. Allen D. Candler. -Atlanta Journal. UNCLE ZACHARIAH ON WOMAN'S CLUBS. When I fust heard tell 'bout wimin's clubs my dander riz up, an' I wuz al-fired mad. Shaw, thinks I, they air agoin' to ape us, lords o' creation, in everything, even tu jinin' clubs! Jest as tho' they hadn't hums tu stay in, hums 'at needed 'em. W'y, 'twas bad enough fur 'em to go tu temp'rance meetin's, C. T. U.'s an' the like, but tu neglect their hums jest fur clubs; w'y, it's perfectly prepost'rous! Thankful wuz I then that we lived out on a farm, so Mandy wouldn't get no club fever. She allus ben a homey sort o'body, an' in her old age I should put my foot down war she a galavantin' here and there tu clubs an' the like. Tu be sure, the children bein' grow'd up an' married off, she hedn't them tu keep her tu hum -more's the pity- so she went a sepl ago tu the city tu visit our eldest gal, Hetty, whose husband wuz doin' right well in his bizness. Es it turned out, Mandy couldn't ha' dun a wuss thing; fur while there she got tu goin' tu a club- which hetty is an officer in- an', will you believe it, she wuz thet taken thet she's ben an' gone an' dun it! She's actually organized a woman's club right here in our neighborhood! In spite o' my author'ty she dun it; I threatened to leave her, but it made no difference, she was that sot. An she's the president, an' they git together every other week! T'other day, when t'was goin' tu be here, I managed tu git in the storeroom, where there's an open stovepipe hole, an' I must say I wuz somewhat dumfounded over their doin's. Nary a word o' backbitin' or gossip, sech es formerly characterized wimmin's gatherin's, sewin' bees, an' the like (an' there's ben several shameful [??] they might ha' talked over, [??] het hev ben the absorbin' [??] to the corner grocery.) [??] du say it, their carryin' on [??] club wuz very proper; sum [??] good essays wuz read, a little bisness dun, an' then they adjurned tu go hum. Wall. I s'pose I'll hev tu giv' in tu these here new-fangled notions- which I fear hev cum to stay- but ef Mandy goes to neglectin' of me fur 'em I'll git a bill o'divoree from her sure's my name's ZACHARIAH HARDACK. The Tuskegee Woman's Club has had two meetings this fall; the first which was the first Friday night in October was purely a business meeting. The club elected the following officers for the year: President, Mrs. Booker T. Washington; Vice-President, Mrs. Josephine B. Bruce; Secretary, Miss Edna A. Spears; Treasurer, Miss Mabel Keith. The third Friday night in October the club had a Whittier and Longfellow evening. Mrs. J. D. McCall read a most excellent paper on the life of John Greenleaf Whittier. Miss Melissa Jones gave us a most instructive review on the Witch's Daughter. Miss Sarah Hunt recited Maud Muller in her usual charming manner and there was music, etc. The club has on foot now a plan for a book reception to be given some time in December for the purpose of getting good, substantial books for the library of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. In another column will be found the review of the Witch's Daughter by Whittier, which was read before the Tuskegee Woman's Club by Miss Jones. Miss Jones is a member of the club, having come this year for the first time as an instructress in the Institution. THE FOLLOWING IS THE VERY EXCELLENT PAPER WHICH WAS READ BY MISS ANNA DUNCAN, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE FEDERATION OF ALABAMA. To meet this audience this evening affords me very great pleasure. I approach the task of addressing you with deepest concern and solicitude. The important questions with which we as a race are confronted require most deliberate thought and the clear, cool calm judgment of the best minds must prevail. I am proud to say there is in existence such an organization as I have the honor of addressing this evening. It is the aim of this organization to lead the women of the race to higher and nobler things. We trust to reach to that height of excellence in our work that shall make us and those for whom we work wiser, nobler and more worthy. The world is watching to see what record we as a people shall make. We want only to write the best things on the pages of history. While on every side new avenues are opening, are we prepared for them? True other races have had the advantage of us in centuries of training, but we have as it were, been born in the glory of the beginning of the twentieth century, having opened to us all the researches of ages, all the trials, failures and successes of generations. So it is expected to us to make greater strides in advancement, because we are living in the most enlightened age. While all of this is expected of us, are we preparing for it? "In the furrowed field around us, God has work for those who will Those who may not scatter broadcast, Yet may plant it hill by hill. Shall we find these hills and plant them? Shall we scatter when we may, Or with idle hands stand waiting Till the seed time pass away?" Life is always opening before us unexpected possibilities and "a new impulse is sometimes the redemption of a soul." There are in this work many departments calling for self-sacrificing workers, who stand shoulder to shoulder with united aspirations, and oneness of purpose and are bound heart to heart in this grand work of "Lifting as we climb." There are many perils that confront us as a people and we must deal with them as they present themselves. In working out our future it must be done so wisely and strongly that we should leave no stone unturned to make the men and women of the next generation, more intelligent, virtuous and courageous. This can be done only through the instrumentality of self-sacrificing men and women who show by example as well as by precept the determination to wage an unceasing warfare against ignorance, immorality and vice. Every woman who desires the elevation of the race should exert herself to elevate the home life, for "the homes are the bulwarks of the nation," and every effort should be exerted to make the homelife of our (To be continued.) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, NOVEMBER, 1900. WHAT COLORED WOMEN HAVE DONE. (continued From First Page.) ities which they alone can successfully assume. The scope of our endeavors is constantly widening. Into the various channels of generosity and beneficence we are entering more and more every day. Some of our women are now urging their clubs to establish day nurseries, a charity of which there is an imperative need. Thousands of our wage-earning mothers with large families depending almost entirely upon them for support are obliged to leave their children all day, entrusted to the care of small brothers and sisters, or some good-natured neighbor who promises much, but who does little. Some of these infants are locked alone in the room from the time the mother leaves in the morning until she returns at night. Not long ago I read in a Southern newspaper that an infant thus locked alone in a room all day, while its mother went out to wash, had cried itself to death. When one reflects upon the slaughter of the innocents which is occurring with pitiless persistency every day and thinks of the multitudes who are maimed for life or are rendered imbecile because of the treatment received during their helpless infancy, it is evident that by establishing day nurseries colored women will render one of the greatest services possible to humanity and to the race. Nothing lies nearer the heart of colored women than the children. We feel keenly the need of kindergartens and are putting forth earnest efforts to honeycomb this country with them from one extremity to the other. The more unfavorable the environments of children the more necessary is it that steps be taken to counteract baleful influences upon innocent victims. How imperative is it then that as colored women we inculcate correct principles and set good examples for our own youth, whose little feet will have so many thorny paths of temptation, injustice and prejudice to tread. So keenly alive is the National Association to the necessity of rescuing our little ones, whose evil nature alone is encouraged to develop and whose noble qualities are deadended and dwarfed by the very atmosphere which they breathe, that its officers are trying to raise money with which to send out a kindergarten organizer, whose duty is shall be to arouse the conscience of our women and to establish kindergartens wherever means therefor can be secured. Through the children of to-day we believe we can build the foundation of the next generation upon such a rock of morality, intelligence and strength, that the floods of proscription, prejudice and persecution may descend upon it in torrents and yet it will not be moved, We hear a great deal about the race problem and how to solve it. The real solution of the race problem lies in the children, both so far as we who are oppressed and those who oppress us are concerned. Some of out women who have consecrated their lives to the elevation of their race feel that neither individuals nor organizations working toward this end should be entirely satisfied with their efforts unless some of their energy, money or brain is used in the name and for the sake of the children. The National Association has chosen for its motto: "Lifting As We Climb." In order to live strictly up to this sentiment, its members have determined to come into the closest possible touch with the masses of our women, through whom the womanhood of our people is always judged. It is unfortunate, but it is true, that the dominant race in this country insist upon gauging the negro's worth by his most illiterate and vicious representatives, rather than by the more intelligent and wealthy classes. Colored women of education and culture know that they cannot escape altogether the consequences of the acts of their most depraved sisters. They see that, even if they were wicked enough to turn a deaf ear to the call of duty, both policy and self preservation demand that they go down among the lowly, the illiterate and even the vicious, to whom they are bound by the ties of race and sex, and put forth every possible effort to reclaim them. By coming into close touch [??] correct many of the evils [??] tate so seriously against us [??] gurate the reforms, without which, as a race, we cannot hope to succeed. Through the clubs we are studying the labor question and are calling the attention of our women to the alarming rapidity with which the negro is losing ground in the world of labor. If this movement to withhold employment from him continues to grow, the race will soon be confronted with a condition of things disastrous and serious indeed. We are preaching, in season and out, that it is the duty of every wage-earning colored woman to become thoroughly proficient in whatever work she engages, so that she may render the best service of which she is capable and thus do her part toward establishing a reputation for excellent workmanship among colored women. Our clubs all over the country are being urged to establish schools of domestic science. It is believed that by founding schools in which colored girls could be trained to be skilled domestics, we should do more toward solving the labor question as it affects our women than by any other means it affects our women than by any other means it is in our power to employ. We intend to lay the Negro's side of the labor question clearly before our large-hearted, broad-minded sisters of the dominant race, and appeal to them to throw their influence on the right side. We shall ask that they train their children to be broad and just enough to judge men and women by their intrinsic merit rather than by the adventitious circumstances of race or color or creed. Colored women are asking the white mothers of the land to teach their children that when they grow to be men and women, if they deliberately prevent their fellow-creatures from earning an honest living by closing their doors of trade against them, the Father of all men will hold them responsible for the crimes which are the result of their injustice and for the human wrecks which the ruthless crushing of home and ambition always makes. Through our clubs colored women hope to improve the social atmosphere by showing the enormity of the double standard of morals, which teaches that we should turn the cold shoulder upon a fallen sister, but greet her destroyer with open arms and a gracious smile. The duty of setting up a high moral standard and living up to it devolves upon colored women in a peculiar way. False accusations and malicious slanders are circulated against them constantly, both by the press and by the direct descendants of those who in years past were responsible for the moral degradation of their female slaves. In our efforts to work out our own salvation we have been heartily applauded by our white sisters. Until the recent unfortunate occurrence at Milwaukee they have uniformly extended the members of our clubs the proper courtesy at all their great national conventions. On several occasions fraternal delegates from the National Association have been sent to the conventions of the National Council of Women and National Woman Suffrage Association, by whose officers and members they were cordially welcomed. As President of the National Association of Colored Women, I have twice had the honor of addressing a convention of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, held in Washington, which is, to all intents and purposes, a Southern city, and on both occasions I was treated with the greatest courtesy by everybody. In refusing to receive a delegate from a colored woman's club at its fifth biennial, the General Federation has taken a long step backward. I feel sure, however, that on its sober thought as to exclude colored women's clubs. Efforts have been made in the past to debar colored women from local white women's clubs even in the broad and liberal West. But whenever the attempt was made, the brain and culture of those clubs arose in their majesty and might and throttled it. I have no doubt that the question of admitting colored women's clubs to the General Federation will be eventually settled according to the eternal principles of right and justice, rather than according to the unworthy behests of prejudice and arrogance. Experiences such as occurred at the fifth biennial of the General Federation are bitter and hard for colored women to bear, but we are not, therefore, sitting supinely by with folded hands, drooping heads and weeping eyes. In every way possible we are up and doing whenever a word may be spoken for principle or a hand lifted for aid. Carefully and conscientiously we shall study the questions which affect the race most deeply and directly. Against the convict lease system, the Jim Crow car laws, lynchings and all other barbarities which degrade us, we shall protest with such force of logic and intensity of soul that those who oppress us will either cease to disavow the inalienability and inequality of human rights, or be ashamed to openly violate the very principles upon which this government was founded. By discharging our obligation to the children, by coming into the closest possible touch with the masses of our people, by studying the labor question as it affects the race, by establishing schools of domestic science, by setting a high moral standard and living up to it, by purifying the home, colored women will render their race a service whose value it is not in my power to estimate or express, The National Association is being cherished with such loyalty and zeal by our women that there is every reason to hope it will soon become the power for good, the tower of strength and the source of inspiration to which it is destined. And so "lifting as we climb," onward and upward we go, struggling, and striving and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long. With courage born of success achieved in the past, with a keen sense of the responsibility which we must continue to assume, we look forward to the future, large with promise and hope. Seeking no favors because of our color or patronage because of our needs, we knock at the bar of justice and ask for an equal chance. In 1889 we opened a little Sabbath School at our home for the children of our neighborhood. It now numbers 76. We find that every woman has something to do. The little pamphlet, "What by Woman Has Been Done, by Woman may be Tried," brought us encouragement, and we have continued to work. The object of the Sabbath School is to teach the little ones how to come in contact with each other pleasantly and to form good character. We call this little school "The Daughters and Sons of Unity." We are very much crowded, and are trying to find a larger place for our meeting. We invite the mothers into the Sabbath School, and often have meetings with them after the children are gone. It was through the influence of this Sabbath School that the Mothers' Council of Opelika has been formed and is now doing a great deal of good. A committee from each of our churches has been appointed. All of the Chairmen are doing their part towards making our work a success. We are visiting the homes of the needy or looking after the children who need our care and attention. The Mothers' Council is paying the tuition of five children now in our Sunday School. We meet once a week and discuss subjects pertaining to the growth and development of the children and our homes. Home life in Opelika among many of our women has been very much improved through the influence of this work. We hope the time will come when every woman will be urged to do something to upbuild the race. The above comes from Mrs. Missouri Moore, of Opelika. The National Association Notes. "A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to All." "LIFTING AS WE CLIMB" VOL. III TUSKEGEE, ALA.,DECEMBER, 1900 No. 12 THE ANGELS' SONG. BY FANNY J. CROSBY. The winds had ceased their carol, The waters calmly slept, And o'er their flocks reposing, A watch the shepherds kept; When from The Golden City, On pinions white and fair, An angel host descending, With music filled the air. Chorus: Glory to God in the highest, Good will and peace on earth — This was the song of the angel throng That hailed our Savior's birth Oh, morn of radiant splendor! Oh, blessed day of days, That banished gloom and sadness And filled the world with praise! The shepherds sought the manger That held the new-born King, Whose bright and joyful advent Eternal years shall sing. We come to join the chorus Of angel choirs above, And shout aloud hosannas For our Redeemer's love. We gather now rejoicing, Our grateful songs to raise; We crowd His gates with gladness, And fill His courts with praise. --- MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE --- [?] ers, but she sign opening; she beheld an opportunity by which she could honestly make a living and accumulate something for all time. That she gives satisfaction in her profession; that she makes a success, is vouched for from the fact that she is steadily employed. Mrs. Thorton has the confidence of the entire community in which she lives. She has done the women of her race a double service; not as employer, merely, but as teacher as well. Many to-day are thankful for the training which has also been the means of a livelihood, obtained from her lessons. She is able to teach a woman in a short time the art, and for a small cost. She stands out as a shining example of the Possibilities of women of the race. Mrs. Thornton is an enthusiast over the business outlook for the Negro, and advises our women to enter into business pursuits and become independent. She knows — she has no theory — it is an example, and such an example of Negro thrift, and industry, and economy. This kind of work must solve the problem; women of her ilk will be sustained and encouraged. She cordially invites all who come to Cincinnati to visit her Dermatology Parlors, in the Malta Building on W. Fifth Street. Her parlors cannot be classified as a Negro parlor, but rather as an office where her profession is practiced in the most up-to-date an approved manner. She is an expert who has made her profession a life study, and has crowned it with success. --- A PROMINENT CLUB WOMAN. --- The subject of this sketch, Mrs. Alberta Moore Smith, was born in Chicago, Ill., September 24, 1875. Her early life was that of the ordinary girl — uneventful; yet, dreams of an active and useful future often preceded [Jumps to ?] that it be the sense of the meeting to oppose the formation of interstate federations, but that all clubs should join the national, and so build up a strong national organization. It was decided that whatever States withdraw from the National, that organization be sent into such territory and clubs formed. It was moved by Mrs. Terrell, and seconded, that it be the sense of the organization to discourage the Federation of States into sectional organizations. Carried. The question of payment of dues was discussed and it was thought wise to impress upon the women the necessity of paying the dues annually. Moved, and seconded, the National Organizer gave her report. Mrs. Jeffries gave a most encouraging report. Mrs. Davis, State Organizer SOUTHERN FEDERATION. The Atlanta Women's Club is putting forth every effort to entertain royally the [Southern Federation?] After six years experience in the commercial world, and an affiliation with white women's clubs of a similar nature, Mrs. Smith thought the time ripe for Negro Businesswomen to unite their efforts, in order that they might become a force in the world of commerce and trade. We anticipate a bright and useful future for this timely organization. It's plans and objects are of such a nature that all race-loving women should render them all possible assistance; for we need more competent business women and men in order to win the recognition which we, as a race, believe we merit. During the month of August, upon an invitation sent her by Hon. Booker T. Washington, Mrs. Smith attended The National Negro Business League, the first National Negro body ever assembled together for consultation and inspiration, with the hope of formulating plans by which the status of the Negro as a business factor might be ascertained and established; read a paper on "Women's Development in Business," the contents of which were so salient and instructive that she was elected Vice-President, an unusual honor to be accorded a woman, with 150 men delegates present. Since then Mrs. Smith has been organizer of Women's Leagues. She will devote most of her time to this branch of the work, lecturing in various cities upon the "Capabilities of Negro Women in Business." Mrs. Smith presents a type of industry which it would be well for many of our girls to emulate; energetic and business-like, she is the Embodiment of many other thrifty qualities so characteristic of true Westerners. She is also an excellent writer, having demonstrated this fact by a number of articles appearing in several leading dailies of Chicago. By a continuation of her present methods, we believe her aims and hopes will be realized. We understand that Mrs. Smith's display of ability along these lines is not surprising to her many [jumps to ?] Mrs. Terrell said that $40 of it was netted from the sale of her address, "The Progress of Colored Women," which was to be set aside as a nucleus for a kindergarten fund. Mrs. Washington stated that the cost of printing "The Notes" would be increased to fourteen dollars. It was moved, and seconded, that no article be published in The Notes that attacked either the President, or any of the officers of the organization, or the organization itself. Carried. The question of the propriety of publishing in The Notes the report of the Women's Era Club of Boston (which attacked our organization, the President and officers), was discussed. Mrs. Terrell expressed herself as being thoroughly posted as to the conduct of papers in such cases, and that she [jumps to ?] All delegates to the Southern Federation are earnestly requested to send [?] Work for one common good. Sun, Nov. 4th, we have invited all sister clubs to meet us in a mass meeting, acting upon your suggestion that we form a City Federation. There is much to be done in the way of preparation for the National Association, and if we are not hampered, we can accomplish what we wish. Nov. 11th we hold an open meeting, and have invited the press and officials of the Pan American to come and here our discussion — "Why the American Negro Should be Represented at the Pan American Exposition." We anticipate a grand meeting. The Mothers' Congress of the State of New York has just ended a three days' delightful session, and I am proud to tell you that the Phyllis Wheatley Club was represented at that Congress; the only colored club in the State be represented with a membership. We sent out baskets for the colored poor this Thanksgiving, as usual. Enclosed please find $1.50. Please send the Notes, beginning with the October number. Mrs. W. H. Talbert --- The Phelps Hall Bible Training School, conducted in connection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, offers exceptional opportunities to young men who wish to prepare for the Christian ministry. A strong faculty is in charge, and in addition five to seven lecturers, representing the Negro denominations of the South, give a series of lectures. The cost of board is eight dollars per month; tuition, free. A few young men who have no money can be accommodated. Lack of means need debar no one. For further information, address Booker T. Washington, Principal. Mrs. Washington said that if a mistake had been made, it was an error of the head and not of the heart; but that if the editor were to be restricted in accordance with the foregoing amendments she would have nothing further to do with the publication of The Notes. Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson moved, and it was seconded, that the motion be reconsidered. Carried. Mrs. Thurman offered as a suggestion, that we do not approve of the publication of any article in The Notes slandering the President or the organization. Mrs. Terrell suggested that it would Be well to appoint a press committee of three. This was thought to be hardly feasible. It was moved by Mrs. Thurman, and seconded, that the publication of The Notes be resumed. Carried. When the two bodies consolidated at Washington, $53.85 was voted to be paid over to a committee for publication of the minutes of the meeting in 1896. It was moved [?] Mrs. Jeffries, and [?] The homes of our land are in danger, not from an outside foe, but from the reluctance of housekeepers to be longer annoyed by inefficient, careless help. Girls looking for an Opportunity to earn their livelihood refused to do housework because of the odium which now attaches to it from past abuses. The King's Servants is intended to remedy this difficulty. It is a two- fold organization, with a dual pledge. The badge is the Maltese cross, with the letters K. S. Ladies who desire good service take the following pledge: "We promise to regard the interests of those who serve us as our own, remembering that we are co-laborers for the Master." For those who are willing to give such ladies conscientious service there is the following pledge: "We promise to regard the interests of those we serve as our own, remembering that whoever is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much." Every city, town and village in our land should have this two-fold organization. The suggestion was given by the Master, and with it the command to announce that in this way the danger might be averted which now threatens the sacred institutions of home which He established for the safeguard of the nation. Daughters of the Heavenly King, as all who love our Divine Master are in fact, if not in name, I ask you in Christ's name to organize for this new work. Esther J. Hull National Organizer, P.O. Box 55, Danville Green, Vermont. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, DECEMBER, 1900. National Association Notes OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tukegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President-Mrs. M. C, Terrell, 326 T. St. N. W., Washington, D. C. 1st. Vice-President - Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V. President - Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Jackson, Tenn. Cor. Sect'y. - Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C. Rec: Sect'y. - Mrs. C. A. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave., Chicago, Ill. Rec. Sect'y - Mrs. Lilian Coleman, 2824 Douglas St., Omaha Neb. Rec. Sect'y - Mrs. Wm. Clifford, 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio Treasurer. - Mrs. L. Silone Yates, 2122 T T[?] Ave. National Organizer. - Mrs. Jerome Jeffery, 13, James St, Rochester. N. Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com. - Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. Mrs. Lucy Thurman is now working in the interest of temperance in New York City, Mrs. Camilla Bridey is President of the Woman's Club of Athens, Ga., Mrs. Alice D. Carey, of Atlanta, Ga., is working hard to make the kindergarten work of that city a success. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, President of the National, will address the Woman's Club of Jefferson City, Mo., November 1. Mrs. J. R. England, Vice-President of the Alabama W. C. T. U., has just sent $5 as dues to the National W. C. T. U. The new club at Decatur, Ala., has just sent in money to the National Treasurer to join the National. The City Federation of Mongomery, Composed of forty members, also recently made application to join the National. All delegates attending the Southern Federation which meets in Atlanta December 27 and 28, are urged to patronize the hack lines. [Top of Page;2nd Column] A new club called "The Ladies at Home Club," has just been organized in the city of Albany, Ga. Mrs. J. S. Griffin is President of this club. The Tuskegee Woman's Club, at its last meeting, Friday, November 16, made a donation of $5 to the fee for joining the National Council of Women. The Phyllis Wheatley and other clubs of Buffalo, have begun early toward working up a splendid meeting for the National Association of Colored Women for next July. Mrs. Addie Huntion, of Atlanta, Ga., is doing all she can to make a success of the meeting which we hope to hold in the city of Atlanta very soon. A new club has recently been formed at Danville, Ky. This was done through the influence of Mrs. Fannie B. Williams, State Organizer for Kentucky. Two clubs at Huntsville and one at Athens, Ala, are now making efforts to join the National. Most of this is due solely to the faithful work done by Mrs. Lillian Dungee, who is organizer for the State of Alabama. Miss Cornelia Bowen, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Southern Federation, is doing all she can to ward working up the Convention, which meets in Atlanta, December 27 and 28. Mrs. [???] Joyce Jackson[?] Jefferson City, Mo., sends in ten paid up subscriptions for THE NOTES. Seven of these ladies have been on the list for some time, but the three others are new subscibers. Miss S. C. V. Foster, President o the "Ten Times One Is Ten Club," of Montgomery, Ala., sends in her subscription to THE NOTES for another year, and also a report of her club. So many women have written for the October NOTES that we re-print in this issue the minutes of the Executive Meeting, which occurred the latter part of August, in the city of Detroit, Mich. The New York State Federation of White Women's Clubs has just closed another meeting in the city of Albany, N.Y. The Executive Board, according to newspaper reports, took special pains not to allow the color question to come before the Convention. All delegates and friends wishing to attend the Southern Federation which meets in Atlanta, December 27 and 28, are requested to send in their names immediately to Mrs. Ida E. Ponton, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. B. K. Bruce, Dean of the Woman's Department of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and Vice-President of the National Association of Colored Women, is spending some days at Harvard University with her son, who is receiving great honor both as an orator and a scholor. [Top of Page;Collumn 3] Notice. Any club woman not receiving her paper regularly, will do us the favor of dropping us a card. The paper is printed regularly every month and we wish every club woman to see what we are doing. Notice. We are still trying to raise the $100. to be become members of the National Council of Women by the time we have our next meeting. We now have $27.50 of this fund. Any one wishing to contribute to this amount may send their subscription to 2122 Tracy Avenue to our National Treasurer, Mrs. J. S. Yates. Notice. The next Biennial of the National Association of Colored Women, is to be held in the city of Buffalo, during the month of July 1900. Let every club begin now to work for the convention, remembering that no club can be represented who fails to pay its dues. The twenty seventh and twenty eighth of December are the dates set for the meeting of the Southern Federation of Colored Women. We have had a most cordial invitation from the ladies in the city of Atlanta which we have accepted. There will be a good programme and an excellent oppotunity for the women of this section to come together nd discuss their needs. Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, of Missouri, and Mrs. Mattie V. Lee, of Charleston, W. Va., are the only two members of the Executive Board who have fulfilled a promise which was made at the meeting of the Executive Board of the National in Detroit during the month of August. Each lady there promised to get paid up subscriptions [unereadable] THE NATIONAL NOTES [???]ollowing are some of the la- [???] expected on the program at the meeting of the Southern Federation. Mrs. Warren Logan, Tuskegee, Ala.; Miss Lucy Laney, Augusta, Ga. : Mrs. Selena Butler Atlanta, Ga. ; Mrs. Lillian Dungee, Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. Bowen, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Lampton, Greenville, Miss. There are others whose names have not been sent in. We hope that as many of our women as possible will attend the Convention of the W. C. T. U., which opens in Washington November 30, and closes December 7. The colored women of this country had no better friend than Frances Willard, and when we lend our assistance to the W. C. T. U , we are honoring a woman who loved and worked for all women. The advertisement of the Perry Picture Company, which is found on another page, will, we hope, receive patronage at the hands of every club woman. For holidays these pictures make beautiful presents, and to those who teach, they will be found mose helpful. We think they are of great value as adornments in the home. The question has been asked by several of our ladies whether or not the National Association of Colored Women will be received into the National Council of Women. The National Association of Colored Women has not only had a cordial invitation from both the President and Secretary of the National Council of Women, but [Top of Page; Column 4] it has been urged on more than one occasion by these friends to become a part of the Council. We have a woman's club in New Haven at last; it is called the Woman's Twentieth Century Club. We have about twenty-six members. Our President is Mrs. John Rose. We have both a program and sewing committee. We are now studying Negro literature and are doing quite a deal of charitable work. I send you $1 for four subscriptions to THE NOTES. THE NOTES were so interesting that I hope you have sufficient of the last issue to send these ladies one. Hattie J. Steward New Haven, Conn. The Presidential campaign came to a close, Tuesday, November 6, when William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican nominees, were overwhelmingly elected, having a popular majority of nearly 1,000,000 votes, and a majority in the electoral college of 137 votes. This defeat of Mr. Bryan's at the hands of President McKinley is more crushing than that of four years ago. The Republicans also win the House of Representative, and increase their hold on the Untied States Senat. Mr. Bryan's own State, Nebraska, was carried for the Republican Presidential ticket, the Republican gubernatorial ticket and the Legislature will elect two Republican United States Senators. The Loyal Friends' Club of New York City held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday [illegible] October 24, at 150 West 37th Street. The installation of officers for the ensuing year and adding the names of five new members to the roll, were among the principal business transactions of the evening. The new members are: Mesdames C. W. McKie, A. Roberts, and T. W. Bohannah, Misses Essie Love Spies and Victoria Clay. The officers installed are: Mrs. Dora Miller, President; Ida German Carter, Vice-President; Mrs. L. A. de Toscano, Financial Secretary; Mrs. Estella Cargel, Recording Secretary; Mrs. B. F. Whitehurst, Treasurer; Miss R. Curtis Chaplain. The officers were installed by the ex-President, Mrs. A. Miller. She also suggested that a literary branch be established in the club and a motion to that effect was unanimously carried. The fifth Friday night in each month was selected as literary night. A short program was give by members of the club. "September," a piano solo, was among the many selections rendered by Miss Essie L. Spies, to the delight of her hearers. A solo by Mrs. L. A. de Toscano, "I Can't Tell Why I Love You," was sweetly redered. An original poem was read by Ida German Carter, and :The Party" by Miss Spies. At the close of the program all repaired to the dining room, where a bountiful collation was served. Among the guests of the evening were Dr. T. S. P. Miller, Prof. Fileen, Messrs. G. Michael and Davis. Las year at the Chicago meeting twenty-five women were appointed to raise $5 each to be sent to the National Treasurer, to be used as a fee for entrance into the National Council of Women. Only $27.50 of this money has been raise; this means that very few of the women who undertook to raise $5 succeeded. The Chairman of the Executive Board of the N. A. of C. W. has recently sent out 100 letters to 100 different women, asking for $1 each. The following and Miss M. B. Davis is Secretary. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, DECEMBER, 1900 are the names of those who have within the last three days sent in $1: Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, Jefferson City, Mo. ; Miss Cornelia Bowen, Waugh, Ala. ; Mrs. Libbie C. Anthony, Jefferson City, Mo. ; Mrs. V. L. Chimn, New Orleans, La. ; Mrs. D. T. Howard, Atlanta, Ga. ; Miss Susan B. Bransford, Aiken, S. C. ; Mrs. Sylvania Williams, New Orleans, La. ; Mrs. Mary R. Tate, Grand Rapids, Mich. Miss E. E. Lane, Augusta, Ga. Mrs. M. A. Dillard, Selma, Ala. Mrs. J. C. Napier, Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Missouri Moore, Opelika, Ala. Mrs. Lucy Thurman, Jackson, Mich. Mrs. L. B. Stevens, Lynchburg, Va. Miss S. C. V. Foster, Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. Mary F. Roberts, Charleston, W. Va. Mrs. E. A. Price, Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Lizzie Williams Coleman, Greenville, Miss. Miss Georgia Washington, Mount Meigs, Ala. Mrs. B. M. Bush, New Bedford, Mass. Mrs. A. W. Hunton, Atlanta, Ga. Through Mrs. Sarah J. Thomas, Macon, Ga. for Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Greens, Mrs. Brunson and Mrs. McLean, Mrs. Hattie J. Stewart, New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Susan P. Jackson, Pine Bluff, Ark. Mrs. Lottie W, Jackson, Bay City, Mich. Mrs. C F. Johnson, Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. F. M. Suttle, Memphis, Tenn. Miss Sallie Thompson, Roba, Ala. Mrs. S. A. Christian, Greensboro, Ala. Miss Anna M. Duncan, Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. M. E. Stewart, Louisville, Ky The Women's Improvement Club of Louisville, Ky. Women's Improvement League. Woman's Loyal Union, through Mrs. Rebecca Bullard, Charleston, W. Va. Mrs. A. M. Brown, Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Emma A. Reynolds, Washington, D. C. Miss M. A. Lynch, Salisbury, N. C. $5 from Tuskegee Women's Club; and $2 from Club women of Norwich, Conn., and Mrs. Geo. LeVere, Knoxville, Tenn. WOOMEN'S CLUBS AND CLUB WOMEN. _______ Queen Victoria has ordered that her horses shall none of them have their tails docked. ______ Mrs. Anna J. Murray, of Washington, is probably the most ardent worker among our women in the kindergarten world, in America. ______ Two women have been graduated by the University of Michigan with the degree of bachelor of science in civil engineering. Mary Hegeler, now Mrs. Paul Carus of La Salle, Ill., received the degree in 1882, and Marian Sara Parker in 1895. Miss Parker is, and has been since her graduation, a structural engineer with Purdy and Henderson, of New York City. ______ A mothers' meeting of the Helping Hand W. C. T. U., Mrs. Georgia Loney, superintendent, was held at the residence of Mrs. Bishop Walters, Duncan avenue, on Wednesday evening, Nov. 7. The meeting was addressed dy Mrs. Styers, Mrs. Story, Mrs. Randolph, Miss Floto of Jersey City. Mrs. Frances Joseph, vice-president of the W. C. T. U. of the State of Louisana, spoke at large on the prison reform work in her state, in which she has been engaged for ten years A large audience was in attendance and a very enjoyable evening was spent. _______ Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, is a person so dignified, beautiful, and womanly that much indignation has been stirred up by the action of several thousand ungentlemanly young men in Wheeling, W. Va., who gave her name to the "Mother Hubbard parade" they held on the eve of election. Burlesquely arrayed in bloomers, rainy day skirts, and all varieties of feminine and semi-feminine attire, they marched and rode through the streets in uproarious procession, under huge transparencies bearing Mrs. Chapman Catt's name in illuminated letters. It is a pleasure to see that newspapers all over the country are condemning this insulting and discreditable performance. --Woman's Journal. _______ The Rose of New England Woman's League of Norwich, Conn., resumed their fall work the first week in September. On the evening of the opening a reception was given. A number of young men, to show their esteem for the ladies presented them with a handsome mirror. A large assemblage was present. The sewing school was opened the first Saturday in October with twenty-five present New names are enrolled every week. The sewing room has purchased a piano. On Oct. 31, the members of the League and other guests, numbering ninety-five, were entertained at their rooms at a Halloween party and harvest supper given by the musical and literary club. The rooms were appropriately decorated and many Hallowe'en games were played. ______ The Phyllis Wheatly Club will hold an open meeting next Sunday, at which time several prominent speakers are expected to be present. Misses May Hamilton, Viola Lett and Emma Harris gave an entertainment Nov. 9 for the benefit of the club which was quite a success. Our young ladies are to be commended for their noble efforts. Rev. Charles N. Gibbons, presiding elder, who preached at the A. M. E. Church Suncay evening, found a large audience awaiting him. The officers of the church said that the quarterly conference held by the Presiding Elder was the largest held in said church for six years. There has recently been organized in the church a Political Science Club, of which the pastor has been chosen president and lecturer; Richard Jolly, secretary; Mrs. Jennie Smith assistant secretary; Rev. J. E. Nash, chaplain, and Prof. J. H. Atkins, treasurer. The club which meets Mondays at 4:15 P. M. is of a highly intellectual order and will admit persons to join free of charge till Nov. 12, after which an admission fee will be charged each applicant. Women are admitted. _______ The executive committee of the New York State Federation, at its meeting just held in Albany, held that it was not necessary to take action in condemnation of the General Federation for excluding the delegate of a colored club, because the color question had not yet come before the General Federation or been finally decided. It will be remembered that at Milwaukee the Southern women, who were skilltul parliamentarians, bent all their efforts to keep the question from coming before the convention, and succeeded in preventing a vote. The color question continues, however, to crop up at the autumn meetings of the various women's organizations. The Executive Board of the New York League of Unitarian Women has passed a resolution protesting against the action of the Federation Board and deploring Mrs. Ruffin's exclusion. At the annual convention of the Illinois State Federation at Rockford, a committee was appointed to investigate the matter so far as the Illinois clubs were concerned, and report to the General Board if it saw fit. The Chicago Woman's Club has appointed a committee to write to the General Board asking for a report in detail of all its actions and deliberations in the matter of refusing to accept Mrs. Ruffin's credentials. Miss Addams is a member of the committee. The Woman's Club of Medford, Mass., has withdrawn from the General Federation, on account of the refusal of the executive board at the Milwaukee biennial to receive Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin as a delegate from the Woman's Era Club of Boston.--Woman's Journal. ______ THE FOLLOWINGN IS THE VERY EXCELLENT PAPER WHICH WAS READ BY MISS ANNA DUNCAN, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE FEDERATION OF ALABAMA. ______ [Continued from last month.] race sweeter and purer. There is a great field for woman's work all about us, but this is especially true of our Souhland, where the masses of our people live. Let us so marshal our forces that those who are now struggling against great difficulties, almost insurmountable, may be lifted out into the clear light of intelligence and life and become men and women whose lives are pure and whose principles are right. This great work of reformation must be a work of true sympathy and love. A visit to our prisons displays the fact that more than 85 per cent of all prisoners are of our race. Does it not behoove us, as those seeking the higher planes of activity and virtue, to do something to lessen crime among us? Those of us who live in cities know what a large per cent of our youth hang around the corner saloons and other places of vice. Could we not here in this meeting plan some way to save this force--extend to them a helping hand? One of the great needs of our State is a reformatory, where those who are led astray into wrongdoing, those who are idle and trifling, those who are hard to control among our young, may be kindness and hard work be made useful citizens. Many boys and girls might have been spared years of shame if at the right time a restraining influence had been thrown around them. It is time that we, as earnest, thoughtful women, should plan to meet the issue. Already a reformatory has been planned for the young of the other race. Shall we not do all that we can to lift our race to a higher standard? Shall not we, the women of Alabama, be the pioneers in this great work, and let our sister States around catch the inspiration, and so all the women in our beautiful Southland arise as one woman for the bettering of our condition. Intemperance is one of the greatest evils which now curses this land. Statistics show us that many thousand men and women die each year from its great effects, and that the majority of all the crimes committed can be traced to the habit of using intoxicating drinks. Why does this state of things exist? Is it not largely because children are not taught the great evils of intemperance? If we expect to do very much in temperance work, the children in the homes and schools must have their attention called to the importance of temperance. We, as women, can do much in our various stations to purify and strengthen the voting population in all the lines of right and justice. "Shall we behold unheeding, Life's holiest feelings crushed? When woman's heart is bleeding Shall woman's voice be hushed?" There is another evil almost as great in its effects as intemperance, and that is miscellaneous excursions. It does, to my mind, more to deprave our girls than the great evil of intemperance. Nothing, I feel, does more to lower the moral standard of our race. We should make one grand, united effort against these demoralizing excursions, that bring so much of ruin, shame and disgrace to our people. Early moral training has much to do with one in mature years. It is necessary then that we should look after this training most carefully. If we could arouse those present to the necessity of providing such training for the hundreds of poor neglected children who, without our aid, will remain in ignorance and be reared in crime, it would more than justify the existence of such an organization. Our progress in all that we wish to accomplish is far from being equal to our desire, and we are aware that success in our high purpose is yet to be obtained. Animated and sustained by the vastness of the work before us, "we cheerfully and prayerfully consecrate to its successful development the noblest qualities of our being, our highest capacities, our energies, our influence, our love." Women of this react and State, shall we hesitate or wait for greater opportunities in this work which we have started? Shall we become faint or falter by the wayside? No; let us with renewed energy, born or each new trial and fresh disappointment, try to accomplish this noble work with deeds that keep pace with the needs and demands of the hour, until victory shall be ours. Finally, let us pray and hope that God may so bless this work that we may be able to rise above all prejudice, personality and strife, working only in the name of God and, for the sake of humanity, accomplish all that is possible, having the faith, the hope, the love, the truth required to sweep this entire field. Conviction deep as the demands of the truth involved, and all-controlling as is His Word, who, "not by might, nor by power, but by His Spirit moves," must possess us When the records of this warfare are made out, may it be said of us. "They did what they could." As a tiny pebble cast into the water sends its circling wavelets to the distant shore, so may we exert some influence in bringing others to the realization of the duties which are theirs, and perhaps help on to that time when all shall "Trust the hand of Light will lead the people, Till the thunders pass, the spectres vanish, And the Light is Victor, and the darkness Dawns into the Jubilee of the Ages." The National Association Notes. "LIFITING AS WE CLIMB" VOL. IV. TUSKEGEE, ALA., JANUARY, 1901. NO. 1 WINTER BELLS. When winter wraps the world in white, And silent lie the snowy dells, 'Tis sweet to hear amid the night The cadence of the fairy bells; They seem to set the winds astir With eerie music soft and low, And gently shake the modest fir, Clad in its garb of spotless snow. O! Winter bells that tell of mirth! Thy music fills the heart with joy, And makes a paradise of earth - A lover's year without alloy; Across the fields there seems to come, The music which of pleasure tells, And every hearth and every home Rejoices at the winter bells. I hear them echo where the snow Lies softly on the frozen ground, And where December's winds are low I list to catch their merry sound; A maiden at the lattice waits, for swiftly through the moonlit dells, Toward her heart's wide open gates, A lover rides behind the bell. - T. C. HARBAUGH A PERSONAL LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT. Washington, D. C. Dec. 1900. My dear Sisters: - This is to be a personal letter to each and every member of the National Association of Colored Women and not an "article" for the Notes. If I were to tell you all there is in my heart to say, out little official organ would not be large enough to contain it. I shall save some things for another time, however, for your sake. Perhaps the most interesting thing that has happened recently is the union of the National Association with the National Council of Women. At our last Convention held in Chicago, it was decided that the best interests of our Association would be conserved by joining the National Council. Just before the last Executive Committee meeting of the National Council, which was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the middle of November, an invitation was sent by the Corresponding Secretary, asking that our organization be represented. Twenty minutes was given me in which to address the Council. Feeling that it was my duty to have the National Association represented, I decided to take the long journey and I am very glad I did. Mrs. Washington wrote to Mrs. Fannie Humphreys Gaffney, the president of the National Council of Women, saying that out Association intended to join and pledging herself for fifty dollars, half the amount required for a national organization to become a member of the Council. I then pledged myself for the other half of the amount. Mrs. Gaffney considered that sufficient guarantee. I wish each and every woman belonging to our Association might have been present at the Committee meeting in which our Association was received as a member of the National Council of Women. As soon as Mrs. Gaffney announced that the financial arrangements had been made, whereby the National Association of Colored Women could come into the Council. Mrs May Wright Sewall, the president of the International Council of Women arose and said that she wished to make a motion which was the result of correspondence she had carried on with some of our officers for several years, during the time she herself was president of the National Council of Women. She then moved that the National Association of Colored Women become a member of the National Council of Women. The motion was seconded by Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer, the Corresponding Secretary of the National Council. The motion was unanimoulsy carried. Some of the members of the Executive Committee were so deeply moved by the incidents which occurred, when the National Association was taken into the fold of the Council, that they actually wept. After I left that meeting, which I shall always live over again with so much pleasure, I could not help feeling that much good would inevitably come from the union of our organization with that great body which is composed of some of the best and brainiest women of the United States. The National Association of Colored Women has been baptized into fellowship with the National Council of Women by the tears of our sisters of the more favored race, and I feel confident that th bond of union between the white women and the colored women of this country has been greatly strengthened thereby. I am glad to be able to say, that many of our women are sending each a dollar to Mrs. Washington for the purpose of raising the hundred dollars admission fee. In order to accommodate us, Mrs. Gaffney decided that we should only by required to pay thirty three dollars and a few cents per year. As is already well known, our Second Biennial Convention meets is Buffalo, N. Y., the second week of next July. I sincerely hope that each and every club will be represented by as many delegates as they are entitled to. The more often our earnest, thoughtful women come together in conference, the more clearly they see the great and crying needs of our race, and the more willing they are to do all in their power to meet them. The question is sometimes asked, "What good do conventions do? There is too much talking already; what we need is work." It is true that we need earnest, active workers, but no great movement for the uplift of humanity was ever successfully planned without talk. People must come together to interchange ideas, compare plans and counsel one with the other, before the best results in anything can be obtained. It has often happened, also, that individuals who have never had a serious thought in their lives, have been aroused to a blessed activity and have become great powers for good in the world' (Continued on Fourth Page.) "AS A GENTLEWOMAN." RECEPTION GIVEN MRS. JEROME JEFFREYS AT THE FEDERATION CONVETION. Mrs. Jerome Jeffreys, who went from this city as a delegate from the Girls' Home Association, to the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs, at Albany, last month, made a formal report of the convention at a recent meeting of the Association. Mrs. Jeffrey's appointment as a delegate to the convention was thought by some to be a direct suggestion to the Federation that no color line could be drawn in New York State. She went as a representative of the club of which she was the only colored member, and the secretary of the club had been instructed previously, by unanimous vote, to direct a protest to the secretary of the State Federation against the treatment accorded to the colored delegates at the Milwaukee biennial, last June. Mrs. Jeffreys, in her report, says she had received no instruction on this head, and the treatment accorded her was that which one gentlewoman always shows another. She gave an excellent resume of the convention's affairs, one of the best which has been presented, and which is here reproduced: "Mrs. President and Members of the Girls' Home Association: The meeting of the New York State Federation at Albany was one of the most successful and brilliant in the history of the organization. The fact that its sessions were held in the histroic Assembly Chambers, lent novelty and dignity that were recognized and enjoyed. "The overture to the convention was given on Monday evening, in the form of a delightful musical, under the direction of Mrs. Hess, of New York, and the local committee. "Promptly at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, with Mrs. Helmuth in the speaker's chair, the Federation was called to order. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Antoinette Blackwell. Mrs. W. A. Roebling delivered the address of welcome, and Mrs. Helmuth responded with her annual address. Over 400 delegates were present, representing 204 federated clubs of this State. Twenty clubs have joined the federation during the year. "With the opening of the afternoon session the real work of the Federation began, Mrs. Lozier's report as chairman of the committee of education, was a brief but comprehensive survey of the work done in the State; she prepared a leaflet containing seven questions. These were sent to every club in the State. The first question asked was, 'Have you a committee on education?' Second, 'What is the line of work followed by your committee?' "The Normal College of New York City endeavors to keep in touch with all the educational institutions in the country. The Girls' Home Association, of Rochester, is educating young girls in domestic science, in nature study, picture study and mythology; the Civic and Political Equality League, of New York, works for the appointment of women on the school board; the work of the New Century Club of Utica, is in the study of the local school system; the Rochester Section of the Council of Jewish women, conducts a kitchen garden and visits among the poor. These are only a few of the answers received from the leaflet. Miss Huntington was the first speaker in the hour devoted to philanthropy. She made strong plea for the system of boarding children in families. The Consumers' League had an admirable representative in Mrs. Frederick Nathan, of New York, and her paper was well received. A delightful hour was enjoyed when "Unusual Occupations for Women," with Miss Anna [illegible] chairman, was introduced, Miss Jones is one of the brightest women in the Federation, and her clever sallies caused much merriment. "The only evening session was that of Wednesday, under the auspices of the art and press committee: Mrs. Clark Driscoll, of Tiffany's described in detail the making of mosaics in glass, and told how this art had opened anew field for women. Mrs. Grace Seton-Thompson, wife of the author-artist, gave her personal experience in artistic bookmaking. "The color question, as it has come to be called, did not come before the organization as a body, At the Executive Board meeting it was discussed. The board refused to consider the protests sent by the Girls' Home Association and the New Century Club, of Utica, on the ground that as the question had never come officially before the National Federation of Clubs, and as no cognizance had been taken of such a question on the floor of the convention at Milwaukee, there was no foundation for the protest received from these two clubs, therefore, the board would not be justified in taking official cognizance of such protest. It was thought by some that I was sent to raise the color question. This was not so. I had non instruction on that line, but went as any other delegate, to represent the Girls' Home Association. I was courteously received by the club women. My credentials were promptly accepted and full privileges, social and others of the meeting, accorded me. The Albany Argus said: (Continued of Fourth Page.) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, JANUARY, 1901. National Association Notes OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala,. as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President.- Mrs. M. C, Terrell 326 T. St. N. W., Washington, D. C. 1st Vice-President - Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V. President - Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Jackson, Tenn. Cor. Sect'y, - Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C. Rec. Sect'y.- Mrs. C. A. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave., Chicago, Ill. Rec. Sec'y - Mrs. Lillian Coleman, 2824 Douglas St., Omaha Neb. Rec. Sect'y - Mrs. Wm. Clifford, 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio. Treasurer. - Mrs. J. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracey Ave. Kansas city, Mo. National Organizer.-Mrs. Jerome Jeffery, 13, James St, Rochester N. Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com. - Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. Notice. We have thus far raised the $100 to within $10. A new club is now being formed in the city of Opelika, Ala. The Mother's Council, of Opelika, Ala., is still working smoothly. Very recently a Woman's Club has been organized in Norwalk, Ohio. Mrs. T. H. Lyles is still working away in the interest of the John Brown monument. "The NOTES seem better than ever; they are very interesting indeed."- C. A. Curl, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. H. K. Price, of Cleveland, O., writes as follows: "I must say that I receive inspiration from each copy of the NOTES." The Woman's League, of Kansas City, Mo., has just opened a cooking class. This is a right move in the right direction. All clubs will remember that they come into the National, paying ten cents per capita. We no longer require three dollars per year. The Club Women of Montgomery, Ala., raised over $49 cash, aside from a wagon load of groceries, etc., as a Thanksgiving offering of the Hale Infirmary. Mrs. J. J. Johnson, Mrs. Nettie Bass, Mrs. M. R. Bissell and Mrs. A. B. Watson have sent in twenty-five cents each for one year's subscription to the NOTES. Recently, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, our National President, lectured in St. Paul, Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., Chicago, Ill., Jefferson City, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo. The following comes from Mrs. J. T. Washington, of Birmingham, Ala. "Enclosed find twenty-five cents for one year's subscription to the NOTES, which I feel that I cannot do without." "Plenty of new members have been joining the club lately Much more work can now be done because of this added strength." This message comes from the Atlanta Woman's Club. More than one thousand delegates have been attending the Annual National Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which met in Washington the first week in December. The One Cent Missionary Society of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute sent their Thanksgiving offering to the Club women of Montgomery, Ala., for the use of the Hale Infirmary. Notice. Any club woman not receiving her paper regularly, will do us the favor of dropping us a card. The paper is printed regularly each month, and we wish every club woman to see what we are doing. Mrs. Ida C. Wilson, of Meridian, Miss., has recently sent her subscription to the NOTES. Mississippi is a state wholly without club work, so far as we know. We hope that this will not be always the case. Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N. Y., National Organizer, is very anxious to receive the addresses of all club presidents and secretaries. Will not the same be kind enough to send their names on postal cards to her? Mrs. Emma Ford, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been kind enough to secure an advertisement for the NOTES We are endeavoring to secure substantial advertisements for the NOTES, so as to decrease their expense. Mrs. Ford also secured four new subscribers. Notice. The next Biennial of the National Association of Colored Women, is to be held in the city of Buffalo during the month of July, 1901. Let every club begin now to work for the convention, remembering that no club can be represented who fails to pay its dues. We have now raised the one hundred dollars to within ten dollars. We have recently received one dollar from Mrs. Lyles, of Minnesota. As soon as the one hundred dollars is raised, all the names of the clubs who contributed will be published in the NOTES. Notice! - This is to correct a mistake which was made in the December NOTES, with reference to the amount now in the National Treasury. It must be understood that this correction is made on the minutes which were read at the executive session at Detroit in August. "The amount on hand in the treasury is $251.41." The following comes from Mrs. Jeffrey, who was recently sent as a delegate from a white club to the New York State Federation: "I certainly had a most delightful time. I was not sent to the Federation to raise the color question, but was sent as any other delegate- and was received and treated as any other delegate." Two new clubs have recently been organized in the State of Alabama, one in Normal and one in Huntsville. Mrs. Archer is the President of the one at Normal and Mrs. L. B. Brown of the one at Huntsville. These clubs were organized by Mrs. F. E. Morin, of Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. Morin is one of the leading spirits in club work in the city of Montgomery. Very soon each woman will receive a postal card, telling her whether or not her subscription has expired, and we hope every one will respond with twenty-five cents. It now takes fourteen dollars to have the NOTES printed, to say nothing of the wrappers and the mailing. Each one certainly ought to be willing to pay twenty-five cents per year for such a paper. The Southern Federation sends its best thanks to Dr. H. R. Butler, of Atlanta, and also to other gentlemen of that city, for a most delightful reception. Mrs. Selena Butler, Mrs. Addie Hunton, Mrs. Helen H. Logan, Mrs. Kate Hamilton, Mrs. Addie Herndon, Mrs. Lula Penn, Mrs. Lula Anderson and Mrs. Booker T. Washington entertained, in the way of music and toasts for the reception. At the Southern Federation, which has just closed a session in the city of Atlanta, no one was more helpful in suggesting practical ideas and plans than dear Sister Moore. Although a white woman, she has given the best years of her life to the actual uplifting of colored people in their home life. Many, many times she has even endangered her life by living with the lowly. The women of Atlanta showed their appreciation and love of Sister Moore in every way possible. MRS. TERRELL'S ADDRESS IN ST. LOUIS, MO. The people of the race in this section, and especially the women, have recently enjoyed an intellectual feast as rare as its effect has been inspiring and beneficent. I allude to the coming among us of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, and her admirable lecture on Harriet Beecher Stowe. Very few, indeed, were those among us who had not, at least, heard of Mrs. Terrell, for her fame is widespread; but I think that I can safely assert that of the hundreds who listened to her on the evening of November 19th, a still smaller number were prepared for the display of intellectual ability, combining thought, culture, eloquence- embellished by grace and elegance in the delivery- which were presented on that occasion. The lecture itself was a revelation to many, for in its delineation of Mrs. Stowe, and of the strength and beauty of her character, they learned to know her and to revere her memory, who previously had known of her only as the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin;" but the rapt, almost breathless attention with which that large audience hung upon the utterances of the speaker, evidenced more plainly than language could express the deep interest which those words had aroused, and the insight into the life of a noble woman which had been given through Mrs. Terrell's eloquent portrayal. The visit of Mrs. Terrell to St. Louis is an occurrence of more than ordinary significance to the race- it is not merely the coming of a distinguished lecturer to speak on a highly interesting subject- it is the appearance in our midst of a woman of our own race, fully equipped, morally and intellectually, to preach the gospel of progress and true womanhood to her people- to realize in her own person, and in her own beautiful self-sacrificing life, the evangel she is so zealously striving to impress upon the hearts and minds of her sister-women; and the cordial welcome which greeted her arrival here, evidenced the high appreciation of the women of St. Louis for her untiring labors for the advancement of her people; and while there lives so able and zealous a champion in the cause of progress- so earnest and conscientious a pleader for the higher life of woman- so wise and considerate a counselor- the women of the race have abundant inspiration to hope, abundant inspiration to work; believing with noble Mrs. Terrell, that the seed sown sometimes in darkness and tears, may spring up to a glorious fruition- a harvest of noble lives and deeds. MRS. SUSAN PAUL VASHON, 2243 Oregon Ave. WOMEN AND THEIR WORK. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON ON THE RACE QUESTION. To the Editor of the Evening Post; Sir.- It is a sad commentary on the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, JANUARY, 1901. acknowledged moral power of women, that in their various convocations they should manifest such petty prejudices in trying to exclude Negro women from their clubs and societies. It would be well for us to consider all it has cost our sires and sons to emancipate a race we had as a nation, doomed for centuries to a cruel bondage. Think of all that the noble band of abolitionists did, for over a quarter of a century, to educate our people into a sense of justice; think of prolonged debates by statesmen in Congress to prevent the extension of slavery into new territories; think of all the blood and treasure poured out in the civil war, which struck the chains from four million bondmen in a single day; think of the discussions over the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the National Constitution, and of the "Civil Rights Bill," that crowning act of justice to which the nation set its seal, securing "liberty and equality" everywhere to that unhappy race. And in all these steps of progress, many women, with pen and tongue, proved themselves a moral power in helping men to accomplish this grand work. What shall we say, then, of the daughters of such noble men and women, who would ignore the promised protection of the "Civil Rights Bill," the grand amendments to the National Constitution, all the beneficent results of the war, the discussions of the people in State and Church, in legislative halls, in Synods and General Assemblies, and thus block the way of a struggling race to higher development? Is there no sense of justice in your souls, when the colored delegate stands before you, doubly weighted with both sex and race, that you deny her recognition as an equal factor in your associations? Just as our most rabid opponents are admitting that woman is a great moral power in civilizing the race, it is a pity that those who claim to be leaders of thought should take a lower moral standard than our best men have already attained. It is to be sincerely hoped by all interested in woman's emancipation, that the press of the country may have no more disgraceful reports to make in regard to presidents of clubs, so blinded by prejudice against race, that they cannot see a Negro woman on the floor when appealing to the Chair, or so deaf that they cannot hear a resolution in favor of admitting Negro delegates on terms of equality. That beautiful engraving of "Beatrice and Dante," well illustrates what the position of the mother of the race should be in drawing her sons upward and onward to moral and spiritual perfection. NEGRO EXHIBIT. BUFFALO NEGROES THINK THEIR RACE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. A well-attended and enthusiastic meeting of the Phyllis Wheatley Club of Colored Women was held yesterday afternoon in the Michigan Street Baptist Church. The club was organized over a year ago for the advancement of the race. It has taken up the matter of a Negro exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition, and the meeting was held for the purpose of taking action regarding the matter. Mrs. John Dover, Vice-PResident of the Club, called the meeting to order. About 200 members were present, also many others interested in the subject, including Mrs. A. B. Wilson, President of the Central Union of the W. C. T. U. James A. Ross, the well-known colored politician, addressed the club. He spoke of the apparent prejudice against colored people, and declared that the Exposition officials had made a great mistake in not appointing a colored commissioner to represent the race. Mrs. William H. Talbert, corresponding secretary, read an essay on "Why the American Negro Should be Represented at the Pan-American Exposition." She said that the Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition had attracted the notice of the world, and that the exhibit should be brought to the Pan-American Exposition. Our exposition, she said, was the only one that had not made early provision for a Negro exhibit. The meeting closed after resolutions were passed to the effect that immediate steps should be taken to inform the exposition officials of the desire of the colored people for a Negro exhibit, and declaring that the Negroes of Buffalo were unanimous in demanding that a colored commissioner be appointed. Many whites, including Mrs. Wilson, have pledged their support of the movement. Several colored persons have been spoken of as being fitted to be Exposition Commissioner, but Mrs. Talbert has the strongest following. She is, undoubtedly, one of the most capable colored women in Buffalo, being a graduate of Oberlin University, and having, probably, more degrees than any other colored woman in the State. She has always been an active worker in the interests of the race, and as commissioner would, undoubtedly, fulfill the expectations of her supporters, and secure a fitting and satisfactory Negro exhibit at the Expression. --Buffalo Commercial. COLORED WOMEN ARE ADMITTED. A letter from Mrs. Booker T. Washington was read to the National Council of Women, saying that the National Association of Colored Women has secured $50 of the $100 necessary for its dues, and would be a member soon. As this exceeded the annual portion of the dues and Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, the National President, is attending the meetings, it was voted unanimously to admit the organization at once.- Chicago Record. RECORD OF WOMAN'S CLUB, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK. During the year beginning March 7, 1899, and ending March 6, 1900, the Woman's Club has held twenty- two regular meetings, six Mothers' Meetings, and had five monthly entertainments. Collected from all sources during the year $56.79; paid out for charitable purposes, National dues, National Notes, rent and stationery, $29.40. Aside from the money drawn from the treasury for charitable purposes, the members have donated personally clothes, food and money to help relieve the poor and needy. At present the club has enrolled twenty members. Mrs. L. A. Oliver, Sec. ENTERTAINED BY THE TUSKEGEE WOMAN'S CLUB. One of the most enjoyable events of the season was a "book reception," given at Phelps Hall Chapel, December 9th, by the Tuskegee Woman's Club to the faculty and their families, for the purpose of securing some of the latest books for the new library. The rostrum of the Chapel was made to represent a cosy little club room, and artistic taste was displayed in decorating the entire chapel by the following committee: Miss Kelley, Chairman, Miss Cropper, Miss Morse and Miss Jones. Besides securing a large number of the most classical books, the reception was a rare social event. Just in front of the rostrum and a little to the right stood the reception party. Mrs. B. T. Washington, the president of the club, was at the head of the receiving line, and was handsomely gowned in black; she was assisted by Mesdames Ramsey and Thomas, Misses Porter, Hunt, Kelley, Spears, Foote and Jones in introducing the guests. After which Miss. Rochon, an active member of the club, favored the guests with one of her delightful violin solos. A drama, consisting of three acts, followed, entitled "Woman's Rights;" it was decidedly English in manner and tone. The entire performance was intensely interesting. All of the characters were true to life, each one entering into the spirit of the play, namely, the maintenance of "Woman's Rights" and the extermination of men. All of the emotions of enthusiastic club women were vigorously displayed. The following is the dramatis personæ: Florence Flighty- - Mrs Ramsey Mrs. Rebecca Hubble Bubble- - Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Spurnman- - Miss Sarah Hunt Mrs. Crush Prop - Miss Helen Porter Mrs. Go-a-Head, Miss Minnie Kelley Blanche Rathos- - Miss Edna Spears Mrs. McSoraway - - Miss Danella Foote Miss Stick-Up-for-Rights- - - Miss Melissa Jones Capt. Spooney - - Mr. Chas. W. Wood French Policeman- - Mr. Bush Major Fitzkarley - -Mr. Scott French Officer- - Capt. Austin Stage Manager, Mrs. B. T. Washington This part of the program closed with a vocal solo by Miss Edna Spears. the secretary of the club. The last feature of the programme was the repast, served in the most exquisite style, by the following committee: Miss Dotson, chairman; Miss Portia Washington, Miss Naiper, Mrs. Ramsey and Miss Mabry. At the conclusion of the exercises, social chats ensued, interrupted at intervals by sweet strains of music, stealing from amid the evergreens with which the chapel was so lavishly adorned. Now the bells of Porter Hall invited us to "the Oaks," "the Maples" and "Willows," where we might slumber in pleasant dreams of the "great lights" who so vigorously upheld Woman's Rights. The club extends to donors its sincere thanks for the part they played in replenishing the library with such a beautiful and useful collection of books. The following, as entertainment committee, Miss Porter, chairman; Miss Baytop, Mesdames B. T. Washington, Logan and Craig, are very grateful to the gentlemen for their beneficence in taking part in the entertainment. Awarded A Gold Medal At the PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. THE PERRY PICTURES, One cent each for 25 or more on paper 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Send 2 cent stamp for Catolog and sample picture. Beware of Imitations THE PERRY PICTURES, -EXTRA SIZE- 5 cents each for 5 or more on paper 10 x 12 inches Send 50 cents for these ten. Call them set 61. W C Bryant Angelus Longfellow By the River Madonna of the chair Queen Louise St Cecilia Oxen going to work Aurora Madonna, Ferruzzi PICTURERS IN COLORS 2 cts. each. No order for pictures in colors for less than 25 cts. The Perry Magazine Monthly except July and Aug. Beautifully illustrated $1.00 per year. THE PERRY PICTURE CO. Box 318 Malden, Mass, Boston- New York The Illinois State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs held its first annual meeting at the Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn St., Wednesday and Thursday, November 21 and 22 with seventeen clubs represented by 124 delegates. The value of organized effort among women was very clearly seen during the sessions. The progress made has been marvellous, when we remember that at the convention of the N. A. of C. W., held at Washington in 1896, only two clubs, the I. B. W. and the Phyllis Wheatley, were members from Illinois; in 1897, at Nashville, one more was added to the list. Nine clubs were represented at the first biennial, held at Chicago in August, 1899. To-day seventeen clubs answer to roll call in our State organization; each one expects to be well represented at the second biennial, at Buffalo, next July. The reports read by members of the different clubs, the business transacted, the resolutions adopted, would be a credit to an organization much older than our own. The women who have struggled, overcome many obstacles, conquered numerous discouragements, but who plodded on, lifting as they climbed, have reason to feel proud of their own State organization, knowing full well that it will rank second to none at the convention in Buffalo in July, 1901. But proud as we are to-day of the record made by the colored women of this grand old Prairie State, we know that we have much to learn; we are yet in our infancy. The work before us is gigantic, and it is only by laying aside all petty jealousies, personal ambition. (Continued to Fourth Page.) The National Association Notes. "LIFTING AS WE CLIMB" VOL. IV. TUSKEGEE, ALA. MAY, 1901. No. 6. LITTLE DAMES AND MEN. BY JOHN ERNEST MC CANN. We must all remember when We were little dames and men; When each sorrow tugged away with all its might At our little hearts and eyes, Till the air was full of sighs, And the brightest day was turned to darkest night. How we'd weep. How we'd creep To our little beds to sleep, With wet lashed on flushed faces; even then, Not a soul would ever know Half our agony; and so — We should sympathize with little dames and men. We must all remember when We were little dames and men, When we meet the little ones from day to day. A kind word is just as cheap, And it sinks to depths as deep As the harsh one you were sending down their way. If you knew How a few [?] acts and words from you {?] when Golden days of childhood seem To be shadows of a dream, You would love and cherish little dames and men. New England Magazine. TWO IMPORTANT PHASES OF TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. MRS. A. H. LOGAN. (Continued from last issue.) In 1869 the R.C. Church established a foundling asylum in New York City. Within six months Sister Irene reported 1,300 babies found in the basket at the door of that institution. Such institutions in New York in 1899 will make as sad a showing if they choose to publish figures. Think you that all 1,300 of these unmarried mothers went wilfully and from choice into lives of shame ! Not a bit of it. Ignorance and lack of freedom for women, operated to drive to vice a very large proportion of this frightful number, who crossed the Bridge of Sighs, with 1,300 men, equal sinners with themselves. As long as we have a government for all the people by half the people, and that half acting on the theory that "might makes right," so long will vice flourish, not alone in New York City, but on Alabama plantations and in Southern towns and cities, as well. So long as we have such a man-made government, efforts to banish the social sin will amount to about as much as trying to dry a free flowing spring by dipping its water with a thimble. This remedy of woman suffrage is not an experiment. Already in 25 States of the Union women have partial suffrage, in four States full suffrage; and in every case the testimony of reliable men is that it works good to all concerned. In our recent national election, Secretary Long studied the working of equal suffrage in Colorado, where he saw both his daughters vote, and he gave voluntary testimony of the splendid effect it had on the results of the election, expressing also a wish for the adoption of the voting right for women all over the country. It only remains to remove the scales from the eyes of the ignorant and thoughtless, to have this advance made in our American institutions, and in short order all will welcome the change as heartily as all classes accepted the emancipation of the slaves. You and I will live to see and hear the name of Susan B. Anthony, the great apostle of woman's rights, classed in statesmanship with that of Abraham Lincoln, the great liberator. Dr. Wm. T. Harris' report shows that in 1870, in the sixteen slave States, only 49 cents per capita was spent on the education of colored children. In 1880 the amount had doubled, reaching $1.04. In 1890 it was again doubled, reaching $2.00, whereas, to 1899 the increase has been only [?] cents per capita, equating $2.25. Thus, there is a falling off in funds, which must be accounted for in part by lack of interest, in part by failure to collect school taxes and in part by failure to comprehend and demand what a government owes its citizens who sustain it by their productions in time of peace, and by patriotically shouldering arms in their country's defense in time of war. In the absence of what is right and best in adjusting the relations of men and women, that which is not right and not wise is resorted to. Married people distrust, suspect and deceive each other. Lack of confidence leads to lack of co-operation, and this leads to troubles from which neither the guilty nor the innocent can escape. The oppressor always suffers with the oppressed; often more in character than the oppressed. Some strong minded and purse-free women are settling the question for themselves in a most deplorable way. They refrain from entering the marriage relation. This is not confined to teachers and literary women. In a back-woods county in Mississippi, where there are few educated folks and where the population is nearly equal as to races, the recorder's books, one year of late, showed for the year 200 marriage licenses issued to whites and only three to blacks. The best of new women do not wish or try to prevent nature's laws. They want to marry and be happy in happy homes with happy husbands and happy children. But what sane woman will knowingly give up a hard lot for a harder- a life of ease for one of hardship, or, dearest of all to her, a life of freedom for one of bondage? The unnatural remedy of celebacy is not the remedy. These are dear prices to pay for that which satisfieth not. Surely twentieth century Americans will not continue to pay such a price. Surely Mrs. B. K. Bruce, the widow of a United States Senator, a woman who has studied political life closely, a woman cultured and noble in character, is about as competent to cast a ballot as the third grade janitor who sweeps her office. Surely, this same lady, who pays taxes on a large plantation in Mississippi, has as just a right to dictate the expenditure of taxes, as one of her penniless landlords or brainless tenants could possibly have. I do not claim that woman suffrage will set the whole catalogue of wrongs right. I do see that it is one thing that will go a great way toward removing injustice and oppression. That the times are ripe for introducing this remedy, we feel sure. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. J. S. YATES. Mrs. L. C. Anthony in March "Notes" makes an urgent appeal to the clubs for collections to carry on the work of the National Association and thus increase the funds set apart [?]. Mrs. Anthony's efforts previous to and during the Chicago meeting were crowned with success and with the aid of her helpful assistants something over a hundred dollars was collected. With the increasing work and strength of the organization, even greater efforts in this direction should be shown than in the past, and if all the members of the committee work with the zeal displayed by Mrs. Anthony of Jefferson City, and Mrs. Moody, of Chicago, with the hearty co-operation of the clubs, there can be no cause for complaint. Mrs. Moody writes to the effect that she is determined Illinois shall not be outclassed, and undoubtedly there will be much friendly rivalry between clubs to secure the gold medal now worn by Mrs. C. S. Smith. Kindergarten work, so necessary for our children in all sections of this broad land, received a most valuable impulse at the Chicago meeting, not only through the various papers and discussions of the subject, but also through the action of the president, Mrs. Terrell, in setting apart the net proceeds of her pamphlet, "The Progress of Colored Women," for the purpose of establishing Kindergartens or day-nurseries. From the money thus realized and upon application by Mrs. Terrell's order, ten dollars has been sent to the Maggie Murray Kindergarten, Atlanta, Georgia, and the same amount to the Alice D. Carey Kindergarten, Charleston, South Carolina. "God helps those who help themselves," and although these sums may seem mere drops in a bucket, compared with the amount of money required to successfully conduct works of this nature, they certainly suggest means and methods by which the National Organization may become a real source of help to the race, and reasons for the increasing necessity of A Ways and Means Committee and for extending it hearty support in the way of collections. A SPLENDID TRIBUTE TO OUR PRESIDENT BY THE MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE. A GEM OF MOVING ELOQUENCE. Last week's most notable event in our city was the meeting here of the executive committee of the National Woman's Council. The delegates embraced some of the most prominent women of our country, and the subjects discussed were of local, national and world-wide interest. The public sessions, which were conducted according to strict parliamentary law, showed the progress that American women have made in a science once supposed to be the exclusive province of man. The afternoon and evening sessions, which were open to the public, were of unusual interest. The addresses of Mrs. Sewall and Mrs. Gaffney, Presidents respectively of the International and National councils, were able, timely and eloquent, and set forth clearly and forcibly the aims of these vast bodies of earnest, progressive women and the work they have already accomplished. Why {?????????????????] [????] were [?] [?] a subject and treatment, the palm must be conceded to Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, the colored delegate from Washington, D. C. Mrs. Terrell is a woman of refined, imposing presence, the wife of a prominent lawyer, and a member of the Washington board of education, her special work being the establishment of kindergartens for colored children. Her husband was educated at Harvard College, while Mrs. Terrell graduated from Oberlin College, that institution which has done so much for the uplifting of a downtrodden race. Her subject was "The Progress of Colored Women." Taking for her text the words "Lifting As We Climb," the motto of the progressive leaders of her race, she pleaded for justice to her people in eloquent, impassioned language that moved many of her audience to tears. In beauty and refinement of diction, as well as in impressive earnestness, her appeal was a masterpiece of oratory. She did not seek to exalt the virtues of her race. She owned to a degeneracy born of long years of ignorance and servitude, and set forth the permanent disabilities her people are suffering from the color prejudice rife in the North, and almost a mania in the South. S he demonstrated the folly of expecting a race, but a few years ago freed from slavery, to rise in one short generation of freedom to levels which the white races have reached only through the slow evolution of centuries. Her ideas of the elevation of her people conform to the practical theories of Booker Washington. There was just one colored delegate to this important gathering of the leading spirits of a great organization which is formed on broad lines, and admits no invidious distinctions on account of race, creed or color. Its enthusiastic reception of Mrs. Terrell was in striking contrast to the treatment suffered last summer by Mrs. Ruffin at the Milwaukee biennial, the national reunion of the Federation of Woman's Clubs. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES MAY, 1901 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. "Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter" Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. _________________________________________________________ NATIONAL OFFICERS. President.--Mrs. M.C. Terrell, 326 T. St. N. W., Washington, D.C. 1st. Vice-President --Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V. President --Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Box "A" Jackson, Tenn. Cor. Sect'y. --Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N.C. Rec. Sect'y. --Mrs. C. A. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave., Chicago, Ill. Rec. Sect'y -- Mrs. Lillian Coleman, 819 Winnebago St., Milwaukee Wis. Rec. Sect'y -- Mrs. Wm. Clifford, [?] 62 Burt St. Treasurer. --Mrs. J. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, Mo. National Organizer. --Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St, Rochester N. Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com.--Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. We are expecting great things from Kansas. The Alabama State Federation meets in Eufaula in September. All credentials will have to be presented at the opening of the meeting, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Rebecca Aldrich, of Pittsburg, Pa., is expecting to be present at the Convention, also. Mrs. L. B. Dungee, of Montgomery, Ala., will favor us with some sweet singing at the Convention. Mrs. E.S. Austin, of San Antonio, Tex., has just sent in her paid-up subscription. Mrs. Lucy Thurman has recently been in the State of New York, delivering a series of temperance lectures. Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, of Rochester, N. Y., is doing all she can to make the Convention, which meets this year in her State, a success. Notice! The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs will hold its opening meeting in the city of Buffalo, New York, July 9, 1901. Our old friend, Mrs. Slyvania Williams of New Orleans, La., has sent in two paid up subscriptions from her city. Mrs. F. A. Greene, of Buffalo, has done her duty by sending in seven paid-up subscriptions. Let every woman follow suit. Mrs. Lizzie Williams Coleman, of Greenville, Miss., has sent $1.25 as subscriptions for five ladies of the same city. Every officer is requested to present a full written report of the work accomplished by her during the last two years. Any one wishing to make amendments to the Constitution, must send in the amendments one month beforehand. Miss H. Abbott, of St. Louis, Mo., who is so much interested in kindergarten work, will speak before the Convention which meets in Buffalo July 9, 1901. Notice! The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs will hold its opening meeting in the city of Buffalo, New York, July 9th 1901. All will remember the recital given at the Chicago meeting by Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford, of Cleveland, O. She has kindly consented to appear on the program at Buffalo. Mrs. Addie W. Hunton, of Atlanta, [?????] kindergarten work in this city. She will also speak at the Convention upon "The Kindergarten Spirit of the South." Mrs. Lillian Thomas Fox of Indianapolis, Ind., has just sent in $1.75 for subscriptions to her own city. This is the kind of women the National Association needs. Miss L. A. Turner of St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. F. L. McGhee of the same city are doing a great deal for Kindergarten and Industrial work in St. Paul. Mrs. Rosetta Lawson, of Washington, D. C., one of our warmest friends, will appear on the program at Buffalo. Mrs. Lawson stood by us in the beginning. Delegates will please arrange their reports so that they will be read in five minutes. As we wish to hear from all the delegates, this limit of time will be necessary. Notice! The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs will hold its opening meeting in the city of Buffalo, New York, July 9, 1901. Miss Cornelia Bowen, who was so much missed from the Convention which was held in the city of Chicago, has promised to be present at the Convention in Buffalo, and read a paper. Notice! The Executive Board of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs will hold an Executive Session Monday, July 8th, and Saturday, July 13th, 1901. We hope each member of the Executive Board is planning to be present. The white women of Opelika, Ala., are interesting themselves in Mothers' Meetings. April 30th, they held a meeting at which Education and Child Study were the subjects. The following comes from Miss Sallie Thompson, of Roba, Ala.: "Our club has this year planned to work for the purpose of buying a piece of land on which to build, that we may be able to work on a broader and better scale." Notice! The Executive Board of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs will hold an Executive Session Monday, July 8th, and Saturday, July 13th, 1901. We hope each member of the Executive Board is planning to be present. Mrs. B. B. Craig, Omaha, Neb., has just sent in a subscription for her club. We wish that every club woman would take the paper, for it is only in this way that we can make the paper a success. One paper is not sufficient for more than one person. Mrs. M. E. Steward of Louisville, Ky., is very much interested in Kindergarten work. Mrs. Steward writes "We will have six graduates this spring, and we feel that the clubs have accomplished a great deal. We hope to be with you at Buffalo." Mrs. L. Pentecost Fortune of Rome, Ca., writes "Enclosed find twenty-five cents for the Notes for [?] [???oring] to organize a Mother's Club here in East Rome. I think it is much needed. We called the first meeting the last Sunday in March and had a very interesting meeting." Miss Lottie E. Wilson, 313 Shearer Block, Bay City, Mich., is trying to accumulate articles from the different women who belong to the clubs which are a part of the National, to exhibit at the Convention. She will be glad to receive any article whichcan be exhibited, and would return the same after the Convention to the owner. Mrs. S. L. Coleman of Milwaukee, Wis., sends the following message: "The Gentleman's Sunday Club requested me to deliver an address before them. I spoke upon the subject "Our Women and Clubs" and since that time, I have been asked by several women to organize a Woman's Club. March 28th, several of them met at my house and perfected an organization. The club wishes to become a member of the National at once. Enclosed please find $1." We are happy to place on our list the "Coterie Club," of Topeka, Kan.; a club limited in number to ten, and composed of some of the most influential and highly cultivated ladies of Topeka. The club recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary, at which time Mrs. J. S. Yates was invited to make the address of the evening, and it was through the earnest solicitation of Mrs. Yates on this occasion, that the club united with the N. A. C. W. Other ladies who have sent in paid-up subscriptions, are Mesdames Jesse D. Jones, Mark Taylor, Ellen Carter, L. P. Fortune and C. M. Wilson, Miss L. K. Terrell, of Rome, Ga.; Misses Cellie D. Hutchins and Ida M. Lane, of Jackson, Tenn.; Mrs. N. B. Young, of College, Ga.; Mesdames S. Haine and William Aikens, of Buffalo, N. Y. May we have more. The Chicago Woman's Club has accepted, by a vote of 175 to 53, the following resolution presented at a business meeting by Mrs. George W. Plummer: "The Chicago Woman's Club regrets the exclusion from membership in the General Federation of the Woman's Era Club of Boston, and reaffirms its unwavering belief in equal opportunity to all, without regard to race, color, religion or politics." --Ex. We are in receipt of a carefully prepared booklet by Rev. Leroy A. Halbert, of Topeka, Kansas, on the great and good work that is being accomplished by the members of Central Church of this city, of which Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, is pastor, through means of Kindergarten, Sewing and Manual Training Classes and other societies. Such reports lend us inspiration and encouragement. Mrs. Mary Tate, of Michigan, writes as follows: "I have been off for a little trip through Michigan, in the interest of the National Association, and as a result I send Mrs. Curl the names of seven clubs, with money to pay for same. I also send you seven names as subscribers for The Notes, with [????] Convention, which is to be at Buffalo -- several women have promised to come." Mrs. Tate is State Organizer for Michigan. If every State had an organizer who would partake of Mrs. Tate's spirit, what wondrous progress we would make in the next few years. The Annual Convention of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs will be in Springfield, Mass., August 1 and 2, 1901, at the Third Baptist Church. The Convention will be entertained by the Frances E. W. Harper Club of Springfield. It is earnestly hoped that clubs belonging to the Federation will strive to make this the most successful Convention the Federation has ever held. Every club woman is asked to work energetically, so that her club may be enabled to contribute generously to the Northfield Fund. M. E. JACKSON, Secretary. The Executive Board of the General Federation of Women's Clubs met recently in Washington. The amendment to the Constitution sent to the Executive Board by the Georgia State Federation, to be presented to the next Biennial Convention, providing that only "Clubs of white women" should be admitted to the G. F. W.C., was withdrawn, and, though the matter was discussed, no action was taken by the board concerning the admission to the General Federation of the Woman's Era Club of Boston.-Ex. The following comes from Mrs. Anna Murray, of Washington, D. C.: "Enclosed find $1 for The Notes, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, MAY, 1901. which have been coming to me for some time. I am glad to keep in touch with all efforts of our women, but especially that of establishing kindergartens in the Southland. I am deeply interested in Atlanta, and hail as a most auspicious omen the union of interest and help that has come among white and colored women of the South, for after all, the solution of the great race problem lies in the hands of women, for "the hand that rocks the cradle" makes and moulds sentiment that controls the conduct of legislators. Let us foster this union with profound appreciation. I hope to see you in Buffalo." Notice!!! Representation in the National Convention shall be as follows: Each organization of ten (10) members shall be entitled to elect one delegate and one alternate at large, and one delegate and one alternate for every additional ten (10) members. Notice!!! Each delegate and alternate must hold a certificate of her election- the same to be signed by the President and Secretary of her organization and a copy, signed by the same officers, must be sent to the Recording Secretary not less than five (5) days before the meeting of the National Convention. Notice!!! The Association shall hold a National Convention to meet biennially. The Convention shall be composed of the officers of the Association and the delegates elected by the several organizations composing them. Notice!!! Article three (3) Section three (3) was declared null and void and the following was offered organization having membership in the National Association of Colored Women shall pay to the Treasurer through the corresponding secretary annually, a per capita tax of ten (10) cents per member. Representation is based wholly upon the payment of this per capita tax. No delegate is eligible to cast a vote in the convention whose club has not paid its full dues. In order that there shall be no misunderstanding of this clause, take the following example: Suppose a club of twenty members; this club is entitled to two (2) delegates, provided that each member of the club has paid her ten (10) cents annually for two (2) years, making twenty (20) cents per member for two (2) years and an aggregate of four ($4.00) for the club for two (2) years. A DAY NURSERY. ONE FOR COLORED CHILDREN HAS BEEN FORMALLY OPENED. Selma, Ala. Yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, St. Michael's Day Nursery and Orphanage for Colored Children was formally opened by Mother Mary Margaret, C. A. A. C. (of the Sacred order of Community of All Angels). Mrs. Madge of All Angels). Mrs. Madge B. Barnwell, the beloved wife of Bishop Barnwell, has been advocating such a nursery for the colored children for a good many years. She has written a great deal about such an institution being needed by mothers who had to go out to cook and do other work to support themselves, and at last one of these articles, written by Mrs. Barnwell, was copied in a Chicago paper and was read by Mother Mary, with the result that yesterday the nursery threw open its doors under the supervision of that good woman, who proposes to devote her life to the work. Sister Mary comes to Selma highly endorsed by Bishop Seymour, of Illinois, Bishop Nicholson, of Wisconsin, and others. Indeed, from every source comes the same story of her devoted work of Christian charity, and she well deserves to wear the cross, symbol of Him whose true disciple she is. Mother Mary is assisted by Sister Virginia, a Kentucky woman. They have rented a house on Maxey street, where they will reside, and they propose to turn their residence into a nursery for white children, if enough can be secured to justify them in opening it. The nursery for colored children is in a two-story building, one block from the Broad street depot. The rent for the building is $25 per month, and it has been painted inside and made to look neat and attractive. This experiment of establishing a place to take care of the children of colored women who have to make a living will attract wide attention, and if it proves a success here they will be established elsewhere. Mrs. Barnwell's inspiration is a noble one, for many a little colored child has died from neglect while the mother was away doing her daily duty, too poor to employ a competent person to care for her child. If this experiment proves a success and have to have reason to doubt but that it will), Mrs. Barnwell's name will be handed down to succeeding generations as one of the truly great philanthropists of the twentieth century. THE MESSAGE OF THE TOOTHBRUSH. AN EDITORIAL WRITTEN BY A WOMAN FOR WOMEN. In his inspiring and most touching autobiography, "Up From Slavery," Mr. Booker Washington pays a tribute to the far-reaching moral influence of the toothbrush which, to my mind, is an added proof that Mr. Washington is not only fitted to be a leader of his own people, but a light and an example to every philanthropic sect and would-be reformer in this blessed land of promise. That the toothbrush has a message for the civilized world to respectfully consider is a new and forcible way of dealing with the degradation of dirt, for dirt is ever associated with depravity, if depravity, on the other hand, be not always accompanied by physical filth. To be clean morally to live with one's eyes fixed on the starry heights of mural purity- is the ideal life we dream of. But you cannot grow a beautiful thought in the soul of a dirty human being. In the philanthropic work, which so many honest men and women have found discouraging, I believe the tide could be stemmed, even turned, by a new gospel- the GOSPEL OF THE TOOTHBRUSH. All hail the advent of the toothbrush as a missionary in the field of universal civilization and universal brotherhood! HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. LEAGUE OF AMERICAN MOTHERS. It is purely an educational movement, with a course of study; first, the mother educates herself by becoming informed as to that which is highest and best for the child, and, second, undertakes to bring right conditions for the children of her neighborhood in home, kindergarten and school, such as will elevate the whole child in character and heart as well as hand and head. In this each mother needs the co-operation of every other mother, hence the LEAGUE OF AMERICAN MOTHERS. Join the Mothers' League, send for some sample copies of CHILD-GARDEN and introduce it to mothers. If each one would simply secure a single new subscription for four months at twenty- five cents it would be a great boon to this work. Mothers are also invited to buy all their books and special educational toys and gifts through CHILD-GARDEN and thus render support. All correspondence concerning the formation of Leagues and League Work should be sent to MRS. ANDREA HOFER PROUDFOOT, National Organizer "League of American Mothers," 9333 Prospect Avenue, Chicago, Ill. My Dear Sister.- Allow me space in your well edited paper, to give you a meagre report of the work the Jackson Woman's Christian Temperance Union has done in the past year. We have held three temperance mass-meetings, fourteen regular meetings, two mothers' meetings, and one church meeting, in which we read and discussed Charles M. Sheldon's great book, "In His Steps." Among the entertainments, one Valentine social and one concert in which Professor Booth Lowery spoke, who is teacher in the White Southwest White Baptist University of this city [??ed] to Expression and Oratory. This entertainment was given to assist the W. C. T. U. in raising a fund to send our President, Mrs. C. H. Philips, who was elected by the National W. C. T. U. as a delegate to represent the surplus membership of the W. C. T. U. in this country at the world's W. C. T. U. in Edinburgh, Scotland, last June, but owing to a sudden illness at the last moment, she gave up the trip. We assisted an old gentleman and his daughter with food and paid his rent for several months. We have taken care of an insane woman who had three small children, giving her provisions, clothes and medical aid, also an aged couple provisions and money, and helped a poor deserted woman who was ill, gave her money and clothes and sent her home to her mother in Selmer, Tenn., from whom we received a beautiful letter of thanks and love. An Industrial meeting was held at the home of Dr. Phillips, and the club members and teachers were addressed by Capt. S. A. Mynders, Superintendent of Public Instruction for Jackson, and since then the teachers have held a meeting at the school building and taught a number of girls hemstitching, thus carrying out the resolutions adopted at our Industrial meeting. We have just given a concert for a widow and five children and realized a nice sum for them. We have taken in $40.00 and have only $1.00 in the treasury. We are trying to build "A Home" to care for our aged and orphans and to teach our girls and boys the different industries. We are looking forward to April 14, when all cards that have been issued, and all donations will be received for that purpose. Pray for us that we may succeed in everything we do, in trying to "Lift as we Climb." -Callie D. Hutchins, Sec. Awarded A Gold Medal At the PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. THE PERRY PICTURES One cent each for 25 or more on paper 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Send 2 cent stamp for Catolog and sample picture. Beware of Imitations THE PERRY PICTURES, -EXTRA SIZE- 5 cents each for 5 or more on paper 10 x 12 inches. Send 50 cents for these ten. Call them set 61. W C Bryant Angelus Longfellow By the River Madonna of the chair Queen Louise St Cecilia Oxen going to work Aurora Madonna, Ferruzzi PICTURES IN COLORS 2 cts. each. No order for pictures in colors for less than 25 cts. The Perry Magazine Monthly except July and Aug. Beautifully illustrated $1.00 per year. THE PERRY PICTURE CO. 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Alabastine Co. own right to make wall coating to mix with cold water. THE INTERIOR WALLS of every church and school should be coated only with pure, durable ALABASTINE. It safeguards health. Hundreds of tons used yearly for this work. IN BUYING ALABASTINE, customers should avoid getting cheap kalsomines under different names. Insist on having our goods in packages and properly labeled. NUISANCE of wall paper is obviated by ALABASTINE. It can be used on plastered walls, wood ceilings, brick or canvas. A child can brush it on. It does not rub or scale off. ESTABLISHED in favor. Shun all imitations. Ask paint dealer or druggist for tint card. Write us for interesting booklet, free. ALABASTINE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. The American Kitchen Magazine IS the Housekeepers Trade Journal. Send for a sample copy to . . . The Home Science Publishing Co. Boston, - - Mass. NOTICE!!! The biennial meets in the city of Buffalo N. Y. July 9-- 12. There will be a meeting of the Executive July 8-10. The National Association Notes. "Lifting As We Climb" Vol. IV. Tuskegee, Ala., January, 1901. No. 1. Winter Bells. When winter wraps the world in white, And silent lie the snowy dells. 'Tis sweet to hear amid the night The cadence of the fairy bells; They seem to set the winds astir With eerie music soft and low, And gently shake the modest fir. Clad in its garb of spotless snow. O! Winter bells that tell of mirth! Thy music fills the heart with joy, And makes a paradise of earth-- A lover's year without alloy; Across the fields there seems to come, The music which of pleasure tells, And every hearth and every home Rejoices at the winter bells. I hear them echo where the snow Lies softly on the frozen ground, And where December's winds are low I list to catch their merry sound; A maiden at the lattice waits, For swiftly through the moonlit dells, Toward her heart's wide open gates, A lover rides behind the bells. --T.C. Harbaugh. ---------- Washington, D.C. Dec. 1900. My dear Sisters:--This is to be a personal letter to each and every member of the National Association of Colored Women and not an "article" for the Notes. If I were to tell you all there is in my heart to say, our little official organ would not be large enough to contain it. I shall save some things for another time, however, for your sake. Perhaps the most interesting thing that has happened recently is the union of the National Association with the National Council of Women. At our last Convention held in Chicago, it was decided that the best interests of our Association would be conserved by joining the National Council. Just before the last Executive Committee meeting of the National Council, which was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the middle of November, an invitation was sent by the Corresponding Secretary, asking that our organization be represented. Twenty minutes was given me in which to address the Council. Feeling that it was my duty to have the National Association represented, I decided to take the long journey and I am very glad I did. Mrs. Washington wrote to Mrs. Fannie Humphreys Gaffney, the president of the National Council of Women, saying that our Association intended to join and pledging herself for fifty dollars, half the amount required for a national organization to become a member of the Council. I then pledged myself for the other half of the amount. Mrs. Gaffney considered that sufficient guarantee. I wish each and every woman belonging to our Association might have been present at the Committee meeting in which our Association was received as a member of the National Council of Women. As soon as Mrs. Gaffney announced that the financial arrangements had been made, whereby the National Association of Colored Women could come into the Council, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, the president of the International Council of Women arose and said that she wished to make a motion which was the result of correspondence she had carried on with some of our officers for several years, during the time she herself was president of the National Council of Women. She then moved that the National Association of Colored Women become a member of the National Council of Women. The motion was seconded by Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer, the Corresponding Secretary of the National Council. The motion was unanimously carried. Some of the members of the Executive Committee were so deeply moved by the incidents which occurred, when the National Association was taken into the fold of the Council, that they actually wept. After I left that meeting, which I shall always live over again with so much pleasure, I could not help feeling that much good would inevitably come from the union of our organization with that great body which is composed of some of the best and brainiest women of the United States. The National Association of Colored Women has been baptized into fellowship with the National Council of Women by the tears of our sisters of the more favored [ra?]. I feel confident that the bond [o?] between the white women and the colored women of this country has been greatly strengthened thereby. I am glad to be able to say, that many of our women are sending each a dollar to Mrs. Washington for the purpose of raising the hundred dollars admission fee. In order to accommodate us, Mrs. Gaffney decided that we should only be required to pay thirty three dollars and a few cents per year. As is already well known, our Second Biennial Convention meets in Buffalo, N.Y., the second week of next July. I sincerely hope that each and every club will be represented by as many delegates as they are entitled to. The more often our earnest, thoughtful women come together in conference, the more clearly they see the great and crying needs of our race, and the more willing they are to do all in their power to meet them. The question is sometimes asked, "What good do conventions do? There is too much talking already; what we need is work." It is true that we need earnest, active workers, but no great movement for the uplift of humanity was ever successfully planned without talk. People must come together to interchange ideas, compare plans and counsel one with the other, before the best results in anything can be obtained. It has often happened, also, that individuals who have never had a serious thought in their lives, have been aroused to a blessed activity and have become great powers for good in the world, (Continued on Fourth Page.) "As A Gentlewoman" Reception given Mrs. Jerome Jeffreys at the Federation Convention. Mrs. Jerome Jeffreys, who went from this city as a delegate from the Girls' Home Association, to the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs, at Albany, last month, made a formal report of the convention at a recent meeting of the Association. Mrs. Jeffrey's appointment as a delegate to the convention was thought by some to be a direct suggestion to the Federation that no color line could be drawn in New York State. She went as a representative of the club of which she was the only colored member, and the secretary of the club had been instructed previously, by unanimous vote, to direct a protest to the secretary of the State Federation against the treatment accorded to the colored delegates at the Milwaukee biennial, last June. Mrs. Jeffreys, in her report, says she had received no instruction on this head, and the treatment accorded her was that which one gentlewoman always shows another. She gave an excellent resume of the convention's affairs, one of the best which has been presented, and which is here reproduced: "Mrs. President and Members of the Girls' Home Association: The meeting of the New York State Federation at Albany, was one of the most successful and brilliant in the history of the organization. The fact that its sessions were held in the historic Assembly Chambers, lent novelty and dignity that were recognized and enjoyed. "The overture to the convention was given on Monday evening, in the form of a delightful musical, under the direction of Mrs. Hess, of New York, and the local committee. "Promptly at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, with Mrs. Helmuth in the speaker's chair, the Federation was called to order. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Antoinette Blackwell. Mrs. W.A. Roebling delivered the address of welcome, and Mrs. Helmuth responded with her annual address. Over 400 delegates were present, representing 204 federated clubs of this State. Twenty clubs have joined the federation during the year. "With the opening of the afternoon session the real work of the Federation began. Mrs. Lozier's report as chairman of the committee of education, was a brief but comprehensive survey of the work done in the State; she prepared a leaflet containing seven questions. These were sent to every club in the State. The first question asked was, 'Have you a committee on education?' Second, 'What is the line of work followed by your committee?' "The Normal College of New York City endeavors to keep in touch with all the educational institutions in the country. The Girls' Home Association, of Rochester, is educating young girls in domestic science, in nature study, picture study and mythology [?] the Civic and Political Equality League, of New York, works for the appointment of women on the school board; the work of the New Century Club of Utica, is in the study of the local school system; the Rochester Section of the Council of Jewish women, conducts a kitchen garden and visits among the poor. These are only a few of the answers received from the leaflet. Miss Huntington was the first speaker in the hour devoted to philanthropy. She made a strong plea for the system of boarding children in families. The Consumers' League had an admirable representative in Mrs. Frederick Nathan, of New York, and her paper was well received. A delightful hour was enjoyed when "Unusual Occupations for Women" [?] chairman, was introduced. [M???] Jones is one of the brightest women in the Federation, and her clever sallies caused much merriment. "The only evening session was that of Wednesday, under the auspices of the art and press committee. Mrs. Clark Driscoll, of Tiffany's, described in detail the making of mosaics in glass, and told how this art had opened a new field for women. Mrs. Grace Seton-Thompson, wife of the author-artist, gave her personal experience in artistic bookmaking. "The color question, as it has come to be called, did not come before the organization as a body. At the Executive Board meeting it was discussed. The board refused to consider the protests sent by the Girls' Home Association and the New Century Club, of Utica, on the ground that as the question had never come officially before the National Federation of Clubs, and as no cognizance had been taken of such a question on the floor of the convention at Milwaukee, there was no foundation for the protest received from these two clubs, therefore, the board would not be justified in taking official cognizance of such protest. It was thought by some that I was sent to raise the color question. This was not so. I had no instruction on that line, but went as any other delegate, to represent the Girls' Home Association. I was courteously received by the club women. My credentials were promptly accepted and full privileges, social and others of the meeting, accorded me. The Albany Argus said: (Continued on Fourth Page.) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, JANUARY, 1901. National Association Notes OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskeegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly, Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President.—Mrs. M.C. Terrell, 325 T. St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 1st. Vice-President—Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Avenue Indianapolis, Ind. 2d. V. President —Mrs. Lucy Phillips, Jackson, Tenn. Cor.Sect'y.—Miss Mary A. Lynch, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N.C. Rec. Sect'y.— Mrs. C.A. Curl, 2935 Armour Ave., Chicago, Ill. Rec. Sec'y—Mrs. Lillian Coleman, 2824 Douglas St., Omaha Neb. Rec. Sect'y—Mrs. Wm Clifford, 63 Burt St., Cleveland, Ohio. Treasurer.—Mrs. J. Silone Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, Mo. National Organizer.—Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13, James St, Rochester N.Y. Cham'n Execut'e Com.—Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. Notice. We have thus far raised the $100 to within $10. A new club is now being formed in the city of Opelika, Ala. The Mother's Council, of Opelika, Ala., is still working smoothly. Very recently a Woman's Club has been organized in Norwalk, Ohio. Mrs. T.H. Lyles is still working away in the interest of the John Brown monument. "The NOTES seem better than ever; they are very interesting indeed."— C. A.Curl, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. H.K. Price, of Cleveland, O., writes as follows: "I must say that I receive inspiration from each copy of the NOTES." The Woman's League, of Kansas City, Mo, has just opened a cooking class. this is a right move in the right direction. All clubs will remember that they come into the National , paying ten cents per capita. We no longer require three dollars per year. The Club Women of Montgomery, Ala., raised over $49 cash, aside from a wagon load of groceries, etc., as a Thanksgiving offering of the Hale Infirmary. Mrs. J. J. Johnson, Mrs. Nettie Bass, Mrs. M.R. Bissell and Mrs. A. B. Watson have sent in twenty-five cents each for one year's subscription to the NOTES. Recently, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, our National President, lectured in St. Paul, Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., Chicago, Ill., Jefferson City, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo. The following comes from Mrs. J. T. Washington of Birmingham, Ala. "Enclosed find twenty-five cents for one year's subscription to the NOTES, which I feel that I cannot do without." "Plenty of new members have been joining the club lately. Much more work can now be done because of this added strength." This message comes from the Atlanta Woman's Club. More than one thousand delegates have been attending the Annual National Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which met in Washington the first week in December. The One Cent Missionary Society of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute sent their Thanksgiving offering to the Club women of Montgomery, Ala., for the use of the Hale Infirmary. Notice. Any club woman not receiving her paper regularly, will do us the favor of dropping us a card. The paper is printed regularly every month, and we wish every club woman to see what we are doing. Mrs. Ida C. Wilson, of Meridian, Miss., has recently sent her subscription to the NOTES. Mississippi is a state wholly without club work, so far as we know. We hope that this will not be always the case. Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey, 13 James St., Rochester, N. Y., National Organizer, is very anxious to receive the adresses of all club presidents and secretaries. Will not the same be kind enough to send their names on postal cards to her? Mrs. Emma Ford, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been kind enough to secure an advertisement for the NOTES. We are endeavoring to secure substantial advertisements for the NOTES, so as to decrease their expense. Mrs. Ford also secured four new subscribers. Notice. The next Biennial of the National Association of Colored Women, is to be held in the city of Buffalo during the month of July, 1901. Let every club begin now to work for the convention, remembering that no club can be represented who fails to pay its dues. We have now raised the one hundred dollars to within ten dollars. We have recently received one dollar from Mrs. Lyles, of Minnesota. As soon as the one hundred dollars is raised, all the names of individuals and also the names of the clubs who contributed will be published in the NOTES. Notice!-- This is to correct a mistake which was made in the December NOTES, with reference to the amount now in the National Treasury. It must be understood that this correction is made on the minutes which were read at the executive session at Detroit in August. "The amount on hand in the treasury is $251.41." The following comes from Mrs. Jeffrey, who was recently sent as a delegate from a white club to the New York State Federation: "I certainly had a most delightful time. I was not sent to the Federation to raise the color question, but was sent as any other delegate- and was received and treated as any other delegate." Two new clubs' have recently been organized in the State of Alabama, one in Normal and one in Huntsville, Mrs. Archer is the President of the one at Normal and Mrs. L. B. Brown of the one at Huntsville. These clubs were organized by Mrs. F. E. Morin, of Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. Morin is one of the leading spirits in club work in the city of Montgomery. Very soon each woman will receive a postal card, telling her whether or not her subscription has expired, and we hope every one will respond with twenty-five cents. It now takes fourteen dollars to have the NOTES printed, to say nothing of the wrappers and the mailing. Each one certainly ought to be willing to pay twenty-five cents per year for such a paper. The Southern Federation sends its best thanks to Dr. H. R. Butler, of Atlanta, and also to other gentlemen of that city, for a most delightful reception. Mrs. Selena Butler, Mrs. Addie Hunton, Mrs. Helen H. Logan, Mrs. Kate Hamilton, Mrs. Addie Herndon, Mrs. Lula Penn, Mrs. Lula Anderson and Mrs. Booker T. Washington entertained, in the way of music and toasts for the reception. At the Southern Federation, which has just closed a session in the city of Atlanta, no one was more helpful in suggesting practical ideas and plans than dear Sister Moore. Although a white woman, she has given the best years of her life to the actual uplifting of colored people in their home life. Many, many times she has even endangered her life by living with the lowly. The women of Atlanta showed their appreciation and love of Sister Moore in every way possible. MRS. TERRELL'S ADDRESS IN ST. LOUIS, MO. The people of the race in this section, and especially the women, have recently enjoyed an intellectual feast as rare as its effect has been inspiring and beneficent. I allude to the coming among us of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, and her admirable lecture on Harriet Beecher Stowe. Very few, indeed, were those among us who had not, at least heard of Mrs. Terrell, for her fame is widespread; but I think that I can safely assert that of the hundreds who listened to her on the evening of November 19th, a still smaller number were prepared for the display of intellectual ability, combining thought, culture, eloquence- embellished by grace and elegance in the delivery- which were presented on that occasion. The lecture itself was a revelation to many, for in its delineation of Mrs. Stowe, and of the strength and beauty of her character, they learned to know her and to revere her memory, who previously had known of her only as the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin;" but the rapt, almost breathless attention with which that large audience hung upon the utterances of the speaker, evidenced more plainly than language could express the deep interest which those words had aroused, and the insight into the life of a noble woman which had been given through Mrs. Terrell's eloquent portrayal. The visit of Mrs. Terrell to St. Louis is an occurrence of more than ordinary significance to the race- it is not merely the coming of a distinguished lecturer to speak on a highly interesting subject- it is the appearance in our midst of a woman of our own race, fully equipped, morally and intellectually, to preach the gospel of progress and true womanhood to her people- to realize in her own person, and in her own beautiful self-sacrificing life, the evangel she is so zealously striving to impress upon the hearts and minds of her sister-women; and the cordial welcome which greeted her arrival here, evidenced the high appreciation of the women of St. Louis for her untiring labors for the advancement of her people; and while there lives so able and zealous a champion in the cause of progress- so earnest and conscientious a pleader for the higher life of woman- so wise and considerate a counselor- the women of the race have abundant reason to hope, abundant inspiration to work; believing with noble Mrs. Terrell, that the seed sown sometimes in darkness and tears, may spring up to a glorious fruition- a harvest of noble lives and deeds. MRS. SUSAN PAUL VASHON, 2243 Oregon Ave. WOMEN AND THEIR WORK. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON ON THE RACE QUESTION. To the Editor of the Evening Post; Sir. -It is a sad commentary on the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. JANUARY, 1901. acknowledged moral power of women, that in their various convocations they should manifest such pretty prejudices in trying to exclude Negro women from their clubs and societies. It would be well for us to consider all it has cost our sires and sons to emancipate a race we as a nation, doomed for centuries to a cruel bondage. Think of all that the noble band of abolitionists did, for over a quarter of a century, to educate our people into a sense of justice; think of the prolonged debates by statesmen in Congress to prevent the exten- sion of slavery into new territories; think of all the blood and treasure poured out in the civil war, which struck the chains from four million bondmen in a single day; think of the discussions over the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the National Constitution, and the "Civil Rights Bill," that crowning act of justice to which the nation set its seal, securing "liberty and equality" everywhere to that unhappy race. And in all these steps of progress, many women, with pen and tongue, proved themselves a moral power in helping men to accomplish this grand work. What shall we say, then, of the daughters of such noble men and women, who would ignore the promised protection of the "Civil Rights Bill," the grand amendments to the National Constitution, all the beneficent results of the war, the discussions of the people in State and Church, in legislative halls, in Synods and General Assemblies, and thus block the way of a struggling race to higher develop- ment? Is there no sense of justice in your souls, when the colored delegate stands before you, doubly weighted with both sex and race, that you deny her recognition as an equal factor in your associations? Just as our most rabid opponents are admitting that woman is a great moral power in civilizing the race, it is a pity that those who claim to be leaders of thought should take a lower moral standard than our best men have already attained. It is to be sincerely hoped by all interested in woman's emancipation, that the press of the country may have no more disgraceful reports to make in regard to presidents of clubs, so blinded by prejudice against race, that they cannot see a Negro woman on the floor when appealing to the Chair, or so deaf that they cannot hear a resolution in favor of admitting Negro delegates on terms of equality. That beautiful engraving of "Beatrice and Dante," well illustrates what the position of the mother of the race should be in drawing her sons upward and onward to moral and spiritual perfection. NEGRO EXHIBIT. BUFFALO NEGROES THINK THEIR RACE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. A well-attended and enthusiastic meeting of the Phyllis Wheatley Club of Colored Women was held yesterday afternoon in the Michigan Street Baptist Church. The club was organized over a year ago for the advancement of the race. It has taken up the matter of a Negro exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition, and the meeting was held for the purpose of taking action regarding this matter. Mrs. John Dover, Vice-President of the Club, called the meeting to order. About 200 members were present, also many other interested in the subject, including Mrs. A.B. Wilson, President of the Central Union of the W.C.T.U. James A. Ross, the well-known colored politician, addressed the club. He spoke of the apparent prejudice against colored people, and declared that the Exposition officials had made a great mistake in not appointing a colored commissioner to represent the race. Mrs. William H. Talbert, corresponding secretary, read an essay on "Why the American Negro Should be Represented at the Pan-American Exposition." She said that the Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition had attracted the notice of the world, and that the exhibit should be brought to the Pan-American Exposition. Our exposition, she said, was the only one that had not made early provision for a Negro exhibit. The meeting closed after resolutions were passed to the effect that immediate steps should be taken to inform the exposition [committee?] of the desire of the colored people for a Negro exhibit, and declaring that the Negroes of Buffalo were unanimous in demanding that the colored commissioner be appointed. Many whites, including Mrs. Wilson, have pledged their support of the movement. Several colored persons have been spoken of as being fitted to be Exposition Commissioner, but Mrs. Talbert has the strongest following. She is, undoubtedly, one of the most capable colored women in Buffalo, being a graduate of Oberlin University, and having, probably, more degrees than any other colored woman in the State. She has always been an active worker in the interest of the race, and as commissioner would, undoubtedly, fulfill the expectations of her supporters, and secure a fitting and satisfactory Negro exhibit at the Exposition. --- Buffalo Commercial. COLORED WOMEN ARE ADMITTED. A letter from Mrs. Booker T. Washington was read to the National Council of Women, saying that the National Association of Colored Women has secured $50 of the $100 necessary for it's dues, and would be a member soon. As this exeeded the annual portion of the dues and Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, the National President, is attending the meetings, it was voted unanimously to admit the organization at once. --- Chicago Record. REPORT OF WOMAN'S CLUB, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK. During the year beginning March 7, 1899, and ending March 6, 1900, the Women's Club has held twenty-two regular meetings, six Mothers' Meetings, and had five monthly entertainments. Collected from all sources during the year $56.79; paid out for charitable purposes, National dues, National Notes, rent and stationery, $29.40. Aside from the money drawn from treasury for charitable purposes, the members have donated personally clothes, food and money to help relieve the poor and needy. At present the club has enrolled twenty members. Mrs. L.A. Oliver, Sec. ENTERTAINED BY THE TUSKEGEE WOMAN'S CLUB One of the most enjoyable events of the season was a "book reception," given at Phelps Hall Chapel, December 9th, by the Tuskegee Woman's Club to the faculty and their families, for the purpose of securing some of the latest books for the new library. The rostrum of the Chapel was made to represent a [cozy] little club room, and artistic taste was displayed in decorating the entire chapel by the following committee: Miss Kelley, Chairman, Miss Cropper, Miss Morse and Miss Jones. Besides securing a large number of the most classical books, the reception was a rare social event. Just in front of the rostrum and a little to the right stood the reception party. Mrs. B.T. Washing- ton, the present of the club, was at the head of the receiving line, and was handsomely gowned in black; she was assisted by Mesdames Ramsey and Thomas, Misses Porter, Hunt, Kelley, Spears, Foote and Jones in introducing the guests After which Miss. Rohon, an active member of the club, favored the guests with one of her delightful violin solos. A drama, consisting of three acts, followed, entitled "Woman's Rights;" it was decidedly English in manner and tone. The entire performance was intensely interesting. All of the characters were true to life, each one entering into the spirit of the play, namely, the maintenance of "Woman's Rights" and the extermination of men. All of the emotions of enthusiastic club women were vigorously displayed. The following is the dramatis personae: Florence Flighty - - Mrs. Ramsey Mrs. Rebecca Hubble Bubble - - Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Spurnman - - Miss Sarah Hunt Mrs. Crush Prop - - Miss Helen Porter Mrs. Go-a-Head - - Miss Minnie Kelley Blanche Bathos - - Miss Edna Spears Mrs. McSoraway - - Miss Danella Foote Miss Stick-Up-for Rights - - Miss Melissa Jones Capt. Spooney - - Mr. Chas. W. Wood French Policeman - - Mr. Bush Major Fitzkarley - - Mr. Scott French Officer - - Capt. Austin Stage Manager - - Mrs. B.T. Washington This part of the program closed with a vocal solo by Miss Edna Spears, the secretary of the club. The last feature of the programme was the repast, served in the most exquisite style, by the following committee: Miss Dotson, chairman; Miss Portia Washington, Miss Napier, Mrs. Ramsey and Miss Mabry. At the conclusion of the exercises, social chats, ensued, interrupted at intervals by sweet strains of music, stealing from amid the evergreens with which the chapel was so lavishly adorned. Now the bells of Porter Hall invited us to "the Oaks," "the Maples" and "Willows," where we might slumber in pleasant dreams of the "great lights" who so vigorously upheld Woman's Rights. The club extends to donors its sincere thanks for the part they played in replenishing the library with such a beautiful and useful collection of books. The following, as entertainment committee, Miss Porter, chairman, Miss Bayton, Mesdames B.T. Washington, Logan and Craig, are very grateful to the gentlemen for their beneficence in taking part in the entertainment. The Illinois State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs held its first annual meeting at the Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn St., Wednesday and Thursday, November 21 and 22, with seventeen clubs represented by 124 delegates. The value of organized effort among women was very clearly seen during the sessions. The progress made has been marvellous, when we remember that at the convention of the N.A. of C.W., held at Washington in 1896, only two clubs, the I.B.W. and the Phyllis Wheatley, were members from Illinois; in 1897, at Nashville, one more was added to the list. Nine clubs were represented at the first biennial, held at Chicago in August, 1899. To-day seventeen clubs answer to roll call in our State organization; each one expects to be well represented at the second biennial, at Buffalo, next July. The reports read by members of the different clubs, the business transacted, the resolutions adopted, would be a credit to an organization much older than our own. The women who have struggled, overcome many obstacles, conquered numerous discouragements, but who plodded on, lifting as they climbed, have reason to feel proud of their own State organization, knowing full well that it will rank second to none at the convention in Buffalo in July 1901. But proud as we are to-day of the record made by the colored women of this grand old Prairie State, we know that we have much to learn; we are yet in our infancy. The work before us is gigantic, and it is only by laying aside all petty jealousies, personal ambition, (Continued to Fourth Page.) Awarded A Gold Medal At the Paris Exposition, 1900. THE PERRY PICTURES One cent each for 25 or more on paper 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Send 2 cent stamp for [Catalog] and sample picture. Beware of Imitations THE PERRY PICTURES, -- EXTRA SIZE -- 5 cents each for 5 or more on paper 10 x 12 inches Send 50 cents for these ten. Call them set 61. W C Brant Angelus Longfellow By the River Madonna of the chair Queen Louise St Celilia Oxen going to work Aurora Madonna, Ferruzzi PICTURES IN COLORS 2 cts. each. No order for pict- ures in colors for less than 25 cts. The Perry Magazine Monthly except July and Aug. Beautifully illustrated $1.00 per year. THE PERRY PICTURE CO. Box 318 Malden, Mass, Boston -- New York NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, JANUARY, 1901. and by selecting our brightest and best women to represent us, that the success which we hope to attain will be realized. All women are not born leaders ; some must follow Let us find our place and fill it worthily. Mrs Mary Church Terrell delivered her lecture on "The Bright Side of the Negro," before a large and appreciative audience, at the Institutional Church, Chicago, Friday evening, November 23d. Mrs. Terrell, although suffering from the ill effects of a physical ailment held her audience spell-bound by her eloquence and charming personality. Mrs. Terrell was entertained while in the city by some of the most prominent club women of Chicago, and also addressed the Council of Jewish Women at the Standard Club. OUR PRESIDENT'S LETTER. (Continued from First Page.) because they have been enlightened and inspired by earnest men and women who have assembled together for the purpose of discussing subjects in which they were deeply interested. So I hope that even our women who are not delegates, will come in great numbers to the next convention. And now, before closing. I want to ask a personal favor of every woman who reads this letter I want each one of you to sit down very soon and write me a letter, I want you to be perfectly frank in expressing yourselves about any matter concerning our Association, which you think needs especial attention. If you think of anything that will help to ake the National Association better and stronger, please feel perfectly free to give me the benefit of your thought on the subject. I am very busy, and I may not be able to reply to each letter, but I shall certainly make a note of your suggestions and present them to the Executive Committee next summer. It is only by exchanging ideas that out constitution will embody just those provisions which are especially suited to our particular needs. I want to ask, also, that the women who belong to the Association should send me their names and addresses. I shall soon want to distribute some literature bearing on our work, and I am anxious that every one of our members shall have it. Wishing each and every woman in the National Association a happy, healthful, prosperous New Year. I am faithfully yours, MARY CHURCH TERRELL. "AS A GENTLEWOMAN." (Continued from First Page.) "By its uniform courtesy and kindliness to Mrs. Jeffrey, the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs went on record as a body of gentlewomen." "The Alumnæ Association of the Alabany Female Academy gave a beautiful reception on Tuesday. A reception by the Mohawk Chapter D. A. R , of Albany, was a second charming hospitality. The reception tendered by Governor and Mrs. Roosevelt at the Executive Mansion. was a delightful affair ; a reception at the Hotel Ten Eyck, from the officers of the Federation to the members and Albany friends, was much enjoyed and was very brilliant. A banquet was tendered by Mrs. Helmuth, the retiring president, to the in-coming and out-going officers and Executive Board. The feature of the occasion was the loving cup, the beautiful souvenir presented by the Federation to Mrs. Helmuth, which was passed from lip to lip, and as each quaffed, she toasted the outgoing president. The Louisville Free Kindergarten Association is glad to announce that in June, 1901, the first class of trained colored teachers will be graduated. These young ladies were well educated before entering the kindergarten class, and will have had the same training the Louisville Association gives to the white students- two years of thorough training in theory and practice in a free kindergarten, under the direction of a trained, experienced, white principal. As the race problem in the South is to be decided more by what is done for its little children than in any one way, these teachers have been trained to meet the need of colored teachers for colored children throughout the South. Any one desiring information in regard to this class, or wishing to secure a colored kindergartener, will address Miss. F. M. Burton, Asst. Supt. Louisville Free Kindergarten Association, 240 East Walnut Street, Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford assistant recording secretary of the N. A. C. W. and also state organizer for Ohio,is one of the finest elocutionists of her race. A most artistic recital was given by her Dec. 6th under the auspices of the Missionary Society of Mt. Zion Church. Her programme embraced selections from Tennyson, Bryant, Poe, Field, and Dunbar. She was greeted with a crowded house and the unanimous verdict of the audience was, that her rendition of the programme was fine. Miss Imogene Howard, the young New York colored school teacher who went to Paris at the expense of the New York Telegraph is kept busy lecturing on her "Trip to Paris," in and around New York. Miss Mary A. Lynch, president of the N. C., Temperance Society and secretary of the National Association of Colored Women, is kept constantly before the public lecturing on "My Trip to Edinburg Scotland," where she went during the summer as a delegate to the Woman's Temperance Meeting. Woman's mental, as surely as her physical, qualities call her to the home life as her special and peculiar work, says the author of "True Motherhood." It is not that she can do nothing else, but that she can do this as no other can. If she does not make home, home cannot be made. The world needs her there. Her own heart calls her to do it. Man's heart and life needs just the influence in the home which woman alone can bring. In all else that she can add he will applaud and aid. But from home he may not lose her. The world's civilization the molding of the ages to come, depends on the distinctively womanly qualities of mind acting in their highest beauty and perfection in human homes. -Baptist Outlook. TO LIGHTEN WOMAN'S WORK. THE BISSELL SWEEPER is without question the greatest labor saving machine that has been produced, solely in the interest of the housewives, during the last quater of a century. The fact that it has relieved woman of one of the hardest and most disagreeable tasks she has to perform, clearly justifies the above claim. Sweeping day may well be dreaded by the women who have to undertake the work with that back-breaking, dust-raising, carpet-destroying corn broom, and even on the score of economy no woman can afford to sweep her carpets with a corn broom, as a BISSELL SWEEPER will outlast forty brooms. Therefore, for every conceivable reason in connection with sweeping carpets, The Bissell Sweeper is preferable to the corn broom, whether it be for economy in cost, labor, time, saving of carpets, draperies, furniture or health. Every one guaranteed. Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co., Largest sweeper makers in the world, Grand Rapids, = = Michigan. THE AMERICAN KITCHEN MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO HOME ECONOMICS IN ALL ITS PHASES. SHOULD BE IN EVERY AMERICAN HOME. UINDER THE DIRECTION OF Miss ANNA BARROWS AND Mrs. Mary J. LINCOLN. 10 cts. per copy. $1.00 per year. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE HOME SCIENCE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 485 Tremont, Street, Boston, Mass. Mrs. Harriet K. Price is a very busy woman. She is president of the Mt. Zion Missionary Society, The Douglass Y. W. C. T. U. and of the Minerva Reading Club- all of which organizations belong to the N. A. of C. W. She was recently sent as a delegate to the state convention of the W. C. T. U. She has announced an open meeting for Jan. 6th when Mrs. Perkins who is state president, will speak on her trip abroad. On Thursday afternoon, Nov. 7, there was a meeting of the W. C. T. U. of 63 West 124th Street . Harlem. Mrs. M.M. Hamlin opened the meeting by reading Luke, V. She spoke eat length of importance of woman's part in the Christian work ; the need of her earnest philanthropy in the cause. Having been a member of the W. C. T. U. of Chicago, which numbers one thousand members, Mrs. Hamlin is well qualified to speak of the cause. The mem bers of this union were encouraged and benefited by her presence. NOTICE. The next Biennial of the National Association of Colored Women, is to be held in the city of Buffalo, during the month of July 1901. Let every club begin now to work for the Convention, remembering that no club can be represented who fails to pay its dues. The Phelps Hall Bible Training School, conducted in connection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee , Alabama, offers exceptional opportunities to young men who wish to prepare for the Christian ministry. A strong faculty is in charge, and in addition five to seven lecturers, representing the Negro denominations of the South , give a series of lectures. The cost of board is eight dollars per month ; tuition, free. A few young men who have no money can be accomodated. Lack of means need debar no one. For further information, address Booker T. Washington, Principal. The National Association Notes. "LIFTING AS WE CLIMB" VOL. V. TUSKEGEE, ALA., FEBRUARY, 1902 NO. 2. LIFE AND DREAM. BY MARGARET O'BRIEN DAVIS. In the cradle of life lay a dream, asleep, And an angel bent above it; So pure was its peace, so sweet and deep, "Twas but human to look and to love it. But it grew too large for the cradle of life, And it flew to a heart for protection -- A human heart, that must live in strife, And never attain to perfection. And the dream still grew, till on all the earth There was nothing could bind or hold it. And it shattered the life, and it broke the heart That had tried in vain to enfold it. Then it roamed till it died on the lap of Pain, And I've wondered long years about it. For the life and the heart grew to hight and plain They'd never have know without it. And I've, somehow, believed that the dreams that die, After plowing our hearts till they break them, Are the means that God takes, as they shattered lie, Like his own loved heart to make them. FEDERATION NEWS. CONVENTION OF SOUTHERN FEDERATION. The Southern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs met in Mt. Heroden Baptist Church, Vicksburg, Miss., on the morning of December 30th. Many of the delegates from the Northeastern section of the South were detained by the severe floods that inundated that section. The excellent management of the women of Vicksburg made the convention a success fort hose who attended from Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Alabama. Mrs. Booker T. Washington, President of the Federation, presided at every session, and at the first meeting conducted the preliminary exercises. She appointed Mesdames L. C. Jefferson, M. Hemphill, U. Wade, and Misses Reynolds and Clara White, Committee on Hospitality. Committee on Resolutions, Mesdames J. D. D. Woode, L. W. Foreman, S. A. Gates, M. M. Johnson, ----- Wilson, Mary Bell and Mrs. A. M. Brown. Mrs. I. C. Wilson, of Meridian, Miss., was appointed Recording Secretary. In her opening address, the President explained the object of the Federation. She introduced a number of prominent people who addressed the assembly. Among them, were Hon. J. Hill, of Jackson, Miss., Rev. Mr. Huston, of Vicksburg, Misses G. R. Richards and J. Scott, of A. M. A., Profs. L. J. rowan and E. C. Howard, of Alcorn, Mrs. P. O. Jameson and Mrs. A. M. Brown, President of Alabama State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. At the afternood session forty-nine delegates were enrolled. Miss Cornelia Bowen, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Federation, sent a telegram expressing her inability to be present because of sudden illness. The following letter was received from the President of the National: 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 27, 1901. To the Southern Federation, in Convention Assembled in the City of Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 30-31: Greetings Most Cordial. -- May your sessions bring harmony, joy and inspirations to all present, and lend a gracious influence, even, upon those who, less fortunate, may not be present. In union lies our greatest strength, hence with great interest we view the amount of effective organization that is being done by our women, and the wonders it is working in all parts of our land in bringing about a better understanding of our needs, and the best methods of supplying those needs. We can refer with pleasure to the work that is being done by kindergarten Clubs, Mothers' Unions, Domestic Science Clubs, Reading Circles, Social Science, Musical and other fine art clubs, and we urge the formation and maintenance of more of these and other clubs in every city, town and hamlet, that the work of race elevation, the purification and ennobling of the home life, may, by the benign invfluence of women, move forward with ore and more rapid strides. We urge the support of the National Association paper, Notes, ably edited by Mrs. Booker T. Washington and her corps of associate editors. It is necessary that the women of the various States come in closer touch with each other, that we know more of each other, understand more fully our common aims and purposes --- and nothing can do this more effectively than a good, strong national organ ; hence let us support The Notes with our subscription and patronage, and in every other way possible. We urge upon the clubs composting the Southern Federation, the importance of joining the National Association of Colored Women, that we may build up a strong national body, embracing every State and territory composing the United States, that we may be able to stand forth as one great body, wielding a power hitherto unknown in the annals of our race. As we approach the second new year of the twentieth century, may we consecrate ourselves anew to the great work that lies before us in "Lifting as we Climb." May we draw strength for this work from power Divine, realizing that only thus can our work be full of promise and eternal as the hills. Bidding one and all a hearty "Godspeed," and expressing sincere regret that I cannot meet you face to face at this time. Fraternally yours, Josephine Silone Yates, President National association of Colored Women. Dr. Emma A. Reynolds, of New Orleans, in expressing her inability to be present because of her professional duties, wrote: "Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Vicksburg, Miss., Dear Sister. -- Your earnest appeal to the sisters of the Federation to attend the convention in Vicksburg was received, and our club responds by sending as delegate our President, Mrs. Sara A. Gates, who is one of our public school teachers, and a very able woman. She is authorized by the Afro-American Woman's Club to represent the Visiting Nurses Association, which we have established and are supporting here in New Orleans. Knowing her ability and discretion, we shall support the position taken by our delegate, and while you legislate there, our prayers shall ascend here." A special session was devoted to a mothers' meeting, presided over by Mrs. D. d. Bell. There were 266 present, and the meeting was most enthusiastic. The report or Mrs. A. M. Brown's Mother's Unions in Birmingham, seven in number, was most helpful and encouraging, from the fact that the members of the unions were working earnestly for advancement in home affairs. In the evening, the delegates faced an audience of 550 representative men and women. Rev. J. C. Huston gave the address of welcome. Mrs. W. H. Rainey, of Arnett Social club, responded. The formal program was enhanced by vocal solos by Mrs. D. J. Foreman, Mrs. Agnez and Mr. P. J. Sanders; duet by Miss Minnie Moore and Mrs. Sweett. The President. in her annual address on "Woman's Work," placed particular stress on the possibilities arising from present activities of the club movement. On December 31st, three full sessions of the convention were held in Bethel A. M. E. Church. Among many papers read and discussed, were those on Social Purity, Temperance, Influence of Women Teachers, Evils of Excursions, Unity of Negro Women, and other timely subjects. The Committee on Resolutions submitted several, of which a few are subjoined: "Honored President. -- Inasmuch as we, the women of the Southern Federation, have been so cordially received and pleasantly entertained by the good women of Vicksburg, resolved: "That we tender to them our most heart-felt thanks. "Be it further resolved, that we extend our thanks to the ministers who have opened the doors of their churches to us, to the different clubs that have arranged for our pleasure, and to the various newspapers that have been interested in our meeting. "Whereas, we of this Southland, are so frequently and painfully reminded of the lack of proper regard for the progress of our race, because of the baneful effects of the large patronage of miscellaneous excursion-goers, and; "Whereas, we the members of the Southern Federation of Colored Women, in meeting assembled in the city of Vicksburg, December 30-31, 1901, feel it our sacred duty to put ourselves on record as against any practice among us which has a downward tendency ; therefore, be it resolved: "That we go from this place armed with the determination to discourage promiscuous patronage of excursions believing the scriptural promise of reaping in due season, if we faint not." Resolutions on temperance work were submitted. A number of the colored business men of Mississippi donated liberally toward the general expenses of the Federation. Among these are Drs. J. H. Miller and E. D. Woode, Rev. Mr. Huston, Mr. W. H. Jefferson and Hon. J. Hill. Clubs that sent contributions with their delegate: The woman's Era club, Meridian, Miss., donated $3.00; the Noblesse Oblige Club. of Birmingham, Miss Kate Smith, Natchez, Miss., Mr. E. V. Mason, Of Jackson, $1.00 each. Over 1,100 people attended the last session, when Mrs. S. A. Gates extended, in behalf of the Women's Clubs of New Orleans, a cordial invitation for the Federation to meet in that city next December. The convention adjourned, to meet at a banquet given by the Women's Clubs of Vicksburg in Washington Street Hall. This second annual meeting of the Southern Federation, accentuates most impressively, the earnest spirit characterizing our women. The pledges made to save our little ones, to organize mothers' unions, to raise a higher standard of morality, to strengthen the Southern Federation and enlarge the National Association, mean no small impetus gained in climbing upward. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES. FEBRUARY, 1902. National Association Notes. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly. Subscription 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS President, Mrs. J. Silome Yates, 2122 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 1st Vice-President : Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala. 2nd Vice-President : Mrs. Agnes Moody, 3604 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Honorary President, Mrs. Mary Church Terrel. Cor. Sect'y, Miss Ionia Smallwood, Allegheny, Pa. 1st Rec. Secretary : Miss E. C. Carter, 311 Middle St., New Bedford, Mass. 2nd Rec. Secretary : Mrs. S. J. Evans, 9 Purdy St., Buffalo, N.Y. 3rd Rec. Secretary : Miss Josie Holmes, Clark University, South Atlanta, Ga. Treasurer : Mrs. L. C. Anthony, Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. National Organizer : Mrs. L. A. Davis, 5012 5th Ave., Chicago, Ill. Cham'n Ex. Com. : Mrs. Josephine Bruce, 1639 College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. The constitution of the National Association of Colored Women has been printed. The price is ten cents each. Those wishing constitutions, may apply to MISS E. C. CARTER 311 Middle St., New Bedford, Mass. We regret that a New Year's greeting from Mrs. Yates to all our club women, came too late for January Notes. Mrs. Alice D. Cary, of Atlanta, sent greetings to the Southern Federation in session. Mrs. J. B. H. Upthegroves, of Stringer Academy,Friar's Point,Miss., has had her name enrolled with the club workers. We are pleased to have The Baptist Woman's Era on our exchange table. Mrs. S. H. Wright, Montgomery, Ala., is editor and business manager. Miss Eva E. Smith, West Toronto, Canada, writes in appreciation of our club women's condemning "ragtime" music. Miss Smith speaks of The Notes as a pleasing monthly visitor. Miss E. C. Carter, 311 Middle St., New Bedford, Mass., and Mrs. Rossetta E. Lawson, 2011 Vermont Ave., Washington, have been added to our list of State editors. Miss M. E. Howard, of Clinton, N.Y., who so generously aided the work for our destitute children several weeks ago, has remembered them again with Christmas gifts from herself and friends, whom she is interesting in the work. In a report about the pledges issued by the Southern Federation it met in Atlanta in 1900, Mrs. J. A. Porter makes the following statement : "Three thousand pledges have been distributed -- 800 in Atlanta, Ga. The total cost of printing and mailing is $4.75. Of this, 75 cents were paid to me by the Federation, leaving a balance due me of $4.00." FEDERATION NEWS OHIO STATE FEDERATION The Ohio State Federation held its first meeting in Mt Zion Congregational Church, Cleveland, on December 27-28. Mrs. Carrie Clifford, President of the Federation, attended the third bienniel convention of the N. A. of C. W. in Buffalo last July. She was impressed with the thought of strength in union, and on her return to Ohio she began assiduously to arrange for a State Federation, which resulted in this convention. The State Chaplain, Mrs. Julia Childs Jackson, led the devotional exercises. Letters and telegrams from officers of the National were read. Among them were a telegram from Mrs. M. C. Terrell and an official letter from Mrs. Yates, President of the National. The morning session was devoted to business. On Friday afternoon Mrs. Hattie Fairfax read a paper on "Domestic Science." She advocated the establishment of schools of domestic science. A very animated discussion followed. Mrs. Ariadne Sellers, President of the King's Daughters' Circle, welcomed the delegates. Miss Mabel Leach, County Secretary of the Young Women's C. T. U., gave the delegates a very cordial welcome to the city in the name of the W. C. T. U. Mrs. Irene D. Evans, of Springfield, made a very pleasing response. The President of the Federation, Mrs. C. W. Clifford, gave an able address on the work of the N. A. of C. W., telling of its past, its present and hopes for the future. Saturday morning was devoted to the election of officers, with result as follows : Mrs. C. W. Clifford, 65 Burt St., Cleveland, O., President ; Mrs. Belle F. Bolden, 25 Newton St., First Vice-President ; Mrs. Areadne Sellers, 113 Arlington St., Second Vice-President ; Mrs. F. S. Benson, Third Vice-President ; Mrs. Ashley, Toledo, Recording Secretary ; Miss Bertha Blue, Assistant Recording Secretary ; Miss Emma Torbert, Cor. Secretary ; Miss Eleanor Alexander, Treasurer ; Mrs. Julia Childs Jackson, Chaplain ; Mrs. Rosa Johnson, 44 Frank St., Cleveland, State Organizer ; Mrs. S. L. Shorter, Wilberforce, Chairman of Executive Committee. Saturday afternoon Mrs. Hammet K. Price read a paper on "The Outlook." Mrs. Price reviewed the past, and illustrated what has been done during the years of freedom. She gave examples of the ability of Negroes as musicians, lecturers, professional workers and business women. She told of missionaries at home and abroad, and of the many charitable institutions, either founded by or conducted by colored women. In view of what has been accomplished, the speaker prophesied a bright future. Miss Martha Hawkins, a graduate from the Training School for Nurses, connected with Freedman's Hospital, Washington, D.C., read a most excellent paper. Her paper emphasized the lesson which all wise people are teaching -- that all who are prepared for something, find something to do. Mesdames Rosa Johnson and Irene D. Evans read excellent papers at the evening session. The session was enlivened by a selection from Miss Emma A. Tolbert, the well-known elocutionist. The audience was well pleased and instructed by a paper by Miss Dora Mitchell, on "What Can Organized Womanhood do for the Uplift of the Race?" and another on "Character Building," by Miss Elenor Alexander. Misses Bertha Sutton, Addie Hocksley, Eleanor Alexander and Mrs. Edwina B. Seeley contributed to the musical part of the program. A bounteful and delicious lunch was served each day under the supervision of Mrs. Ariadne Sellers. The convention was an uplift to all who attended. Twelve clubs sent delegates, who returned with a stronger inspiration to "lift as we climb" to reach the desired end. The next convention will be held in July, 1902. MRS. HARRIET K. PRICE. 280 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, O. NORTH-EASTERN FEDERATION. The North-eastern Federation of Women's Clubs, composed of clubs in New England and New York, held its executive meeting in Boston, December 27-28. At its next annual meeting which will be held in Brooklyn, N.Y., a paper upon music will be read, urging the women to study the compositions of E Coleridge Taylor, the London Negro composer. The Executive Board has appointed a committee to ask Congress to aid Harriet Tubman, the Negro woman scout in the army during the civil war. She is reported as living in destitute circumstances in Auburn, New York. CLUB DON'TS. BY MRS. FREDERICK HANGER, PRESIDENT ARKANSAS FEDERATION. Don't join a club just because there is a vacancy. Don't join a club expecting to attend only when there is nothing else to do. Don't join a club until you have read and understand its constitution and by-laws. Don't join a club expecting the officers to furnish all the fuel for the steam of enthusiasm and for the fire of energy. Don't take refuge in ignorance and say, "Oh, I know nothing of parliamentary law, but this, or that or the other ruling was all wrong." Don't imagine, if you are an officer, that you have any higher personal privileges than a high private, except to work early and often. Don't imagine that every other subject on the program would have suited you better than the one the committee assigned to you. Don't imagine when you are on the affirmative side of a question, that the negative member is assigned to oppose you for life; its only for ten minutes. Don't imagine your number on the program is a movable feast, to receive attention at any time by anybody. It is dated and by the "noblesse oblige" of club life is marked "not transferableis." Don't imagine because corporations have no souls, that clubs have no epistolary etiquette. Prove that they have by answering letters, even at the point of prostration and pen paralysis. Don't, if difference comes, "carry the war into Africa," from one club to another. It is a direct violation of the laws of neutrality, and a reckless waste of ammunition, as usually, sufficient unto the club is the war thereof. STATE NEWS FROM CLUBS KENTUCKY The Women's Improvement Club met on the second Friday in September, and resumed work for the year, after two months vacation. Much inspiration was gained from the reports of our delegates who attended the National Association in Buffalo. Last year our club was able to carry on a sewing school in a destitute part of the city, where the children were taught to make simple garments. When the school closed the club served refreshments to the children and their parents. The work was exhibited. The club kept a representative on the Kindergarten Board. We contributed to the Kindergarten Association, that has conducted a training class for two years. The club has assisted in other charities. At the first meeting of the club this year, a committee was appointed to further new plans instituted by the club. On the first Monday in January we opened our kindergarten in the Main Street Public School. Miss Ida B. Nugent, principal, and Miss Sunshine Clinton, pianist. Miss Nugent was graduated from our training class last June. With the assistance of friends we have furnished the kindergarten room given for our use by Prof. E. H. Mark. That work is moving on most successfully. Our membership is increasing and the outlook is very encouraging. The National Association Notes is a welcome visitor. The officers of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, FEBRUARY, 1902. club are working most vigorously for the success of our work this year. MRS M.E. STEWAART, 825 Eighth St., Louisville, Ky. INDIANA. The members fo the Progress Club of Muncie, stepped aside from their usual line of charitable work and literary efforts on new Year's Day. They received their husbands and friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stokes. The host acted as toast master at the banquet of six courses. Dr. J. W. Norvel and Messrs. Robert Riff, L.A.Fletcher and W. E. Robbins responded. The house was profusely decorated with holly , mistletoe and evergreen. Miss Venner Robbins, Messrs P.L. Rhodes, Wallace Johnson and J.M. Robbins added to the pleasure of the evening by musical selections. Out of town visitors, were Mr. Olis B. Kokono and Miss Gertrude Okey, of Greenville. The club is preparing to give a bazar and a drama, that funds may be raise to purchase a home for the club, and to establish a library and reading room. MRS. W.A. STOKES, MISS. IDA ROBBINS, President Sect'y. MASSACHUSETTS. The Home for the Aged, of New Bedford, Mass., has recently received a gift of $500 from Mr. Henry H. Rogers, to be used for the running expenses of the Home. The Ruth Circle of King's Daughters, of Boston, has recently purchased 600 yards of carpet, at a cost of nearly $500, for Charles street A. M. E. Church. Much credit is due the energetic president, Mrs. Lottie B. France. The carpet and a receipted bill for the same, was formally presented to the church as a New Year's gift, Sunday, January 5, 1902. The Woman's Progressive Club, of Worcester, Mass., under the efforts of its president, Mrs. Jane B. Collins, is anxious to enroll new members to help the Day Nursery and Home for the Aged on Liberty street. This is a worthy charity, under the management of the Progressive Club, and should receive the support of all. It was with regret that many friends said good-bye to Miss Elizabeth M. Wilson, of Worcester, who left that city for Xenia, O., where she will attend Wilberforce University. Many friends gathered at Miss Wilson's residence the night before, and presented her a purse of money, to which she appropriately responded. A beautiful Oxford Bible from Rev. W. B. Pearson, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, and a handsome clock from Messrs. Elijah Laws and Charles Wilson, with numerous smaller gifts, were presented. The Magnolia club, of which Mrs. C. S. Harrington is president, will give a musical and literary entertainment in Charles Street A. M. E. Church, Boston, Mass., January 9, 1902. At this entertainment will appear Mrs. Flora Batson and Gerald Miller, assisted by local talent. ELIZABETH C. CARTER, State Editor. Boston. -The Young Woman's Industrial league is a new club of young women that was organized by the assistance of Mrs. K. Dunston. The aim of the organization is to establish a day nursery in Boston for the help of many hard working mothers. Mrs. Dunston was elected president. The Harriet Tubman Circle has more than doubled her membership since resuming work in the fall. The president was at home to the many members of New Year's Day. At the conference of the Executive Board of the N. E. Federation, six new clubs were reported. We have sent The Notes to two of these new clubs, with the hope of securing new subscribers. The Lend-a-Hand Circle is preparing for a fare. The Phyllis Wheatley Union gave a Christmas tree to poor children. The Woman's Era Club held an instructive literary program at its last meeting. MISS JULIA O. HENSON, 37 Holyoke St. MISSOURI. Since our beloved ex-president, Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, left our city for Colorado, our Woman's Club has failed to send a report to Notes. Our Charity Fund is growing. Mrs. J. W. Daniel will give a reception in the interest of the fund on January 16th. Mrs. L. C. Anthony, our helpful club worker, attended the Woman's State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in St. Louis during the holidays. Our club is missing the faithful, earnest help of Mrs. Rosa Trammel and Mrs. M. A. Burton, who have been ill. We assisted in organizing a club at Fulton, Mo., not many days ago. The members are very active, and we hope much from their efforts to better the condition of our homes and our people. MRS. J. GOINS, 505 Monroe St., Jefferson City. WASHINGTON, D. C. Mrs. Yates is expected to be here for the Mothers' Congress and the National Council in February. The League has given several very pleasing entertainments lately. Mrs. Lottie Wilson Jackson has located here. She gave a very delightful art exhibit for the League in December, and has opened an art studio at 806 M Street. Miss Georgia Whetzel, of St. John, N. B., was married Thanksgiving Day, to Mr. Eggleston Moore, of Bermuda. They spent two weeks in Washington, and were entertained by many of their warm friends here. Mrs. Moore is the ice-dealer of Brunswick who was spoken of so highly as a business woman by the Countess of Aberdeen. Mrs. George William Cook, of Howard University, is President of the Book Lovers. At the meeting of Book Lovers, held last night at the residence of Mrs. Lavana Moss, "The Count of Monte Christo;" Dumas, was discussed. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Miss Marion Shadd. The subject for discussion will be "The Nineteenth Century," by Mackenzie. ROSETTA E. LAWSON, 2011 Vermont Ave. NEW YORK. The White Rose work is now located at 217 E. 86th St., New York City. On January 16th the girls' lodging house will be formally opened. Many prominent speakers and well known people interested in providing proper protection for self-supporting women and girls, will aid in making the opening a house warming indeed. The house will be open for inspection from the 16th to the 19th, inclusive, and the patronage of the public is solicited. Gifts of furniture, linen, bedding, bed-room china and the like, will be most gratefully received- $25 will furnish a room and 4100 will name one. KINDERGARTEN WORK IN ROME, GA. The Kindergarten work in Rome was begun during the summer of 1900. We had only a few blocks and such material as the little ones could get from their homes. We sat on the floor during work time, and played picnic when lunch time came. Fortunately, I owned an instrument, and this helped us a great deal in our morning skips, songs and other exercises. It was fall before a kitchen table could be procured. The legs were sawed off, and it answered our purpose. A friend donated a dozen chairs. With this scanty supply we have been able to do some creditable work. Mrs. C. S. Sharp, President of the Woman's Club of Rome (white), gave 50 cents per month to buy materials for the children to use during the occupation period. Part of the time we have charged 10 cents a week- very little of this was collected. As funds have been so very low, the fuel, room and necessary articles we have furnished. This has been our work for two years. It has been uphill work, sometimes, but our Kindergarten has come to stay. We are contemplating an afternoon school for young women in service. Although the work for the present must be charitable, I believe much good can be done. We shall teach these young women the common English branches, plain sewing, cooking and house work. Yours sincerely, ANNA S. INGRHAM. THE NORTH-EASTERN FEDERATION. The executive board of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs held its mid-year meeting in Boston, Mass. December 27th and 28th, 1901. The Board about thirty-five in number, was very pleasantly and cordially entertained by women's clubs of Boston and vicinity. The sessions were called to order in Charles St. A. M. E. Church. Many plans and ideas which will help elevate and inspire us as a race to do the best there is in us, were suggested during the sessions, by the busy women who were willing to sacrifice a little of their valuable time, to help push on the wheels of Negro progress. A large amount of time was devoted the to the revision of the constitution and likewise to the arrangement of the program of the yearly convention which will be held with the Dorear Home Mission Club of Brooklyn, N. Y. next summer. In considering the program, it was decided that two sessions be given to the dismission of Juvenile work, Mothers' Meetings, School and Home. Truly four golden links, which if we will only keep bright and shining will serve to bind us as a race into a strong power, for whatever is good, pure and intelligent. It was also decided that there be a stereopticon lecture on Village improvement, each club furnishing two slides. Physical culture will also receive a share of attention; our aim being to secure a paper by some teacher on this all- important subject. The music of one evening of the convention will be that of S. Coleridge Taylor the great Negro musical composer. The Board listened with pleasure to the report and plans of Mrs. Olivia Bush the Juvenile Superintendent of the Northeastern Federation. We could not help feeling as we listened to her enthusiastic remarks in regard to club work among the children, that before us as women lies a large field ready for sewing. How we hope and with what fervor we pray for a bounteous harvest. A committee was appointed to intercede with the Government for a pension for "Mother Tubman" The Northeastern Federation Home with the Federation hopes to build, was very enthusiastically discussed by the women present. We sincerely hope that the day is not far distant when we may look with pleasure and pride on a Home, planned, built and furnished by women where our tired mothers and girls may enjoy a few weeks rest in summer, in the pretty little town of Northfield, Mass. Mrs. M. C. Dickerson of Newport impressed upon the members of individual clubs the importance of every club in the Northeastern becoming members of the National. There is no doubt that with such earnest and persistant workers as Mrs. Burr, Mrs. Dickerson and Miss Carter in the field that many new names will be added to the National. Believing that woman's work means nothing if not co-operative and sympathy, a letter of greeting was sent to the Southern Federation which was in session at Vicksburg, Miss. The Saturday afternoon session was devoted wholly to the discussion of the "color line" in the general federation. The meeting was a delightfully harmonious and instructive one, many women learning for the first time the true facts in reference to the Milwaukee trouble. One fact was clearly demonstrated that we as women, will stand shoulder to shoulder, for truth, honor and principle. So we could do no less than stamp with NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, FEBRUARY, 1902. the seal of hearty disapproval the action of the general federation, when it refused to acknowledge our claim to progressive womanhood, and refuse to grant to us the privilege of falling in line with women of other races, as we strive to climb the hill of intelligent moral progress. On Friday evening the local clubs of Boston tendered a reception to the visiting members of the Board in Payne Memorial Hall. The receiving party stool in the small parlor adjoining the large hall and every effort was put forth to make their guest, feel at home, As a member of the visiting party I can testify that their effort was successful. Mrs. Hannah Smith, chairman of The Executive Board, was here, there and everywhere—and truly the success of this very brilliant affair seemed almost equally divided between her and Mrs. F. A. Baiker chairman of the reception committee. Delegates and friends were present from New York, Brooklyn, New Bedford, Newport, Springfield, Norwich, Middletown, Providence and cities and towns in the vicinity of Boston. Saturday evening the delegates separated, going to their several homes, with new ideas, bright suggestions and inspiration for better work. MARY E JACKSON, Sec'y. OUR SUBSCRIPTION LIST. Within the past two months our president of the National, Mrs. Yates, has sent thirty one subscriptions to Notes. From Mrs. J. Goins, 505 Monroe St., Jefferson City, Mo., we have received the following: "Enclosed find $2.50 for National Notes to be sent to the following named care of Ida B. Wells Barnett Club of Fulton, Mo.:-Mrs. Laura Bell, W. C. Payne, C. H. Nicholos, W. E. Henderson, J. T. Caston, J. M. Harris, Eliza Robnett, and to Mrs. J. W. Dance; J. Goins and Miss D. J. Foster of the Jefferson City Woman's Club." The sum $5.50 for subscriptions to Notes, and the names following were handed to the president of the Southern Federation at the Vicksburg meeting:- Mrs. Sallie Dawson, B. W. Williams, M. C. Green, J. M. Blowe, Lucy Graham, Lucy Jefferson, Bettie Taylor, Carrie Swanigan, M. J. Hughes, H. F. Mitchell, J. E. D. Woode, E. E. B. Covington, K. E. Lee, Hattie Mitchell, A. E. Williams, N. S. Rainey, P. O. Jamison, K. L. Smith, C. M. Spencer, W. J. Fodder, D. W. Gray, D. J. Foreman, S. A. Adams, M. A. Bild, Mrs. S. M. Johnson. Mrs. G. A. Maxwell of Georgetown, Texas has sent subscription to Notes for two years. THE WOMEN'S CLUBS. THE WORK THEY ARE DOING, AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO DO. Helen Churchill Candee discusses in the Century the characteristics of the presidents of women's clubs, and comments upon the field filled by these organizations in the west. "If any one should doubt the desire of the small remote town to make itself intellectually worthy, let him read the program prepared for the winter work of a club which occupied a prominent social position on the prairies of the Middle West. Here are some of the topics for papers, all to be prepared without the advantage of a library, either public or private, and with no educational advantages beyond a local newspaper: 'Was the Victory of Wellington at Waterloo a Triumph of Mediævalism or of Democracy?' 'Is the French Republic or Ours the Best Illustration of the political Ideas of Rousseau?' 'The race Problem of Southeastern Europe;' 'The Pessimism of the Russian Novel;' 'Will the Common Hatred of the Japanese and Chinese for the European form a Bond Strong enough to hold China for the Yellow Man?' 'Will Christian Ethical Ideas be more easily grafted on the Cold Selfishness of Confusionism or on the Self-respecting Ideals of Buddhism?' "Does not this illustrate the idea that when an American woman determines to do a thing she does it, without stopping to inquire if it is among her possibilities? How well she does it is another matter. My recollection suggests that in this case she laughingly evaded most of the questions, and made up by general cordiality and light refreshments by no means a poor substitute in a border town barren of social life. "Of two hundred clubs in New York State, half are literary. This spark from the log of statistics shows the popularity of the self-culture club. There undoubtedly is something in it which appeals to the vanity which shapes our ends. It is gratifying to be considered erudite, to know a little more than your neighbors know. It is like a more sumptuous edition of the teacher's mandate in baby days: 'You may step up to the head of the class.' "And yet, not withstanding its popularity, and unquiet longing possesses, to some extent, the club which hangs out its banner for self-culture bearing the name of literature, art, music, or current topics. And this longing illustrates the trend of the day in women's clubs; it is a longing toward practicality. Altruism being the watchword of the day, and brotherly love an increasing passion, women are not long content to serve only themselves And so the clubs for self-culture are feeling restless stirrings of wishing to do something for the community. Fortunately, there are appropriate objects for them all, and perhaps they will advance towards these." FEDERATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUB NOW IN SESSION. The Southern Federation of women's Clubs (colored) is holding its second convention in the city of Vicksburg. Their sessions are being held at Mount Herroden and Bethel churches in this city. There are three sessions daily. The first session opens at 9 o'clock, the second at 1 o'clock and the third at 8 o'clock, p. m. The object of these meetings is the improvement of women, morally as well as intellectually. The federation numbers many hundreds of women from all parts of the south. There are delegates in this city from many other cities, New Orleans, Meridian, Texas and other southern states. These women all recognize that there is strength in uniting their efforts for the accomplishment of better homes, and therefore better citizens. The importance of mother's meetings, day nurseries for children, social purity and temperance work are some of the subjects to be discussed at these meetings. The citizens of Vicksburg are most cordial in their reception of the delegates and there certainly can be no doubt that much good is to be accomplished from the coming together of these women bent on improving themselves and on helping others of their own race to make useful men and women of themselves. The Federation has had a cordial invitation to hold its next convention in the city of New Orleans. The organization will make an effort to meet in the far south each year, feeling that the women in this section of the country have their peculiar questions to discuss and settle, and so to be themselves made stronger and wiser to meet the issues which come up in the conventions of their national gatherings every two years. Mrs. Booker T. Washington is the president of the federation and Miss Cornelia Bowen, of Waugh, Alabama, is chairman of the executive board. -Vicksburg American. Awarded A Gold Medal AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 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Sweeping day may well be dreaded by the women who have to undertake the work with that back-breaking, dust-raising, carpet-destroying corn broom, and even on the score of economy no woman can afford to sweep her carpets with a corn broom, as a BISSELL SWEEPER will outlast forty brooms. Therefore, for every conceivable reason in connection with sweeping carpets, The Bissell Sweeper is preferable to the corn broom, whether it be for economy in cost, labor, time, saving of carpets, draperies, furniture or health. Every one guaranteed. Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co., largest sweeper makers in the world, Grand Rapids, = = Michigan. National Association notes. "LIFTING AS WE CLIMB" VOL. VIII TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE , ALA., OCTOBER, 1904. NO. 1. N. A. C. W. CONVENTION IN ST. LOUIS The fourth biennial Convention of the N. A. C. W. was held in St. Paul's A. M. E. Church in St. Louis, July 12-17 with the general officers in attendance and two hundred and seven delegates, representing one hundred and sixty-seven clubs and twenty-three states of the Union. Large and appreciative audiences listened attentively to the discussions and reports of the delegates. the sessions throughout were most harmonious, tending to promote a general feeling of good-will that resulted in the most successful club re-union in the history of the club movement among colored women. Looking backward at the pioneer efforts of Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, Susan B. Anthony and others of that coterie, one felt that history is repeating itself in the work of representative women of a duskier race. Among those distinguished women were: Mrs. Yates, President of the Association, combining race scholarly attainments with business tact; Mrs. J. B. Bruce, Chairman of the Executive Board, suave and gracious; Miss Hallie Q. Brown, ever resourceful; Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, the wide-awake national organizer; Mrs. Thurman, grave and revered; Mrs. C. W. Clifford and Mrs. K. D. Tillman, authoresses, journalists; Mrs. M. E. Steward, Kentucky, Mrs. Sylvania Williams, Louisiana; Mrs. C. W. Rosey, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mattie V. Lee, West Virginia, active, brilliant, level-headed; Miss E. C. Carter and Mrs. L. C. Anthony among the noblest of them all- colored women, scores of them of the N. A. C. W., representing the best womanhood of the race from East, West, North and South. The St. Louis City Federation of clubs with the energetic president. Mrs. M. L. Harrison provided well for the comfort and entertainment of the visiting delegation. A very enjoyable musical and literary entertainment was given by the citizens on the first evening of the sessions when the delegates were welcomed to the city. An elaborate luncheon was very prettily served in honor of the national officers by the ladies of Harper League in Central Baptist Church. The City Federation tendered a grand reception to the officers and delegates of the N. A. C. W. on Wednesday evening during the sessions, and gave noon luncheons daily. The meetings of the Executive Board called by the chairman. Mrs. Bruce, were fully attended by the national officers. Their deliberations were careful and made for the future good of the association. The ten departments of the association with efficient superintendents were firmly established. Amendments were made to the constitution; national colors, purple and white, were selected. The office of vice-president at-large was made, and each state president hereafter will be vice-president of the national. Mrs. E. Lindsay Davis, present national organizer, is now chairman of a club extension department by virtue of the ruling of the Board. State organizers will report their work to the national organizer every quarter. Seven books were placed at the disposal of the Board by the authors and compilers. Mrs. C. W. Clifford, Cleveland, Ohio, contributed, free of charge, copies of her booklet entitled "Sewing for Others for Others to Reap," proceeds to go to the N. A. C. W. Mrs. Yates called the first regular session of the Convention to order on Tuesday a. m. July 12th. Mrs. Eva Lewis, of Chicago, offered prayer. Committees on credentials, press resolutions, and badges were appointed. Miss Dora Johnson served as official stenographer. Among the well received addresses during the sessions were: The Past and Future of the Colored Women of America, by Mrs. Anna H. Jones, President Missouri State Federation; Some Points for Club Women, by Mrs. Booker T. Washington; The Moral Influence of the Study of the Natural Sciences, by Mrs. S. Paul Vashon, Superintendent of Department of Mothers' Clubs. Other interesting addresses were delivered by Mrs. Lucy Thurman and Mrs. J. B. Bruce. Music was rendered by choirs of the city churches. Miss M. Emma Barnett rendered on the piano "The Federation Waltz, dedicated to the N. A. C. W. by the author, Miss Barnett. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Superintendent of the Department of Professional Woman's Clubs, gave several irresistable selections and received prolonged applause. Hearty words of commendation were cabled to the Honorary President of the Association, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell who had represented the Association so honorably at the International Congress at Women at Berlin. The amendments to the constitution were read, discussed, voted upon and carried. The amended constitution may be found elsewhere in NOTES. The memorial service was touching. Tributes were paid to the lives of Mrs. Agnes Moody, Miss Anna M. Duncan, and Mrs. E. C. Smith whose places will not easily be filled in their local clubs and the National Association in whose interest all had worked so long and faithfully. A gloom was cast over the club gathering by the sudden death of Mrs. J. W. E. Bowen, who had left her home in Atlanta, Georgia, to attend the Convention and address the body on work that lay so deeply on her heart; but the Reaper came quickly and she passed on to her reward. Loving tributes were paid to her memory by several members of the Association. Thursday afternoon session opened with prayer by Mrs. Shorter. Reports of the National Superintendents were helpful, giving evidence of strong organized effort along so many avenues. The National Organizer, Mrs. E. L. Davis, had brought into the organization one hundred new clubs and thirteen federated states. The Secretary's and Treasurer's reports showed that the majority of clubs had measured up to their duty. The reports of clubs were given by the delegates according to states. They showed that a vast amount of work had been accomplished. The reports of several clubs are given. Mrs. Alice W. Cary, Superintendent of the Department of Rescue Work, gave a comprehensive report of her work in establishing two kindergartens in Georgia, of her prison work, of helping children on the plantations, of aid given those bound by the peonage system, of helping those in the thralldom of the cocaine habit, and of her efforts to give light to those in the county chain gangs. Friday a. m. July 15th the Secretary called the roll and the delegates seated themselves by states to cast votes for the election of officers. No more fitting tribute could have been paid to the devotion of Mrs. Yates to the cause of our women than by the hearty, unanimous re-election and the ovation accorded her by the women of the Association, the tremendous applause and congratulations lasting for half an hour after the election. The City Federation presented Mrs. Yates a beautiful cut glass vase as a love token. The other officers of the association were re-elected by acclamation. Two new officers were selected to fill offices created by the Association because of the rapid growth and extent of the work. The last session was opened with an invocation by Miss Lavinia Carter. Mrs. Lillian Coleman gave a paper on Reward of Industry. Mrs. K. D. Tillman followed with an address on the Boys' and Girls' Industrial Clubs. Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, president of the State Federation of Colorado, gave an excellent paper on How to Cultivate a Taste for the Best Music. Excellent addresses were given by Mrs. Sylvania Williams on Our Example, a Duty, and by Mrs. M E. Steward on The Business Side of the N. A. C. W. Mrs. M. V. Cunnon gave a select reading. Miss Cornelia Bowen, Mrs. Julia Gibson and Roberta J. Dunbar were enthusiastically received and gave brief addresses. The officers for the ensuing term were introduced: President, Prof. J. S. Yates; Vice-President, at-large, Mrs. Booker T. Washington; Secretaries- Recording, Miss E. C. Carter, Miss J. E. Holmes, Mrs. M. E. Steward; Corresponding, Miss Cornelia Bowen; Treasurer, Mrs L. C. Anthony; Chairman Executive Board, Mrs. J. B. Bruce; Chairman Ways and Means Committee. Mrs. Lucy Thurman; National Organizer, Mrs. E. L. Davis. The Convention gave a vote of thanks to the pastors of St. Paul A. M. E. and Central Baptist Church, to the ladies of the City Federation and to Mrs. A. M. Curtis of Washington who in her connection with the World's Fair, secured for Convention members various courtesies. The Convention adjourned to meet in Detroit, Michigan, in 1906. Miss Anna H. Jones, Chairman of the Committee on Resolution presented the following resolutions to the body: RESOLUTIONS The National Association of Colored Women in the Fourth Biennial Convention assembled, with gratitude in the knowledge of the Divine guidance of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and thank Him for the preservation of our President and other executive officers. We pledge renewed efforts and loyalty along all lines in this our National organization, continuing to stand for adherence to our motto: "Lifting as we Climb," for we believe that in it lies the future hope of the race. In view of the fact of the numerous lynchings and the many victims burned at the stake, extending even to women, which have occurred in nearly every section of our country; therefore Be it Resolved, That we the representatives of the Negro womanhood do heartily deplore and condemn this barbarous taking of human life, and that we appeal to the sentiment of the Christian world to check and eradicate this growing evil. Be it Resolved, That we do all in our power to bring criminals to justice and that we appeal to all legislative bodies and courts of justice to see that all persons are protected in their rights as citizens. Whereas, our people throughout the South are discriminated against by railroads, being compelled to ride in offensive and inadequate cars, after paying first-class fares; and Whereas, some of the Southern cities have introduced separate street cars; Be it Resolved, That this body condemn such action, and that in all such States and towns, the club women unite in trying to induce our people to refrain from patronizing street cars, and from running excursions from town, to town thus encouraging the railroads to continue their unjust discriminations. Be it Resolved, That a vote of thanks be extend to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, for his fearless and manly stand in defense of the Negro race in declaring that he could not "Shut the door of hope and opportunity in the face of any one on account of race, color, or previous condition. Be it Resolved, That we commend the action of the National Republican Convention in the adoption of that part of its platform which asserts that any State disfranchising its voters shall be limited in its congresional representation. Be it Resolved, That the women of our Association prepare themselves by the study of civic government and kindred subjects for the problems of city, State, and National life that they may be able to perform, intelligently, the duties that have come to some and will come to others in the natural progress of the Woman Suffrage movement. Be it Resolved, That the Colored Women's Clubs indorse the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and urge that they do emphasize more fully the work among the young people, and do all in their power to create a sentiment against taking them to places of amusement where intoxicants are sold; and Resolved further, That we do all in our power to prevent the diffusion of improper and pernicious literature that saps the vitality of the moral life of our young people. Believing that the mother is the rock upon which the home is built, we pledge ourselves to hold and encourage Mothers' Meetings whenever practicable in order to instruct mothers in all that pertains to home building and child life. Be it Resolved, That we extend to the pastors, offices, and members of St. Paul's A. M. E. Church and of Central Baptist Church, to their choirs, directors, and other musical people who assisted them, a vote of thanks for the use of their churches and their services; also to the citizens and press for their kind and courteous treatment during our stay, Be it further Resolved, That we extend a hearty vote of thanks to the members of the City Federation of St. Louis, the Harper Married Ladies' Club, and other clubs of the city, for their kind and gracious hospitality, and their untiring energy in providing for the comfort of the delegates and friends of the National Association of Colored Women, thus contributing to make the Convention one of the most pleasant in the history of the organization. Signed: Mrs. Anna H. Jones, Mo., Chairman Committee on Resultions Mrs. L. Kennebrew, Illinois " Jerome Jeffrey, N. Y. " Susie Miller, Indiana " S. F. Williams, La. " Anna Posey, Penna. " M. McCoy, Mich. " E. Guy, Kan. " J. R. Porter, Georgia " R. T. Goldsby, Tenn. " G. A. Nugent, Kentucky " E. B. Butler, Colo. " S. L. Coleman, Wis. " Belle Graves, Iowa " J. W. Ward, Fla. " M. V. Lee, West Va. " A. Wiley, New England " King, Arkansas " Hill, Utah Miss Hallie Queen Brown, Ohio " Cornelia Bowen, Alaama " E. C. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, OCTOBER, 1904 National Association Notes. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE National Association of Colored Women. Entered at the Post Office at Tuskegee Institute, Ala., as second-class matter. Published monthly, Subscriptions 25 cents a year. All communications for publication, subscriptions and money, should be addressed to Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. NATIONAL OFFICERS. President, Mrs. J. Silone Yates, Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. Vice-President at-large, Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. 1st Rec. Secretary, Miss E. C. Carter, 211 Park St., New Bedford, Mass. 2nd Rec. Secretary: Miss Josephine Holmes, South Atlanta, Ga. 3rd Rec. Secretary: Mrs. M. E. Steward, Louisville, Ky. Corresponding Secretary: Miss Cornelia Bowen, Waugh, Ala. Treasurer, Mrs. L. C. Anthony, Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. Chm'n Ways and Means Com.: Mrs. Lucy Thurman, Jackson, Miss. Chm'n Ex. Com.: Mrs. Josephine Bruce, Josephine, Miss. National Organizer: Mrs. L. A. Davis, 5012 5th Ave., Chicago, Ill- Greetings to our readers. Please note expiration of your subscription to your National organ, and renew at once. Subscription price and size of NOTES remain the same as formerly by the decision of the National. Many excellent reports of club work will be printed during the year. They are crowded out of this issue. We hope our readers will be patient. Subscribers to the Missouri Outlook will find no grounds for complaint in the matter of the insertion of business cards in out next issue. Report of Dearborn Center Woman's Club, Chicago, Ill.- This club was organized November 1, 1901, and is one of the departments of the Institutional Church and Social Settlement. Our aims have been not only to work together for the greatest good to the greatest number, but to benefit each other and work together for the uplifting of humanity and purity of the home. We have in our special charge the sewing school with an enrollment of sixty girl pupils, one paid teacher, Mrs. Mary Holloway, assisted by members of the club. The little girls are given instructions in fibers and fabrics. The actual work done under the direction of the teacher is correct position for work and learning various stitches. As soon as the pupil has gained some skill in manipulating the needle, she is taught to sew and after one year's instruction the pupils bring their own material and are taught to plan, cut, fit and make plain garments. Through these children we reach the home and hold monthly mother's meetings where they are encouraged to higher standards and loftier ideas in the home. The dignity of labor is emphasized; it awakens interest in the home life and home duties; girls remain more at home; we find it promotes self- reliance, neatness and economy. We meet each week and and at our club meetings we sew and consider questions of common interest in every phase of woman's efforts to promote wise and philanthropic work. We hope to be no small factor in the efforts to check immorality, and to be more awake to all that most benefits the race. REPORT Number of children in sewing school, 60; average attendance, 35; paid teachers $75; furnishing church parlor, $125: for the church, $100; total $300; garments given to the poor, 150; visits made to homes, 95; membership of club, 20; dues per month 10 cents. EVA LEWIS, President. MINNIE TUCKER, Secretary. Report of the Mother's Society of Wilberforce, Ohio- Little less than six years ago, a few of the mothers of Wilberforce banded themselves together in what is known as the Mother's Society of Wilberforce. As the object of our great National Association is to secure harmony of action and co-operation among all women in raising to the highest plane, the home, and all associated society, by lifting all to this plane, so the object of the Wilberforce Mothers is to secure harmony of action and co-operation among all women in lifting to the highest plane of moral, social, spiritual and intellectual development of the children that God has intrusted to our care, and to bring into closer relationship as friends and co-workers the women of Wilberforce. Indeed, our object is not a selfish one, nor our work confined to our own parish, but with our state motto, "Deeds not Words" ever before us, we have looked beyond the narrow confines of our own firesides, and have lifted the fallen, cheered the disconsolate, clothed the needy and pointed out the path that leads to life eternal to those whose pathway was void of sunshine. During the past year, aside from many small acts of kindness, we have contributed in a substantial way to the Amanda Smith Children's Home in Chicago. We have an enrollment of thirty members, most of whom are mothers of large experience and great responsibility. We meet the second and fourth Friday afternoon of each month, at three o'clock with some mother belonging to the society. We have been deeply concerned in the girls who come to us from all parts of the Union and have united them to our meeting and have been invited by them to give talks at their religious meetings on various topics, such as Intemperance, Modesty in Manners and Dress, Dancing, Card Playing, Helping Mother, and A Girl's Mission. For some time we have had a regular course of study, taking as a basis, "The American Mother," a journal edited by Doctor Mary Wood Allen. We have no fees, but have contributions frequently. We answer roll call with appropriate quotations, and adjourn each meeting with our parting words "Lord help us to direct aright the young lives committed to our care." MRS. MARIA LOUISE CLARKE, Pres. SUSIE I. SHORTER, Secretary. Report of the "Ladies Sewing Circle" Louisville, Kentucky. We were organized March 25, 1878, by a few women who saw the necessity of aiding the Orphans' Home Society and banded themselves together for the purpose of clothing the children with the exception of their shoes. We soon found that it was not only necessary to purchase their shoes but we had to provide beds, bedding, stoves, and in fact the house in general. We have carried on this work for twenty-six years. We hold our meetings the first Tuesday in each month. We meet in the homes of our members. We pay 10c. per month for dues. Two entertainments are given during the year; the first, a Thanksgiving dinner, is so well established that very little effort is required to make it a success. Usually everything is donated but the ices. We serve a first-class dinner for fifteen cents from which we usually turn over to our treasurer from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Our spring entertainment is not so elaborate. We give this entertainment at the Home, mainly that the friends who are interested may see the Home and its needs. During three years we have also enlarged the house. We appointed ten captains with instructions that they should appoint ten friends under them to raise as much money as possible. We raised from this effort more than one thousand dollars with which we paid for the new addition- four nice brick rooms. We have nineteen inmates in the home. M. E. STEWARD, President. Report of Phyllis Wheatley Club, New Orleans, Louisiana. I, secretary of the Phyllis Wheatley Club, do hereby submit the following as a summary of the work of the club since last convention. The beautiful motto of our clubs, "Lifting as We Climb" would plainly demonstrate that these organizations are constituted of women who have the interest of the race at heart. It is also a fact that we lift but little, and climb not very high, if we do not concentrate our forces. It is henceforth incumbent upon everyone of us to make these conventions all that they are expected to be, in order that those attending may be filled with higher aspirations, get new ideas, and come therefrom filled with enthusiasm. The outline of our work has been as follows: PHILANTHROPY AND PRISON WORK This has been carried on by a committee of zealous women, the president of which is perfectly adapted to to the same. Through their untiring efforts they have succeeded in resucueing many girls from the gulf of immorality and vice, several of whom have subsequently married; relieved families in distress; procured transportation to their homes for several sick persons; provided food for many inmates of the prison, and also furnished clothing for the same, and paid frequent visits to the hospital. NIGHT SCHOOL This work has been operated very successfully in vicinities where large numbers of our people live, many of whom are compelled to hire out in service, boys and girls of school age who have received practically no schooling whatever. These children have been taught gratis, in many cases furnished with books, and when necessary with shoes during the winter months in order to have them in school. Through this effort many children have received training in the primary branches, several boys from this school have been adopted by good families and subsequently sent to universities, none of whom had attended any other school. MOTHERS' MEETINGS These meetings have proven a great help to our people in many ways by holding them in different churches, where many of our people congregate. We have been able to reach mothers whom doubtless we would have never seen. Through these meetings the schoolhouses were crowded on opening day, the children have been sent to school neater, and have attended with more promptness and regularity. NEIGHBORHOOD MISSIONS The above have also been of some good, for persons have been induced to send their children to Sabbath school, to pay more attention to the cleanliness of their homes, and have influenced many of our women to refrain from the detestable habit of using vulgar and obscene language upon the sidewalks, and afforded us an opportunity of distributing papers and good books among persons who best appreciate them. MRS. S. G. WILLIAMS, President. MRS I. B. SCOTT, Vice-President. MISS E. M. WILLIAMS, Fin. Sect'y. MRS. C. B. JOHNSON, Secretary. MEMORIAL SERVICE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN Mrs. Josephine S. Yates, President; Mrs. B. T. Washington, Vice-President; Mrs. Lucinda Day, Leader of Memorial Services. Memorial Hour, Saint Louis, Mo., July 12, 1904, 11:30 a. m. MRS. ARIEL HEDGES BOWEN "Yet Love will dream and Faith will trust! Since He who knows our need is just That somewhere, somehow, meet we must. Alas, for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress trees! Who hopeless lays his dead away Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play! Who hath not learned in hours of faith The truth to flesh and sense unknown That Life is ever lord of Death And Love can never lose its own." -Whittier. In the midst of its busy opening session the National Association of Colored Women turned aside from its work and with bowed heads and saddened hearts honored the memory of the women who had passed from their ranks to the Great Beyond since its last meeting. One of these was the wife of the editor of "The Voice of the Negro," a magazine that had in a very recent issue devoted its pages to the work of our women. Three of those who had known best the life and work of Mrs. Bowen voiced the sentiments of the many who knew and honored her. Miss Josephine E. Holmes Trite is the saying but true that "Death loves a shining mark." How this is evidenced in the death of Mrs. Bowen, beloved wife of Dr. J. W. E. Bowen. Home circles, churches, social organizations are constantly being bowed down because of the invasions Death makes into their rank. Truly, in the midst of life we are in death. What a beautiful spirit has gone from the Bowen home circle. She had not a few of the qualities, but was in possession of every one that made her a helpful, loyal wife, a tender, capable mother, a devoted, obedient, a sympathetic daughter. Oh! that I could express the sympathy I feel for the husband, the children, the aged mother. Again, she was my friend; and that word has in this case a world of meaning. She was my friend. How I leaned on her for counsel and she never failed me. For the four years it was mine to hold office in various capacities in the Atlanta Woman's Club, Mrs. Bowen was to me a sister who sustained, upheld, and cheered me in every trying ordeal. But she has gone from us. We shall miss her evermore. Her home circle, the church, the social circles of Atlanta are poorer because of her loss, but heaven is richer. The National Association of Colored Women will ever mourn her loss. In this Scripture text we may find our consolation: "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: henceforth they rest from their labors and their works do follow them." Mrs. Alice Dugged Cary I recall Mrs. Bowen, as I saw her last. She, with her husband and a large party of friends, was to attend the General Conference of the M. E. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, OCTOBER, 1904 Church in Los Angeles, Cal. In anticipation of the pleasure of this trip, she was one of the happiest souls you ever saw, It was a happy home leaving the day she bade her mother, Irene, Johnny and Juanita 'good-bye;" and now, what a sad homecoming! After two months they met again in St. Louis and spent but four days together, when, without word or sign, she left them again for the beautiful eternal home where parting is no more, This sudden going reminds us of the uncertainty of life and how necessary it is that we be found ready when the death angel calls. To ne the saddest of all separations o of this kind, is that of a mother from her children. Mrs. Bowen has left two beautiful girls and a handsome boy, each one fill of life and promise. Could the mother speak to us here today she would doubtless beg us to show our love fro her by being interested in her little ones. Let us assure them of our sincere symapthy and love in this sad hour, and in the years to come may they find in us "mother's friends." Mrs. Bowen has left a great legacy tro her children— a well-spent life andan upright christian character, the influence of which will be felt for years to come. Mrs. Lucy Thurman I would speak of the beautiful home-life of Mrs. Bowen. It was my great privilege and pleasure to know her well through many years; To know her first as a girl, a lovely character, looking forward to a sueful life. It was privilege to know her as a wife and mother, the center of a happy home, surrounded by all that makes home a joy to the heart— a kind and loving husband, a faithful mother, and beautiful children. It was an ideal home. I think of her as I saw her last. It was in her home. She was not well then, and as she lay on the sofa watching her children preparing to attend Easter services; she urged me to attend with them , but I could not leave her, Easter would have been no joyous celebration to me if I knew that she was at home sick, so I stayed with her and we talked over many things near our hearts. Her kind and motherly ministrations did not end with the home. In society she was at ower of strength; she had the elements that aew most needed— intelligence, amiability, strwength, and she weilede all for the upbuilding of humanity. To the Woman's Christian Temperance Union her services were invaluable. Her plavce cannot be filled in that field where "the harvest is white and the laborers are few." We shall moss her in this our National Association. She was on our program for this week, and was to bring us a message, something that was near her heart. It is hard to think that we will evermore miss her wise and kindly counsel, but our fAther knows best, and we commend her loved ones to His loving care, and say with bowed heads: "Thy will be done." So here shall silence guard thy fame, But somewhere out of human view, Whate'er thy hands find to do Is wrought with tumult of acclaim. Tennyson. Music "lead Kindly Light,: Quartet Lead kindly light amid the encircling gloom Lead thou me on; The night is dark and I am far from home Lead thou me on; Keep thou my feet, I do not ask to see The distant scene—one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou Should'st lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead thou me on; I loved the garish day, and spite of fear, Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years. So long thy power has blessed me sure it still Will lead me on; O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent till The night is gone; And with the morn, those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile. Anna H. Jones MRS. AGNES MOODY Katharine D. Tillman, Chicago, Ill. We turn aside this hour from all our toil, To honor one who thought beneath the soil, Speaks yet to us, as though she were alive And bids us reach the heights for which we strive. Pure was our dear friend's life, and passing sweet, The way in which she e'er was wont to greet With milk of human kindness as though a debt to pay, Each tired traveler, who came across her way. Great was her soul and free from narrowness, her constant aim, some other's life to bless; Good in herself, she saw in others good And dared to say so if no other would. Broad was her mind, for books and travel gave That breadth and strength, that only great minds have. Books well she loved and kept by her in store no human friend could she have loved the more. Oh, is there not incentive great that we In Agnes Moody's well lived life may see? What may we not attempt for God and race With so much less that she e'er came to face? We shall! we pledge it in this sacred hour no storm shall cause our flag to lower, For highest type of women we shall plead For women's rights and helpless children's needs. We women of Illinois today all bow Without beloved association now Feeling in spite of deep pain and regret Though dead in spirit, she is with us yet, ANNA H. JONES, Chairman Com. on Resolutions. AMENDED CONSTITUTION OF THE N.A.C.W. PREAMBLE We, the colored women of the United States of America, feeling the need of united and sympathetic effort, and hoping to furnish evidence of moral, mental and material progress made by our people, do hereby unite in a National Association. ARTICLE I Name—The name of this organization shall be the national Association of Colored Woman. ARTICLE II Object—The object of this Association shall be to secure harmony of action and co-operation among all women in raising to the highest plane, home, moral and civil life. ARTICLE III Section 1. Organization—Organization of women only are eligble. Each organization must have a constitution in harmony withthe Nationla constitution and must have a membershi pof not less than ten. Section 2. Any organization desiring to join this Association shall make application to the National organizer, said application to be accompanied by a copy of its constitutions and by-laws, the same to be forwarded to the recording Secretary by the National Organizer. Section 3. (a) Each organization having a membership in the National Association of Colored Women shall pay to the Treasurer of the Association ten cents for each member annually, not later than June 30 of each year, such amount to be used as directed by the Executive Board for the legitimate object of the Association. Section 3. (b) Each State Federation, or its equivalent, shall be eligible to membership in the N. A. C. W. upon the payment of ten cents for each club of such organizations financial in the N. A. C. W. and shall be entitled to one state representative for each ten clubs. Less than ten clubs organized into a state federation shall be represented by the State President of said federation. ARTICLE IV Section 1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, one Vice-President at-large, three Recording Secretaries, a Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, National Organizer, Chairman of the Executive Board, and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. These general officers, with the Honorary Presidents and State Presidents (who by virtue of their offices are Vice-Presidents of the N. A. C. W.) shall constitute the Executive Board. Section 2. No officer shall receive any compensation for services rendered the Association. Section 3. The officers shall be elected by written ballot by the National Convention; two-thirds of such ballots shall be necessary for a choice; State Presidents being elected by the state they represent. ARTICLE V Section 1. Duties of Officers- The duties of the President and Vice- President at-large shall be such as usually appertain to their offices. Section 2. (a) The Recording Secretaries shall keep a correct record of the proceedings of the conventions, keep a list of the clubs belonging to the Association and perform such other duties as usually appertain to the office. Section 2. (b) The Corresponding Secretary shall attend to the correspondence of the Association. Section 3. The Treasurer shall hold all funds belonging to the Association, depositing the same in some reliable bank. Upon receiving an order signed by the President, Recording Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Board, the Treasurer shall pay all bills of the Association with checks. The Treasurer shall pay all bills of the Association with checks. The Treasurer shall give bond in the sum of five hundred dollars for the faithful performance of her duty. Section 4. The chairman of the Executive Board shall preside at all meetings of said Board, and have published in the official organ of the organization all amendments which are proposed to the constitution and which may be forwarded to her for consideration. Section 5. The Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee shall use her efforts to procure funds to increase the general treasury of the Association. Section 6. An Auditing Committee composed of three members of the Executive Board, shall examine the books of the Treasurer biennially and report the same to the Convention. Section 7. No member of the Association shall hold more than one office at a time, nor shall she be eligible to the same office for more than two consecutive terms, the Treasurer excepted. ARTICLE VI Section 1. Representation- Representation in this Association shall be as follows: Each organization of ten members shall elect one delegate and one alternate for each additional ten members. Section 2. Each delegate and alternate must have a credential, the same to be signed by the President and Secretary of her organization. A list of all such delegates and alternates properly signed by the same officers shall be sent by each organization to the First Recording Secretary not less than ten days before the meeting of the National Convention. Section 3. The Association shall hold a National Convention to meet biennially. The Convention shall be composed of the Executive Board, the state organizations, Superintendents of the various departments of the National Association, and the delegates elected by the several organizations composing the same. ARTICLE VII Section 1. There shall be a Club Exetension Committee with the national Organizer as chairman and the State Organizers as its members, who shall make to the National Organization a quarterly report of the clubs she has organized and the number that will join the National Association. Section 2. A National Committee to act in case of an emergency, shall consist of the following officers of the National Association: the President, Vice-President at-large, 1st Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Chairman of the Executive Board, and the National Organizer. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES, OCTOBER, 1904 ARTICLE VIII This constitution may be amended by vote of two-thirds of the members of the National Convention; said amendments to be sent to the Chairman of the Executive Board by the organization offering the same one month prior to the assembling of the Convention. She shall have published in the official organ of the Association all amendments which are proposed to the constitution and which may be forwarded to her for consideration. Said publication to appear in the issue of the official organ published prior to the biennial convention. --- DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI OUTLOOK --- STATE OFFICERS OF THE MISSOURI FEDERATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS --- President, Miss Anna H. Jones, Kansas City 1st Vice-President, Mrs. M. F. Pitts, St. Louis 2nd Vice-President, Mrs. R. L. Scott St. Joseph 3rd Vice-President, Mrs. John Lang, Kansas City Rec. Secretary, Mrs. C. C. Helms, St. Louis Cor. Sec'y, Miss Miss Alice Shorpshire, Palmyra Treasurer, Mrs. Josie Williams, State Organizer, Miss Victoria Wallace St. Louis --- THOUGHTS --- Do you know that your thoughts rule your life? Be they pure or impure in the strife? As you think so you are; And you make or you mar Your success in the world, By your thoughts. Are your thoughts just and true every hour? Then your life will attest with great power If it's love fills your heart, Then all hate must depart; You will find all success In good thoughts. Are you kind in your thoughts toward all? Then but kindness to you must befall. As you sow so you reap, In a measure so deep, Either pleasure or pain, By your thoughts. THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE CLUB OUTLOOK --- Dear friends: At the Convention of the National Association of Colored Women held in St. Louis it was recommended that so far as practicable the state papers unite their forces with those of the national organ, The National Association Notes and thus make it stronger and more representative of our National Association. In this the pursuance of that recommendation and for some other reasons it has seemed best for our Club Outlook to become a part of the Notes, but having its own department editor. The paid subscribers of The Outlook become subscribers to Notes without further expense for the year which they have paid. We hope our friends will not feel that they have suffered any loss, the we have issued but five numbers — December, Jan., Apr., June and July. If a subscriber has not received all of these she will please notify the editof. Thanking you for your past favors, we asked the continuation of your patience and kindness in our new department. Sincerely yours, Editor --- CITY NEWS --- Many of our club women have not yet recovered from the effects of the work accomplished during the National. Convention in July. Club work in St. Louis is still progressing. The N. A. C. W. has been the means of many women coming into the different clubs and inquiring for club literature that they may know more of the club movement and thus help the good work on. Mrs. M. L. Harrison is as happy as one can be over the results of the Convention. Much credit is due her for untiring efforts in the general management of the Convention and the entertainment of the delegation. The Missouri women are working hard to make a success of the meeting of the State Federation of clubs to be held in December. We regret that lack of space for bids insertion of the advertisements the have appeared in The Outlook. --- MEETING OF THE NORTHEASTERN FEDERATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS. --- The Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs convened in Worchester, Mass., August 10-12, with a large number of delegates present, representing sixty-three clubs in the New England States and New York. The guest of honor of the convention was Mrs. Booker T. Washington, and Boston was represented by Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mrs. Hannah C. Smith and other members Of the Women's Era Club and members of the Ruth Circle of King's Daughters, the Queen Esther Circle and the Young Women's Industrial League. An interesting feature of the convention was an arts and crafts exhibit representing the handiwork of members of the various clubs. Noted principally among this work was a handsome piece of embroidery done by Mrs. M. R. Pope, Secretary of the White Rose Mission of New York, which has done so much toward bettering the condition of the girls in that city; carved work, needlework, plain and fancy, and painting were included in the exhibition. A section was devoted to the work done by children of club members. The officers present were: Mrs. M. H. Dickerson, honorary president; Mrs. R. J. Dunbar, president; Mrs. A. W. Wiley, Mrs. E. J. Cook, Mrs. Byron Gunner, vice-presidents; Miss M. E. Jackson, general secretary; Mrs. S. E. Wilson, assistant secretary; Mrs. John Ross, treasurer; Mrs. H. C. Smith, chairman executive board; Mrs. Olivia W. Bush, superintendent juvenile department. The address of welcome was made by Mrs. W. B. Rennard of Worchester, Miss Emma Cook of the Rose of New England Women's Club, Norwich, Connecticut, responded. Report of the organizer, Miss Elizabeth C. Carter, gave evidence of wide-awake service among clubs and club members. The ranks of the Federation are rapidly increasing through Miss Carter's efforts. The memorial service conducted by Mrs. Grace G. Hawkins in memory of those of the club who had passed away during the year was most touching. Among the topics discussed by prominent women of the Northeastern in well prepared papers were: Mothers' Meetings, Juvenile Work, Household Science, Social Science, Art and Crafts, Village Improvement, Every Day Woman and her Club. Vocal and instrumental music enlivened the well-planned programs for day and evening sessions of the Convention. Among the vocalists, and pianists were: Miss Lulu Van Allen, Woreester, Mass.; Miss Flossie Freedom, New Bedford; cornet soloist, Miss Margaret Goins, Worcester. Among the helpful reports red at the Convention was the following that shows the trend of the club spirit of the Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs: To the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs, Greetings: We, the Maids' and Matrons' Club of Newport, beg leave to submit the following report: The work of the past year has not been as satisfactory as we would have liked, but taking "Excelsior" for our motto we intend to do better in the coming year. We have enrolled three new members in the club, bringing the total membership up to twenty. We have added a sewing department, and during the winter months made underclothing and distributed it to the needy little ones of the city. During Thanksgiving Day a committee from a club visited the various wards of the hospital and distributed flowers to the sick, also visited the sick and aged in town and leaving words of encouragement, tried to scatter a little sunshine across their pathway. We made up a barrel of closing to send Self to the destitute children there. We gave several suppers and a Japanese tea and with the proceeds hired an unoccupied store in which to hold our meetings and give our various affairs. Three of our members have not, limited themselves to working in the club alone, but deriving inspiration from the motto of the Federation. "For God and Humanity," have branched out in other helpful ways. They have opened a little sewing school, composed of the little ones from the five colored churches of the city. Every Saturday the children would meet in the parlors of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, where they were initiated into the mysteries of sewing. At the end of the year an exhibition of their work was given and the proud and happy little ones were treated to ice cream, and snapshots of their happy little faces were taken by the girls. This winter we intend to take up the study of race literature more extensively; continue he work which we have begun in the sewing department, and devote the rest of our leisure to the arts. We do not intend to devote our club entirely to pleasure or culture, we want to give a little of our time to those who have been less fortunate in securing an education. There is in the country villages around Newport, a class of people, who come there from various part of the South to work. In a sense they are illiterate, not being able to read or write their own name and are therefore compelled to go to the farmers for whom they work to read an answer their letters. In this way their employers become cognizant of their most private affairs, and can, if they wish cheat them in any business transaction. Now, it is our object to establish a little night school for these our less fortunate brothers and sisters, where each girl two nights in a week will take turns instructing them in what is most essential, the three "R's". This, though it seems but a little thing, yet if we can accomplish it, serves as a stepping stone towards the redemption of our race. There are pleasure clubs, culture clubs, and clubs devoted to sweet charity, but we are determined that our club shall embrace all three. We expect to derive pleasure from giving pleasure to others, and we intend to carry out to its fullest extent the divine combination of those two mottoes. "Lifting as we climb for "God and Humanity." Respectfully submitted, Radie L. Henderson (Del) --- CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. --- Our aim: 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS BY JANUARY 1, 1905. --- Names added to subscription list for the month ending September twentieth: Mrs. C. W. Posey, Mrs. T. M. Tate, Mrs. R. M. Jones, Mrs. C. Wyley, Mrs. J. R. Garrison, Mrs. Cora Lee, Mrs. E. G. Smith, Mrs. Bettie L. Eaton, Mrs. B. Wormsley, Mrs. Helen Porter, Mrs. M. A. Maxwell, Mrs. J. M. Ward, Mrs. J. M. Escol, Mrs. H. C. Ray, Mrs. Mamie Scott, Mrs. Stephen Payne, Mrs. Ed. Nelson, Miss Josie Davis, Miss Helen Franklin Mrs. J. G. Tarry, Mrs. Turner Lucas, Mrs. W. F. Moore, Mrs. R. Scott, Mrs. H. Simmons, Mrs. Henry Vaughn, Mrs. Edward Viney, Mrs. J. T. Polley, Mrs. W. Paul, Mrs. Etta Peck, Mrs. Bell Wilson, Mrs. S. H. Bush, Mrs. M. E. Smith, Mrs. S. M. Clay, Mrs. S. Miller, Miss Georgia Brown, Mrs. Bertha Burles, Mrs. W. Fleming, Mrs. M. R. Matthews, Miss Sallie Bradford, Mrs. Geo. Stevens, Mrs. M. J. McLean, Mrs. Sophronia Gidbs, Mrs. Josie Williams, Mrs. Viola Garrett, Mrs. Eliza Armstrong, Mrs. Carrie Helms, Mrs. C. H. Parris, Mrs. Thos. Harris, Mrs. D. H. Jordan, Mrs. Fanny Farrar, Mrs. Sarah Floyd, Miss H. Q. Brown, Mrs. J. K. Mason, Mrs. A. E. Mays, Mrs. Scotia Green, miss Odele Joseph, Mrs. C. R. McDowell, Mrs. Susie Mack, Mrs. M. S. Pitts, Miss Katie Boswell, Mrs. H. C. Madison, Mrs. J. L. Holey, Mrs. S. A. Harper, Mrs. L. W. Anderson, Miss C. L. Fox, Mrs. Jas. Smith, Mrs. R. C. Courns. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.