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THE COURIER. K n for llower beds and sod tendance. The park must have the attention of a gardener and the association must hire one. There should be swings in the park for the children and an oc casional band concert there would get the people into a summer habit of enjoying the trees, the grass and the (lowers. These are only a few of the ways it is proposed to spend the money made by the auditorium carnival. matter. It is not likely that there is a Nebraska publisher so dead to his own deserts, so unconscious of the value of his paper as to accept this extremely impertinent offer. I know one publisher whom the offer has so incensed against the manufacturers who are trying to get something for nothing that that particular food has become distasteful. Dishonest pro moters may represent a good article but the chances are that the men who Three Governors. ? endPavorinK to confidence pub- .. . , . t , I, lishers are not scrupulous about the M.ation has demonstrated that it f a manufactured food. Ad. he Governor of Kansas is responsible vertising which prejudices the pub orthe unmolested existence of sa- ,ishers Qf a gtate BRaInst a product loons in a prohibition state. Governor w, scarce, make theartIcle ,. Stanley of Kansas can close up all the Nebraska newspaper men who accept saloons of Kansas within a few days so impudent an offer from health-food if he desires to. The oath of office manufacturers are either very hungry which Governor Stanley took was evi. or estimate lhe advertising value of dently to him. just a forma and un- thejr t0(J modestl meaning convention I Is conduct Advertising a ,ents and puolIsbers when contrasted with that of Govern- of newspaper acnuals ,)ave vIctimized orasliof Ohio and Governor Rich- weekly newspapers long enough. The ard Yates of Illinois, shows how publisuerof The Courier has thrown Hghtly he holds the duty of his office. a dai, offers SjmUar t0 the one Governor Nash of Ohio was not de- received f rom the health.food man. ceived by the representations made Ufacturer into the waste paper basket to him byagesang-yerein that the foryears. The unusual depravity of Jeffr.es-Ruhlin prize-tight was only a the ,iealth.food uans elTorts sugKest. seientihc sparring contest. He has ed the abuses which Neoraska pub lived some fifty years and lias read Hshers ,iave encouraged but which about prize-fights and perhaps he has tliey snould betJjn to rebuke. What seen them before he was governor, ever free advertising the manufactur But Nash, private citizen and Nash ersof the afore-mentioned food re Governor, sworn solemnly to enforce ceive3 from these few remarks it ls laws on the statute books are two gratis and no package of oatmeal need different individuals. To a company bedirected to this office, of influential gentlemen who assured him that they were going to offer the people of Cincinnatti the spectacle of of a scientific mill between two of oooooomoo OMoooootoooa the most distinguished professors in I I the world, Governor Nash replied: IHBS I "Your telegram received. Unless all S ,,,-,, I outward evidences and preparations Edited by Miss Helen G. Harwood. are at fault, the enterprise booked for f ooatootoMooiotiiitiTiititiiiiiinitooooooticoJ Cincinnatti on February 15 will be a CALEND A R OF NEBRASKA CLUBS prize-hgbt. It will not be permitted to come off and the entire power of the state will be used to prevent iU" ".' ., ... T. , -,..,., , , . 11. W's.c, Literature department Lincoln That kind Of a governor WOUld be n.Mondarc. Social instinct Wavne useful and timely in Kansas. Gov- Jj-feSon!!::1 ernor Yates of Illinois said in regard iib"cen.c. civiiwar. Pawnee city .. ... . , , " 12. Fortnightly. Early 19th a. Art LlncUn tO prize-fighting: "All I have to Say is. Friends in Council. French laces. Tecumseh is that the law and the people of Mi ft $ gTwiiES noisare against prizefighting and 15. Round TaMe, Queens of EnBland . ...Crete ... , . j , 15, Athenae. Early Sculpture Lincoln the law will be enforced whenever is, self culture c. History st. Paul inrl mliornvnr T lio vo Mio rirli t tm on 16. Keview & Art c. Art gal's, of Europe YorK anu Wliereer 1 Uae tlie rigllt tO en- I6f -&. c. Miscellaneous Fremont force it. I have not the power to pro- i. w;. c. Ecnn rmc. - .... XprthUend , ., ., , , . , T ,l 16, History & Arte. Unleavened bread, beward lllblt It bv proclamation, but I have 16, Fin de Steele c, Lafayette; Valley Forge the power to stop any light, for the sewani statute gives me the power 'on the . , . J application of any civil officer or oth- A mee,,n& of the ' urretnt top,C8, ad erwise' to call out all force necessary current literature departments of the to execute the law whenever any Woman's club of PlaUsmouthwasbeld body of men are about to break it. Friday evening, March 1. Mrs. Travis I have every confidence, however, that led the current topic discussion in the every Illinois sheriff will enforce the absence of Mrs. Chapman. Mr. Wind law without my interference. The ham gave a review o the popular novel, law especially makes prize-fighting a For ove of Country. The company felony and exhibitions of sparring hen hatened to qtet rendered by and boxing a misdemeanor, the peni- J1"9"- nd Nesdames Johnson and tentiary being the punishment for Moore, and a solo by Miss Ida Pearlman ., f . ,, . . - , Oa recommendation of the house and the former and jail and a hne for the "u louluu"1 . latter' home committee, a majority or the -, , . , .. j j members voted in favor of again meet- Governors are elected, enstalled and 0UJ"o '.';'" , ,. . sworn to enforce the laws. Unless ing at the ,K. P. hall Mrs Stouten they perform this function it is borough announced a lecture by Judge cheaper and in the interests of truth Douglas at the next meeting, and sincerity to abolish the office. ... . ., . .. Mns. Nation has shown that Governor M,s9 Crosky, secretary of the Stanley is either afraid of the saloon- Tecumseh Cozy club, presents this re aper! or unwilling to alienate their port of the Neka DV PJrS . . , ...11 ... The Cozy club celebrated Nebraska votes by enforcing the laws against ' . ,. wu..,. , ,,. v j i-i- DayatitB regu ar meeting, February liquor selling in Kansas and public in- L ' . B , ., cfir rrh- . , j. . , 27. at the home of Mrs. Sullivan. The dignation is very properly directed -' ol fc , . , . .. noL . , - ,. j- nroeram was conducted by Mrs. Irue against the governor for disregarding ib""" " .. his oath of office and !he foUow,DB PaPer8 were read: ins oath or office. History of Nebraska, topography and natural resources, Mrs. Pollock; The Advertising, university and the public school system, Manufacturers of health foods are Miss McCrosky; Nebraska Journalism, offering Nebraska papers twelve Mrs. True; The writers ot Nebraska, pounds of their product to run a two Mrs. Bouton, with readings from Dun inch advertisement twenty-six times roy, Mrs. Peattie and Bixby,by Miss Mc on the local page and next to reading Croeky. After an instrumental solo by Miss McCrosky the members repaired to the dining room where refreshments wore served and the following toasts re sponded to with Mrs. True as toastmis trese: Things that foster atata pride, Mrs. McLanahan; The clubs, Mrs. Ap person; Early days in Tecumseh, Mies Appelget; Nebraska's backbone the U. P., Mrs. Pollock. The Woman's club of York met Mon day. March 1. The afternoon was de voted to the study of Engliah history and to John Buoyan, hie life and writings. The Saturday Herald ot Ottumwa, Iowa, in its issue of March 2, reprints Mrs. McK'llip'a letter to the Courier of January 26, with the following intro duction: "In view ot the universal interest tak en in the question of the admittance of colored women's clubs into the national federation the following letter will be enjoyed. It was written to the Lincoln Courier and appeareJ in the columns of that paper last week. She Bums the matter up tersely and makes some strong points that are both amusing and in teresting.' A musical was the program offered by the Fairbury Woman's club laet week. Mrs. Burleigh sang My Old Kentucky Home; Mrs. Thomas in a short article on Negro melodies described the origin of negro eong lore as an expression of musical feeling put in such6imple time as may be marked by the beating ot the foot; Mrs. Kesterson sung Darling Nellie Gray, the members of the club assisting in the chorup; quartette. Old Folks at Home, by Mesdames McCoy, Gregory, Shelley and Stowe, was a treat; Mrs. Simpeon sang Maryland mj Maryland; Mrs. McCoy happily reviewed the end of the century songs or the Bongs of the last ten or fifteen years. She said that only Americans have popular songs; Miss Andrews sang Sweet Gen evieve; Miss Hole recited, Long To wards Night, by Paul Lawrance Dun bar; Miss Boyle played two piano solos, Home Sweet Home with variations, and Old Rosin the Bow with variation by Mr. Peters. Mrs. Perry was the club's accompanist. tort ot the general federation, ut-its next meeting, without reference to any possi ble amendment that may in future bo considered, to ratify the election ot tbu Woman's Era club, in acknowledgement of its undoubted rights under the by laws, as a woman's club of Massachus etts. Resolved, That the executive board ot the Massachusetts state federation here by urgently requests the membership committee of the board of directors of the general federation, to refrain from instituting a color test for clubs apply ing for admission, until such time as the bylaws shall be amended to requiro Buch action. Resolved, That the executive board of the Maseachusetts state federation here by declares itself to be firmly opposed to any amendment ot the bylawB of the general federation that shall introduce a race qualification for membership. Resolved, That the executive board of the Massachusetts state federation, act -ing in accordance with the wishes and convictions cf the federated clubs ot Massachusetts, hereby respectfully pre sents these resolutions to the president and board of directors ot the general federation. Resolved, That copies ot these resolu tions be sent to the presidents nf clubs and state federations in the general federation. Resolution? adopted by the executive board of the Massachusetts state federa tion of Women's clubs, Bjsiod, January 9, 1901: Whereas, the board ot directors of the general federation of Women's clubs, at its meeting in November, 1900, voted to postpone action upon the application of the Woman's Era club of Boston, until an amendment limiting the general fed eration membership to clubs of white women, shall have been acted upon at the biennial of 1902; Whereas, The membership committee ot the general federation has since re fused to consider applications of clubs for admission until they have stated whether or not there are colored women among their members, and Whereas, We, the members of the ex ecutive board of the Massachusetts state federation of Women's clubs, be lieve that the adoption of the color line in the membership rules of the general federation, whether it be done tacitly as by the recent action of the membership committee, or b future amendment of the bylaws, is contrary to the avowed aims and purposes of the federation, and antagonistic to the earnest convictions of the great majority ot its members; and that by introducing sectional and partisan strife, it will prove fatal to tho future influence of the federation, if not to its very existence, Resolved, That tho executive board of the Massachusetts state federation here by urgently requests the board of direc- Resolutions proposing a solution of the color question, presented by tho Massachusetts state federation, Feb ruary, 1901. At the regular meeting of the execu tive board of the Massachusetts state federation, held on Wednesday, Feb ruary 13, it was voted that Mrs. Anna D. West, director of the general federa tion, should present the following reso lutions with proposed amendments of the bylaws, to the board of directors of the general federation at its meeting on February 27-23, 1901: Whereas, By unanimous vote of the Conference of Presidents of Massachu setts clubs, held on December 18, 1000. the executive board ot the Massachu setts state federation, was requested to prepare and present to the board nf directors of the general federation, such amendments to the bylaws ot the gen eral federation as would provide an adequate solution of the color question in its membership, Resolved, That the Massachusetts state federation hereby presents the ac companying amendments to the bylaws, to be voted upon at the biennial of 1902, acting in the belief that, if accepted, these amendments will not only provide a more efficient scheme of organization, but also will remove from controversy the question of the admission of colored clubs; by eliminating all individual clubs from direct membership, by mak ing the state federation the unit of or ganization, and by leaving each state federation free as now to make its own membership rules; and thus will provide the only solution of the question that will harmonize the convictions of all sections and prevent the dispruption of the general federation. Resolved, That the Massachusetts state federation hereby respectfuliy pe titions the board ot directors ot the gen eral federation to give these amend ments precedence over all others at the next biennial meeting, in order that the constitutional status of all individual clubs may be determined before other questions are raised, and also respectful ly urges the officers and directors to use their influence, individually and collect ively, in favor of these amendments for the reasons already stated. Resolved, That these resolutions and amendments be sent to the presidents of all clubs and state federations belonging to the general federat'on, and that these officers be, and are hereby earnestly ro-