Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-12
ADIEU, LADIES.
Close Of Successful Conven-
ton of Women's Clubs.
Election of Officers ard Appointment
of Committees.
All Expressed Pleasure With Visit to Capital
cib-0rono Favored.

| The Maine Federation of Women's Lit
erary Clubs began Its last days meeting
promptly at O'Clock, Friday morning,
with the same large and interested attend
ance which has characterized the meet
ings of the day previous.
The meeting was partly for literary
entertainment but principally for the
transaction of any unfinished business,
and the election of officers for the ensu-
ing year, appointments of committees,
recommendations, etc.
| The present board Of officers were re.
elected as follows: Mrs. Henry f. Dowst,
Athene Club. Bangor, president; Mrs.
Anna Sargent Hunt Current Events,
Augusta, vice president; Mrs. II. NJ.
Estabrook, Woman's Club, Orono, score
tary; Miss Bertha L. Soule, Fortnightly,
Bath, treasurer; Mrs. Helen Coffin Beedy,
Every Monday, Pennington, auditor.
MIS-. Estabrooke. the secretary, extended
| invitation in behalf of the Whittier,
Womans Literary and the Island Reading
Clubs Of urono, to the board of directors,
to hold the midwinter meeting of the
| Federation at Orono. The invitation was
| accepted.
The following delegates were appointed
to attend the Atlanta Exposition: Mrs
Alice f. Briggs of Lewiston, and Mrs. H.
+. Dowst of Bangor; alternates, Mrs.
| Anna Sargent Hunt of Augusta, and Mrs.
H. G. Beedy of Bangor.
Mrs Walter Flint of Orono, Mrs. Keyes
of Pennington, and Mrs. Harriet Nc
Donald of Brunswick, were appointed
committee to ascertain the minds of the
| Maine women's clubs on the subject of
the establishment OF State board of edu-
cation.
Mrs. Bcedy, auditor of the Federation.
made short address on this matter. She
said that everyone should give the subject
deep and careful study; she reminded
them that the question was not new
one; that it had been tried In 1S47, when
there was board of IS members, one from
each county
The report of the secretary of the com
mittee on credentials. Mrs. Frank r. Par
fridge, showed that there had accepted
invitations, ia delegates. In addition to
these, there were present 90 visitors, in all
representing SO clubs.
The meeting, yesterday, began with the
| reading of three minutes reports from
those clubs which were not heard from on
Thursday. Some of these reports were
unusually bright and interesting. The
object of these reports is to give each
clubs delegate chance to tell what lot
her club has done during the year, and
how well it has done it; this spurs the
Others on to emulate it's deeds, and also
gives them many valuable suggestions.
Taken all in all the reports were both in
structiye and entertaining and give one a
very correct Idea OF what the clubs really
do.
Some people seem to think that these
clubs are bands of women organized for
the sole purpose of tearing down things,
so as to construct THIN all over again
just to suit themselves Such is not the
case, at least if her reports are any critic
rion. The term new woman" is not
recognized. 1t is the true women"
which they are all striving TO be. They
are conservative, and slow to make haste
The meetings are conducted most exactly
and after parliamentary fashion. Liter
allure, art, music, and especially philan-
thropy and ait'uism ore their purposes
Everything which pertains to the educa-
Seven clubs have joined the Federation,
during the past year. The Friday Club |
Wayne; China, Augusta; Lewiston Read |
ing Circle, Lewiston, Island Reading |
Circle, Orono; Whittier Club, Orono
October, Bucksport; Brunswick, Satur-
day; Current Events, HalloweII; women's |
Literary, waterville; Literary, Fort Fair
field George Eliot, Portland.
Mrs. Frank B Clark, delegate of the
Portland Women's Literary Union, rem
dered her report in the following poem:
Stree from the portland Union
I'm sent as a delegate here.
I'll try 10 a very few words
To give the work for the year.
FRS, let me state our figures
The story they tell can't be wrong,
We've ffty-two Clubs in all
And number fve-hundred strong.
Together for mutual improvement
Fine afternoon we've spent,
And the variety RI subjects ccnsidered
Much Spin to the Programmes lent.
They were planned by different committees
And their part they did right we'll,
For the thought devoted to them
Showed they meant their woIk to tell.
We opened in November
With edu, ation as our theme.
And through bout with good ideas
The afternoon did TEEN.
Then came art in December.
Which was made attractive to all
And se learned ~ uch about pair ting
Which some silent sortry' call.
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