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Officers of tlie State Federation of Woman's Clubs.
President, Mrs. B. M. Stoutenborough.PJatlsraouth.
Vice-president, Mrs. J. E. Ktysor, 2724 Caldwell street, Omaha.
Secretary, Mies Vesta Gray. Fremont.
Treasurer, Mrs. M. P. Nichols, Beatrice.
Auditor, Mrs. D. C. McKillip, Seward.
Librarian, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln.
Isincoln Clubs.
KAME OK CI.UI1. PRESIDENT. SECRETARY.
Athenea Mr& Will Green Mrs. Belle Hamilton
Book Kevin' Mrs. I.N.Baker. Mrs. Kelley
Century Mrs. M. II. Garten Mrs. B. T. Van Brunt
Faculty Club MrB. Geo. E. MacLean Mrs. P. B. Burnett
Fortnightly - Mrs. 0. H. ImhofF Mrs. C. H. Gere
Hhllln Grovo Mrs. H. M. BushnelK Mrs. Walter Davis
Lotos Mrs. J. L. McConoell Mrs. Lucy A.Beisey
Matineo Musicalo Mrs. D. A. Campbell Mrp. J. W. Winger
So rod 3 Mrs. A. J.Sawyer Mrs. J. E. Miller
Sorosie, .1 r Mrs. Wm.T. Stevens MrB. Fred Shephard
Wednesday Afternoon The hostess acta as president.. Mis. Robert Wilson
Woman's Club Mre. A. A. Scott Mrs. J. L. Parsons
V.W.C. A. Magazine Club.... Miss Wild
OKFI CERS OF THE CITY FEDERATION.
President, Mrs. Geo. L. Mei6sner, 152
D street.
First vice president, Mrs. Ida Kelley,
S3aNorthTwenly-third street.
Second vice-president, Mrs. H. II.
Wheeler. 1517 II street.
Recording secretary. Miss Laura Wild,
141 South Twelfth street
Corresponding secretary, Mrs. Milton
Scott, 202 So-Lth Thirty-third street.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. R. RichardF,C2l
North Sixteenth street.
Probably one-third of the letters I
receive are from women who wish to
start a woman's club, and the first
question is always. How shall we do it?
Or, How shall I do it, for the Idea ?eems
to oriRinate with one woman ineach
communityll No question could be
more difficult to answer than this one.
as the organization of any club de
pends largely on the vomo who is its
first lrader. If she fails to interest, or
to Inspire, then the clul is usually a
failure from beginning" to end.
Now. the ideal orpanlzer of a club is
very difficult to find. Many women who
are quite capable of planrVnp a good
programme fail utterly when it is a
question of leadership, and do not put
into'the club that spirit of co-operation
without which any such organization is
destined to a speedy dissolution. There
Cs probably no line of work in which in
dividuality counts for so much as that
of organizing clubs. I know a club wo
nnan in one of the eastern states who
has been Instrumental In organizing
clubs, and vt she has never assumed
the personal leadership "because she
knows her limitations. She Interests
some woman of the locality who is a
natural born leader. She arouses the
interest of such a woman In the club
movement, gives her a plan of work,
encourages her. helps her with the first
meeting, and by her co-operation and
advice whenever it is needed and leavei
the woman and the locality to work
out their own salvation. At least fif
teen clubs owe their inspiration to this
woman. Strange to say, each club
would be surprised beyond measure
w-re they to be told tha't this is the
case.
There are few people they are the
rare and delightful exception who un
derstand their specialty, and fewer
and rar.r are these who comprehend
their limitation.. Now the success of
my frlerd in her. work of club extension
was .hat she understood her limitation.
It Is rot ever" woman who conceives
ths Cdta of organizing a club who is
capable of lelng the president of a club,
and often the instigator of an Idei Is
the very last person to be a president.
She may be made of too fine stun to
tnakj. a good president. There are ruch.
She may be incapable of what Carlyle
calls the "executive brutality." which,
under a. softer name, is an essential ele
ment in the qualities which go toward
the make-up of a good leader. The wo-
man who feels that she cannot lead
should never attempt to do so. Let her
select some born leader and lead her to
carry out her plan. I have saen so many
clubs fall and fall into a condition cf
"innocuous desuetude," because the wo
man who originated the idea was elect
ed the first president. So, from my ex
perience. I will say, that the first presi
dent Is the keynote to the success of a
club. Having decided, therefore, what
Is wantfd, and on the woman to be the
first president, call a meeting of a small
number of women and call It at a pri
vate house. And, above all, make it as
Cnformal, as social, and as pleasant as
lKXssfble.. Give every one achance to
talk, and, above all, allow the woman
who Is a cronlc objector to leave the
house without being pledged to join the
club. Let no false motives of courtesy
Induce anyone to urge her to Join at
once. Give her the opportunity to at
tend the meeting. That is always wis?,
but give her a long time to deliberate,
and when It is a success, she will join
and all her objections will be sllerX
The first year of the formation of a
club should not be devoted to
the study of the history of
Greece or Rome, or of Hegel's
system of philosophy. The best
thing for a young club is the current
events, because, on the subject of cur
rent events, no one is really well In
formed and every one has an opinion.
Suppose the club meets every two
weeks, aisd that is often. Select, say
three of the membsre to tell either in
writing or by speaking what has hap
pened Sn the world during the past two
weeks. One woman can take Europe,
one can take American, and the other
can take the literary field, the books
published, or the scientific movements
in Europe and America, The discussion
which would allow the presentation of
the topic can be confined to any one
subject, so that once in six week tlri
discussion would cover the polifcal
field, economic conditions nnd literary
movements, taking them inturn. So
ciety in America suffers from the fact
that people do not discuss what is going
on- around them from any large point of
view. Consequently there is very 1 ttle
interesting conversation in American
social circles, and the reason is that
women know comparatively little of
American politics, foreign affairs and
economic conditions. After all, it is
what happens today that is the inter
esting part of life, because it is the only
part Which affects each and every one.
A current eveifts club, conscientiously
carrying out such a programme as out
lined above, would change the attitude
of mind of its club members, and make
them more interesting and alert. It
would be of incalculable benefit to the
leaders of the discussions. They would
become accustomed to condensing
items of Information, and would be
anxious to utilize anything which tends
to enlighten them on the subject thJy
present to the club. Such a training is
a liberal education. A current events
club would, naturally, evolve into a de
partment club, and would have no diffi
culty in finding women able to take the
chairmanship of the different depart
ments. Where a club is not large, three
departments are sufficient home, civics
and literature. Where the club is large.
six might be added education, philan
thropy, and art and science, or a social
committee.
A little book called "The Womanl
Club," by or.ve Thorne Miller, Is an ex
cellent guld; both In forming and car
rying on a club. It gives -many simple
and practical suggestions. Ellen M.
Henrotln. President of General Fed
eration o Woman's Clubs, In New York
Journal.
The Fifth Chautauua circle met with
Mrs. H. It. Nlssley Thursday morning
at her rooms on K street between
Twelfth and Thirteenth.. This .club
which meets regularly once a week is
doing some thorough work. Interest
ing articles were given upon" "Grecian
Art." with Mrs. Nissley as leader,
"History of Grecian Civilization." 'with
Mrs. Patrick as leader, and astronomy
with Mrs. Gibson as leader. Mirabeau
Uefore the Revolution by Mrs. George
Fawell. The membership of this club
consists of Mesdames II. B. Patrick.
George Fawell, Alva Kennard, O. M.
Thompson, H. R. Nissley, French, Gib-
The program of the Matinee Musical
for Monday afternoon, will consist of
Scotch, Welsh and Iihh songs.
The lest open meeting of the Century
club was held Tuesday eening at too
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Winger.
Mra. D. A. Campbell sang two solos
beautifully at the opening and close of
an English program. Ro'l call was
responded to by quotations from
Thackary. Mrs. J. L. Teeters read an
interest" ng paper, "The Lake District
and its Associations. She dwellt at
length ujon the poets and authors of
that district, especially Wordsworth, and
the Co!eridc,e institutions. A dainty
foIo was sung by Mrs. G. W. Noble,
followed by two pleasing readings, one
by Mrs J. E. Hill from Coleridge, the
other by Mrs. C. G. Waite from Words
woith. After refreshments the time
was devoted t conversation. The mem
bership consists of Mesdames F. E.
Campbell, W. H. Garten, Henry Hart
ley, R. H. Howell, C. I. Jones. W E.
Kirker, J. L. Leese, W. II. McCieery,
G. W. Noble. E. H. Polk, W. F. Saylor,
M. Scott, J. L. Teeters. R. J. Van
Bpjnt. M. E. Van Brunt, C. G. Wait?,
J.W.Wirger.J.E.Hill. W. N. Hind
man, Miss Anna Miller; some invited
guests.
At the meeting of the Woman's
Faculty club, at Mrs. Bessey's Wednes
day afternoon; 40 ladies were present.
The program consisted of charming
numbers. The first violin solos by
Ernst Bessey accompanied by Mrs.
Be?sey on tbo piano were well executed.
Q hey were 'Romarrza. ' and "Capriciio."'
by E. Spies. Mr. John Randolph's
selections from the work of the Negio
post, Paul Dunbar and Joel Chandler
Harris. Mr. Randolph's" intuitive sym
pathy which is exhibited in his ac
companiments was apparent in these
readings. He is an accomplished negro
dialectician and the club was very
grateful for his efforts. MrB. Ward's
solo, "Sing, Smile and Slumber" by
Gounod accompanied by Ernst Bessoy.
on the violin and by Mis. Bessey on the
piano were most acceptablerThe'papers
which were prepared, but which were
not read, will be read at the next
monthly meeting to be held at the home
of Mrs. MacLean. V-.
BAST LINCOLN ITEMS.
The30 East L'ncoln items were
crowded out from last week's issue.
Presbyterian church gave a very novel
social last week at the pleasant home of
Mrs. Holben. The entertainment
consisted of an observation party which
was a test of the live sensep. The tc3ts
created much merriment, especially the
ono-vh:ch tested the sense of smell.
Frrt salad and cake was served in the
dicing room at a lito hour and it is safe
to infer that each and all entered
harte y into this last test of the sense of
taste.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Whitmcro
pleasantly entertained a company cf
Eist Lincoln young people last Fiiday
evening at their home on Twenty-fifth
and T streets. Croktnole, domino whist
and advertisements suggestive of the
title of Looks furnished amusements for
the evening. Dainty refreshment were
served in courses Those present were:
Misses Etta and Jennie Erb, Ea-tmliy.
Pike.'Bartlett Minnie and Hattie Mc
C'ay, Jpnni and Alico Whitmore:
Messrs: Frank and Phil Eastiiday, Erb,
Smith.Tik?. John, Frank and Horaca
Whitmore.
One of the most comphta b'rtbday
surprises was given Mrs. Dr. Stevens
and Rev. Mr. Nowell on Thursday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Stevens on
North Twenty sixth streets. There 13
only live dajB dilFerenej in their ages
and as birtbdajs are always suspicious
events a few of their frlcn.'s decided to
throw off any suspicion that .vould be
likely to arise by having the surprise b
tween the two birthdays. Accordingly
about fifty young people gathereel at the
bouse while the unsuspecting were at
pra3cr meet ng. Previous nrrauze
raen's had been made when by Mr.
Newell was enticed to the houso also
and when tne two appeared they were
taken completely unaware, but we-o
soon themselves tg-iin. Many novel
features were introduced duiing the
evening. The fairer sex had chains and
padlocks claspcJ about their waists
and patiently awaited the sterner sex
to come to their deliveiance. In the
meanwhile the gentlemen had been
furnished wi h the necessary article and
had gone fishing; each caught a dainty
box filled with tpmpticg delicacies. At
tached to each box was a key and the
fishermen soon started on a search for
their lady pir'ner; having found her, a
cozy corner was then sought and every
cne knows the rest. This beiog a birth
day party every one was presented with
a ticket which entitled him to a
present uponpie-entation. Mrs. Stevens
and Mr. Newe'l were tho holders of
ticket No. o0 and upon being presented
tbo former was made glad by leceiving
a beautiful palm, the latter realized a
long felt want when presented with a
very pretty combination foot-rest. At a
latdhour the guests depbrted wishing
the two many nioic blight and happy
birthdays.
Atoa
Pomomhor.
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G. H. Frey
The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Second
1131 O street
Has 1800 Easter lillies
for Easter. Watch for his
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Hairdressing, manicuring1 and
cosmetics, hair ointments. i?ancy pins for hair and hat
Embroidery silks in holders. Switches made to order.
Cut hair and combines bought.
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We will do it right.
PLUMBING, STEAM HEATING and LIGHTING.
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