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at the great honor conferred upon her by her re-election to the 

 presidency of the International Congress of Farm Women. 

 She voiced some of the high ideals cherished by the executive 

 for the future of the congress in its broader and larger scope of 

 work. 



Mrs. Harbert has been such a gracious and efficient execu- 

 tive and has done so much to promote .the growth and power 

 of the organization that the wisdom of her reelection as this 

 splendid body's head was unanimously conceded. Mrs. Belle 

 v'D. Harbert is a woman so altogether gifted and charming 

 that every one instinctively felt that she was the right woman 

 in the right place. She was called upon to face many varied 

 and difficult problems during those five days, but never once 

 did tact and good judgment seem to fail her. The women of 

 the United States and Canada may well congratulate themselves 

 that a woman so intelligent and intensely interested in every 

 problem of rural life and so efficient has been called to the front 

 to champion their cause. 



The next and fourth International Congress of Farm 

 Women is to be at Wichita, Kan., in October, 1914. And I hope 

 you will every one plan to go and become a part of this splendid 

 organization. If your home clubs have not yet done so, get 

 them to federate with the International Congress of Farm 

 Women. The federation fee is only one dollar per year; the 

 fee has been kept small so as to bar none. The International 

 Congress of Farm Women should become the recognized head 

 of all farm women's organizations. The time has come when 

 the farm women of all America, expecially of the United States, 

 should be glad and proud to stand together and become recog- 

 nized as a distinct class whose interests and welfare are deserving 

 of special recognition. 



I must not stop without telling you something of the social 

 delight of this congress, for the recent International Congress 

 of Farm Women was one of unusual social brilliancy. Each 

 day a delightful social tea was given in the church parlors by 

 one of Tulsa's many splendid women's clubs. A fitting climax 

 to the social events of the week was the dinner party given by 

 Mrs. Belle v'D. Harbert, president of the International Congress 

 of Farm Women, and Mrs. S. V. McGreery, president of the 

 Oklahoma division. The dinner was in honor of the official 

 delegates fron foreign countries and the governors' appointees 

 from our several states. Those present from Missouri were 



