Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-10-25

Heard, also of Georgia. Mrs. Jennie
June Croly, the president Of the New
York State federation, is also expected
to be present and give an account of the
famous Pioneer club of London and of
the general status of affairs for women
in Eng land. Tho Professional Woman's
league of New York city has also been
invited to send representatives,, and it is
expected that among the prominent rep
resentatives of various clubs of Gotham
will be included Mrs Russell Sage,
Mrs. A. M, Palmer, Mrs. William Tod
Helmuth, Mrs. Jennie de In NJ LOHicr,
Mrs Ralph Shainwald, Mrs. Robert
Able and many others, while the re-
spouses already received by tho commit
tee indicate that over so states will @ond
representatives., including u number
from the far west.
Not since the congress of representa-
tive women at the World s fair has any
thing occurred TO give so great an inn
petus to organization for women as the
congress at the Atlanta exposition, and
those who know Of the wonderful out
come of the congress of representative
women may we'll look for even greater
results from these congresses
The general federation will sond an
exhibit Of programmes, histories, pic
lures Of clubhouSes and interiors and
photographs Of prominent officers to the
Atlanta congress. Similar exhibits are
to be made Il feature of the biennial at
Louisville III May, 1896, and Of all fu-
ture biennialS. All federated clubs are
also asked to exhibit at Atlanta.
Although represented in the fedora
tion by only 32 clubs out of IL total Of
45O individual clubs, the south is rich
| in the material of its literary organiza-
| tions, the progressive spirit Of its woln-
on and the vast amount of intellectual
| ability as shown in its women novel
lists, csSayists poets and general writers.
| Charleston is probably the only city OF
any note in the south where oroaniZa
tion for women is absolutely an un-
known factor and where there is not ae
| yet Il single womun's club i'll the city.
| That the Charleston of today is lracti-
| cally the Charleston of antcbelum days
| is chiefly due to the extreme exclusive
ness of its citizens socially
But many other cities Of the sOnth
are happily progressive. New Orleans
| has a number OF woman = Clubs, Mem
phis has "a still greater number, and
their strength may be judged by tho
fact that the Memphis Woman's council
embraces As leading Wouen's OrQaliHa-
tioDs of the city. No exact figures Of
the numbC" Of clubW0mcn in the city
of Memphis are at hand, but there arc
about 4 GOO, for over 5000 are shown
by the membership lists Of the woman :
council.
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama
are all we'll equipped with women's
clubs especially the two former. II
New Orleans may he found the Women's
club, the Portia club the Qnarante, The
Geographic and others, such aS the Ro
setta, the Arena, the Dante and tlle
Browning clubs.
Elizabeth Bisland, now Mrs Wet
moro Of New York city, founded the
Woman S club of New Orleans i'll 1884
She was its first president, and hel sue
cessors have been such prominent ant
accomplished women as Mrs, Maria J
G. Swayzie, Mrs. j. q. Clark, Mrs, Vir
ginia t. Thomas, Miss Katherine No
bles and Mrs Davis sumter Marks, wh
is the present president. One Of tn
most valued workers for the club among
these officers was the clover writer, Mis-
1 Katherine Mobiles. who was the delegat
to the convention which formed the fed
Grafton and who was one Of the origina
committee Of II. In addition to he
- literary ability Miss Mobiles is u fine OIL
s eanizer and an effective officer. She
constantly active in the literary, educa
tional and philanthropic work of tn
city.
Mrs. Mollie Moore Davis, the pres
;, dent Of the Geographic club. is one
q the noted coterie Of brilliant souther
= women whose names will be recognize
throughout the literary world. Mr.
Davis is an enthusiastic clubwoman an
a q fine presiding officer. The Geograph
club has done service and thoughtf'
work under the title "The Religions