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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1900)
j ..in mmitt THE COURIER. jMMMIIIMUMMIIMM IMMMj I (SLHBS- 1 LOUISA L IUCKETTS. j ooioiommmiciimmmmmcoioomh CALENDAR OF NEBRASKA CLUB?. January. 27. Woman's c French Lincoln -7, Woman's c, English History Syracuse 27. Review and Art c, Correwrlo York 27, Pansy c, Alcott and Twain Tecumseh 27. Woman's c. Eutfllsh History. ...Stro!burK . l Woman's c. Revolution In -' i French Politics North Hend ... History and Art c. The Franconlan -' i Emperors Seward 27. Flndc Slecle c, Lontfellow Seward 29. Woman's c. Current Events Lincoln ., ( Woman's c. Parliamentary Prac- -' l tire... Omaha . I Woman's c Political and Social -' 1 Science Omaha 3. Sorosls, Social Stanton 29, Matinee Muslcale, Artists' Recital. ..Omaha 30, Woman's c. Current Events Lincoln ,. 1 History and Art c. Advancement In 30' 1 Science Albion 31 Woman's c German History Omaha 31, Woman's c. Current Topics Omaha 31. Woman's c.. Ethics and Philosophy.. Omaha 3. Woman's c, French Con-ersatlon.... Omaha , Centurv c, Dutch Painters Durlns " 1 the 10th and I7th Centuries Lincoln 31, Woman's c. Oratory Omaha 31. Woman's c. Art Omaha 2.T, Woman's c. History Lincoln February. 2. Hall in the Grove, Rome. Lincoln I Woman's c Laws Relating 2. -! to the Property Riirhts of ( Womea Plattsmouth 2. Woman's c Music Lincoln 3, XIX Century c, Albrecht Durer. Seward 3. Zetetlc c Shakspere Weeping Water , l Woman's c, Miscellaneous 3- 1 Literature North Bend l Fin de Siecle c, Edgar Allen 3. pae Seward 3, History and Art c. Weir. MitchellSeward 3, Pansy c, Wescott and Field Tecumseh Z. Woman's c. Child Study. Lincoln 3. Woman's c French Lincoln OFFICERS OF N. F. W. C. 1KB & 1900. Pres., Mrs. Anna L. Apperson, Tecumseh. V. P.. Mrs. Ida W IJlair. Wayne. Cor. Sec, MRsVInrfnla D.Arnup. Tecumseh. Uec Sec., Miss Mary Hill. York. Treas., Mrs. H. F. Doane, Crete. Librarian, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln. Auditor. Mrs. E. J. Hainer, Aurora. Apropos to the mixed club3, the men were very generally included in the fes tivities attendant upon the ushering in of thenew jear. At the New Year re ceptions of the women's clubs in Ne braska they wei e made the guebts of honor, and eojijed the tribute. But it remained for New York Soroeis to take a long Btep ahead and invite the gen tlemen to a luncheon on New Year's day. The beautiful and commodious ball room of the Waldorf-A6tor wa8 transformed into a dining hall, where three hundred and fifty guests were seated at imall tables while an elaborate luncheon was served. One charming feature waB the choral blessing 6ong be fore the Btrving bf gan. After lunch eon, the guests whom these club women delighted to honor were further enter tained with an afternoon musical and philanthropic program at the Astor gal lery. The Twentieth Century club of Mar ehalltown, Iowa, is a mixed club and is also an accepted member of the state fed ration. But the wives and mothers of this club claim that they have the "lords of creation" under good subjec tion. The women plan the business and do the voting and permit tho men to pay the bills. There is a similar club in Lincoln, Nebraska. I think they call their husbands "the annex." That very complimentary term was coined by 6ome of our higher institutions of learning. One feature of the reorganization question is generally overlooked, viz: that the representation at the next bi ennial meeting will be greatly reduced by the amendments adopted at Denver, whereby federated clubs of fifteen mem bers or leee can only be represented by "the president or her appointee. By the old l ule each club was entitled to one delegate besides the president. There are six hundred and thirty five clubs aflilfated with the general federation, taking away the extra delegate, and it none of thesa clubs have over fifty mem bers the number of delegates entitled to a seat in the biennial is reduced six hun dred and thirty-five. Thus this ques tion is solving itself without debarring any club that may wish to receive the personal benefit derived from direct af filiation with the national organization. Nebraska hud ten clubs belonging to the G. F. W. C. at the time of the Den ver biennial, thus entitling her to twenty six votes, vis: twenty from the clubs, five from the state federation and one from the state chairman. At the Mil waukee biennial, according to article 1, section viii., of the amended constitu tion, Nebraska will still ba entitled to twenty -six votes, as follows: Six from the Omaha woman's club, five from the Lincoln woman's club, eight frou. the entailer's clubs and eeven from the state federation. The amendment further provides that each club between fifty and one hundred members is entitled to representation by the president or her appointee and one delegate and for each additional one hundred members or major fraction thereof it is entitled to one more delegate. By the same amend ment there will be a slight increase in the' representation from state federa tions". Each state federation, no mat ter how small, will be entitled to five delegate?, one of these the president cr her appointee. Each Etate federation of over twenty five clubs shall be entitled to one addi tional delegate for every twenty -five clubs or major fraction thereof. Thus if Nebraska has eighty federated clubs it will be entited to seven delegates at the Milwaukee biennial as compared with five at Denver, thus making the whole difference in representation from Nebraska brought about by these amendments, one lees than we bad at Denver. Of course this difference is more marked in the states where a large number of clubs belong to the general federation. In Massachusetts, which has sixty six clubs belonging directly to the general federation the difference will be much larger (we cannot accu rately estimate, as we have no means of knowing how many clubs that state has with a membership exceeding fifty), but in Colorado, with something over one hundred small clubs, the difference will be much larger. Thus, on the wholp, the amendments to the constitution made at Denver will much decrease the number of delegates at the next bien nial. This should be some consolation to those who are worried about the un wieldioess of the biennials. Although the programs for the Mil waukee biennial will not be distributed before spring, yet enough is already known of the details to insure its suc cess, and to promise much that is novel as well as interesting. Education, phil anthropy and industrial conditions will be emphasized and are given important piaces on the program. The art com mittee has been given great prominence and will occupy one afternoon and an evening session. The local art commit tee is to have a loan exhibit in arts and crafts, which will be more ambitious than anything ever attempted in the west. The action of the biennial board in one direction has been awaited with a great deal of interest by the general fed eration. This is the management of the social side of the convention. This has been at la6t arranged so that it seems the logical result of all that has gone before. There will be a sufficient number of social functions so that the non-resident members can meet one an other and may meet the Milwaukee club women. The generous hospitality of the other towns which have been conven tion cities to the biennial made it a dif ficult matter for Milwaukee to decide. As it stands now, the bocia! program includes a reception, to be given Tues day afternoon from- four until Eeven o'clock, by the Athenaeum and the wo man's club, at the Athenaeum. The interest in this building, one of the first to be built and owned by the women for club purposes, will make this affair especially delightful. The great regret is that it was impossible to accept the evening recep;ton at the Athenaeum which was offered. Wednesday after noon from four until six o'clock the guests will be taken a drive along the lake shore to Milwaukee-Downer col lege. The new bui dings, taken pos session of last faU, will be thrown open at the invitation of the president. Miss Ellen C. Sibir, and the ladies' art and science cias?, the second lnrg'St club in the city, will be the hostess at a recep tion from four until p!x o'clock. The college buildings are the home of this federated club. Thursday afternoon is to be given up to state receptions, held from four until six thirty o'clo.-k in sev eral homes, which have been offered for the purpose. As estab'ished by prece dent, the general federation declined, with thanks, an aftarnoon reception offered by the state federation. In a program of four days' leneth much must be omitted that was included in the Denver biennial. The matter of entertainment of gues!s will be conducted as it has been other years. The delegates to the convention who will be entertained will be the pres idents of etate federations, chairmen of state correspondence and speakers. Ar rangements will be made for other dele gates at the hotels, and at boardirg houses at special rates offered to tie hostesses. The P ankington House will be headquarters of the biennial. Milwaukee is the hostess this year, for it must not be forgotten that the in vitation was extended by the citizens' business league, as the result of the efforts of the Milwaukee College Endow ment association, led by its alert and far seeing president, Mrs. Hannah R. Ved der. AH the women's clubs, federated or unfederated, have thus fallen into line to aid in the great undertaking. As each committee contains two uon-resi-dent members from the state, the latter will be kept in touch with the work. That the united effort of the general federation, the 6tate federation and the local biennial board will produce an oc casion worthy of its predecessors seems self-evident. But in taking up tha long intervening stretch of work it will be well to remember that the law of the individual worker applies as truly to this heroic task, and that added to the combined effort is the helpful influence of all who have coLfidence in the end to be achieved, faith in the ability to carry on the work wisely, and an all-round belief in the accomplishment of much good by the biennial in 1900. Mrs. Buchwalter intends to do one thing that no chairman has ever done before in making preparations: she will write to each speaker in connection with other things in regard to the work, and ask her if she wishes entertainment. Should she not do bo, she will not hand her name to the local board. Should a state president or state chairman be on the program as a speaker and wish en tertainment she will inform the local board of this. This only applies to speakers. The M. L. B. will also invite all the general federation board, state presidents and state chairmen, but in the mattet of speakers she will save them by this plan from writing to ladies whom she knows prefer going to a hotel. to amend the spelling of certain words in common use. It reported to the board the following list of words: Pro gram (programme), tho (though), altho (although), thorofare (thoroughfare), thru (through), thruout (throughout), catalog (catalogue), decalog (decalogue), prolog (prologue), demagog (demtgogue). These changes are certainly suggested by common sense; but who ever heard of common sense overcoming the power of usage where the English language is concerned? Two or three periodicals have courageously undertaken to inaug urate this reform. The Chicago uni versity announces the adoption of this spelling of the eleven preceding words. This will give a great impstus to the re form. Superintendent E. Benjamin Andrews of the public schools of Chi cago also advocated this change in spill ing last fall. It will take soma time to overcome the old habit, but the signs of the times indicate that the spelling re form is "on the way." The woman's club of Portland, Ore gon, invited tho women's club3 of the 6tate to meet for the purpose of forming a state federation. Delegates were pres ent from most of the clubs in the state. The committee on constitution and by laws reported the following, which was accepted as the platform of the new Ore gon federation: Article I. This organization shall be known as the Oregon Federation of Wo men's Clubs. Art. II. The objets of this assoc:a tion shall be to organize women's clubs of the state into a body of mutual help fulness. Art. III. Section 1. Clubs desiring to join this federation shall make appli cation, accompanied by constitution and by-laws, to the corresponding secretary. Sec. 2. The constitution of c'ubs ap plying for membership shall show that no religious or political bias is required, but that their chief purpose ic philan thropy, social, literary, artistic and sci entific culture. Art. IV. Section 1. The officere of this federation shall be the president, the fi st and second vice president;1, the recording secretary, corresponding sec retary, treasurer, auditor and the trus tees, the whole to form a board of direc tors, the chairman of the board of directors to ba elected from among their own number. Sec. 2. These officers shall be nomi nated bv informal ballot. After the first ballot all the candidates excepting the three receiving the highest vote shall be dropped. Sec. 3. No member shall hold more than one office at a time. Art. V. Each club included in the state federation shall be represented at the regular meetings by two delegates. The delegates and board of directors shall constitute the voting body. Art. VI. Dues shall be ten cents per capita, paid in advance to the recording secretary. November 1. Clubs refusing to pay dues within three months shall be dropped from the roll. Art. VII. This constitution may be amended at any regular meeting of the etate federation by a two-thirds vote, notice of said amendment having been given in the call. The National Educational association appointed a committee nearly a year ago Among the resolutions passed by the Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage associ ation at its annual meeting the other day, was the following: Whereas, During the paBt year the women of Ireland, France and Louisi ana cast their "otes for the first time, therefore Resolved, That we rejoice in these signs of progress, and that we call atten tion to the fact that in all these cases the women voters did well. The dis patches said that in Ireland seventy- 1 U r - -i i Y ' .- V: 1