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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1898)
f!'"f-'rr!'f1 v. mimrv-s .' wi sg&fSW THE COU I a f A r (i '. k?.s ..- ical study, if sot ia- the Minwl, at least in the state federations, would tead to increase iatereat and entail- la conclusion my I be permitted to mfgcst taafevery state fedexatlea, if not the National Federatiea itself, should have a committee on course of study. It should, be the duty of this committee to prepare, or cause to be prepared, courses of carefully outlined studies, supplemented with a more or less complete bibliography, which it could recommend to the affiliated clubs. Such courses would tend to systematize the work, secure better courses of study and a more complete bibliography. And a traveling library could thus be selected and made di rectly available for many different clubs. This plan is feasible Within the past two months the University of Nebraska has extended its hands to women's clubs under the name of Una" versity Extension. May we not hope that in the near future the great body of club women will do their work so thoroughly that they may be able to extend their hands in return and join them in a union which shall make it possible for women's clubs to be af filiated with university work in such a way that those who wish may re ceive academic credit for work done? Many who stopped short could thus work their Master's degree. This is very easily possible in history and literature. It may seem ideal, but it is better to aim high than to aim low. Speaking of the Biennial Mrs. Welch says in Harper's Bazar. Amid this lavish and courteous entertainment however, the hospitality of the club women of Idaho Springs must stand out a bright and shining light. Tne Denver women themselves confessed that the palm must be accorded to these sisters. By the courtesy of the Denver and Bio Grande railroad, a trip around the "loop" was tendered to the visitors at the Biennial. This occupied the whole of Saturday, and as the fame of Clear Creek Canyon has spread far over ue country, lew club women elected to remain at their hotels. Fully one thousand women went up the canyon, starting at nine o'clock from Denver in two relays of three trains each. More than half way to the Loop is the mining village of Idaho Springs, and here the club women of the place, numbering about forty, were hostesses at luncheon. Surely never had forty women a greater task under greater limitations and surely never was a more success ful result achieved. With the great est apparent ease and with the most genuine cordiality did these two-score of hostesses entertain and receive their guests. The first half of the visitors which reached the Springs at almost too early an hour for luncheon was sent on first for the trip around the Loop, the rest being stopped at twelve o'clock for a two hour's rest and luncheon. The meal was served in the little opera house at the-place adjoining an open green, where some of the company lunched. Every housekeeper will be interest ed to know a few of the actual sta tistics of this luncheon, managed by this handful of women nine thousand feet up in the mountains. A dozen each of hams and half-sides of beef, with a barrel and a half of potato salad, for which one man boiled po tatoes for three days, were the sub stantial foundation of the luncheon. To this were added unlimited quan tities of delicious bread and cake, with crackers, wafers and -biscuits of va rious sorts, hot tea and coffee, with ie refreshing water from the natu- 1 springs of the placea and all the lucieus Colorado strawberries that one could eat. Everybody was quickly and promptly served, the tables sen sibly set out, with paper cloths and napkins, clean light wooden plates, the 'strawberries .served uahulled oa an extra plate, with powdered sugar at their side, and cups without sau cers for the coffee or tea at each place. Everything was on the tables when the company was seated except the tea and coffee, and the ladies who served passed very quietly up and down between the tables, bearing great pitchers of these liquids. There was no bustle nor confusion, and in twenty minutes each luncheon was over and the hostesses and guests tad time to adjourn to the green for an informal reception. After this, while each set waited for its train, as many as cared to were taken for short drives about the town in carriages provided by the citizens of the place. A feature of the day was the hearty co-operation of the men of Idaho Springs in the effort put forth by the ladies to entertain the biennial visitors. They were most efficient aids, ut hand every moment in the most remarkable way, and proffering their good offices with a smiling good nature that could not have been as sumed. The committee of the Den ver Woman's Club detailed to accom pany this excursion found, between the unremitting attention of the rail road officials and the watchful care of the Idaho Springs men and women, their occupation entirely gone. To ever" woman who went up Clear Creek Canyon on Saturday, June 25, 1898, the superb natural beauties which it was her privilege to enjoy must be eclipsed by the human virtues that shone out for her from the start of the trip to its finish. By an ingenious system of registry carried out by Mrs. John L. McNeil, chairman of the Bureau of Informa tion, it was possible for the visiting club women to find one another with great promptness. Acting in co-operation with the Bureau of Creden tials and Registration, the name of every woman in attendance at the convention was, two minutes after registration, promptly accessible. The card system in service at libraries was made use of and its application proved of great value. The third day of the convention the credential com mittee of the biennial distributed its report, a neat brochure of fity pages, with the name of every club repre sented, and every delegate and mem ber of standing committees. Among th important business mat ters accomplished by the federation was the amendment to the constitu tion. This, as finally passed, reads: Clubs of fifty to one hundred mem bers shall be represented at the Bien nial by the president or appointee and one delegate; for each additional one hundred, or major fraction thereof, it shall have one additional delegate. Cltfbs of less than fifty members shall be represented by the president alone. State federations of twenty- ;e clubs or less, shall have five delegates; for each additional twenty-five clubs, or major fraction thereof, one additional delegate. Dues hereafter shall be ten cents per capita for cubs, and five eents per club for state federations. The ten cents per c-nita clause evoked .long and sharp discussion. Many delegates from large clubs working extensively on philanthropic lines put themselves on record as pro testing against the tax. To such clubs it means a considerable depletion of their income every year. It was asked on many sides if the revenue that will come under this new tax is not as much more than the federation will need as its income heretofore has been below its requiremnts. The feel ing of the assembly was that a reve nue for the legitimate expenses of the federation must be secured, but the ger of a revenue in excess of thiswas also recognized. A matter which came up before the new council of the fed eration, convened the morning after the election, and presided over by Mrs. Lowe, was the taxation of affil iated clubs, of which there are two the National Household Economic as sociation and the .National Society of New England Women. Both so cieties strongly objected to the ten cent per capita tax as applied to their organizations, and intimated that such could not be accepted. As non-acceptance implied withdrawal on the part of these societies, a strong effort was made to smooth the matter over, and Mrs. Stade, representing the New England Women, finally offered resolutions which tided the matter over until the next Biennial. These resolutions were to the effect that these national societies shall- be re sponsible to the secretary of the Gen eral Federation rather than to the sec retary of the state federation; that they shall be represented on the nom inating committee of the General Federation; that they shall have some representation at state federations, and shall pay to the general society an annual dne of ten dollars, their payment to the state federation being at the rate of twenty-five cents per chapter. Other work was the adoption of resolutions to further library work, and one of confidence in President McKinley at this critical time, and thanks to the brave men who are fighting for the nation. In this was included the hope that upon all is lands, near and remote, liberty such as is enjoyed by the United States might be conferred. Some Iegishition proposed was the reporting of a reso lution to petition congress to investi gate the prevalence of contagious dis eases and to act thereupon. It was also recommended that state federa tions endeavor to have legislation pased to give mothers full possession of their children, and to have at least two women as members of the labor commision to be formed at Washing ton. Mrs. Henrotin, the retiring presi dent, was made honorary, president of the federation, under the adoption of a resolution that all presidents serving two terms should be thus hon ored, and unanimously appointed a delegate to the Paris exposition. A motion on the part of Mrs. Henrotin that t he government be asked to ap point a woman on the Paris Exposi tion commission, that woman to be Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago, was al so endorsed. Mrs. Charles Morris of Wisconsin, presented an invitation from the Citizens' League of Milwau kee, composed of influential business men, asking that the federation meet in 1900 at that city. The club department of this piper has received, thiough the tbougbtful n!PSdf Mm. B. M. S:out?nboroogh of Pla'tsmoutb, president of the state f d eiation, they tar bojk cf the Mozirt club of PJattamouth for lha ms:n of 1896 and 1897. It will Le sesn by coa paring the piogram taken from this year bk of the Mozart club of Plattsrcouth with that of the Amateur Musical club of York and the Matinee Musicde of Lincoln that th first mentioned te-an the season on October 7, 1896 with music in 1500 B. C. and arrived at Mozait and the music of the eighteenth century by way of fortnightly meeticgs on March 30, 1S97. Virtuosity in the nineteenth century was given two meetings, which concluded the year. The study of ths York and Lincoln dobs has beea al most satire! given to modern compo sed acd coin posit Ion v. Theth.ee irn grams are printed brie that menabtiacf each way have the ilways aluaLle qj -Bactaaityof comparison. Tie Mount clnlr, outline U a sibo'sily resume of the history of tnuic in m the Ligjn ninga of articulate voca'iz itio i, the dis covery of copper and bras and the pna ib.bity of catjut and the fnrmatioe of the Hist band in 150J B. C to MbcDea. aid, F.o'e, Chad it. Buck, Sudds. Njvio, Mrs, Beach and Gsynor at tbs end ol the i inetetnth ceutuiy. MOZAKTCLUB Sep'. 8. Musi: of the Ancient World. Sept. 22 MusTc Among theAcuitat Greeks. Ocr.C.-MJsic in India, China Nad Jatan. Oct. 20. Minstrels .f tho North. Nov. .'!. the Arabs r Skraten'. Nov. 17.-lntiuei.ee or Christian Chur'h. Dec 1 R'si of Polyphony. Dec. 15. Schools o.' the NetherUaJs Jan 5. Open Meeting. Jan. 19. Changej in Muscal Nota tion. Fb. 2 Dawn of Modern Music. Feb. 10. First Century of Italian Opera at-d Drama' ic Song March 2. Beginnings of Opera in France and Germany. March 16 The Pragma of Ora'o rio. March .10. Muiic in E gbtcenlh Cen tury. April C. Opera in the Eijjbt enlh Century. April 30. Piano Playing Viituoti Violinists. May 4. Story of the Pianoforte. May 18. Virtuosity in the Nineteenth Century. June 1. Open mMicg. monRAPHV ITALIAN COMPOSERS. St. Ambrose, St. Gregory, Pulettrina, S.rlalt;, Clementi.Cherubini, Rossini, Frkcobaldi, Doaizelt5, Bellini, Verdi, Mascagni. PRENCH COMPOSERS. Roaaeau, Luly. Gounod. A . Thomas, Bizet, ..ilalle, Saiot Saaue, GodarJ, Cbamicade, Massenet. GERMAN COMPOSERS. Bach, Handel. Haydn, E. Bach, Gluck, M zart. Beet hover. Cramar. Webtr, Franz, lliller. Heller, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Clara Weiek' Joactrm, S rauss. Brahms. HeaaeX Dvorak, Wa:nr,M'yerbeer, Raff, Ham mel, Von Bulow. RU88IAN, POLISH AND HUNGARIAN. Moskowtkr, Tecaaikowgki, Ruben stein, Chopin, Schararenka, Poderevrs ki, Liezt, GolJraark, Leeches izki. SCANDINAVIAN COMPOSERS. Gaie, Grei. Kjeru.'f. Kcssen. IRISH AND ENGLISH. Field, Balfe, Wallace, Sullivar, Pur cell. AMERICAN" COMPOSERS. McDowell, Foote, Cbadwick, Buck, S-idd', Ncin. .Mrs L'each, Gaynor. AXATJtt'R, MUSICAL CLUB OP YORK. Oct. ll.--i:fCdllbneous Program. Oct. 25. French Composer?. Godard, Masaer.tt. Saint Siena, Dclileo, Meyer-Helruund, Rameau, Tbomap, Pmdent, Cbamii.ade. B.zet. Nov. 8. Scandinavian Compcsers. Swedish Sode'rmaon, Svendeen. Danbh Gade, Lassen, Schytte, Sjogien, Mailing. Norwegian-Grieg, Ki'rulf, Neu- pert. Nov. 22. German Composers. Bach, Uandcl, Uaydn, Fracz. Dec. 6.-Study or Wsgner Opera. Dec 20 odein ItomantL-Period. Schumann, Jetton, Hiller, Rin- ecke. Raff, Benefit, Mendelssohn. Jd. 4 American Compters. MDowil', Nevin, Sudd?, Mrs. Weacb. Margaret Lang. Daeley Coatiaued oa Page 10. i.iSfekASi
