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January.
Lowell Helen Hunt
Jackson Tecumseh
13, Woman's c Child Study North IJend
13, Review ami Art c, Raphael York
History and Art c. The Saxon
Rulers Seward
Fin de Steele c.. Early American
Drunia, Familiar American
SonKs. . Seward
I Woman's c.. House of Hanover
13, " English View of American Rev-
I olutlon- Syracuse
13, Woman's c Charlemagne Dundee
13, Woman's c, English History. ...StromsburR
15, Woman's c. Literature Omaha
IS, Woman's c. Parliamentary Practice, Omaha
l Matinee Musical. Music for Child-
l ren. Old and Young Lincoln
15, Sorosls, King John, Acts I. and II.. .Stanton
M ( Woman's c. Political and Social
I Science Omaha
.- I History and Art c Civil and Rell-
1 pious Liberty Albion
16, Woman's c. Current Events Omaha
16, Woman's c, German History Omaha
16, Woman's c Ethics and philosophy.. Omaha
16, Woman's c, French Conversation. ...Omaha
16 "Woman's c Whlttier. Stanton
16, Century c, Amsterdam, Rotterdam-Lincoln
17, Woman's c. Oratory Omaha
,- i Mary Uarnes Literary c MIs-
1 cellaneous Program Fullerton
18, Woman's c, jrt Omaha
18, Woman's c. History Department. ...Lincoln
I Woman's c American and
19, - English Humorists Com-
I pared Plattsmouth
( Hall in the Grove, Capri, Pom-
( peii Lincoln
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wharf to write up a whaleback, and
"Blix" went along, and an old sailor
told tliera a story and "Mix" recogniz
ed the literary possibilities ot it, and
they had lunch in a Chinese restaur
ant, and "Landy" because he was a
newspaper man and it was the end of
the week, didn't have any change
about his clothes, and ' Blix" had to
pay the bill. And it was in that
green old tea house that "Landy"
read "Blix'' one of his favorite yarns
by Kipling, and she in a calm, off
handed way.recognized one of the line,
technical points in it, and "Landy"
almost went to pieces for joy of her
doing it. That scene in the Chinese
restaurant is one of the prettiest bits
of color you'll find to rest your eyes
upon, a.nd mighty good writing it is.
I wonder, though if when Mr. Norris
adroitl mentioned the "clack and
snarl1' of the banjo "Landy" played,
he remembered the "silver snarling
trumpets'' of Keats? After that,
things went on as such things will,
and "Blix'' quit the society racket
and went to queer places with "Lan
dy," and got interested in his work,
and she broke him of wearing red
neckties and playing poker, and she
made him work, she did, for she grew
to realize how much that meant to
him. and she jacked him up when he
didn't work, and she suggested an
ending for one of his stories that was
better than his own; just this big,
splendid girl, who had never gone to
college to learn how to write novels.
And so how, in the name of goodness,
could he help loving her? So one
morning down by the Pacific, with
"Blix" and "The Seven Seas," it all
came over "Landy," that "living was
better than reading and life was bet
ter than literature.' And so it is;
once, and only once, for each of us;
and that is the tune that sings and
sings through one's head when one
puts the book away.
IDLE HANDS AND SILENT
TONOUE.
Why art thy hands thus idle?
Why art thou silent, pray?
When on every hand, in every land,
hsre, there, and far away.
Thouseest the work that is yet undone,
awaiting a faithful touch,
And on every air is borne the prayer,
of hearts that need so much.
Hearts that are bruised and b'eeding,
that mourn the vacant place,
That long in vain for the sight again
of a dear familiar face.
Shall it not be thine to find those fields,
and thine to break the soil,
To plant and sow,that flowers may grow,
and fruit may follow toil?
Might thy tongue not find a message,
that, softly bang borne
Would soothe to rest each aching breast,
with sorrow overworn?
Not always have I stood thus apart
from earth's unceasing round,
With sighs for life and its restless strife,
but lips that brea'he no sound
With strong hands resting idle,
while weaker ones than mine
Lose grare and youth, that love and truth gan of the clubs of Nebraska, then it
in the vales of life may shine. should be made the medium of exchange
I have grieved when sorrow of all communication which the officers
entered homes, a strange, unwelcome guest, and the chairmen of standing commit-
My hands have wrought and my tips tees wish to have reach the club women
have sought to calm each troubled breast of the state. Mrs. Hall announced to
But now, O, let me linger behind the clubs desiring the course of art
the eager throng, study that they could secure it only
For that Guest has come to my silent through the eolutens of The Courier,
20, Woman's c Child Study. Lincoln
jn J XIX Century c. Painting in Ger-
many Seward
1n (Flnde Slecle c William Cullen
" I Bryant Seward
,v, J Woman's c.. Household Econ-
J, I omlcs North Bend
an J History and Art a. Art and Litera
' t ture During the Saxton Dynasty..Seward
OFFICERS OF Jf. F. W. a, 1899 ft 1900.
Pres. Mrs. Anna L. Apperson, Tecumseh.
V. P., Mrs. Ida W Blair. Wayne.
Cor. Sec., Mrs-Virglnla D.Arnup, Tecumseh.
Rec. Sea, Miss Mary Hill, York.
Treas., Mrs. II. F. Doane, Crete.
Librarian, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln.
Auditor, Mrs. E. J. Hairier, Aurora.
To the-club women of Nebraska: At
the beginning of a new year, realizing
the value of organized effort, if anything
is to be accomplished, we earnestly urge
those clubs which have no department
devoted to child study to appoint at
once a committee on education, that
the schools in its vicinity may be visited
regularly, the patrons meetings may
be arranged for, that some form of child
study may be pursued, that the growth
of school libraries may be fostered and
encouraged and that every opportunity
may be improved to emphasize the fact
that the interests of the club, home and
school are closely allied. All federated
clubs are requested to send a report of
what has been done in these matters to
the chairman of the state educational
committee at the end of the club year
in May or June that these reports may
be summarized for the annual meeting
of the state federation in October.
Julia Haskell,
Chairman Educational Committee.
If The Courier is to be the defacto or-
and we ask that as soon as their plans
are formulated that they will announce
them to the clubs through the columns
of the official organ. I know that the
bondage of habit is strong. In the past
the president and chairmen of commit
tees have been obliged to send out per
sonal notification to each club; but now
you have a medium a servant to do
this work for you. Is the force of habit
so strong that you must do your own
cooking after you have a duly estab
lished cook in the kitchen? Every new
club that ib organized, every new de
parture in work, every plan ot study de
veloped by the household economics or
any other committee should first reach
the club women of Nebraska through
their official organ, else the name is
sounding brass and tinkling cymbal.
One paper to a club means one glass ot
water for ever twelve or fifteen persons;
how much refreshment do you think
they can get individually? Then
again.are the club women ot Nebraska
so poor that they cannot afford to pay
less than two cents a week for the club
paper which comes to their homes every
week, filled with news and reports of
what their sister club women are doing
throughout the state? Several club
women have written me how eagerly
they watch for its appearance each Sat
urday evening, but the support it now
receives would not warrant its continu
ance on business principles. Every club
woman in Nebraska should have it, or
if that is too expensive, every three or
four should club together, that they
may feel a personal touch of interest
in this work. All report and announce
ments should be made through its col
umns. You cannot make a club paper
without the support of the club women
any more than you can make "bricks
without s'raw."
home, and I have no valiant song.
I think of the hands that loved their work,
of the voice that sang for me
And I wonder then if 111 know them
when I cross the tidelcss seal
with the result that clubs wishing to
take that course send in their subscrip
tions for the paper. Miss Haskell,
chairman of the educational committee,
-Bends in her official announcement, thus
"It's O, for the touch of a vanished hand, saving the expense and trouble of cir-
the sound of a voice that is stUL" cular letters. There were several other
And unburied lie the hopes that die unusually strong committees appointed
like blossoms 'ncath winter's chilli at the last executive board meeting,
One of the most important events ot
the closing years of thib century is the
organization of the colored women of
the United States into an organization
similar to the National Federation of
Women's Clubs, under the following
pledge: "We, the colored women of
America stand before the country today
a united sisterhood pledged to promote
the welfare of our race along all the lines
that tend to its development and ad
vancement." It may be that the con
viction that a union of forces in their
own ranks would be a great power camo
to many colored women simultaneously,
but the three who gave it voice were
Mrs. McCoy of Michigan, Mrs. Cook of
Illinois and Mrs. Kuffin of Massachu
setts. By agreement these women met
in Washington in 1832 to confer upon
the subject of organization among col
ored women. As a result they 6ent cir
culars broadcast among the colored wo
men of the United States, urging co-operation,
resulting in the formation of
many leagues. The first convention of
these was called to meet in Boston, July,
18U5, resulting in the organization of
the National Federation of the Afio
American Women, with Mrs. Bjoker T.
Washington as president. A year later
this association united with tne national
league of colored women and was chris
tened the N. A. C. W.. with Mrs. Terrill
ot Washington as president. At the
first annual convention, which was held
at Nashville, September, 1897, they had
a membership of ten thousand. They
then decided to hold their conventions
biennially. The first biennial meeting
was held in Chicago last August and
was a marvel to all interested enough to
inform themselves in regard to it. There
were one hundred and forty-five dele
gates, representing some thirty thousand
colored women organized for the one
purpose to uplift their race. The
topics discussed were of an intensely
practical character. These women were
not there promoting hobbies or theories,
but were planning exactly how the un
fortunate of their race might be better
fed, better clothed, bitter educated,
realizing that the hopo of thoir race lies
in their children. Thoir motto is "Lift
ing as we Climb," and it "the Lord
holps him who helps himself,' these col
ored club women have a strong helper.
The following extract from a letter
from Miss Haskell, chairman ot the ed
ucational committee, will bn of interest
to others who nre debating in their
minds the same question: "I have been
considering the question of reorganisa
tion from all sides, and now stand un
equivocally against reorganization in
representation. Reorganization is a big
word to use in this connection, and an
unfortunate one as well. It is un parc
elled in the history of organizations to
acknowledge weakness in strength, to
reason that because an oranizition is
large it is therefore unwieldy, and can
only be accounted for by supposing that
some of our club sisters have lost their
bearings by tho unprecedented growth
ot the club movement."
The social evening held January let
by fhe Pairbury club proved very en
joyable. The evening was spent in
chat with the ladies and gentlemen who
called, and in guessing the answers to
some twenty guesses that wore pinned
to the walls. The answers were the
names of well knowu plays.
Tuesday. January 3d, the homo de
partment of the woman's club ot Fair
bury held a very interesting meeting.
Roll call was responded to by some fa
vorite recipe. The paper of the after
noon, "Domestic Science, Old and New."
was by Mrs. Steele. She began by tell
ing of the early homes in the country's
history, ot the industries that were car
ried on in those homes; compared the
early idea? of household ecienco with
those of the present time, and urged
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