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6-A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 21, 1M6. WOMEN GATHER ; FOR CONVENTION Twenty Thousand, Representing Two and a Half Million. Will Attend Federation Meet. CANDIDATES FOE PRESIDENT Nov York, May 20. The club women of the country, 2.500.000 of v, '.Him arc rt presented in the General federation of Women' Clubs, have n; rfected a plan for the greatet con vention in the history of the federa iMfi in New "York this month. The I'atrs arc May 21 to June 8. During t' o"c seventeen days it i expected !ai fully 20.000 women representing .'ulti in every Mate in the union, as tvell sme from Alaska, Japan, 1 '.upland, Hawaii and Soutli America, v. ill attend many of the innumerable i; citings and social functions that 1 ,,ne been arranKd. New York I ity this year is said to have more than 500 different conven tions on its calendar, but from all in dications none will equal in atten dance the gathering of women. The main ltill hall of the Armory of the .Seventh regiment of the New York National Guard, which will accommo date upward of 8,'KK) women, will be the principal meeting place. 'J be colonel's room and other officers' quarters will be turned over to the women for headquarters. The Armory is located at Sixty-sixth street, ocupymg an entire block be tween Lexington and Park avenues. Two Candidates for President.' The chief executive is Mrs. Percy V, fennybacker, the president of the federation, whose home is in Austin, Tex., but who for the last two years has been traveling throughout the country keeping in personal contact with the activities of women's clubs. She will not be a candidate for re election this year, however, and the question of her successor will be one of the most important items of busi ness during the convention. The two candidates for the offices are Mrs. Samuel H. Sneath of Tiffin, () and Mrs. Josiah Kvana Cowles of 1-os Angeles. The Ohio candidate it at present first vice president of the Federation, and is a club woman of wide experience. Mrs. Cowles, whose name has been put forward by the California women, has also been prominently identified with the Fed eration several years as director, treasurer and chairman of various committees, Elaborate Program Arranged, In the words of Miss Ltitie E, Stearns, one of the directors of the federation, "the business of being a iliibwoman is a big business ana is getting to be a bigger business every lay." This is apparent from the elaborate program that has been ar 'anged for the convention. The top. cs indicate an increasingly wide iange of affairs in which the club u nineii are taking not only an inter it but an active part. There was a mie, for instance, when the New Vo;k (.ity f ederation of Women's v !t;ls could report on alt of its activi ics at each convention, but now, says .1". I urchc J. Grant, the president f the city federation, it takes the six convention of an administration to : t through the reports of the thirty i::lit committee which have devel oped. The general federation has as its oad object the furtherance of every iiovement in the interest of women, Inldren and mankind in general and the program calls for reports and lismssion by committers on art, child welfare, civil service reforms, home economics, conservation, industrial and social questions, legislation, edu cation, literature, music, public health and under these headings come subject ranging all the way from moving pictures to international re lationhip. One important announce ment that will be made at the con vention i the fact that the federa- HIS ORATORY WCIS HIM AN OXFORD SCHOLARSHIP. I. L 1 $ Cass The highest forensic honor ever won by a .South Dakota man was that gained by Francis Case of Dakota VVesleyan university, who captured national peace prize contested for at Lake Mohonk, N. Y, Orators from Cornell, Michigan. Vanderbilt and Kentucky universitie were placed second, third, fourth and fifth, respec tively. Mr. Case it from Mitchell, S. I). II it oration wa, "The Modern Paradox," a condemnation of war and a plea for universal peace. Ife won the right to enter the national eon test by taking first in the interstate peace contest at Omaha on May 5, defeating the state orators of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. On March 31 at Mitchell, Case was awarded firit in the state contest over Yankton, Slate college and Huron orators. A scholarship at'Oxford university in England i the prize, which falls to Case a the result of his national victory. He it 19 yean of age and a ophomore this year at Dakota W'ft-leyan. tion ha raised an endowfnent of-$100, 000. The plan to raise such a sum was voted at the Cincinnati conven tion in 1910 and now that the sum hat been realized it will be invested by trustees, the interest being used to help carry on the work of the gen eral federation- . Distinguished Hostesses. Many women prominent in New York club life will take their turnt at hostesses to various tectiont of the great gathering. Mrt. Thomat A. F.diton, for instance, will be one of the first to entertain the women, at her home at Llewellyn Park, N. J. Mrs. John Hays Hammond will be hostess at a luncheon to all of the state presidents. Mrs. William Tod Helmuth will be hostesa'at a pioneer club women's dinner and in addition there will be luncheons and dinnert and other entertanmentt at variout women' clubs, A .Shakespeare masque, a reception at the Metro politan Museum of Art and a number of other outside feature will be included. MATERIAL ARRIVING FOR THE UNION PACIFIC BRIDGE The Union Pacific engineering de partment continue the assembling of material for the reconstruction of the bridge over the Missouri river at th is point and active operation will begin as toon after the June rise has passed as it it possible lo secure mechanic. For the reconstruction of the bridge a good deal of the lumber and limber for the false work hat arrived from the Washington and Oregon mill and is being stored on the Iowa aide of the river. The structural steel will commence arriving next month, Wet Wsnt Ads Produce Result Red Baa Want Aits tor profit. Ue fK r 3 rr rJ " n TN Rfl A tf xfc m n Thrum lktMMl mmmttir swhmmii V-V V SALES OF Women's Suits and Presses Are Wonderful Oppor tunities lo Save Honey .tit- amor.i .no tanner priced models J J K' i to clean tip broken line., hi. rt f"V' e offrrtng at cut ri itu-ly lose fii t f ' 'it t ngitrcs. ItHoft aro In U ' nd 4ViL VV ' ' liidid alt th populsr semes, jf 1 f; , ;,. , At t vx .. nf tc f.r 'il 1 V k2 -ZJ ' i Hal U h 1 4 I U-y ..sl $10.50 t 1 m .1 . ;-m 5 :S it t t.l fc O (il j l,, ji.. Credit l S ) Jil ' ' ' ) 1 I tft u n, U,-i .n 00 Por X I lil VI UUH Account Coats, Waists, Skirts, rlininery Stylish Summer Drossco ! r ni t 11 . t ft t 1 ,1 , $M.95 W t ;-' W' Mnct...i. I ! j- r . ,nt . - r I ' " 4 1 I I 1 v vt 1 t- .t 1 -. i . ,.! .( III i i ! I. t, , ( v.1 1,1 "" n mj ik, i s 7 iKuutilVV Ccuilis St. ALL ALTERATIONS v HEE COMRADES CROWN QUEEN OFTHE MAY Mus Gladys Tallmadge Honored by Student of University of Omaha. CLEVER SKITS AND SKETCHES One of the largest crowds that ever packed John Jacobs Memorial Friday evening witnessed the crown ing of Miss Gladys Talimadge uecn of the May by the University of Omaha students. The spectacle was as regal and full of pomp as co-ed ingenuity could de vise. First in the procession came little Bobbie Kroneberger, J-ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Krone berger who was crown bearer. H? was followed by the maids of honor who grouped themselves about the queen while a special chorus of twenty-two May-pole dancers sang a number of songs specially written for the occasion by Miss Kate Mcilugh. 1 Miss Olga Anderson placed the : crown on the head of the May queen. The first tketch given by the fresh man class called a Bargain Day at Blumstein's" was a big succes. Roy Schmidt as Blumstein proved a popu lar hero with his correct pronuncia tion of the Yiddish dialect. From the time the freshman girls started a mad rush for the ribbon counter to the recovery by Miss Quito Eddy of her lost chee-ild, the play was a rollick ing success. German songs by the German club were followed by the senior and pre paratory department with the com edy tketch "At the Photographer'." "Vanity Fair" was next in order by the Dramatic club. The sketch was on the order of a style show and showed the different changes of style during the latter centuries, The sophomore class featured with "A Spring Dance," and the Utopian society with "Maids. Modes and Man ners." i'erhap? the sketch which attracted the greatest notice was that given by the Juniors "Roi-Xut." It was a parody and take-off of members of the college faculty with suggestive little songs hitting on the character istics of the professors. Emerson (ioodrich in his portrayal of Dean Malsey made the nit of the evening. William Thompson also showed up well in a clever makeup of the coun try school teacher. Gene Berger gave an impersonation of Miss Edna Man tor, bead of the biology department. The proceeds of the affair will be given to the athletic department. Tiee Wunt Ads jrixlucb result. CENTRAL LABOR TO AID THESTRIKERS Executive Board Instructed to Out line Plan to Extend Finan- cial Help. WANT TO ARRANGE CONFERENCE li -m wmmsiW&m HOME 11 wiiw -m The executive board of the Cen tral Labor union was instructed to outline a plan for the financial aid of the striking building laborers, at last night's meeting in which the dele gates were unanimous in their dec larations to support the men who are out. The board was also asked to ar range, if possible, for a meeting be tween the building laborers and the representatives of the Builder' ex change, to see if the difficulty can not be adjusted. A labor dav committee appointed to meet the first Sunday in June, comprises Messrs. Kerrigan, Court ney, Hemple, Reynolds, VVangberg, Menzus, Dunlap, Mensell, Huller, Polian, Connolly, Arnold, Swansen, Kline, Bier, Kostoch, Becher, Hill mer and Casson; To help the building fund for the prospective labor temple, it was agred that on September 1, unionists voluntarily contribute a day's pay. WATERT0WN WINS SOUTH DAKOTA HIGH MEET Sioux Falls, S. D., May 20. 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