THE COURIER
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THE OLD TOWN OK THE RIVER
9 FLORA BULLOCK.
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In tbo congress of tho United States
th ro Sb a hush and a bowing of honde,
nnd tbo wbeol of bueinces ia stopped for
a timo. Thoro are kind moeenges and
rosoliitionB sont to tho rolativos of ouo
who was callod another way juBt as be
was about to take bia place among tbo
nation's rulers. And in tho old town on
the river thoro Ib mourning everywhere.
Tbo wcrld outside- will bo led to ask now
what manner of man ho waa who came
bo near tho goal , and many tributes of
honest praiBO will bo given wherever
Mr. Hayward was known. But nowhere,
1 think, will bo heard a more fitting and
impressive oncomiun than that given by
a pupil in a schoolroom a day or so after
Mr. Hay ward's death. The teacher
usked the meaning of the word "benevo
lont." With that blessed instinct so
common to children they began to think
of some one who represented what the
word meant. One boy who is ordinarily
silont and can hardly bo coaxed to an
swer questions, said, "I think Mr. Hay
ward was a benevolont man." The
teacher did not need to ask hiB reason,
for bo eagerly told of tbo many poor
families who received eo much from Mr,
Hayward, of his readiness always to
help tboBO who were unfortunate. A
poor man who died was given a decent
burial "in a ctffin, instead of just a
box" and his destitute family waB
clothed and fed. Another man was
given a house and a chance to work to
keep it. Other pupils joined in to tell
something of the good deeds which are
not to be forgotten, and the silent boy
spoke more than at any time during the
term, The spelling lesson was forgotten,
and in their way theBmall group of reBt
less children in the dingy school room
f'did as much to honor a man of good
deeds aB thoBe who sit in digniQed state
in the balls of congress.
An old friend of Mr. Hayward told
me another story to show the character
which friends knew so well. A farmer
once came to Mr. Hay ward's office and
complained that the hail had destroyed
all his whoat and corn. "Oh, I guess
you're mistaken; it'G just cut up a little
bit," Mr. Hayward said gruffly. But
the man insisted, and the judge called
for bis buggy and went out to see for
himBolf . When he came back he told
the friend that the crop was utterly
ruined. Then the next move be made
was to shuffle out from among hiB papers
a note for four hundred dollars which he
held against the farmer. "I can't pay
it," the man said. ''Well, you know
what to do with it,'1 the judge replied.
Ho destroyed the note and then supplied
the man with funds and what was
Such men aB this farmer will never forget
Judge Hayward; contrary to that oft
denied statement of the poet, the good
V.hut this man did shall live after him.
As an old inhabitant of Nebraska
City, Judge Hayward was one of a group
of men who, with their families, have
formed a select and happy circle. When
one of these haB gone on before, the cir
cle is not enlarged to All the vacant
placa, but those who are left remember,
and tho widowod and fatherless are so
atroctionately cared for that the grief is
not unbearable. Judge Hayward has
beon a strong support, a true father to
others in their need, and tbo vacant
place will bo felt, I imagine, almost as
koonly through all this circle as in bis
own homo. The highest praise of Judge
Hayward that I have ever beard was
something told me several years ago by
a university profoBBor. "Judge Hay
wurd's home life is beautiful." That is
"10 f nul tent. Thn ntorm rtf nnlltionl
ttlil)tlil?nn unil thn linlrlnrlnAaa nt tmhlin
'iFu are not unprejudiced witnesses of a
man's true worth.
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CALEN DAtt OF NEHKASKA CLUBS.
December.
SKI ! xl Century C Pnlntlwr In tbo
' I NctberlunilH, Monroe Doctrine.. .Seward
.,.. j Woman's c, Holiday Adjourn
' "-'nt North Ilenrt
( Fin le Sleclc e., American bunior
23, IstN, unit ChrlstmiiH In other
l tAiiuXn Seward
( Zetctlo o , Growth of Lit.
23, eruturo from IH.VMMK).
( Pronunciation test Weeping Water
2T, Womun'N c, Art Lincoln
20 IIIs.tory nml Art c, William anil
' 1 Mary Albion
.,n (Woman's c., Huslncss, music,
' I Hodl Pulrbury
20, Woman'H c., French Conversation.... Omaha
20, Woman'H e., Ethics and philosophy.. Omaha
20, FortnlKhtly c., Vacation Lincoln
j J Woman's c, Influence of Impcrlal-
' Ism Upon tho Life of Nations.. ..Dundee
nj J Frlentls In Council, Moacrn Edk-
"'' llshWrlttrs Tccumseh
J Cozy a, A Christmas Afternoon
'I --"Oberammcnau" Tccumseh
27, Woman's c, A Christmas Meeting,. Ashlund
27, Woman's c, Oratory Omaha
28, Woman's c, Household Economics. .Omaha
28, Woman'H c, EnKllsh Literature Omaha
28, Lotos c, Porto Hlco Lincoln
, (Hall in 'tho Drove, Tho Kcnals-
-" sancolnltaly Lincoln
20, Self Culture c, Gladstone St. Paul
( Woman's c, Thirty Years of
-v' 1 American History (l8iO-50)..Plattsmouth
30, Woman's c, Reception North Hend
n IKevIew and Art c, Michael An-
"' i Bclo York
, ( Woman's c, New Year's Mcet
' I in-, Syracuso
30, Pansy c, Phelps nnd Thorcau.... Tccumseh
OFFICERS OF N. P. W. C, 1899 ft 1000.
Prcs., Mrs. Anna L. Apperson, Tccumseh.
V. P., Mrs. Ida W. Hlnlr, Wayne.
Cor. Sec, Mrs. Virginia D.Arnup, Tccumseh.
Ucc. Sec, Miss Mary Hill, York.
Trcns., Mrs. H. F. Doanc, Crete.
Librarian, Mrs. D. M. Lnmbcrtson, Lincoln.
Auditor, Mrs. E. J. Halner, Aurora.
The offlcera of the N. F. W. C. will
meet in executive session Wednesday,
December 27, at 10 o'clock a. m., in the
parlors of the Hotel Lincoln. It iB very
important that each member be present
as there Ib much and important busi
ness before the board. The meeting is
set for this time in order that the mem
bers of the executive boaid may attend
the session of Women's clubs on the
afternoon of the 27th at 2 o'clock, in
room No. 106 University Hall. I sin
cerely hope the Club women throughout
the state will take advantage of the low
rates in forco during the association and
accompany the teachers to Lincoln.
Thereby extending their sympathy and
encouragement, and emphasizing the
importance of the relation the teachers
bear to the club mothets of our stats.
Mrs. Anna L. Aiwkbson.
President N. F. W. C.
The reorganization of the G. F. W.
O. is a current question with the state
federations, with the large clubB, with
the small clubs, and even where two or
three women are gatbored together, it
is the chief topic of conversation. These
discussions are beginning to assume a
humorous phase. First we aro told that
this change is necessary because the bi
ennials aro growing so "unwieldy;" next
we are told that the new plan will pro
vide for indefinite expansion. Some
argue that the running expenses will be
very much reduced, and then I try to
figure out bow this can be done without
running both Btate and general federa
tions into the ground, for "tell it not in
Oath nor whisper it in Ascaloq." Very
few state federations pay oven the nec
essary expenses of their etato officers,
while It is no secret that the general
federation has always labored under
financial embarrassments that have
made it impossible to do many things,
We are told we are in great danger of
disintegration, and the wonder grows.
Is this fear based upon the last biennial:
the largest, the grandest, the most enr
thusiastic and inspiring of them all.
Will a ruthlessly pruned, strictly logi
cal organization compensate for enthu
siastic, loving, direct support? Tho
Worcester club of MasBachuBotts Iihb
placed a stumbling block in tbo onward
march of tho G.F. W. C. by tbo unkind
criticiam ombodiod in thoeo resolutions
presented to the council at Philadelphia
last June. This resolution denominates
tho bionnials "unwioldy, awkward and
burdonBomo beforo tho exocutivo board
has diRcovorod Buch dofoctB. Wbilo wo
would not impugn tho motives of our
sisters of Worcester, would it not havo
boon in bottor form hod thoy waited
for thp gon oral rodoration to discover
its own unwioldineBB boforo, .like a
port child, it pointed out a possiblo
clumsiness in the mother? A finance
committeb working on the plan of tbo
National Educational Association would
have been of more benefit to the general
association than the present committee
on reorganization. Another peculiar
feature of the situation, and one open
to criticism, is in the fact that the chair
man of the reorganization committee
has left no one in doubt U9 to her opin
ion on this question and has mado ubo
of her official position to bring all pos
Biblo influence to bear in favor of reor
ganization. There is an unwritten law
in regard to such cases, and it forbids
the use of position to influonco votoB.
The table of statistics compiled by the
Massachusetts club reminds one of the
parable of the bouse built upon the
sand. It would bo interesting to see
the computations from which some of
those results were obtained. In the list
of delegates proposed by the Massachu
setts plan, New York would be entitled
to- aB many delegates in the biennial
meetings as the combined number of
delegates from Minnesota, Nebraska,
Kansas, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Wash
ington, Georgia, Delaware, Khode Isl
and, Vermont, Utah, Florida and North
Dakota, Massachusetts following with a
delegation nearly as large as New York.
Indeed New York, Massachusetts, Penn
sylvania and Illinois could always hold
the balance of power. If the basis of
the reorganization is to be democratic,
some other plan of representation must
be sought. We would enter a plea for
the small club, which -must surely lose
its identity in the proposed arrangement.
In a certain sens it is numbers of dimes
as opposed to the small club and lack of
dimes. In other words a plutocracy as
opposed to democracy. We may obtain
a very compact organization in this way,
but, I fear, ac the expense of all sym
pathy for the smaller or the weaker state
for federations and clubs.
state federation show that tbo traveling
library is highly appreciated by the
cluliBoftho stuto. Thoro were thirty
eight consignments mado last yoar, with
211 volumes in circulation. Club wo
men who havo access to tho public
library can scarcoly realize what it
means to be doprivod of such help.
8ince tho burning of tho public library
at Lincoln tho club womon of this city
havo roalizod tnoro sharply than over
bofote tho library advantages tboy on
joyed, and fool tbo importance as never
beforo of maintaining tho truvoling
library. It would bo iropoBsiblo for the
clubB in many of tho Bmallor towns to
continue thoir studioB unloss books
were providod. Tho appreciative words
of tho delegates at York for the ubo of
books and papers from tho reciprocity
bureau are a stimulus to the moro for
tunately situated clubs. Bo far, the
contributions to tbo traveling library
fund have been voluntary, but it is a
matter of sufficient importance to the
state work to warrant placing it upon a
permanent basis with sufficient support
from each club in the state. Tho Omaha
woman's club contributed one hundred
dollars in organizing it. It has vindi
cated its UBofulnoss and its importance
to tho club movement, and haB won the
right to ask for a definite, stable sup
port from tho clubs.
The literary department of tho wo
man's club of Fremont met with Mrs.
Gerrard, Friday evening, December 8, at
seven o'clock. The following program
was carried out:
Roll call. Current literature.
Reading and comparing of the poems,
"The Man with the Hoe' Mrs. Gerrard.
Review of "In His Steps" Miss Wig
gins. HiBtory, "Feudal Franco," from chap
ters 15 to 10.
Talks on the first four Capets Mrs.
Kramer.
Tbo Troubndours Miss McMahon.
Lanfranc Mrs. Geitzon.
The Lotos club of Lincoln has en
larged its membership and again re
sumed work. As the club year is nearly
half gone it will not enter upon a regu
lar course of study, but consider some
special topic at each meeting. A loader
is appointed for each meeting who will
decide the topic and arrange the pro
gram, The first meeting was held at
the home of Mrs. Henry Lewis, where a
SEE OUR WINDOW
The woman's club of Lansing, Mich.,
which is one of the oldest in that state,
rtcently celebrated its twenty-fifth an
niversary. It is one of the most ener
getic clubs in Michigan and the general
efficacy of its members may be account
ed for by its motto, "No drones and no
unkind criticisms."
It owns a substantial building erected
in 1889 at a coat of six thousand dollars,
the result of its own efforts. Setting
about this business in the energetic
manner characteristic of its literary
pursuits, the mysteries of incorporation,
stocks anl bonds were soon successfully
solved. Stock was isoued and taken by
members, a very few not being purchas
ers and none holding more than twenty-
five shares. Bonds to the amount of
twenty-nine hundred dollars, bearing
five and six per cents interest, were dis
posed of, all of which have since been
redeemed.
The firBt floor of the building is leased
for business purposes, bringing the club
a goodly revenue. The second Moor is
occupied by the club, the space being
divided into assembly, committee and
other rooms, and all handsomely deco
rated and furnished befitting the re
quirements.
THAT THIS FA I
IS BRANDED Jy
ON EVERY AW f I
If you want a nice pair
of Slippers for Christmas,
come in, We have 'em.
The reports from the librarian and
from different clubs presented at the
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