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jects pertinent to the various depirt
ments. A colonial room, handsomely
tilted with colonial furniture and
with interesting relics, was the soci
able room of (,he occasion. Five
o'clock teu was served here, also col
onial cake, apple butter, Boston cook
ies, John Randolph .brandied peaches
and otber dishes that were accompani
ments to American housekeeping one
hundred years ago. Admission to the
congress was by invitation only, so
that, those present were peculiarly in
terested and enthusiastic over pure
foods.
SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OB' THE NEBRASKA ART
ASSOCIATION.
TheUebrnska Art Association, suc
cessor to the Uaydon Art Club, taken
great pleasure Id announcing that its
Seventh Annual Exhibition will be held
in the new fire-proof galleries in the
Library of the Stale University. The
exhibition will open December 26tb,
1900, and close January 16th 1901.
Mr. Lawton Parker of Paris, and Mis
Cora Parker of Nov York, have pro
cured pictures for the exhibition.
Their recent communications warrant
the announcement that this will be the
finest collection ever brought to the
State. Mr. Parker will send about
thirty paintings by Frenchmen and
Americans now residing in Paris. He
will also have about tbat many more
sent from the Thirteenth Annual Ex
hibition of the Chicago Art Institute,
which is open now. Mr. Parker writes
that he is hoping to have as the special
feature of the exhibition, groups of eight
or ten pictures by Alexander Harrison
and Gari. Melchers. Both of these
men are Americans and painters of the
highest reputation. Mr. Harrison was
a member ot the Jury of Awards at the
Parts Exposition this year. No higher
recognition of his artistic ability could
have been bestowed upon him. His
most important picture at the Exposi
tion was bought by the French Govern
ment and will be hung in the Luxem
bourg gallery.
In speaking of Mr. Melchers, Mr.
Parker sajs: "He received the Grand
Prix in 18S9 with Sargent; is Hors con
cours and is Chevalier de Legion
d' Honour"
Miss Cora Parker of New York writes
that she will send an excellent collec
tion from New York artists, among
whom will be Carol Beckwitb, who is
the recipient of many honors at home
and abroad. He will be represented by
his "18CC," one ot his important pic
tures, William, M. Chase, Irving R.
Wiles, A. H. Wyant, Leonard Ochtman,
and others.
The special feature of Miss Parker's
collection will be a group of excellent
pictures by some ot our eminent women
painters, among whom are: Miss
Maria Brooks, Miss Rhoda Holmes
Nicholas, Mies Lee Lufkin, who has
lately given a very successful private
exhibition at Clausen's Galleries, New
York, and Miss McChesney who has
promised to Bend her prize picture of
last year, which took the prize at the
Philadelphia Exhibition. Miss Mc
Chesney consideis it the best thing Ehe
has ever painted. It is a picture of a
mother and child and is a charming
thing.
Miss Parker will send several of her
own compositions which will be equal
to any that she has gathered.
So much for the excellence of the
coming exhibition.
It will require several hundred dol
lars to bring the above exhibition to
Lincoln, and it is desired by the officers
and Board of Trustees ot the Nebraska
Art Association that at least five hun
dred art lovers of Lincoln and the state
send their names and one dollar to tho
Treasurer, Mr. A.G. Greenlee, 102G O
street, at once, that he may issue a
charter membership list about Decem
ber 1st. About 150 have already sent in
their names and money; about 150
-others have sent in their names; these
are urged to send the money coon. Will
not these three hundred urge their
friends to join them in this movement
for Art's Bake, feo tbat Mr. Greenlee
will have at least 500 on bis charter
membership list?
One dollar secures a membership
ticket, and this entitles you to visit the
exhibition aB often as you desire with
out any other fee.
A prospectus containing the names of
all the charter members will be issued
about December 1st, so won't ou send
your name to A. G Greenlee, 1026 O
street, at oncer
F. M. Hall, President.
The Stotsenburg Fund.
From Stillwater, Oklahoma, The
Courier has received a money order for
five dollars from a correspondent who
sign a himself "Nebraskan." His letter
is attached:
Box 441, Stilhcater, Okla.,
November 12, WW.
Miss Sarah B. Harris.
Now that the election is over, and Ne
braska has acquitted herself nobly, I
hope ynu will revive the consideration of
the Stotsenburg Memorial Fund. PJeaie
accept this tardy contribution iu mem
ory of our Nebraska hero; from a former
Nebraskan.
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Mrs Morning, leader of the current
topics department in the Woman's club,
has arranged a most interesting program
for the general meeting of the club,
which occurs at three o'clock next Mon
day afternoon, in the club rooms in the
Salsbury block. The speakers have
each been limited to eight minutes, eo
that there will be ample time for discus
sion. The following is the program:
Educational symposium given by cur
rent topics department at the open
meeting Monday. November 10.
What we can do to aid the Lincoln
schools Superintendent Gordon.
Some ideas from the school board
II. M. Bushnell.
Good word for the schools by a pa
tron Mrs. T. M. Hodgman.
Importance of character and training
in teachers Mrs. Jecette Marferdinz.
A few old-fashioned doubts Mrs. H.
H. Wheeler.
Group of kindergarteu songs, sung by
Mrs. R. A. Holyoke discussed by Mrs.
Caroline Phillips.
Each number will occupy but eight
minutes. This will afford plenty of time
for questions and ditcussion from the
floor.
government. The English political
parties and what they stand for, and
church and state in England, wore dia-r
cussed.
The music department of the Lincoln
Woman's club met on Friday, November
9, The subject was a composition of
Ilayden, Mozirt and Bathoven and the
opera ot the eighteenth century. The
next program, November 2.'), will be
under the direction ot Mrs. Eimes, the
leader. Mrs. George Fisher will speak
of Schubert, and there will be illustra
tions of Schubert's compositions.
in the house.
Recitation Mrs. Sorrill.
Literature (Tatmage) Mrs. Johns.
Vocal solo Mrs. liuckniastor.
Mrs. Buckmaater, Sec.
Red Pottage.
This frank comment on Red Pottsge
by Mrs.McKillip of Seward will be inter
esting to the many unsatisfied readers
ot that book. Mrs. McKillip expressed
the opinions herewith reprinted, not for
publication, but as the direct comment
ary of a naturally analytical mind in
friendly correspondence:
Red Pottage left me feeling somehow
uncomfortable. It was not because the
hero died, for he was such a weak char
acter that he Bhould have been exposed
The Woman's club of Fairbury met
on Monday, November Gtb, instead of
the Otb, in the rooms of the coujty
clerk, the club room proper being given
up to the preparations for balloting by
the defenders of their country.
A paper entitled "French Literature
and Noted Writers of France," was
read by Mrs. Hole. It was followed by
a discussion in which all took part.
Mrs. Sar bach's paper, "Life in Paris,"
was enjoyed by all present.
A talk by Mrs. Lotion on "Influence
ot French Literature upon the Cen
tury," was followed by a more general
discussion.
It was unanimouolj decided that the
influence was not what it might have
been. Tho preference was also given to
the romantic instead of the realistic
school of Action.
Following this Mrs. Mr Coy nave a
recitation entitled "The Master."
This was one of the most pleasant
in nio infanpv IllrA ha rlafnrnriAil Snflrtnn
... M ... -v . .. and profitable sessions the club has held
infants. Nor was it because rewhaven .. ,
waoniioh on irlinf aa tn bill hlmonlP h.llf. tuloJa.
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The following is the program for
vember 13th:
Business.
Response A short
noted buildings of the
No-
description of
United States
1 think it was because the etory closed
and left the Vicar, and his wife with
their shell ot self conceit uncracked.
One meets that type so often, where it is
liiofr tmnnaaihtA tn lmnrpna nnnn hiR
Beir.Bati.fled thinking box that he calls outside of Washington
his mind.that he is not a living example
of correctness in everything. Su :h peo
ple carry an air of superiority so
that ou cannot be in their company ten
minutes without falling from grace in
ternally and having an insane desire to
hit them a fatal blow on the head. One
thing I liked about The Damnation of
Theron Ware, was that Celia took the
conceit out of that prig so effectually
when he followed her to New York. I
liked Harold Frederic, and I wish he :
had not died young. But fever microbes The New York State Federation of
are not Busceptible to the hypnotic in- Women's Clobs met in Albany from
America Mrs.
America Mrs.
Talk, Architecture in America Mrs.
Allen.
Talk, Sculpture in
Weidner.
Talk, Painting in
Kesterson.
M ueic.
General Discussion How can the
public taste be cultivated to appreciate
fine art?
Music.
tluencesof Christian Science. O dear!
it seems as if our brightest minds have
their weak spots, like Siegfried, a leaf
of the linden tree has fallen between
their shoulders or else they have an
Achillian heel.
The New Book Review club met with
Mrs. J. H. Stephens, 1701 South Six
teenth street.
The Faculty club met Wednesday
with Mrs. M. B. Reese.
Sorosis met on Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. C. L. Hall. Miss Kingsley
was the leader. Har subject was "A
Plea and a Plan for School-room Deco
ration." She said that this work should
b?gin in the primary grades, that the
decorations should be simple and that
there should not be many pictures used,
not more than two or three in a room,
but they should be large. She sug.
gested Greek or Roman decorations for
the halls, that the children might learn
Tuesday, November 1.1th, to Saturday,
November 17th inclusive. The program
is interesting:
Philanthrophy, Art, Liw, Fireside
Novels, Civil Service Reform, Preserva
tion of the Paiisadee, Civics. Literature,
Child Study and Home, Unusual Oc
cupations for Women, Progress in Club
Work, Music, The Press, Progressive
Science, Preservation of Birds, and last
of all Tbe Drama.by Mrs. A.M. Palmer,
New York City
The main interest was centred in
the question of admitting colored clubs
to the Federation, proposition to estab
lish an industrial school for girls and
the election of officers
The action of tbe General Federation
at Milwaukee in June last in drawing
the color line by excluding Mrs. Jos
ephine Ruffia.a colored delegate, from the
New Era Club, of Boston, composed of
white and colored women, will come up
for review.
Southern women want to keep colored
women out of tbe general federation and
Massachusetts women.tbough outgener-
alled at tne Milwaukee convention, are
the meaning of classic lines and forms
Mrs. Hodgman talked biielly about ap- determined that they shall not do it.
prnpriate decoratioi.8 for primary rooms, 'jey are going to express their opinions
The board meeting of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs was held
in New York at the Waldorf-Astorie on
the mornings of the 9th and 10th of
November. Among the business to be
considered was that of tbe invitations
received for the next biennial meeting
of the association.
The Century club met Tuesday with
Mrs. C. I. Jones. Mrs. Kirker read a
paper on China. Mrs. E. Lewis Baker,
a new member, was present for the first
time.
The current topics department of the
Lincoln Woman's club met at the club
rooms on Friday ot this week at 3 P. M.
The subject of the English government
was continued. Miss Emma Horton,
the leader, spoke of the relation of Scot
land, Ireland and Wales to the English
about it in all the State Federation con
ventions, and thus prepare for concerted
action, whatever form the subject may
take at the next bienninl convention,
which meets in June. 1902.
It is said that on that occasion an at-
tempt will be male by tne "antis" to 60
The following program was given at amend the constitution as to exclude
the last meeting of the Baker Township colored clubs from membership, and it
Club, held at the home ot Mrs. Davis on is this particular move that the "pros"
Friday afternoon, November 16th. The are fortifyiug themselves against,
members answered to roll call with cur- The Medford, Massachusetts Worn
rent events. en's Club has already formally with-
Music Red, White and Blue.
History Chapter three and four.
Paper The mother's rightful place
drawn from the biij Federation because
of the color line being drawn. It is not
expected that the New York Federation