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WILLY AND THE LADY.
IMIICIHIIMeMlMIIIMIMmOtlOMM
Leave the lady, Willy;
let the racket rip.
She is going to fool you;
you have lost your grip.
Your head is in a muddle,
and your heart is in a whirl;
Come along with me, Willy;
never mind the girl !
Come and have a Man Talk.
Come to those who 'an talk;
Light your pipe and listen,
the boys will pull you through.
Love is only chatter,
friends are all that matter.
Come and talk the Man Talk;
that's the cure for you !
Leave the lady, Willy;
let the letter wait;
Youll forget your troubles
when you get it straight;
The world is full of women,
and the women full of wile.
Come along with me, Willy;
we can make you smile I
Come and have a Man Talk,
A rousing black and tan talk 1
There are plenty there to teach you,
and a lot for you to do.
Your head must stop its whirling
Before you go a-girling.
Come and talk the Man Talk,
that's the cure for you 1
I eave the lady, Willy;
the night b good and long.
There's time for beer and baccy,
time to have a song;
Where the smoke is swirling,
sorrow if you can I
Come along with me, Willy;
come and be a man
Come and have a Man Talk,
Come and hear the Clan talk 1
We've all of us been through the mill,
and we've been broken, too.
Well advise you confidently,
And break it to you gently.
Come and talk the Man Talk;
that's the cure for you I
Leave the lady, Willy;
you are rather young.
When the tales are over,
when the songs are sung,
When the men have made you,
try the girl again 1
Cme along with me, Willy;
youll be better then.
Come and have a Man Talk;
Forget your Girl Divan Talk I
You've got to get acquainted
with a higher point of view 1
Girls are bound to fool you;
We're the ones to school you.
Come and talk the Man Talk;
that's the cure for you !
Gelett Burgess, in The Criterion.
THE GH1LD AND BUTTERFLY.
Snare not the golden butterfly
That flutters where the June-day breezes
sigh,
Nor near, nor far, Sweetheart,
Strive thou to hold.
For see I The endless sky
Shall keep it beautiful, while thou and I
Might dim or mar. Sweetheart,
It's dainty gold.
Albert W. Barker, in June Lippencott.
Radbourne What will you do with
that deaf and dumb pickpocket?
Wardle Give him a hearing, I sup-
PO30.
"How is Stanzer getting on with his
poetry writing?" asked Spykes.
'Verse and verse," replied Katzen-stein.
LOUISA L RICKETTS.
OOMMMMOCeOOMMIOMOO000'
CALENDAR OFNEBRASKA CLUBS.
May.
20, Woman's c, English history.. ..Stromsbunt
( Zetctlc c Comparison of
28, men ami women as story
( writers. WeepInK Water
,, I Self Culture c. Definite establish-
-" J tnent of the French republic St. Paul
28, Woman's c. Annual tneetimr Omaha
J Sorosls, American forestry Amer-
J' lean sphere. Stanton
n J History anil Art c Annual plc-
nlc Scwanl
29, Woman's c French conversation Omaha
29, Woman's c. Ethics anil 1'hllosophy. Omaha
at. Woman's c Oratory Omaha
30, Matinee MusicalMemorial music. Lincoln
, I Friends In Council. Annual
' meeting Tecumseh
31, Woman's c., Hncllsh literature Omaha
,. ( Woman's c. Household econom-
" 7 Ics Omaha
31. Woman's c. Annual meetlni; Dundee
31, Cozy c, German literature Tecumseh
June 1.
. I Ladles' Phllomathian c, Amer-
lean womean Shickley
2, Self-culture c. Pot Pourrl St. Paul
OFFICERS OF N. F. W. C 1899 & 1900.
Pres., Mrs. Anna L. Apperson, Tecumseh.
V. P., Mrs. Ida W. HIair. Wayne.
COr. Sec, Mrs. Virginia D.Arnup, Tecumseh.
Rec Sec, Miss Mary Hill, York.
Treas., Mrs. H. F. Doane, Crete.
Librarian, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln.
Auditor, Mrs. K. J. Halner, Aurora.
T the Delegates to the Milwaukee Bi-
tnnial:
Particular attention should he paid
to the following statement and every
detail carefully followed.
The reduction of fares is in all cases
upon certificate plan; receipts for fares
paid will not be accepted in lieu of cer
tificates. Certificates may be obtained from
ticket agent at starting point, and will
show the payment of full iirat-class fare
through to place of meeting. In the
case of small agencies where the local
Btation is not supplied with certificates
and through tickets to Milwaukee, the
agent will furnish information as to the
nearest point where such ticket can be
obtained, and a local ticket should be
purchased to that point where the
through ticket and certificate can be
taken up.
These certificates will be signed in
Milwaukee by the chairman of the
transportation committee of the biennial
local board, and vised by the joint agent
at the Alhambra theater, during June
Gth and following days of the conven
tion, and upon presentation to the Mil
waukee ticket agent, the holder will be
entitled to the authorized reduction in
fare for return trip.
Certificates are not transferable, and
no reduction will be made by any road
to anyone not holding the certificate
properly filled out and signed.
L. L Ricketts,
State Chairman Correspondence for
Nebraska.
Mistress So you have two lovers?
Servant Yes'm. One's a regular and
the other a volunteer.
Certain adjustment? are always neces
sary in any organization that has de
veloped as rapidly as the G. P. W. C.
Radical changes, however, should al
ways be discouraged. The selection of
the word "reorganization" to expresa
changes necessary to the well-being of
the national work of women's clubs vas
unfortunate, but the points insisted
upon by the minority report of the com
mittee means reorganization.
They are (1) the exclusion of individ
ual clubs from the General Federation;
(2) beet means of raising revenue; (3) the
abolition of the office of state chairman
of correspondence; (4) triennial instead
of biennial meetings.
The general organization was origin
ally a "Federation of Women's Clubs,"
not a federation of state federations
It soon, however, extended its privil
eges to the state federations, which had
sprung into existence. Now the propo
sition is to expel the individual clubs,
the original homesteaders, and leavo
the late comers, tho state federations,
in Bole control. This proposition cer
tainly doos not appeal to a sense of jus
tice. Tho principal reason given is that the
organization is "unwieldy" and the bi
ennials "burdensome." The largest at
tendance yet reached was at Denver,
when about seven hundred delegates
assembled. It was the universal senti
ment of those who attended that bien
nial that it was the most inspiring con
vention yet held. Denver womon did
not complain of its burdensoraoneee,
but took just pride in the fact that.it
was the largest and most successful bi
ennial ever held by the G.F. W.C.
The delegates generally participated in
this pride. No small part of the enthu
siasm and succes? of this convention
was due to the large attendance. It is
safe to say that half tho attendance
could not have produced even half the
inspiration. If seven hundred delegates
constitute an "unwieldy and burden
some" body, what shall we say ot the
National Educational association, which,
with 15,000 members, has never lacked
for entertainment or complained of un
wieldiness? Its thirty-eighth annual
convention, held last summer on the
Pacific coast netted the association
about 130,000. Hence, instead ot finan
cial embarrassments, thid organization
is seeking good investments. If num
bers will solve the troublesome question
of finance, this furnishes a good sugges
tion for the G. F. W. C, which would
eventually do away with club or per
capita taxation.
The third point, tho abolition of state
chairmen of correspondence, is ot little
importance. There are certain duties
relegated to her which must be per
formed by someone. They should not
be added to the many responsibilities of
the president ot the state federation.
On the other hand, the proposed feder
ation committee of three would seem to
multiply troubles, unless the chairman
attended to all the correspondence,
which resolves it back into its present
condition. If fear of friction between
state president and state chairman
urges this point, it is possible that the
chairman or president, or both, need to
be abolished, which can be accomplished
at the next election. I want to say for
Nebraska that the state president and
state chairman for the past two years
have been of mutual assistance to each
other, and the work is as satisfactorily
done as could have been accomplished
under any other arrangement.
Shall tfie G. F. W. C. meet biennially
or triennially? Br all means biennially.
The biennials are a good thing, and we
cannot have them too often. Club wo
men need the enthusiasm and encour
agement which is always found in a
large gathering ot those who think and
work in the same channels. There is a
something which emanates from these
meetings, a feeling that one is flowing
with the tide, that its mighty strength
in part belongs to each, that ie inspiring
and broadening.
The biennials have come to mean a
great deal to club women. Triennials
mean so much less, and the whole cry
ot clubdom should be more and more.
I hope and trust that the biennial
meeting at Milwaukee will not result in
wholesale slaughter of the innocents,
in the great and cruel wrong of saying
to any woman's club in our broad free
land, "You may no longer have a repre
sentative in the national council you
created. You may not have direct con
uection with the fountainhead. You,
who organized the federation, who sup
plied the life-giving principles, must go,
while we, who were invited to partake
of your hospitality, will remain. Ilogar
sent forth to perish does not compare
with this injustice.
The adoption ot the minority report
of the reorganization committee would
not only work a great injustice to the
individual clubs, but would result in
absoluto disorganization of the Gonoral
Federation as it now exist?.
A calm, conservative couiso would bo
more creditable to the club women of
America than Ibis rush for something ot
which they know nothing.
Louisa L. Rickktts.
National Federation of Music Clubs.
The benefits of the National Feder
ation of Music Clubs, organized at Chi
cago in 1898, are eoen all over the land.
The broad spirit of philanthropy is tho
underlying principlo and its object is to
bring music within tbo reach of those
who love this expression of the divine.
Unceasing reciprocity is the attitude ot
the federated clubs, and each one not
only receives ot tho best of others, but
gives the best of itself.
Through the "artist committeo" clubs
are enabled to engago talent otherwise
beyond their reach, for all extra expense,
such as fees and commission, is elimi
nated. The "bureau of registry" arranges for
recitals, thus giving opportunities fur
both musicians and audiences, and fur
nishing openings for talented and com
paratively unknown artists to show
their worth, these artists receiving ex
penses or a small remuneration.
Through the "federation librarian"
the music in the libraries ot separate
clubs may be secured at a nominal
price toother clubs, and tho year books
and carefully arranged programs (the re
sult of much thought and study) are
widely distributed. To smaller or more
or lees ifolated clubs lacking opportuni
ties of contact with the best in tho
music world, the federation offers in
calculable advantages and to all clubs
the benefits are far in excess ot the
small membership fee required. Tho
division ot the United Stated into four
sections, each under tho care of a sec
tional vice president and directors, sim
plifies and expedites any desired corre
spondence. Mrs. D. A. Campbell, Lin
coln, Nebraska, is vice president of the
western section. A list of officers and
further information may be obtained by
application to Mrs. T. . Ellison, press
committee, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
There are clubs and clubs. Some one
has said of course, it must have been
some crabbed old bachelor that the
"average club ia composed mostly of
sticks." But club women know that
a good club is the very best kind of a
training school and a winnower that
permits very little chaff to pass. It is
said you must live with a person before
you know them. The next best knowl
edge may be obtained by meeting with
J. F. HARRIS,
No. I, Board of Trade,
CHICAGO.
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