THE COURIER
nated. The students love the school, ment that heads the first meeting. Mrs. women's clubs ot the Urited States
its faculty and its honor, and will not Stoutenborough has made practical ex- therefore
allow the slightest stain on Its fair pression of the thought in her earnest Resolved, That we. the New England
name." work in starting the club and in keeping Women's club of Boston, hereby ox-
This is not a tempest in a teapot, its life eo wholesome and refreshing, press our belief in the wisdom as well as
Newspapers and the public do not The club was organized in November justice of admitting women's clubs to
commonly realize the importance of 1893. has thirty-one members and moots fellowship and giving them equal oppor-
wnat the high-school boys and girls every two weeks. The topics under tunities, regardless of race, creod or
are doing and thinking until they consideration are 6ome of the main politics,
have entered the society, and business points in American history with cbarac-
world of Lincoln. Ihen Society, bust- tor sketches of John Jay, Benjamin
ness and municipal politics are what Franklin, Ethan Allen, Daniel Boone,
the recent high-school scholars are. James Madison, John Quincy Adams.
We have but a few years the start of Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster. Ed
them. They are at our heels. In a ward Everett, William Cullen Boant
few years they will take our superan- and Washington Irving. How distinct-
nuated places. And tuey will run lj and entirely this is a bojs' club
The music department of the Lincoln
Woman's club met Friday with Mrs.
Henry P. Etames. The subject of the
aftornoon was the violin and its virtuosi
from the first to those ot the present
day. Time was alfo devoted to the last
a oojs' club is counter in the text book used, wbich
things well or ill according to the emphasized by the number of character treats of some of the late composers.
ideals they chose in the most irapres- sketches chosen as subjects, for fond- Mrs. Eames had entire charge of the
sionable period of their lives. The ness for biography is decidedly a program and made it one of iUerest and
editorial I have quoted Is convincing masculine trait and one that every man information. The next meeting will be
evidence that the high-school stu- of strong character generally possesses, held on next Tnursday.
dents appreciate their responsibilities The club is at home toils friends May
and disavow participation inadis- Gth. The officers are: President, Fred
graceful occurrence as a school. Even Waugh; vice P., Robert Windham; 6ec,
if two or three hundred hissed, the Willie I Iassler; treas, Roy Boyd,
disapproval of the school as a school
is sufficient to make the recurrence of
such conduct extremely unlikely.
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Edited by Miss Helen G. Harwood.
The history department of the Lincoln
Woman's club met Thursday at three P.
M. The program consisted ot a paper
by Mrs. Henry on the Western and
Northwestern Territory, followed by
talks by Miss Martin on the Claims ot
the States, and by Mrs. Broady on the
Ordinance of 1787.
Tho New Book Review club met on
Wednesday afternoon ot last week with
Mrs. S. E. Cook. Mies Erb read a pa
per on Hawthorn's Scarlet Letter, and
Mrs. Widener gave a sketch of Haw
thorne's life.
The Athenae club met Friday after
noon with Mrs. E. B. Green. Mrs. E.L.
Ilolyoke read an interesting paper on
Renaissance Architecture.
oiomoooMcocoi
CALENDAR OF NEBRASKA CLUBS
February
If, Matinee Muicale, Music of all Nations
Lincoln
li, W's. c. Household Economics Norfolk
lt, W's. c. French Cont ersation . . . Omaha
1, W's. c. The Home WakeHeld
lit, Sorosis, Pathogenic Uacteni Lincoln
19, Century c, Pharaohs Lincoln
2U, New Hook Reiew c., Eben Holden... Lincoln
21, Lotosc .Lincoln
22, Self Culture c. Washington Day... .St. Paul
22. W's. c., Washington Day Minden
22, W's. c, Oreek History Plattsmouth
23 Fin de S. c, Washington, 1'atrick Henry
-eward
23, Kound Table, Drowning. Crete
TheTecumeeh Deka club entertained
at the home of Miss Ethel Harman on
Tuesday evening. Whiet, music and
dancing was tho order of entertainment.
Each one was presented with an Ameri
can Beauty rose to which the ecoie card
was affixed. Refreshments were served
from five small tables, each table pre
senting a different color.
The Fortnightly club met Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Barbour.
Mrs. Ricketts had the afternoon's pa
per, Italy of the 19th Century. She
spoke chieily of the three great libera
tors, Victor Immanuel, Garibaldi and
Cavour.
The patronesses of the Capital school
met Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Morning
read a scholarly paper on Heredity and
Mrs. J. W. Johuson had the subject,
Environment. A very annimated dis
cission in which many took part followed.
Secretary McLeran reports that the
Louisville Woman's club held a very
enthusiastic meeting at I. O. O. F hall
Thursday evening, January .list, in the
interest of the proposed public library it
Tecumseh Sorosis met at the home ot is trying to establish. Mrs. Belle Stout
Mrs. Leach Thursday, January 3rd, to enborough of Plattsmouth, gave an ex
informally celebrate the first anniver- ceedingly interesting account of the Li-
... v.o oinh Tha Vinnan son brarv and the benefits to be derived. A
prettily decorated with the club colors, musical and literary projram had also paying for a piano wbicu it has lately
pink and white, interspersed with ever- been prepared by the club. The result metalled in its club rooms Supper was
sreenand smilax. Bride's roses were ot the meeting was most satisfactory, served at the opera house from G until
sent as a New Year's greeting from our
president, Mrs. Scott, who was unable
to be with us. Our entertainment be
ing "An Originale'' each member con
tributed some Interesting or amusing
story, reminiscence, music or V9rse.
The only thing to mar the pleasure of
the afternoon was the knowledge that
Last Friday evening the Fremont
Woman's club gave the first of a series
of entertainments to raise funds for tDe
8100 being pledged toward the library 8 o'clock, and not withstdnding the very
fund.
The first of a series of monthly recep
tions given by the W. R. P. C. club, was
held at the residence ot Mrs. II. W.
Yates, 1108 H street, on Friday evening,
February 8. The members of the club
Mrs. Lattan, our first vice prafeident, and have been divided into four committees,
one ot our most faithful members, was each in turn responsible for the enter
with us for the last time, having decid- tainment of a reception. Accordingly
ed to remove to Chicago. Mrs. Laura
Leach was elected first vice president in
her place. As a memento from Sorosis,
Mrs. Leach, in a well chosen phraBe, pre-
about forty persons, postal clerks and
members of their families, gathered at
the above place and spent the evening
very pleasantly. Slips were distributed
severe weather a number ot people were
there. The ladies serve! over one hun
dred people and the affair netted them
about 20. On Saturday evening they
held an open meeting at their club
rooms, at which the members and a few
invited gueats were present. A program
was rendered, consisting of vocal and
instrumental selections, a recitation,
several papers, and closed with a very
able discussion ot the question, Has na
ture or education the greater iniluence
in tho formation of character?
sented Mrs. Lattan with a souvenir containing verses ot popular Eongs, ar-
spoon, also a dainty sketch book con- ranged in quarters, two ladies and two
taining a few words of love and friend- gentlemen, in each. It was very hard
ship from her club friends. Dainty re- for the judges to decide which numbers
freshments were served and "over the were the best or worst, but the rendi-
teacups" we felt we could dispense with tion of the music provoked a great deal
the matters of the lesson on English of merriment. An old fashioned "spell-
At the last open door meeting of the
Chicago Woman's club Miss Jane Ad
dams spoke of her trip to the Paris exposition.
literature and Shakspertj's tragedies,
and enjoyed our Ijttle comedies.
S. E. Harman, Sec'y.
The Fairbury Woman's club met on
February 15ih, listened to a paper on
patriotism, historic mothers ot the pres-
down" with Mrs. George Shively as
schoolma'am. Chief Clerk Butler and
Alex. Sinclairas captains, furnished
considerable amusement. Mr. Sinclair's
side won the laurels.
Around the world is the moral if not
the mot'o of the woman's club move
ment. For certainly in the most unex
pected ot places a club is continually be
ing formed and then in a very short
time there are acceptable results. Word
has lately been rec ived by the Boston
Transcript of the conference of women
held in Shanghai last November. Lady
At the meeting held February 4th of
ent century, (lj Discussion ot Ameri- the New England Women's club reports Blake, wife of the governor of Hong
were heard and endorsed of the action ot Kong, traveled eighteen nunarea mues
the Massachusetts delegates at the Mil- in order that she might be present at
wautee biennial. The following resolu
can celebrations. (2) Is noise essential
to true patriotism? (3) Incidents and
anecdotes of Fourth of July celebrations
The calendar of tho Boys' History
club of Plattsmouth, compliments of
Mrs Stoutonborougb, comes in a green
binding tied with a pink ribbon. "Take
care of the happiness of others and God
will take caro of jours," i tbo eenti-
tion was also adopted:
"Whereas, the action of the General
Federation ot Women's clubs at Mil
waukee, in refusing to endorso the ad
mission of a colored women's club the
Women's Era club of Boston has thus
presented a national problem to tho
the conference. Many ot the speakers
were missionaries, but four Chinese
women aroused the enthusiasm of all by
their earnest words and hope that a bet
ter state of affairs might soon come to
China and to Chinese women. A Chin
ese woman, a doctor, who was graduat
ed in tho United Rtntee and has fiinco
practised in China, spoke of tho domes
tic slavery in China in so touching a
w.ty that she received a round of up
plause and ber audience voted to hold
an extra meeting in ordor that men
might have the pleasuro of hearing her
Tbo intention was to hold tho con
ference three dajs, but so intenso waa
the interest that it was continued dur
ing five days.
The Work of the Society of the D. A. R.
(For The Courier.)
The following is a brief sktch of
some of the features of the work dono
by tho Society of tho Daughters of tho
American Revolution in the past, espec
ially in the late war.and suggests some of
the general aims and purposes of tho so
ciety. In accordance with an act ot incorpo
ration passed by the fifty-fourth con
gress and approved by President Cleve
land, February 20th. 189G, the National
Society ot the Daughters of tbo Ameri
can Revolution is required to make a re
port of its work each year to the Smith
sonian Institute. The first report covers
tho work of the society from its organi
zation in 1890 to 1897. the second report
is from October 1897 to October 1S9S,
and is divided into two parts. Part I
given a complete report of the work of
the society as a whole. Part 2 gives a
report of the woik dono by the chapters.
Some idea of the magnitudo and im
portance ot the work done by the socie
ty during the year 189S may be gained
by reading the report ot the war com
mittee of the D. A. R. of which Dr.
Anita Newcomb Magee was chairman.
One thousand and eighty one trained
nurses were examined by the D. A. R.
hospital corps and Bent to the different
hospitals, over fifty thousand garments
wero received and distributed together
with a vast amount of other supplies
estimated to be worth between fifty and
sixty thousand dollars In addition to
this, the different chapters throughout
the United States contributed to a re
lief fund which the report shows was
spent for those things most needful for
the relief of the sick and the wounded.
A steam launch was presented to the
hospital ship MiBBOuri which proved ot
great utility at Santiago in conveying the
sick on bourd the ship. A diet kitchen
costing over five hundred dollars was
built at Fort n'cPherpon, sterilizing ap
paratus was supplied to hospital ships,
and in very many instances cash was
sent to the Surgeon General for the dif
ferent hospitals. In addition to the aid
given to the D. A. R. Relief Association,
the Pacific Const chapters also contri
buted liberally to the Red Cross Society,
and the identification medal which was
given to 10,687 enlisted men going to the
Filipines, originated with, and was de
signed by a member of the Oakland
chapter, 'lhe Massachusetts chapters
also assisted the Massachusetts Volun
teera Relief Association, the Rhode Is!
and chapters the Sanitary and Relief
Association, and just one half of the
great fund raised by the Woman's Na
tional War Relief Association, which
was organized by Elinor Hardin Wal
worth and Helen Gould, the one a
founder, the other a member at large of
the D. A. R. was given by Daughters of
the American Revolution. The special
work of the Army and Navy chapter ot
Washingtou, D. C, of which Mrs. Grant
and her daughter, Mrs. Sartoris, and
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles are members, was
to look after the families of the soldiers
nd sailors of the regular army. This
work they still continue and it extends
to all the army posts in the United
States.
Beside the relief work carried on in
1893, many chapters offered gold medal
in the public schools for the best his
torical papers, others prizes for the best
examination paper in American history,
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