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Annie L. Millek, Editor
Officers of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs.
President, Mrs. B. M. Stoutenborough, Plattsmouth.
Vice-president, Mrs. E. M. Cobb, York.
Secretary, Mrs. Henrietta Smith, Omaha.
Treasurer, Mrs. M. V. Nichols, Beatrice.
Auditor, Mrs. Ella S. Larsh, Nebraska City.
Librarian, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln.
Lincoln Clubs.
NAME OF CLUB. PRESIDENT. SECRETARY
Athenea Mrs. W A. Green Mrs. J L. Kellogg
BookReiiew Mrs. R. H.Rehlaender Mrs. Elias Baker
Faculty Mrs. Chas. E. Besee;,- Mrs. T. M. Hodgman
Century Mrs. Henry Hartley Mrs. W. E.Kirker
FortnigL tly Mrs. W.J. Lamb Mrs. A. W. Fild
Hall in Grovo Mrs.M. U.Garten Mrs. V. A. Lindly
Lotos Mrs. J. L. McConnell Mrs. J. S. Dales
Matinee Mueicalo Mrs. A.W. Jansen Mrs.D A Campbell
Soroeis Mrs. M. D. Welch Mrs. Summers
Sorosis, Jr Mrs. Hel wig Mies Dena Loomis
Wednesday Afternoon The hostess acts as president Mrs. Wente
Woman's Club Mrs. A. A. Scott Mrs. H.W. Kelley
Y.W. C. A. Magazine Club MissPalmer
W.R. P.C Mrs. A.M.Phelps Mrs. I. M. Heckler
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The Century club mot Tuesday wilh
Mrs. C. 1. Jones. The election or next
year's officers resulted as follows: Presi
dent, Mrs. R. T. Van Brunt; vice-president,
Mrs. J. F. Say lor; secretary, Mrs.
Waite. The report of the program com
mittee tas accepted, which is a combina
tion of RuEsian and American topics.
Mrs. M. E. Van Brunt read a paper on
Sicily and Capri, and Mrs. Waite spoke
o! the Vatican. The study of Kome will
be continued at the next meeting.
The members of the club wish to ten
der Prof. Barber a vote of thanks for his
interesting talk at their last meeting.
The household economics department
of the Lincoln Woman's club met Mon
day with Mrs. Rezin Welch, 1709 L
street. Recipes were given, but no pa
pers read. Much time was given to the
discussion of the proposed banquet,
with the result that the plan is abandon
ed. Refreshments were Berved by I es
dames Welch, Rogers and Freeman.
The last regular meeting will be held
at Mrs. J. A- Ames, 1118 G street, in
two weeks, when the election of officers
will be held. On Easter Monday, the
husbands of the members will be invited
to paiticipate in asocial evening which
will close the year's meetings.
The Sutton, Neb.. L. L. P. has the fol
lowing officers: President, Mrs. W.
Bonekemper; vice-president, Mrs. J. B.
Dinsmore; secretary and treasurer, Mrs
J. M. Birkner. Current events are
given at the meetings in answer to roll
call, and each member represents some
country or special topic throughout the
year. English history is the main study
with child study, economics and litera
ture as secondary tcpics.
On March 16th, '.he following program
wss given at the residence of Mrs. W.
Bonekemper: Current events; Henry
II, 1154-1189, Miss Pritchard; Child
Study, Mrs. J. Roberts.
With any change of administration
real or pretended reforms are excited.
Spring elections will soon be held in all
the clubs, and many precious minutes
might bo saved during the coming year,
if each candidate for office or place on
committees, could be compelled to sign
a "pledge of punctuality," promising to
be prompt at all executive or committee
meetings. Any one who has served in
such capacity, knows the exasperating
delay while waiting for a quorum.
The busy women who have learned
responsibility, or inherited consciences
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speaks slightingly of it con
demns themselves as being
either grossly ignorant or
thoroughly vicious. Therefore anyone that tries to kill
your good opinion of it, is not worthy of your confidence.
The onty safe va3- is to examine the piano carefull' for
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which recognize the rights of others,
are the ones who wait until their irres
ponsible sisters flutter in at the last
moment to vote without having heard
the discussion. In all large clubs the
business becomes burdensome, but a
much needed reform in this direction
would lighten the toil considerably.
The Avon club held its regular meet
ing at the club room on March 9. Mrs.
S. H. Sedgwick read a paper on the Ro
mantic School of German Literature.
Mrs Pierson gave interesting accounts
of the lives and works of Fouque, Uhland
and Burges. Mrs. Sedgwick and Mrs.
Harrison played one movement from
Raffs L?nore Symphony description of
Burger's poem of "Lenore." An inter
esting discussion followed this part of
the program on the philosophy and
idealism of Kant, Ficbte and others.
Two scenes from Hamlet were reviewed.
The Avon club has made arrange
ments with Miss Marion Treat of Lin.
coin to give a Shaksperian musical re
cital the last of this month. This will
be of interest not only to students of
Shakspere but to all lovers of music, as
the program will be composed of vocal
numbers principally, with a short de
scription of each. York.Nebr., March 19.
On the afternoon of March 12 the
Zetetic club met at the home of Mrs.
Lucy Teegarden. The attendance was
smaller than usual, only twelve membera
being present. After a somewhat
lengthy business meeting the program
for the day on the subject of child study
was taken up. The leader of this de
partment, Mrs. Murtey, had given out
questions on such subjects as "What to
expect in our children," "Literature for
the young," "Punishment," "Motives
for right doing," "Reclaiming of spoiled
children." After these questions were
read and answered an informal discus
sion of them followed in which many
wise add helpful ideas weie brought out,
which had not been gleaned from maga
zines, but from actual experience in the
training of children, showing how deeply
is the mother mind engaged upon this
importa it question, "How shall I train
my child to become one after God's own
heart?"
A very enjoyable meeting of the Uni
versity Place Woman's club was held
March 12, with Mrs. Love. Immediately
after the opening order of exercises Miss
Blood, superintendent of the Physical
Culture department, took the chair and
proceeded with the program. Mrs. For
dyce occupied the attention of the ladies
with a carefully prepared and very in
teresting paper on the nervous system.
Following this was one on the nervous
strain in pain and sickness and nervous
strain on the emotions by Mrs. Alabaster.
The subject for the afternoon being one
of such prevailing interest, created a
lively discussion in which all partici
pated. Mies Priestly entertained the club
with two very pleasing selections of
music. After a short business se:sion
the meeting closed in the usual happy
manner. The social department invited
the ladies with their husbands to meet
in two weeks with Mrs. Baro6tt.
The P. E. O. club of Plattsmouth
gave a very charming afternoon and
evening's entertainment on March 17
from two until ten o'clock in the nature
of an art exhibit. Mrc. C. C. Parmalee
loaned her charming house and the two
parlors and library wtre most attractive
with their cases of rare china, dainty
needle-work and the walls hung with
beautiful pictures. One room was en
tirely given to paintings in oil and water
colors by local artists and the display
was far above the ordinary. The walls
of the second parlor were hung with
photo gravure copies of celebrated paint
ings loaned by the Ladies1 Home Jour
nal. So carefully were these arranged
they showed artistic inspiration by some
members of the P. E. O. and brought
many purchasers, a per cent going to
the society. The china display was most
beautiful and the fancy work proved
that there could be artists as well with
the needle as the brush. Ices were
served from a charmingly decorated
table in the dining room, the young la
dies of the society presiding and attend
ing to the wants of the guests. It was
a most successful nvening artistically,
socially and financially and the P. E. O.
society received many well-deserved com
pliments. The Current Literature and Current
Topics department of the Plattsmouth
Woman's club held its last meeting for
the year on Friday evening. The pro
gram was rather an informal affair, a
great many things being discussed, as
well as the Arctic explorations, the sub
ject for the exening. Mrs. Travis, the
leader, has a happy faculty of drawing
out the brightest ideas of the members
of her department, and the papers were
rather more original than the Encyclo
pedia Brittanica generally furnishes,
Mrs. Davi gave an excellent talk on
"The Geography of the North Pole;"
Mrs. Hay on "The Inhabitants," and
Miss Gass on the fauna and flora of that
country.
"Miss Porter's paper on the "Scien
tific Benefits of Polar Research" was ex
cellent, as was Mrs. Agnow's on the De
Long expedition and Mrs. Root's on the
Hudson Bay company. So lengthy were
the discussions and so late was the hour
for adjournment some of the ladies con
fessed to feeling quite chilly from their
long sojourn and research of the cold
country. It was all most interesting
however, and all were sorry that two
evenings had not been allotted to this
subject. Our club, as a club, has not
given much time this year to social
gatherings, the regular evenings being
given up entirely to the study of the
topics assigned by leaders of depart
ments. The Pickwick club met with Mr. and
Mrs. Kent D. Cunningham Friday even
ing. The name of this club is some
what deceptive, but it is probably used
in a "Pickwickian" sense, for the real
object of the society is to make a
thorough Btudy of parliamentary prac
tice. An elaborate supper was first
served as is customary in mixed clubs,
where man needs to be fortified for
literary exercises.
The members take turns in Ieadicg
the "drill," and on Friday, Mrs. Woraley
was in the chair. Mrs. S. B. Hohmann
made a motion th t the ladies be pro
hibited from wearing song birds on hats.
This was amended that the words "sung
birdp" be omitted, leaving the motion to
read that ladies be prohibited from wear
ing hate. The amendment was lost and
the original motion earned, after an
exciting discussion. The usual current
events were omitted, and the remainder
of the evening passed in social intercourse.
Fon Tne Courier:
Thinking it might be agreeable for
your readers to hear from the Mary
Barnes Literary club, which stands
upon the federation lecords as one of
the three year-old clubs of the state,
our esteemed president, Mrs. E. M. La
grange, has asked me to contribute an
article to The Courier. Well, we are
a live, wide-awake progressive club, with
a ditto corps of officers. Although lo
cated in the little town of Fullerton, on
