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K THE COURIER. gUMIIIIMHtlH MICIM (SLHB3- i The Domestic Problem and ItB Solu tion. Food Adulteration and the Enforcement of Pure Food Laws. Home Making from a Father's Stand point (Dr. Wharton.) The Ethics of Home Life. Education. A meeting was held on Tuesday after .,rtn ah th hnmfi of Mrs. A. W. Field. iooSu.i.f t AnW mnr fullv umQ The Public Schools of Nebraska JDiOil Blioi"! ...- . - - , -r the necessary arrangement for the meet ing of the state federation, which is to be held in Lincoln on the 9th. 10th and llth of next month. Mrs. BuBhnell, president of the Woman's club, was the chairman. The reports from the com mittees appointed at the last meeting were read, discussed and approved. The following committees were ap pointed: On place of meeting, Mes dames Scott and Ricketts. On receiv ing delegates at the train, Century club and New Book Review club. On deco rations, Athenea club. On housing the delegates, Sorosis. On providing a place where the delegates may lunch to gether, Mrs. A. A. Scott. On evening receptions. Lotos and Fortnightly clubs. The committee on ushers was not se lected, but Mrs. Buehnell is in charge for the present. The ladies were very much interested in meeting Mrs. Draper Suuth of Omaha, the chairman of the state program com mittee, tier planB are fascinating, and the program promises to be one of the beet the federation has ever enjoyed. Addresses which are looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure are those by Mre. Decker of Denver and - Miss French, better known as Octave Thanet Mrs. Decker will remain throughout the entire session, Mrs. Ricketts arranged some time ago to entertain her. The federation is indebted to the pro gram committee, composed of Mrs. Draper Smith of Omaha, Mrs. Croeaof Fairbury and Mrs. Field of Lincoln. Those present at the meeting were: Mrs. Bushnell, president of the Wo man's club; MrB. Hoover, president of the New Book Review club; Tuts. Bar bour, president of Sorosis; Mrs. Gere, president of the Lotos club; Mrs. Rick etts; Miss Haskell, chairman of educa tional committee; Mrs. Draper Smith of Omaha, president of the state pro gram committee; Mrs. Field, member of the 6tate program committee; Miss Mil ler, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Welch and other chairmen of local committees. It was regretted that Mrs. Cross of Fairbury, a member of the state pro gram committee, was unable to be pres ent. The program that follows b condi tional. The official program will be printed later: PROGRAM. Household Economics. Are Cooking School Methods Practical in the Average Home? From a Mother's Standpoint. From a Teacher's Standpoint. From a County Superintendent's Standpoint From the School Board's Standpoint Address Octave Thanet. Industrial. Consumers' League. Industrial Laws of Nebraska (Mrs. Decker.) How-Can the Clubs of Nebraska Better Industrial Conditions? - Art. Mrs. Hall Illustrated Talk on the Sculpture and Paintings of Paris. Series of TalkB on Ceramics. Antiquities of Potteries. Prehistoric Potteries of the United 'States. Pioneer of Ceramic Art in America. The Influence of Ceramic Art on the' Home. Ceramics as an Industry for women. IV V. VI VII. VIII. JX X. IX. II. ill. IV. V. VI. VII. J. F. HARRIS, No. I, Board of Trade, . CHICAGO. Sft9 ST06KS AND- BONDS. Grain, Provisions. Cotton, i. The Courier has received the Year Book of the Woman's club of Seward. It is a comprehensive condensed, outline of the year's work. It contains, be sides a list of the officers, antes of meet ings, and the club motto, United effort toward peace, charity, equity and a higher civilization." It was organized in April of this year and federated in May, 1900. Nothing could be prompter. The club color is old rose, and the flower is a whites, carnation. The club is a reorganization of the old XIX. Century clab. The charter members numbered fifty enthusiastic women. Officers Presd't., Mrs. Grace Miller; first v.-presd't, MiBB Frances Miller; sec ond v. -presd't,, Mrs. Phoebe Callendar; rec. sec., Mrs. Nellie B.Anderson; corr. sec., Mrs. Nellie W. Keefer; tress, Mrs. Nellie D. Bedford; cuBtodian,Mrp. Lydia B. Blanchard. Club meetings are held Saturday, September 29, 1900, at 1:30 P. M., and each fourth week thereafter. Residents of Seward not registered as members of the Woman's club may be admitted on payment of ten cents. Special Committees: Program Mrs. , ii Carey, Mrs. Stoner, Mre. Ritchey, Mrs. m Anderson. Auditing Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Weatherby. House Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Mer riam and Mrs. Schultz. Custodian and Doorkeeper Mrs. Blanchard. Meetings for the Tear September 29, Introductory address of the president. Talk on Paris exposition. Business. Music. October 27 French art. Music November 24 Household economics. December 22 Literature Tennyron. January 5 Annual business meeting. January 26 French art Music. Woman's rights diBCuasion. b. History of the crusade move ment, c. Its influence on lit erature. Tennyson Life and works. Scott, Ivanhoe Six lessons. Lady of the Lake Six lessons; History, Fitz James, Clan Sys tem. Marmion Six lessons, a. Plod den Field, b. Feudal System, c. Recitation Lochinvar. d. Quotations. Life and works of Scott. Household Economics Department First meeting Saturday, October 6, 3 F. M. Leader, Mrs. Tresa Carey. Meet ings every alternate Saturday afternoon. Outline: 1. The 8i m and scope of household economic?. Arts and crafts employed in household science. Life-giving agencies Sun, water, atmosphere. Domestic architecture Ventila tion, durability. Household arts Essential prin ciples. Nutritive Value of foods; chem istry of cooking. Educational agencies. Debate: Resolved, That the mis tress, and not the .servant, is responsible for the imeprfect system of housekeeping. VIII. Modern housekeeping. UNDER A GILDED DOME. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. Music Value in the home. Christmas program (Christmas gifts; gift-making; origin.) Christmas Carols. Patriotism Historic mothers of the present century. Art Department First meeting Fri day, October 12. 7:30 P. M. MeetingB every alternate Friday evening. Outline: 1. French race and soil. General condition of painting before the Renaissance, 1100-1500. The Renaissance in French paint ing, 1475-1589. Art under Henry rVVrLouisXIIj, 1589-1643. French art in the Eighteenth cen tury. Revolution. Nineteenth century. The classics. The Bo'mantic school. Landscape painters Two lessons. VIII. Peasant painters. IX. X XL XIV. Military painters. Genre painters and Orientalists Two lessons. Imagination painters, a. Deco rative, b. Easel. Impressionists. Leon Bonnat Duran, etc. James Tissot. Sorosis at Central City was organized the latter part of June, 1900, Mrs. Ap peraon being present with us. The of ficers elected are: Mrs. E. H. Bishop, president; Mrs. J. H. Marsh, vice presi dent; E. Lena Spear, secretary; Mrs. J. W. Hutchison, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. J. H. Withrow, treasurer. a. committee was appointed to draft the constitution and bylaws and the meet ing was adjourned to meet on July the fifth. In this second meeting, the committee February 16 Banquet Evening with .report on constitution and bylaws waa -Private Wires to New York City Many Cities East and West. MEMBER ,., , ftew lone diock axcuaugv. and Chicago Stock Exchange. TtT Chicago Board of Ti ale HI- Mrs. Stowe. March 2 Economics. Music. March 3f Literature Walter Scott. April 27 Current events. Music. May 11 Business meeting. Literature Department First meet ing Tuesday, Oct. 23 P. M. Leader, Mrs. Emma H. Schemel. Meetings every Tuesday afternoon. Outline: Idyls of the King Six lessons, with history of the time. a. Enid. b. Vivian. c. Elaine, d. Guinevere, e. Morte De r Arthur. II. The Golden Supper, Legal question. The Princes Four lessons, a. discussed and accepted after some amendments. An executive committoe consisting of Mrs. J. H: Nash, Mrs. A. Ewiug and Mrs. J. T. Harris, was ap pointed. It was decided to make it an unlimited organization, and to take up the study of American work i. e. Ameri can history, literature, etc., for the first year. The club now consists of twenty members. The first meeting is appointed for October the sixth and the meetings will be every fortnight. Very neat year . books have been printed and whether or not the club will become a part of the Federation-will be discussed at our first meeting. Mr?. J.W. Hutchison. BY FLORA BULLOCK. I read in three different publications at Des Moines that Iowa had the lowest percent of illiteracy of any state in the Union. I queried, "Since when? What has become of Nebraska? Are we out of the Union? Or has the matter of literacy or illiteracy been left to the acute discernment of the Reverend Rol !in" Lynde Hartt?" Of course it is natural that an editor of daily para graphs, anxious to please the crowds at fair time, should tell them all sorts of nice things about themselves; and per sons visiting in the state for the pur pose of 'doing it into print' will com monly be impelled to mingle the usual pinch of flattery with the otherwise flawless Iruths they utter. But whens,. they rob Peter to pay Paul, Peter and his friends are privileged to object mildly, of course, mildly. The truth is that the fair state which lies to the westward of Iowa, separated from it by a river which, according to a recent writer, eaves Iowa from direful popu--listic contamination, holds the banner in the matter of percent of illiteracy. Iowa may borrow some of the glory "we live next to Nebraska" but steal she may not And yet unless we look to it, Iowa may come day snatch our crown from ns. Though it is true that their higher educational interests aro crippled by the policy of scatteration, common school work is on a high plane. And further, the Iowa legislature of two years ago established a system which does more for the diffusion of knowledge and cul ture than great universities the sys tem of traveling libraries. Iowa has thus fallen iDto line with other progres sive states like New York, Wisconsin, .Michigan, and others and in this respect as in several others forges ahead of her sister states, and sends a call to us to i come along and get into the band ' wagon. Traveling libraries, under the control of a library commission, managed by a trained librarian who is appointed by this commission, are now in many towns and out of the way corners of Iowa lending their aid to the common schools About eighty libraries of fifty volumes each are the property of the state and are Bent out from the state library. People write in from small towns and wish, to know how to get a start towards a library. Even such a town as Ked Oak has no public library, and in many other well known burgs difficulty is ex perienced in starting the libraries on account of the law. This requires a vote of the people on the proposition for the levy, instead of a winning over of a few conscript fathers. As Iowa is full of foreigners in the more or less raw state the obtaining of a majority in favor of a library is sometimes a task. But those T who are interested in the library move ment secure a traveling library for three months, then another, getting possibly the juvenile libraries. The little Bo hemians, Russians, Swedes and all read these books, they show the pictures to "mutters'' in all languages, the leaven works down to the voters, and all in due time the library is obtained because it is really wanted. Then the beautiful books go into country districts where no public library is in reach and continue their mission. Iowa has put only $2,000 a year into the business of disseminating culture this way, and of course cannot compare with eastern states that have invested thousands. But a good be ginning has been made. This traveling library system and the library commi6sion'was secured in Iowa largely through the efforts of the wo man's clubs, and the federation is rep resented on the commission, I believe. The members of the commission are not paid but they receive traveling ex penses. They employ a secretary, qot m 3 -3 yj