. The National Civic Federation review . at St. year she accompanied the Taft party to the Philip-pines and made a special report to President Roosevelton the condition of women and children there. She hasbut recently returned from a trip around the world, inthe course of which she studied the condition of womenand children in India and China. The selection of Mrs. Foster for such work com-mends itself to the general public, for while full ofgenerous sentiment, she is a student of economics andhas the logical mind that looks at all conditions in thelight of reason. \[ISS HELEN
. The National Civic Federation review . at St. year she accompanied the Taft party to the Philip-pines and made a special report to President Roosevelton the condition of women and children there. She hasbut recently returned from a trip around the world, inthe course of which she studied the condition of womenand children in India and China. The selection of Mrs. Foster for such work com-mends itself to the general public, for while full ofgenerous sentiment, she is a student of economics andhas the logical mind that looks at all conditions in thelight of reason. \[ISS HELEN VARICK BOSWELL, well known toclub women of the country as a forceful publicspeaker, has recently been appointed Chairman of theIndustrial and Child Labor Committee of the New YorkState Federation of Womens Clubs. Miss Boswell hadcharge of the session of this important committee dur-ing the convention held at Saratoga the early part ofthis month, and she was highly complimented for theexcellence of her program, and for the fairness with. which it represented the different phases of the indus-trial question. Miss Boswell has had some years of experience inpublic work, having organized numerous clubs, and isalways fortunate in holding the confidence of the manyclub women who are her associates. She completed herlaw course at the Washington College of Law of theDistrict of Columbia, and has found her legal knowl-edge of great assistance in her public work. Miss Boswell is connected with the National CivicFederation and during the winter will give a numberof lectures before the womens clubs of the country forthe Welfare Department of the Federation. The National Civic Federation Review November—December, 1906 WELFARE DEPARTMENT REST HOUSES FOR RAILROAD MEN. CHARLES A. MOORE, H. MCCORMICK, First Vice STRAUS, Second A. SMYTH, Third N. SELIGMAN, GERTRUDE BEEKS, J. GREENIIUT, Chairman
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