THE COURIER.
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LOUISA L U1CKETTS.
CALENDAU OFNEWtASKA CLUB-.
Bible, before June 1st, as she will not bo given to the consideration of industrial
in Nebraska during the summer, and conditions, especially as they affect wo
there must be no chance of drafts or men and children.
money orders misscarrj tug.
Aiikuaiiik L. Doank. Patronize home industries and build
Treasurer N. F. W. C. up Nebraska.
Hrcently we were congratulating our
selves upon the very ableiepreseniatives
February. r ... . , , ,
Si. Woman-. p.. French Lincoln we should have at P.i'iB on the board of
si. Hi'view ami Art c Helllni. (llomione .York commissioners. Now a charge bascome.
si. Womuii-N c . KmtlMi History .sin.iiisimnr The French government has served no-
t Wiimin'sc. IinMirtiint Kentsln . .. ... . .
si X Knsillsh HNtorv liurln the tice upon President McKmley that no
I Itclitn of Victoria .Syracuse womt.n otlltfials a-o desired. This will
... i Kin ilf Steele c. llollaml. Mitchell ,. .. ., , , .,
-' , iiirdsEyi-Viewof Aruiila . Sewanl exclude Mrs. Po t-sr P-dm-r and Mrs.
. t History and Arte. First Herman Sewall, both of whom PiiBldeit Mc-
-' i Crusade--Ileinn of rrtilerlek II .Sewanl ,-,.,, , , majM
! Woman's c. Grecian and Ito- K,nIe' " willm to appoint. We ..,11
-' i man i ivillzatlou North liend have two important representative.
SI. XIX Century c . Elcctlimof Omcers-.Seuaril Mrs. Henrotin and Mrs. Lowe. The
Woman's e . Household eccnomles , , , ,-,.
-', -Nebraska produce day Lincoln French governmert conferred the title
Sii. Womau'sc. Parliamentary iructlct'..Umaha of "Ollicer d'Aeademie' upon Mrs Lowe
-''' Usd"neeN '"" l",llU",1 ll",, "'"'omaha ab mt a year ago. This dfgree gives her
i Sorosis, Yellowstone park Ntc-ir- a recoguized position in France.
Si's - ncim canal llotanleal ininlens
of New YorkChinatown . . ..Stanton
U ) iUY." M"n,,h "l To clubs of ten taking The Courier the
pierre Minikn annual subscription price is seventy five
ST. Acmee . The aw of Elizalieth Wayne ceflU (?5 cen,$J ReguhiT Subscription price
ST. Woman's c . General meeting. ...Fairlmry
I Historv and Art e . English relations -0OC dollar per year.
y. wlththe United States durim; the
-' , KelKillion-Scott. Jeun Inceluiv.
KlnKsiey. ,,rk The music dip irtment of the Lincoln
ST. Woman's c. Current Eent Omaha wonlllll64.ub under the leadership of
-7 Woman's c., German history .. . Omaha . . .. . . ,
Woman's c. Ethicsand Philosophy Omaha Mra. E ,mes .8 rapidly becoming a center
ST, Woman's c. French eonvcrsatior. ..Omaha of great interest to musically inclined
ss. Woman's e Current eents. . Lincoln clubwomen. The meeting last Friday
ST. Sorosis. Tlie liners Lincoln wa? of uouauill interest, the 8U j ct
t The Century c Netherlantl paint- . ,. . . , 0 . ... .
s, 1 "r ..... Lincoln under discussion being "Scarlatti and
sh. Woman's c.. Oratory Omaha Notation.' Miss Lally read a paper on
March. "Scarlatti and the Beginning of Opera."
i. woman's c. Art Omaha phII Hudson plajed a sonata of
I. City Improvement society Omaha r f
I, Woman's c . History Lincoln Scarlatti. Next meeting. March 2d.
i Woman's c. Music Lincoln will be with Miss Dernice Merrill, 1226
S. Self-Culture c. Pot-pourri St. Paul J street.
I Woman's c. Municipal kov-
., ( ernment-ComparLson of ..-. j .
" Stol..rpiatuiioutii An important meeting, not" only to
- I XIX Century c, Paintlmf in Spain - club women, but to Nebraskans in gen-
- -History of politics Sewanl era( wjn beheld in Lincoln February
S. Hall in the Grove Ancient Home. . Lincoln
3. Woman's c. Child Study. Llucoln
:t. Woman's e.. French Lincoln Pioduct Dat.and BO far as possible
i Fin de Sieele c. Taylor. Aldrieh, there will be on exhibition ea mules of
' , Whitman and Alma Tadema Sewanl d-ff(jrent manufdCture80f Nebraska.
., ( History and Art c.. Mebelunjien ... . . . . ,. ., , .,
'J Lleil Sewanl Let uot one club woman in the city fail
:t. Woman's e.. Literature ... North Ilend to visit this exhibit. I have no doubt
" that a great surprise is in store in regard
OFFICERS OF N. F. W. C. 1WK & woo. to the numbir and character of our
Pres.. Mrs. Anna U Apperson. Tecumseh. home ptoduc'B. The motto of our club
V. P.. Mrs. Ida W Illalr. Wayne. d , .4XebriBk1 6 for N ,.
Cor. Sec. Mrs.Vinrlnla D.Arnup. Tecumseh. ...,,.,. , n , .
Kec. Sec. Miss Mary Hill. York. braska. The club women of Colorado
Treas., Mrs. H. F. Doane. Crete. and, I thit.k, of Kansas have pledged
Librarian. Mrs. G. M. Imlertson, Lincoln. themSilves to buy home products first.
Auditor. Mrs. E. J. Hainer. Aurora. iast and all the time. As women are
Cbetk. Xebb.. Februarj 12, 1900. lar8ely tuyere ol gooJs for domestic
The following clubs have paid the tire PrpoEes. ihe succiss of home ventures
rent tax toward federation expenses: '"K dePend UP0D theif sympathy
S.ward HUtory and Art 3 100 anu support. Support of home enter
Aurora XIX. Century 100 prise means success and prosperity for
Stanton Sorosis 80 Nebraska. Stand up for Nebraska by
Lincoln New Book Review 83 demanding home product when you are
Seward Fin de Steele 1.00 bujing for jourself or family.
Stromsburg Frances M Ford 1.00
Milford Woman's club fiO The eo called woman's club movement
Tecumseh Friends in Council S5 of the closing j ears of the nineteenth
St Paul Self-Culture 9" century mil be recorded in history us
Wayne Monday club (X) epoch making. In oHer to prepaie
Gering Woman's library i themselves to take the advanced posi-
Tecumseh Cczy club SO tion-rather their proper place in the
Wakt field Woman's 1 20 scheme of civilization this organization
Omaha Woman's 15.00 of women into clubs for self culture,
Lincoln Sorosis 1 !" wider opportunities and broader views
Albion Hi-Oory and Art !" of life was one of the preliminary steps.
Seward XIX. Centuiy 75 Organization accomplished, the next
Lincoln Fortnightly 00 step was federation, a means whereby
Divkl City Ingteside 1.20 club women might come together in
Wayne Minerva club TO consultation, for encouragement, infor-
Strom -burg Woman's 1.00 mation and inspiration. What the club
North Bend Woman's 2.70 is to the individual, the federation is to
the c'.ub. Every woman will admit, af-
Total iTTt.lo ter twoor three years' membership, that
The Omaha woman's club, having so the club has been a broadening and en
large an amount to pay. kindly 6ent riching influence in her life. One of
what had been collected, without wait- the most marked indications of the
n g for the whole .to be paid in. This trend or the club movement is the in
money is being carefully used by the creased interest of women in industrial,
executive board to extend the work of economical and financial questions,
the federation 6o that every club will Nearly every state federation in the
have the benefit of it. union has itn industrial and household
The treasurer asks that club dues and economics committees. At the "great"
the five cent tax be paid to her, if pos- biennial of ISOS an entire session was
The thirty-second annual conven
tion of the N. A. W. S. A. was in ses
sion Frebruary 8th to 1 1th in the city
of Wahington. The ollicial call for
this meeting, signed by Miss Anthony
and o'huis, said. "The nineteenth
century was Cdlltd by thn prophet.
Victor liuco, 'the century of women.'
Since the dawn of history exceptional
women have demonstrated by their high
abilities as inventorp, Ekilled w irkerp,
poets, artists, teuchers and rulers that
in the domain of intellect woman was
not under the ban of nuture, but under
tbobe of statute end custom. But for
the miss of women the nineteenth cen
tury has been the only epoch in history
which has given them opportunities b
women or rights as human beings. To
state tLe difference in the poaiiion of
women in all liel.'s of activity between
what it wub i'i the beginning of the cen
tury and is now at its clnte would be to
present a teriee of brilliant transfjrm
btions surpassing the magic creations of
AUddin'e lamp. The way up the heights
of woman's advancement has been long
and st-ep, but it hns not bej dreary.
The consciousness of giving the world a
forward movement along the path t f
liberty is the highest reward that ia
vouchsafed to human effort Ihegrea -eet
men of the c-ntury have walked
with us. Potts have sung for us : prop! -ota
have inspired us with visions of sue-c-bs;
statesmen have made courts and
forcms.riog with eloquence in our be
half. Stones have bloseomed into roees ;
i corn has become applu6e ; timidity,
opp sition and inditTeret.ee have changed
into a grand chorus of appeal for wo
man's (quality brfore the law. Let up,
then, close the nineteenth century with
a convocation which shall be a jubilee
for our successes and a preparation for
the twentieth century, which is to be
not inau'a nor woman's, but humanity's.
The Household Ecnou.ics society of
New York is attempting to solve the
servant girl problem.
The wife or Dr. Parkhurst haB stood
close behind bin? from the very begin
ning of his active work of reform. She
is a woman of much strength of charac
ter and has been of great bBtislance to
her husband. Dr. Parkhurst confesses
he could ntver have attained the posi
tion he now occupies in the clerical
world without her able and sympathetic
assistance. Since Dr. Parkhurst baa
consecrated himself to the public weal,
hi has been accessible to all wLo come
with their varjin tales of want and
woe. It is estimated that their door
bell rings one hundreJ times a day; at
times of special unrest, much oftecer.
Them are only two maids kept in this
household and frequently Jure. Park
hurst answers the ball. Every caller is
taken to Mrs. Paikhurst tira unless he
can show a letter of appo ntment from
the doctor. The hours for general re
ception are from five to six in the after
noon, just before the eveniog meal,
which is often kept waiting until eight
o'clock. Mr.J.ParRhurrt first listens to
the wants of each one, sifiing out those
whom she fe-Is it best for her husband
to see, and caring for the others herself.
we do not need it. But unless man in
content to be simply an niiimul, better
fed and better prttected than other ani
itihl', thinkii g only of himself and Iim
own kindred, he must cultivate the ar
tistic eoohj. It may bo tru, in one
sense, that we do not need tho art of
painting; that it is not necessary to ex
istence. If we did aw.iy wifi art, there
would bo a chamro in t lit lawa which
govern the world. Tbeie woultl be no
difference so far hb b renglh and order
are concerned. Philosophy explains the
idea of divinity, but urt portrays it. Tho
Bame beau'y which has inspired some
of ihe temterest and sweetest folk songB
is felt in some pictures of rural and do
mestic l.fo. The time Bhotild be near
wbou thn most cumpetjnt artists should
beemp'oed on diop ctirlniup, for the
theatetB are the most popular placfB for
latge uutherinuH of people for relaxation
and plet.su re. "A picture is a painted
thought; the better the execution, tho
clearer the impressions." Men first be
came conc rued with affairs pertainirg
to the Btruggle fur existence, and after
ward with the longing for easaand com
fort. I io true that bo long as man if,
by forco of circumstances, spending his
whole eneriry in a struggle fur existence,
for food, c'olhing and ehelter, there can
be little meaning for him in art. But
when be is, in a measure, relieved from
the hard conditions, of 1 fe he turns in
stinctively to the beautiful in the natural
and moral world. In Homeric times
the literary sense was mo.e developed
than the artistic. The three great arts
poetry, sculpture and painting have
one common trait, and that is imitation.
A statue is intended to represent a liv
ing person; a picture to represent real
people or a landscape. A drama or to
mance t tea to rep oeent true characters,
occurences and language. The intimate
relation that literature baa a!waa sus
tained to art, is manifested in the fait
that the one has ever influenced tho
other. The illustrations it? books and
magazines are marvelous and a deligbt
to all. A recent edition cf "Hen Hur"
is said to be a perfect museum of art in
the reproduct on of Syrian life. There
is so much of this kind of art. and the
reproductions of old masters in the
standard magazines, that we have but
to follow Goethe's sugg-stion, and "Fill
your mind and heart, however larg",
xrith the ideas ar.d sentiments of your
age, and the woik will follow." The
next meeting will occur in two weeks,
when Professor Neligh will address the
department.
A called meeting of the Iiushvil.'o Wo
man's Suffrage club was held in the
co -j it house WeJnesday, February 21st,
at fourocojk. All the signers of ihe
club at the time of its organization were
urged to bj present, ap final steps were
to be taken as to the continuance of the
organization. A message from Misa
(Jregg, state secretary, was read.
The art department or the Lincoln
woman's club enjoyed an especially in
teresting meeting on Thursday, Febru
ary 15th. at the club rooms. Mrs. W.
T. Dann talked of art and literature.
Mrs. Dann is very familiar with art in
all its phases. She said there is a com
mon impression that art is a thing apart ;
that it does not belong to our lives ; that
The Holland party given by the Lin
coln Century club Inst Friday evening
at the home of Mrs. Polk was success
fully carried out in every detail. The
bright, warji roams were a del ghtful
contrast to the stormy night without.
The members of the club and th ir
assistants were in Dutch costumes. The
Fraus and Herrs were in evidence every
where, the forr.er in white skirts and
aprona, with white caps and wooden
shoe?. As the guests came they were
each served with cocoa, sweet cake?,
rock candy and raisics. After the guests
were seated, a program illustrating
Dutch characters was rendered. Mrs.
Mitton Scott read one of Kitwyk'a
stories on U illand life. A curtain bad
been arranged and, as she lead, differ
ent characters were impersonated by
Mrs. Hartley, Mrs. Noble, Mrs. Waite,
Miss Hartley, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Scott,