The Portland daily press., 1892-09-23
PoRYLlND'S GUESTS.
Literary Club Women Organizing a
State Federation.
WHAT THEY DID AT YESTERDAYS
SESSION AND WILL Do TODAY.

AMI Nv AoD~~ -
Preliminary Business Transacted and
Some Attention Devoted to Ice Cream
and Cake-Brunswick Has Shakes
peare Club Which Owns Farm-List
of the Delegates From Sixteen Maine
Clubs.
The meeting of delegates called to organize a
permanent State Federation of Women's Clubs
was called to order in the hall of the Young
Mems Christian Association at o'clock yester-
day afternoon by Mrs. Geo. G. Frye, president
of the Woman's Literary Union. Mrs. Frye
read the following greeting:
EAST ORANGE. Sept 20, 1892
send greetings to the club gathering soon to
convene in Portland do not forget the date
of your meeting and hope its success y9t:c,s may
ali whom met so delightfully."- last June, am,
Very cordially yours,
CHARLOTTE EMERSON BROWN,
President G. F. w. G.
Mrs. Frye cordially welcomed the visitors in
behalf of the w. L. U. and in humorous vein
gave them the freedom of our homes with one
reservation. She then briefly and concisely
stated the objects hoped TO be attained by the
State Federation: To advance on all sides,
maintain neutral ground, commit itself to no
policy or platform representing one idea or
reform alone but to raise the tone OF society
and become benefcent and helpful centre
for club work; keeping ever in mind harmony
with the methods of work outlined by the
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Frye then paid graceful tribute to the
state chairman of correspondence for the
Federation, Mrs. E. S. Osgood, whom she in
troduced as temporary chairman.
Mrs. Osgood responded briefly and proceeded
to perfect the temporary organization by call
ing for nominations for temporary secretary.
Miss M. E. Fairfield OF Saco was unanimously
elected. &
Mrs c. A. Woodbury., Woodfords; Mrs. Abs
bic A. c. Peaslee, Auburn; Miss A. F. Merry
man, Brunswick, were appointed committee on
credentials and reported sixteen clubs present
with representation as follows:
Auburn Art Club--Mrs. Abbie A. G. Peaslee,
president; Mrs. w. W. Bolster, delegate
Auburn Art and Literature Club-Mrs. John
F. Cobb, president; Mrs. Abby +. Dyer, dele
gate.
Bangor Athena Club-Mrs. E. H. Hall, presi-
dent; Miss S. A. Brown, delegate.
Bangor Norembega Club-Mrs; H. 6. Rowe,
president; Mrs. John N. Oaks delegate;
i Bath Forfghtiy club-Miss NJ. F. Upton,
MRS b aSsy asnnsdy a deegae
Robinson, president; Miss Helen M. Whltmore,
Brunswick Mustard Seed club-Miss A. F.
Fryeburg Woman's Silvary Club-Miss Mary
F. Bradley, president; Mrs. Georgiana S. Bar
rows, delegate.
Towle, acting president; Mrs. Lue G. Gordon,
Lewiston Mount David Shakespeare Club
Mrs. Ezra Fl. White, president
Oakland Tuesday Club-Mrs. G. A. Hall, pres
skowhegah sorosis-Miss Edna X. Smith,
Skowhegan Woman's Club-Mrs. William H.
Fuller, president: Miss Caroline F. Philbrick,
delegate; Miss M. w. Fairfield.
Educational and Industrial Union, Saco.
Portland Woman's Literary Union-Mrs.
George G. Frye, president; Mrs. c. A. Wood
bury. delegate.
While the committee were arranging their re-
port, Mrs. F. G. Robinson, president of the
Brunswick Shakespeare Club, and Miss Mary
F. Bradley president of the Fryeburg Womans
Library Club gave interesting informal reports
of their clubs. The
Shakespeare Club Owns Farm
"Stratford Heights" of 70 acres for summer
home. 1t has eight members The Library
Club reports a library of 500 volumes as are
suit of its two years'.work, including autograph
editions of Holiness "over the Teacups,'' and
Whittier's works. This club maintains club.
room, has membership of so, besides some
gentlemen subscribers to the library
The report of the committee on constitution
,&a11 Al,p AJrC
The first three articles were adopted with one
amendment. By unanimous vote the remaining
four articles were postponed until the morning
session, AMI the rreport of the committee on
literary exercises was presented by the chair
man, Mrs George c. Frye, president of the W.
L. U. Mrs. Frye reported as follows:
Programme for Friday, September 30.
$50 Business session.
103o-Paper on practical education. Mrs.
Charles Seabury, Gardiner.
Paper-Libraries. Mrs William Fuller, pres
ident Woman's Club, Skowhegan.
Paper-The all around woman. Mrs. j. B :.
Coyle, vice president w. L. U.
80 p. m.-Paper; How to &c. connect history
Mrs. George B. Barrows, WOman's Library
Club, Fryeburg, Me.
Paper-Whata club woman can do. Olive E.
DdIld Augusta.
Whittier hour
Paper-Miss Lillian Smith; read by Miss Eda
Smith. Skowhegan Sorosis.
Scections-Mrs. Abner Lowell.
Personal "reminiscences Caroline Dana Howe
W. l.. U.
Music.
Paper-Emerson. Miss Deborah Morton,
WomanS Literary Union.
A letter of regret from Dr. Lozier, president
of Sorosis, New York. wasIread by Mrs. Frye
154 WEST 18th ST., NEW YORK CITY,
September 10. 1892. I
Mrs. Eunice U Frye, President Romans lit
erdry Union;
Dear Madam-Your very kind invitation to
be present at your proposed meeting for a state
federation and to take part in its counsels, is
highly appreciated. But regret that domestic
and public duties will prevent its acceptance.
wish you a happy and successful reunion and
strong and active organization. AS you OBJ
served so kindly in your letter, very cheer
fully and unreservedly express my Astounding
faith in women and in women's clubs. They
are manifestations of women's determination to
develop the best that is in them and to keep
themselves abreast of those forces which seem
to be lifting the race from the plane of the ma
teral to that of the spiritual. While we may
prophesy an ultimate harmonizng between ev-
cry interest and pursuit of men and women,
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