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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
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