Forester's Falls WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 2: Projects, p. 6

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ORman ears, , h1bsinC da,UnitedStates,Britai (lColIttt jut (lCltth women F and othc¥ 2'l,r1strlihl1aTesJ,1l1l"ali,1reyadaea, ttl',"C,1fi','ll' eosr l'dsrlr,1lg' ceremonies of their meetings. Sometimes it is sim I read b one p y y . member, at others it is repeated in unison by all those present. They KEEP us C) Lord From petr""sr, let us bor-, hm}? syes1i1sal,lvy1g,1l,efmf, Our Céeed it} The CLlUb Women’s Creed 'y/d, as . . . suc 1 IS WI ey own an pop at on us continent, especia y in large- ut thoughtin word anddeed "T' I small towns and rural districts. Widespread usage has resulted in segue Charges. The agthor gave it a title; "Collect For Club Women," w en it rst appears in an o scure corner of a well known American Uerus be done wait Fault finding and laws: magazine. ', ofrsdeseeliim . - Length Ftt-eiti-trrt “howl 'dd d. W te, thwie priadpilli of I -.. "" n on g 50 oo in Dora D. eare in e te toa ana ian _ womanhthe late Mrs. iglfred Watt, 1:14.513, ftrg lytt11e1d, coll-reet ver- , t , sron o to prayer, as ere presente , an a it e o e author's own N ur, we put my all prettt ray personal sttg,ryilereiityttitc, came back to Canada in 1939 to attend and . spea f at t e e even l iennial conference 0 the Federated Women's each other Face to fmevwmur stlf Hy and Institutes of Canada, in Edmonton. She it was, who had carried the without preiudice--e =. \A’Vomen sdInCstitute It) to If/te, and Iter became president of the _. . ssociate ountry omen o e Worl . M M tfp; Stewlart, glfieshvile,te. in England had spent some time with . rs. att at ier ng is 1 ome. Errors rad crept into the various print- cly W W balmy 1ts)udgttertr and ings of the prayer, especially in the first and second-last lines. These aluNys generous + + errors marred the beauty of expression and the clarity of thought of this prayer. The author expressed concern about the garbled versions which were being circulated. In the studio of Robin Watt, the artist son of Lerustatusttmeforall things: mussm Mrs. Alfred Watt, Miss Stewart personally supervised his work of dl copying mil lt pradyer, fig, even l fine points of placing a comma we otatss. u .5. or a perio . epro uce ere is Ro in Watt's copy done by hand, _ C ttt,f ’9 under Mary Stewgrt’:Jf close supervision. The title, it should be noted . . is set in type, to i en ' y it., _ teach Us to Pam action ourbetter Impulse? "It was written as a prayer for the day. I called it 9. Collect For Club . . a . Women,' because I fe t that women working together with wide is straight forward and M "" terests for largde ends was 1a new thing Endeiélthe sun $151] that, perhahpls " they had nee for specia petition an me 'tation 0 eir own. T is . . f ust have been true for the Collect has found its way about the world, _ Gmnrtharwe W realize tharirtsthelittuv Epecially wherever Englishfspeaking 11rl'l (get together. Indeed it . . . has been reprinted in many orms in many an s." nhings that create ditf'ewtwes: thatinthe" It was office‘ally Irt,rtd, 1ljay the National 'l'.':,?,",,':,'):", Business and . thi . we are B -) .t. Professions omen's u s, meeting at t eir secon convention in big “95 of life on . - 1920, at St. Iziaul. It was read into t)i,ginotpWe'rsdt of the fjoTges, of the Unite States y Senator 0 ey o ew amps ire, at e And "NY we strivetv touch and know the-' closing session in 1949. h CO to US an Mary Stewart held a rlilumlher of special teachigg postsdin galorado umMrt twart mmon r and and Montana. In 1921 s e ccame a junior gui ance an p acement G G kind . officer in the pioneer period of us. employment services. She com Lord osuerusnorrotyertobe "I" tinued to write for American newspapers and magazines. Her Alma Mater, the University of Colorado, in 1927 conferred upon her an Milly SW honOfaIyddegree in recognition of her distinguished work in education, social an civic service. Donor: Mrs. Joan Smithers Typist: Mrs. Joan Smithers . Curator: (01% A tts

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