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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER WOMAN’S CLUB. 
President of the State Federation the Speaker. 
Report of Federation Meeting by Mrs. Tenney. 
The semi-monthly meeting of the 
Manchester Woman’s club Tuesday af- 
ternoon wasa sort of a State Federation 
day, inasmuch as Miss Georgie A. 
Bacon, president of the State Federation 
was the speaker of the afternoon, and as 
Mrs. F. P. Tenney, delegate to the fed- 
eration meeting at Brockton last week, 
presented a report, which proved of a 
very interesting nature. 
Miss Bacon gave a delightfully in- 
formal talk along general lines about the 
work of the clubs, both of what has been 
done and of the opportunities for work 
along various lines. Shé told of some of 
the laws that had been enacted through 
the efforts of the clubs in times past, 
such as legislation regarding hours of 
labor, child labor, tuberculosis, etc. 
Mrs. Frank P. Tenney presented a 
report on her attendance as delegate to 
the State Federation meeting held at 
Brockton last week, which was a verv 
comprehensive statement of the doings of 
the meeting and some of the inferences 
she drew from same. 
““We left Boston at 9 a. m. in a 
special train, arriving at Brockton about 
9.40, and preceeding at once to the 
beautiful old church in which the con- 
ference was held. 
““The Porter church reminds one of the 
Congregational church in this place, as 
it looked in years gone by before the 
old furnishings had been removed. The 
church at Brockton is much larger, twice 
as-deep and certainly twice as wide and 
there were gathered 1200 bright, intelli- 
gent looking women representing 40,000 
members of the Women’s zlubs of Mass. 
‘© Promptly at 10 o’clock the meeting 
was called to order by Miss Georgie A. 
Bacon, our honored guest of today. 
“Mrs. F. A. Hoyt in behalf of the 
Brockton Woman’s club (which by the 
way numbers 600) welcomed the visitors. 
Miss Bacon responded for the Fed- 
eration after which the new clubs were 
presented. The most remarkable was 
the Garden Woman’s club which grew 
in about three months from 70 to 300 
members and had established a stamp 
saving system in the schools, a Current 
Events club and other branches of club 
work all in good working order. 
‘“The first address of the morning 
was on ‘Conditions of Congestion in 
American Cities’ by Benjamin C. 
Marsh. Mr. Marsh’s address was along 
the same lines as Miss Best’s talk to us at 
our last meeting. The fearful suffering, 
loss of morality and life caused by prop- 
erty owners who find that Jand may be 
made to yield immense incomes by our 
crowdy tenements built many stories 
high to insure profit, over crowding of 
rooms, four, five, and even six persons 
occup\ing rooms 7x10 feet in area. In 
New York City one must have at least 
$800 a year to live in common decency— 
while many families have only $600, a 
deficiency of $200 at the start. 
“* The story was told of a well known 
lawyer, Mr. Choate by name, noted for 
the large fees he exacted, who was em- 
ployed with a well known Jewish lawyer 
to settle some claim bearing on the rights 
of the poor. The Jewish lawyer re- 
marked to Mr. Choate, ‘I think $250 
will be a fair charge for my share in this 
matter.’ ‘Leave all that to me,’ re- 
marked Mr. Choate, ‘I will attend to 
the fees.’ A few days later the Jewish 
lawyer received a check of $3000 as _ his 
share in the transaction. In acknowl- 
edging the receipt of the check he wrote 
‘I should have been satisfied with $250’ 
and on the line below, “Thou almost 
persuadeth me to become a Christian.’ 
When the well known reputation of the 
Jewish character is remembered, how 
modest his demand. ‘The avarice of 
property owners, Jong hours of work 
and low wages coupled with the graft 
of lawyers make insurmountable  ob- 
stacles only to be ameliorated by legis- 
lation. 
‘“The next address of the morning 
was by the Rev. John Hopkins Denison 
on The Significance of the Boston-1915 
Movement.” The commencement of 
the 1915 movement was made by a few 
clergymen of different denominations at 
an informal banquet given to discuss the 
unfortunate conditions of the City of 
Boston. ‘This proved so successful that 
another banquet was held to which 
every denomination was invited and now, 
merchants, artists and people of every 
calling and religion are united in casting 
aside all creeds and thoughts of private 
ends for the best good of the city as a 
whole and all are working nobly with 
that end in view. 
““Intermission was now declared. In 
the vestry: of the Porter church small 
tables were placed where all could be 
seated and enjoy lunch at leisure. Tea 
and coffee were served by the club. The 
room was beautifully decorated in pink 
and white, the colors of the Brockton 
club. During the noon recess auto rides 
were provided about the city. All clubs, 
churches, and many private residences 
were thrown open. ‘There was an 
organ recital at the Episcopal church 
which delighted hundreds of women. 
“* At the South church is a very beau- 
tiful painting. It is called ‘Christ with 
the Children’ and was painted in Rome 
for Mr. George E. Keith. Christ is 
represented as standing in the sunlight 
before a white wall; behind him on a 
seatin the wall a crippled child wrapped 
in a blue robe is listening intently. 
Standing at the side of the Christ figure 
is one little child, while directly in 
front stand a group of children with in- 
tense, earnest faces appearing to absorb 
every word that falls from the lips of 
Christ. A line of lights above the pic- 
ture and concealed from sight increases 
the effect of sunlight. The picture hangs 
in the Sunday School room, also a gift 
from Mr. Keith. A jiarge fine’ room. 
Down the length of one side little class 
rooms are curtained off that each teacher 
may have the entire attention of her 
class. 
** At the afternoon session fine music 
was provided and Dr. George Kreihn 
from New York, aided by stereopticon 
views of some of the beautiful cities of 
Europe, lectured upon ‘ The City Beau- 
tiful.’ 
“* Dirt, smoke and bill boards are the 
three great obstacles to the attainment of — 
the ideal in America. Dr. Kreihn is of 
the opinion that Women s clubs can do 
much to improve the situation, by refus- 
ing to purchase of those who advertise 
in an objectionable manner and by inter- 
esting the commercial interests of the 
town in favor of the City Beautiful 
** Each year Americans spend abroad 
$100,000,000 in the beautiful cities of 
Europe. At the close of the afternoon 
session each guest was presented with a 
copy of the Brockton Times containing a 
full report of the meeting. 
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In closing let me urge each and 
every member of the club to attend these 
meetings if possible. You will find 
them wide awake and inspiring and you — 
will learn as you can in no other way 
the great influence for good that must be 
felt all over the county, when so many 
women are working for the uplifting of 
the towns and cities. 
“*On Dec. 9 a civic conference is to— 
be held at Chelsea. It was announced 
that so many clubs appeared to need 
special help in this line, that the gathering — 
of Dec 9, is arranged to meet that want. 
“* Chelsea is so near to us, I would 
suggest that the Current Events club at-— 
tend ina body and all other members of 
the Woman’s club who can possibly doso. 
Miss Martha C. Knight was the hos-— 
test of the afternoon. 
New Bank Clock Proves to be 
a Success as a Money Saver. 
A branch office of the Bank Clock Co. 
of Boston has opened headquarters in 
the Salem Theatre Building. The bank © 
clock is just what its name applies _ It is 
a clock and at the same time a bank. In 
order to keep the clock going a dime 
must be placed in the slot each day. 
This is one of the most novel schemes 
yet devised for saving, as the stopped 
clock at once suggests another dime. 
Business men and others pay electric 
and telephone bills from the savings put 
into this Bank Clock. > 
Authorized agents will soon be about 
this section selling this novel saving — 
machine. PY 
