Vealing conclusions. INA Mainly -for women e FORTY. FIRST ANNIVERSARY _ Minerva Miller to be speaker on International Women’s Day VANCOUVER WOMEN vill celebrate the 41st anniversary. of International Women’s Day at _ Swedish Community Hall, 1320 East Hastings, on Sunday, March ll. Featured appeker is Minerva Miller. A volunteer “creche” will be in Operation all afternoon, so moth- ers with small children will be able to enjoy the afternoon, know- ing that their youngsters will be . well, looked after. (‘Cookies and milk will be served to the kid- dies, Following Minerva Miller’s Speech the women will have an Opportunity to sample cakes from Many lands, and also buy “inter- National” cakes and pastries that appeal to them. There will be Ice- landic “vinerterta” cake, German _ Strudel, Welsh cakes, Scottish Shortbread, English fruit cake, and Ubrainian, Lettish, Finnish and Hungarian cakes and past- Ties, 4 if a In her speech Minerva Miller “war profiteering, will deal with the strugele for women’s rights, and outline the aims of Canada’s women in 1951; peace, equal rights, equal pay, ex- tension of social services for Canad’s children, action to curb to defend the living standards of Canada’s fam- ilies. She will tell, too, of -the et lobby which B.C. women are or- ganizing to Victoria, where they will demand that the provincial government reduce hospital prem- jums and provide more hospital beds. IT’S, ALL PREE Clinic provides for needy mothers-to-be If YOU ARE pregnant and your financial position is in no way able to take care of the addi- tional expense of doctor and drugs, perhaps the Maternity Out- patients’ Clinic is just the answer you are looking for. It’s all free. . The Clinic is part of the Van- couver General Hospital and the only qualification you require to register there is one so many of us unfortunately have—real fin- ancial need. Each person dis- THERR’s (ONE thing in favor of ranch style houses and that_ is the absence of an upstairs. After a siege of flu’ and colds that has kept me racing from one ‘hot, restless little character to another, I finally gave up in de- Spair and settled down to write this column on the stairs—half Way up. And on the top stair I have put the latest report on the Cost of living inex way up out. of reach, é You know, out of all the dry little facts, figures and percent- Bes listed in these reports, one \ can often draw some pretty re-_ In this, latest Yeport on the COL it is interest- ing to note that food prices have increased to a much greater ex- tent than any other single item, the index now standing_at 222.6. _Now this fact alone can give the lie to big business that higher Wages are forcing up prices, for the Workers who have won the —-8reatest wage increases are not employed in the food industry. ae the farmers becoming ‘mil- zr naires or the store clerks? It’s Ee Loblaws, the Corks, the own- ste of the Dominion and A. & P. Alee who thave coined the cash. this in the:name of “defense.” Tt seems: very. strange when com- as to the recent slash in prices food in the Soviet Union, the ai which may mean closing of new _ library branches in Hastings East and Collingwood ‘areas, City Council has told the library board to cut its 1951. estimates of $583,- 500 “by $100,000 although — 80 per- cent of the budget goes into staff salaries. Perhaps if our Mayor Hume would donate his salary, and if the aldermen would forego the $2000 a year wage increase they voted for. _ themselves, it might help to ease the situation. So too, if. council would — spend more ‘on improving’ the cultural level of this city instead” of on civil, defense projects | ‘the results ’ would be much more satisfying to the residents of Vancouver. oc a Se Re ME Re oS ‘IT APPEARS A little odd to - see all the spring fashions dis- - played in the store windows these _. Country which is’ ‘supposedly pre-— Paring for war—if you want to believe our’ government spokes- ‘men, one of whom ‘tried to get- US to belidde. that the cost of liv- & index, now at 175, wouldn't ‘Bo beyond 145. *k t * "¢ ame: THE PRICE. of books te ral up, city residents are na- De Y concerned. over the pro- osed drastic cut in Vancouver Tike Board's 1951 - over to Silver's Ladies -Wear— budget { ing myself, and Easter is only a. ‘give you the loveliest selection of | last. few days: when we have been forced to don old slacks and boots and heavy coats during the bliz- zards which, of course, we ‘never have on the. Evergreen Coast. However it is March, I keep tell- couple of weeks away, 80 I must | tell you: about a store which can spring suits, ‘coats and other fan- — cies that your heart could desire. Naturally, the fact that the prices are the easiest on one’s” ‘budget ~ has prejudiced me a little, and the fact that the budget terms are | so reasonable enables anyone to take advantage of a full election of spring fineries.. ' : So next time your bigvale aeeaee ye ices will be administered in this — “-way—until then, let us use those’ services. ‘that already “exist! “Cony a 0.K. RADIO SERVICE. Latest Fab. || a little shot in the arm, meander ‘ that’s right, over at. 1470 Com- ’ mercial—and splurge just a little. We all have ‘to do it once in a’ while, ‘for’ clothes . do wear out finally. —B.G. es ; a ly. cusses her own casé with the su- pervisor and is accepted or er- ‘jected on the basis of her need. It is best if you can present a letter setting out your financial circum- stances from a doctor, social agency, or even employer. Experiences told by . mothers ‘who have received treatment there are favorable by a large majority. Many say the. treat- ment received free of charge was actually superior to former ex- periences with private (and ex- pensive) specialists. But, the question most women naturally ask is: What is it like to go there? The Clinic itself is situated in the basement of ‘the- Maternity Building. There “are a waiting room, interview and record room, laboratory, dressing rooms and consulting rooms. Everything is spotless and over all there’ is an “atmosphere of bustle and ef- ficiency and St Seca There are always mothers and mothers-to-be sitting in the wait- ing room, talking to one another © as intimates about their complic- . ations, and most “often, about _ their’ troubles. ae N _ A nurse brings a tray with tea ann cookies. There are magazines to look at. Time passes pleasant- ‘When your ‘turn comes, and it WOMEN OF THE PEOPLE Ethel: Glock: ox STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE in the future, that ue ate bebe to us, radiates from the personality of Ethel ar Ethel Clark, bom in. Virden, Manitoba, knows full well the struggle facing the working class in these days of rising costs and war hysteria. “I believe that we should be broadening out and informing people everywhere on the vatal issue of peace. It is the duty, especially of a mother, to do all in her power to safe- guard her flock,” she said. Mother of six and etre of thirteen she has known a lifetime of struggle. In the thirties, when her oldest child was 12 and her youngest four, she was forced off her farm, her dreams shattered. Doing everything she could to keep body and soul together, Ethel went out and cooked, baked and sewed while her husband went out with a team doing odd jobs. In Virden there were no relief offices set up, so Ethel Clark applied her first organizational ability, She helped to organize the unemployed and established a women’s group which was unique at the time. ‘Twenty-two women gathered to assist each other with ‘their household needs and to maintain their self- respect, These women and their families were living in un- believable squalor, lying on weeds without bedding, fuel or food. She says now, “It was an inspiration as we got our women together one afternoon every week in the town hall where we made quilts, completing one a week. This was done by placing all the names in a box and drawing a name each week. As each lady received her quilt, her name was omitted until every- one had a quilt. This gave not only a-feeling of self-help but also encouragement to many a woman who through lack of money was humiliated and discouraged. Many of these women had “never washed wool before or carded it, had never seen a quilt putin the frames and were delighted with the results. Pressure then was brougat to bear on the town council for relief and for better housing conditions—and we got them, too.” This experience. taught Ethel that only through organizati can a better life be secured and ies de he oe ae the Daily and. Weekly Clarion (progressive papers of the thirties) for some five years, she now joined the Communist Party of Canada. “Only through socialism could we realize that 2 fuller life was possible,” said Etthel. t *. * * COMING.TO Vancouver eight years ago, Ethel Clark has become a familiar figure on Commercial Drive. She is known there for her work’ on behalf of the Pacific Tribune, of which paper she sells a bundle regularly each week. Not even “the salesman for the Vancouver Daily Province escaped her when he came calling -for a subscription, for she tries and usually succeeds in ge’ting eh who comes to see her to read the ia ace: - “We must make ester efforts such as selling and before the people our valuable. paper, the Paci Tobias, the strongest voice we have for - ‘peace. ‘We must promote me house meetings and - inform .our neighbors | and frends of the great need of a united effort if we are to save ourselves and “avert war. In so doing, we can come! closer to our aim, a_ Socialist Canada. "—LENA LIPSEY. %. li insertion of five li is your first visit, you undergo a 49 cents for enh magitionss pine thorough. ‘examination, Your per- is made for notices appearing in CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING A charge of 50 cents for each LS at substantial sonal and medical histories are this column. 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