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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1899)
THE COURIER. 3 I r LHB8- 0000040t i ! Tho following aro tho ofllcors of tho Oonorul Federation of Womon's clubs: President Mrs. Rebecca D. Lowo Atlanta, Ga. Vice President Mrs. Sarah S. Piatt, Denver, Colo. Recording Secretary Mrs. Emma A. Fox, Detroit, Mich. Corresponding Secretary Mrs.Goorge W. Kondrick, Philadelphia, Pa. Treasurer, Mrs. Phillip N. Moore, St. Lou id, Mo. Auditor Mrs. C. P. Barnes, Louis ville, Ky. State Chairman Mrs. Louisa L. Rick etts, Lincoln, Nobr. Officers of tho State Federation of Women's clubs; President Mrs. S. 0. Langworthy, Seward. Vice President Mrs. Anna L. Apppr eon, TecumBoh. Recording Secretary Mrs.F. II. Sack ott, Weeping Water. Corresponding Secretary Mrs D. G. McKillip, Seward. Treasurer Mrs. H. F. Doano, Crete, Librarian Mrs. G. M. Lambortson, Lincoln. Mrs. A. B. Fuller, Auditor, ABhland. Tho Executive Board of the N. F. W. C. met in executive session Friday, June 30, iu the parlors of the Lincoln Hotel. Proaont, Mrs. Langworthy, Seward, president; Mrs. Appersoo, Tocuraseh, vice president; Mrs. McKillip, corres ponding secretary, Seward; Mrs. Doane, Crete, treasurer; Mrs. A. B. Fuller, Ash land, auditor; Mrs. F. H. Beckett, Weep ing (Water, recording secretary. The meeting was called to order at 0 o'clock p.m., by Mrs. Apperson who presided at tho meeting. Tho special work before tho committee at this meeting was the completion of arrangements for tho an nual meeting to bo held at York October 10, 11, 12, 1809. Thoro were present on invitation of president, Mrs. D. A. Campbell, Lincoln, chairman musical committee; Mrs. Hall, Lincoln, chairman art committee; Mrs. A.W. Field who has in charge the educa tional meeting, and Mrs. Rickotts who 18 to arrange the details of the mother's meeting; also Mrs. Carscadden president of the city federation of women's clubs of York. The reports of the vaiious committees certainly indicate that much time and thought are being expended that both benefit and pleasure may accrue to those in attendance at the fall meeting. An afternoon and evening session will be given to the work of the musical do partmont, which promises to afford a true feast for music lovers. Arrange ments ate afoot for an effective art dis play in connection with other interest ing features which will result from the co-operation or tho art committee An effort is being made to secure Miss French (Octave Thanet) as one of tho Bpeakors during the meeting. Tho names of tho Wakefield Women's club, North Omaha Women's club, and Acme Women's club, of Tecumsoh, wore admitted to membership. A resolution waB also passed commend ing the action of the loading stores of Lincoln in closing at 7 o'clock on Satur day ovonings. Tho mooting adjourned ot 5:30 p. m., satisfied that the meeting for, '09 bado fair to bo most interesting and profitable to all in attendance at its sessions. ment. Agitato, agitato, and then agi tato again, this is nature's mothod of clarifying things, and thus will this problom bo solvod. That mon enjoy women's clubB and that women wolcomo them is testified to by tho Chicago Dom ocrpt, as follows: "Go into any of tho women's clubs ou a social day and ono will bo surprised at the numbor of mon presont. Somo of thorn say they stopped for thoir wivosf sisters, o cousins; somo that they had been invited and just looked in; others boldly givo thomselvoB up to tho onjoy raont of tho occasion, and talk to, or aro talked to by, ton or twenty mombors at once; for there is no pluco imitho Bocial world whoro a man moots a more hoarty wolcomo at presont than in a woman's club. "Programs for tho day aro now mado with a view to allowing man tho best place, and whon ho arises to givo his opinions on womon's clubs and othor subjects of equally important interest the applause that greets him is only equaled by that given to bis jokes. "He is deluged with attentions in tho form of angol cake and hot tea. "Whilo thoro aro many amusing fea tures to this phase, nowly arrived, of tho womon's cIuLb, it is a fact that tho presonco of men is doing a groat deal to dispel tho prejudico against thorn which still exists in a few quarters. Tho fact that women do not meet to bocomo man nish or aggresaivo, but that thoir func tions are purely social and educational, is a surprise to many mon, and now that men are learning to drop in, oven theso last shadows o? prajudico will soon fado away.'' Here and there throughout tho coun try club women havo discussed and taken some definite action in regard to objec tionable advortisraontsin the daily press All have felt that it was a matter that legitimately belonged to club cogniz ance. Henco tho following from tho WeBtern Club Women will receive tho approbation of club women: "A number of eastern paporb have complimented the Woman's Club for its resolutions condemning objoctionablo advertising in the daily papers. It ro mained for Mrs. Herbert George of the North Side Club to cut tho Gordian knot howevor. This she did by cutting out these advertisements and .forwarding thorn to the postal authorities. The fol lowing Sunday all these advertisement had disappeared. This .is another ex ample of the effectiveness of the Com mittee ot One. Let other women else where remember it. Tho much mooted question ot mixed clubB 1b still discussed, and will as nat ' urally solve itself as other important questions connectod with tho club move The club women of America aro justi fiably indignant over the reception tend ered the women of the United States and tho "gag rule" enforced at tho open sessions of the woman's congress in Lon don. Of course there are not as yet full reports, but from special telegrams to tho New York World, the Chicago Tri bune, and the Chicago Record we are in formed that tho International Congress of Women made little stir in London. It is evident that the time of meeting was ill chosen aa June is tho height of tho London season. Social attractions overshadowed the congress. The peren nial Transvaal troubles havo reached another crisis, and more important than all, in the eyes of ovory true born Briton, was tho third test cricket match between England and Australia, and this last dominated everything in London that week. The public were indifferent, the press either ignored the congress or primed only meagre accounts of its proceedings, and finally by a very happy coincidence the house of Lords threw down tho gauntlet in ungallant style on tho open ing day by amending, wtth a sweeping majority, tho now London government bill which mado womon nligiblo as ill dormon and councilors. It ie of passing intorost that those 300 poors aro soldom in thoir Bouts whon parliament Ib in sossion, unloss thoro Sb some quoBtion undor discussion which ifl an affront to Erin, a snub to womon, or a frown upon doad wives' Biatoro. Nearly 300 of tho brainiest and most progrosaivo womon ot Amorica wont to tho London congrosB; bohio of thorn traveling over 0,000 miloa, and tho dis courtesy shown them, and tho manner in which tho mootingB wore conducted has Loon tho occaaion ot much dissatisfac tion among theso Amoricuu delegates. Thoy woro almost ignornd by tho olllciiils, wero given fow opportunities to spouk, and tho most prominont loaders woro persistently anubbod by tho conserva tive soction. Tho English managors of tho congroas wero headed by Mrs. Croighton, wifo ot tho Bishop of London, and this manag ing board mado ovory effort to keop In tho background all advaucod womon for fear of offending English stiBcoptibilitioB Tho Rov. Anno Shaw, of whom Amori ca is juBtly proud, waa notgivon a singlo opportunity to spoak until almost tho luBt day, whon with hor pont up indigna tion and nativo oloquonco hor oratory electrified tho congress. At tho Bossion devoted to suffrago tho speakers includ ed fivo Englishmen, four Englishwomen, and ono American, Miss Anthony. Gilbert Parker, tho novelist, road a paper on tho subject of houBing oducnt ed working women. Ho touched light ly upon tho conditions of tho lifo of pro fessional women throughout tho world and tho difference existing in Amorica, Ho proposed a schomo of improving tho conditions of womon living on a moro pittance. Ho euggestod that largo mansions bo erected of sufficient capac ity to accommodate 100 persons, to bo conducted on tho prirato hotel princi ple at low prices. Mr. Parker described hiB idoal building and severely criticised certain Government departments for paying women little moro than half tho wages received by scavengers, tho women at tho samo time having to keep up appearances. Tho mooting decided to make a full inquiry into the question. Tho latest news reports tho Americans vigorously protesting against an attempt to again elect an Englishwoman prosi d nt of tho international organization. During the ten years of its existence its two presidents havo been Englishwomen. It !b now proposed to reelect Lady Aber deen. The Americans claim she was not properly nominated and cannot therefore stand for election. The choico of the American delegates is Mr6. May WrightSewall. The State Federation of Georgia has a committoo called "The Farm and Gar den Committee." Wo submit below its report at tho annual meeting of that fed eration: "Tho object of the farm and garden work is threefold. 1st To bring boforo our self-supporting womon a new, pleasant und profitable means of livelihood. 2d To produco for our market tho ar ticles now brought from othor states. 3d To assuro those womon ot our broad sympathy and human fellowship, Although we began work little moro than a year ago, a numbor ot clubs havo been formed and interest aroused throughout tho stato. Without excep tion theso clubB havo been productive of good, and our women aro fully awakened to tho necessity of this practical frater nity. Our plans and enterprises tor the en suing year will be forming clubs and il lustrating our work by means of oxhibi tions. Those clubs will embrace farm, garden, dairy, and villago improvement. During tho yoar wo oxpoct to havo two stato exhibitions. Tho first will ineludo horticulture, farm and dairy. Tho sec ond, to bo held in Macon, Goorgia, will inatituto un nnnual tlowor snow, to bo hold during tho soBaion of tho Stato Fed eration. Wo oarnostly bog tho co-opora-tion of our womon. Tho nowspapors say that Mr. Hopkin fion Smith was invitod to lecturo in Chicago boforo a ladioB art club. Ho was oxpoctod to lecturo on art, but in stead gavo readings from hia publica tions. Bocauso ho did not talk about urt tho olllcurs of the association dotor mined to roduco tho umount ho Ib usual ly paidffor an ovoning, ono half, which ho declined to roceivo and wont away without any pay at all. But all tho facts connected with this amusing affair havo not boon rocordod by tho newspapers, bo far as obsorvod. Mr. Smith had no provious knowlodgo that ho was desired to discourso on 4rt and learned for tho flrat timo, on roach ing tho audionco chamber whoro hi" hearers woro gathered that his subject had boon selected for him and that that subjoct was "Art." But oven with all tht'Bo and many moro drawbacks tho ardor of tho dele gates was not damponod. Thoy come from all quarters of tho globe, inspirod with that onthuaiaam which cun only como from actual contact. Workore from ovory flold throughout tho world, civilized nnd otherwise, ready and anxious to confer together for a littlo, that oach might thon go on hor way bottor equipped for hor spocial work. Apart from tho pasaago of a resolution on arbitration the congroBS took no defi nite action on any subjoct, and in hor addroBa as prosident Lady Abordoon gavo no othor motivo for the assembly than tho golden rule of love, which was a generalization sufficiently broad for a world's congrosB, but cortainly had no suggestions of rovolution or evolution. Wo nppond tho views of prominont dologatea who wp- nroBont, aB to tho value ot tho congreou. The Chinese dologato, Miss Shon, is the daughter ot a liberal Mandarin, who onco ran the riBk of his lifo for his opin ions in Peking. Sho cays: "Female education will receive an impetus from this congress. Though you give us lit tlo credit tor enlightenment, tho Chinese government has sent me here and my report will be circulated in China. The Bocial position of women in China is not deplorable, but their ignorance is. A Chinees proverb tells ub that the oduca tion ot a child should begin twenty years boforo it is born, with the mother." Susan B. Anthony says: "No doubt it is difficult to make an international congress really international, for officials of ono land cannot fully know tho dele gates from another. Tho international congress owos its inception to American womon, for it waa when I visited Eng land in 1882 that Mre. Stanton and my Bolt first proposod tho idea. I boliovo l'"4'""" ntf r uiiiMMMai I Restaurant Unique i The Most Popular Dinin Hall in the City J j For Ladies and Gentlemen J Wo mnko a upt'cinlty of biinrniotB. Special Family Tables Sinco Juno 12, 1899, wo havo adopted tho roal homo cookinjr plan, which is RlyiiiK univoreol satisfaction. OlVB U8 A 7BIAL, W. B. HOWARD, Mgr. 1221 O Str Lincoln, Nkbr. MMMHIIIMIIMI