Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1926, Page 4

FEDERATION FACES BOBBED-HAR TILT! Two With Shom Locks Seek National Office—*Progress” Opposes “Frivolity.” By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY. May 28— Faced with the nomination of two “bobbed” hoard members, who, if successful, will be the first shorn Samsons among their strong-minded sisters. the Gen- erul Federation of Women's Clubs, with membership rigorously unbob- bed, is wondering if the powers that he will “stand for It.” Bobbed halr will surmount the brains of the clubwomen of the fu- ture, whose short skirts will hasten her forward steps, in the opinion of various leaders questioned by the As sociated Press. Tolerance, energy and humor are necessary traits today as well as tomorrow, they said. but the question is whether today's tolerance s sufficiently developed to welcome today's “bobs™ to the board. “An older woman who would bob her hair betrays a frivolity .incom- patible ~ with _serious accomplish- ments,” an old-timer sald behind closed doors. “Sacrifice Is \ne!ur! i *A leader of women must be willing te sacrifice minor personal whims for the sake of her status,’ said another. The two bobbed nominees are Mrs. . G. Reynolds of Paducah, Ky., who is thus far unopposed for the office of federation treasurer, and M Oakley W. Cooke of Caldwell, N former State chairman of music, n being promoted as national music chairman. Mrs. Cooke has bobbed her hair since her candidacy was first fiscussed. More favorable oplnlom were: Mrs. Gllbert Davis of Windsor, Vt., bhairman of legislation: “The crusad- ng spirit, held within bounds, is an #rsential of the clubwoman. T don’t think it makes any difference what #he does to her hair. “I believe in ‘be vourself’ as the fotto of every clubwoman,®' said Mre. John T. Mason of Aurora, 1ll. Likes a Little Nonsense. *T believe we'll all be bobbed 50 fears from now,” said Mrs. Joseph ¥P. Friend, Louisiana State Federation @irector on the board. “As to the fight streak’ sometimes deplored in Elubwomen, T am a great believer in @ little nonsense now and then.” *‘Different times, different cus- toms,’ * quoted another State presi- dent, Mrs. R. B. Furman of Sumter, B, C., one of the younger women. “Why shouldn’t the women bob their hair? It seems to us a shallow eriticism to object to women because of such a personal matter,” echoed Mrs. L. H. Jennings of Bishopville, £. C., chairman of the Southeastern Council. *“It's not the hair but what's under #t that counts,” said Mrs. Lavina G. ?rkw. delegate from Osawatomie, ans. Wire Removals Asked. Removal of overhead wires from public highways is urged in a resolu- tion adopted today by the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Another measure pessed today urges the executive committes of the Tand Grant College Association to take immediate steps toward securing an amendment to the Smith-Lever act. whereby additional funds for home demonstration work would be made available. Such funds would extend the work of the federation/s Nation-wide survey of home equipment for lightening the drudgery of women, particularly in rural homes. MISS JUNKIN MAKES REPORT. Outlines Work of Office in Capital to Ald Clubs Throughout Nation. Etaft Correspondent of The Star. ATLANTIC CITY, May 28.—Miss Josephine Junkin, director of general headquarters of the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs at Washing- ton, gave a full report of the service and activities of the national office at this morning’s session of the eight- eenth biennial convention of the clubs now in progress on the Steel Pier. Considerable expansion has been hecessary at headquarters during the past year, because of the growth of the federation, the director reported. With this expansion has come the ad- ition of & number of features which proving invaluable in club work. ’he most recent of these is the lec- ure service now ready for active op- n. Some 300 or more lecturers listed on_ the headquarters lec- ure service flle, all of whom have been recommended by club groups. Any member club in the federation de- siring & single lecture or a course of lectures may apply to the Washing- ton office for suggestions as to inter- esting and beneficial speakers. ‘Fhe lecture service bureau, as Miss Junkin explained, will net undertake to en- ®age the lecturer, but will recommend him and will supply the inquiring club with his address and with available wmflon concerning his qualifica- Information Service Included. er new features of the headquar- ters work developed during the past year include an information service ??d'fllll‘ useful information concern- ing the planning and building of club- houses; the compllation of all resolu- tlons passed by the federation so ar- ranged as to Le readily avallable and the expansion of the library of States through a request from headquarters to all State groups to donate one vol- ume each to the library. Miss Junkin reported that one year ago the library contained 122 volumes. Today it con- tains 380 volumes, having tripled in size since the appeal went out to the States. Particular stress was laid upon the expansion which has taken place in the research work at headquarters which deals with aiding clubs In their study work. The director reported that this service has proven especially helpful to the women of small com mwunities where library facilities are iimited or non-existent. Details of the routine work at head- fuarters were outlined by Miss Junkin, with emphasis upon the up-to-date business methods employed by her corps of workers in handling and pre- #erving the official documents of the organization. Outlines Office’s Duties. Miss Junkin concluded her report with a brief review of the 12 chief responsibilities of the headquarters ®office, which are to house the records of the federation, establish contacts tith national agencles, answer re- quests for information, distribute books and literature for club use, quicken interest in club work, urge ¢lubs to join the general federation, @ct as a clearing house for club thought, reduce expense, time and effort; tell of lecturers and artists, extend hospitality to visiting club- Svomen, reach 15,000 local clubs and to_serve clubwomen everywhere. Members of the legislative depart- ent of the General Federation of Women's Clubs are desirous of cer- Qecting the impression that the fed- eration is conllderln( the possibility ofa \wal from activities of the womans joint congressional commit- tes atf ashington. No such step is |contempiated. according to Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrahms, legislative vice chairman, although her remarks made before the conference of State legis- }lative chairmen on Tuesday afternoon jvoncerning the recommendation that the federation adopt a trial policy of indorsing principles rather than actual bills were %o construed by some | delegates. 3 Co-operation 1s Sought. “l feel that my remarks regarding this mutter were entirely misinter- preted.”” said Mrs. Abrahms, “and 1 wigh to correct the impression cre. ated. The resolution to be offered by Mrs. Gilbert Davis and recom- mended by our president is introduced 10 guard more strictly our indorse- ment of new measures, but it does not lln\'ul\'e a withdrawal from the joint congressional. ‘The legislative de- Ipa)lmen( wishes to co-operate heartily with this committee and expects to stand loyally behind its former in dorsements. “The remark made by me which probably led to the misunderstanding was 1o the effect that the federation in its present strength could stand alone on legislative questions. but that it would be contrary to the co- ve twentieth century methods - organization to hold aloof from ommlittee at Washington, wheri by collaborating it can lend of its strength where needed.” President William McKinley's last official act was the signing of the charter for the General Federation of Women's Clubs. He affixed his sig nature just before siarting on his fatal journey to the Buffalo exposi- tion. Since that day the federation has grown from a comparatively small group of women's clubs, under four committee heads, to a tre- mendous organization of 7,840 clubs, with a membership of more than 3.000.000 women grouped under 8 de- partment heads, each with its di- visions, committees. specialists and advisers and more than 126 activities which are being given effective atten tion. In making the recent survey of rural homes. conducted by the Amer- ican Home department of the federa tion. the committee discovered hun- dreds of farm homes whose pigpens were equipped with running water and electricity. while the houses them- selves were innocent of either. Kero- sene lamps and the old pump were good enough for family use. The unusually loud roar of the waves heard at convention headquar- ters for the past few nights was found to be a steam shovel working overtime. The ladies wha thought they were being lulled to sleep by the song of the briny deep are now re- questing that their rooms be changed to avoid the unseemly noise. BAPTIST FACTIONS VOTE FOR TRUCE ON FUNDAMENTALISM (Continued from First Page.) nominations from the floor when the business session opened this after- noon. The orthodox group planned to concentrate their efforts on the elec- tion of fundamentalists to the mis- slonary boards, in order to gain a controiling voice in the selection of missionaries in foreign fields. which they say now are being filled with “out-and-out modernists and uni- tarians.” 1t was suggested. hoyever, that they also enter a_candidate for president to oppose Dr. Brougher. Rev. Dr. Frank M. Goodchild, a “conservative fundamentalist,” was proposed for this candidacy. Defends Mexican Government. The policy of the Mexican govern- ment toward religlous organizations was stoutly defended during the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, morning session discussion of mission fields by Dr. Andres Osuna, former governor of Tamaulipa: Mexico, and former assistant minister of educa- tion of Mexico, who now is executive secretary of the Interdenominational cvangelical Missionary Soctety. here is a great deal of oon!u-m in the minds of American’people re- garding he religio! agitation in Mexico,” he sald. ‘‘Whereas it h.l been said that there is religious perse. cution; there is not the slighteat ldu on the part of the government to curtail religious liberties.’ Tracing the development of the con- stitutional restriction against the existence in Mexico of a political hurch organization or of & church anization that is made up of foreign leaders, Dr. Osuna said: ‘The Mexican government is only trying now to enforce existing laws to contrel the political activities of the small group of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, or of any other church which may have a similar pro- gram. ‘There is no altempt to in- terfere with ous liberty at all. the government is worship by keeping religion out of politics entirely so as to leave every person free on matters pertaining to human conscienc: Protest Meeting Held. The fundamentalists held a protest meeting last night at the Fifth Bap- tist Church, which was loaned for the occasion by Rev. John E. Briggs. More than 400 fundamentalists, about half of whoin were members of the Baptist Bible Unlon, cheered denun- ciations of the modernists. The organization dJecided not to push at this convention a demand for a referendum to the membership of the individual Baptist churches throughout the country on the ques- tion of immersion as a requisite of membership.in the chureh, but deter- pined to take the “war” against mod- ernism back to the home churches. The meeting was held immediately following the close of the session at the Washington Auditorium, where Rev. Dr. J. C. Massee of Boston made the plea for an ‘“‘armistice” among the fundamentalists and modernists and a six-month evangelical program, which today was indorsed by the con- vention. The Bible Union organiza- tion last night declared unanimously they would refuse to end their attacks on moderisms, but no volce was raised when the “harmony” resolution was voted on at the Auditorium this morning. Political Methods Charged. The resolution adopted by the fundamentalists last night charges the modernist teachers in Baptist educational institutions with obtain- ing their positions “by political manipulations to which even men of the world seldom descend,” and pro- poses that a campaign be waged to “‘purge”’ the missiondry and the edu- cational fleld of this “intolerable sit- uation.” ‘The resolution, which unanimously was passed by the 400 fundamental- ists who attended the protest meet- ing, will be sent broadcast through- out the Nation in order to “let the folks back home know what is being done.” It reads, in part: “‘Berious as it is to set aside the authority of the Book, which com- mands baptism by immersion; deeply injurious as it must prove to be to dispense with our great biblical sym- bol of death to sin, burial with Christ and resurrection to walk in newenss of life; foolish as seems the proposi- tion to abrogate the necessity of an act of obedience which has ever had the signal favor of God resting upon it, yet, we have far greater occ for our present grave concerns. * * ¢ Assails Educational Work. “We are compelled to call attention to the Intolerable situation in our en- tire Northern Baptist Convention's educational program. 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Massee, who made his, plea in dec! : “I propose that we lold in abey- ance all controversy for a period of six months and to put ourselves dis- tinctly and definitely in grace for a service which cannot be iccom- plished by direct contentions and con- troversal issues. This would not mean the surrender of a single conviction or the abandonment of a single posi- tion. But on October 1 next and lasting nntil March 31, I would like to see th ma- chinery and resources exclusively to business of winning lost souls to Christ, Urges Winning of Souls. “I would we might be in grace for six months in which we should be too busy in proclaiming Christ as Saviour to bandy words. with uch other. I know there are many wrongs needing to be corrected, that therea are reconstructions to be made in our methods and machinery, that a great loss of revenue and of lite has been occasioned by mismanagement and anger. “I propose a rededication of the denominational machinery to the one task of winning men to Christ.” Dr. Massee outlined a plan of hav- ing a week of consecration services at the opening of the proposed six- month truce and evangelistic appeal. He urged that during the perlod there be no special drive for funds for the purposes of the church; that the rais- ing of money, rather be made inci- dental to the preaching of trug Chris- tianity. The convention yvesterday afternoon resolved into group con: nces for a consideration of young peopl work. A tableau was presented by the Co- lumbia B. Y. P. U. Federation, show- ing the actlvities of the organization. A recommendation of closer co- operation between the church and its young people was made by Rev. Mark F. 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