St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-05

of the Minneapolis district. The CORE
| spending secretary is Mrs. II. II.
Brown, of Minneapolis; recording sec
! retary, Mrs. II. L. Stark. of st. Peter;
treasurer, Mrs. S. r. Bangs, of st. Paul;
auditor, Mrs. Mary S. Bridgman, of
Hamline
| All will remember the state fedora
tion breakfast given at the Ryan, Feb.
| %; 225 ladies were in attendance, though
a much smaller number was expected
CITY FEDERATED CLUBS.
The Plymouth club follows the reg
ular Chautauqua course. as outlined
in the magazine, but the members
/ may connect themselves with the
| home circle as candidates for diplomas
or not, as they wish. They meet every
| Wednesday morning, with sometimes
additional afternoon meetings, a Low
| ell afternoon, perhaps, as this year is
| devoted to the study of American au-
| thors and literature. The work is pre-
sented in the form of papers or verbal
| sketches. The membership is limited
! to Twenty-Five This club originated
! in 1884, being organized through the
| efforts of DR.. and Mrs. Doane, of
| Plymouth church. hence the name,
| though at present the membership is
nearly or entirely outside OF Plymouth
! congregation. The Cnautauqua course
will probably be heightened a year or
! two 50 as to Introduce additional work.
! The majority of the members of this
! club belong to other clubs also. Mrs.
| G. A. Wallingford is president.
| MERRIAM PARK CLUB.
The Woman's Literary club has had
| the longest existence of any club in
| Merriam Park, being ten years old
| The members are studying cOntempor-
| airy literature covering the past decade.
In addition to a full calendar, they
| have conversation appended in which
| art. music, periodicals and journalism
and illustrators are treated. Juvenile
| literature has place in their pro-
| gramme, which shows that the moth
| erS are studying to know what their
| children should read. "The work this
year has been intensely interesting
| and profitable said the president,
| Mrs. %. p. Shepardson. This lady be-
! lieVts thoroughly in federation, and
it was in the interests of this move
ment that she recently invited all of
| the Merriam Park clubs to her home,
| where they were very pleasantly and
profitably entertained. Miss E. E. Ken
| yon, of Minneapolis, gave a talk on the
| literature of today in England The
state treasurer, Mrs. S. B. Bangs,
! gave a talk on American litera ture of
| today Music and elocution added to
the occasion. About eighty ladies
| officers.
MERRIAM WOMAN'S CLUB.
This club was organized only last
September, but has accomplished
much in a short time. ''We have quite
a growing little club" said the presi-
dent, Mrs. Allen Ter Bush. I'VE tried
to get together the mothers who think
| they have no time, and give them
an idea of what club work is. OF
course, 1 don't believe in deserting
| home for club work but I think the
two can be combined with great sue
cess" The majority of the members
of this club do all of their household
work, and Mrs. Ter Bush related how
much the club was doing to tighten
| home duties, which were performed
| just as well and better undoubtedly
while their minds were being fed.
when you're washing dishes you're
not obliged to be thinking Dishes" she
! SAID. Il am heart and soul in club
| work for women. I want this to be
Woman's club in the broadest sense.
| We accept any one who is respectable
and wants to come in for improve
ment."
| The study of Scottish history alter
mates with programme on current
! events, housekeeping and housekeep-
! Ing. This arrangement allows those
who are unable to do all of the work
to attend only every two weeks if they
| wish. AS American women are con-
| sidered deficient in a knowledge of
| mythology, this occupies a place on
| the programme. Special study of
| foods with reference to nourishing
| qualities has been one of the topics
under the head of housekeeping.
The president is very enthusiastic
upon the subject of federat ton, as, in
| deed, the whole club seems to be, for
twenty-six members attended the fed
| GRAFTON breakfast at the Ryan, from
which they derived a great deal of
| inspiration. "They came away with a
desire to do better and make little
more of themselves" said Mrs. Ter
| Bush. 'The federation is going to
bring the clubs throughout the state
into touch with each other
HAMLINE FORTNIGHTLY.
The Fortnightly Club of Hamline
is credit to the state federation
| Having for its members women of su-
| perior education, several of whom have
Travelled extensively, they are able to
undertake and carry out in an ex-
ceedingly interesting manner a line
of study that would be otherwise i'm
! possible, as glance at the following
outline of the present years work will
show:
The Political History of Germany, switzer-
| land, France and Russia From 1815-1S5O'
THE Literature of France and Germany
| From 1S15-1S50"
German Philosophy From 17Ss-1S4s'
German Social Life"
''The Musicians Of Germany From 1o15
1861 1
French and Flemish Art From 1S15-1S5O. -
Among these subjects the programme
on German musicians and the one on
German philosophy deserve special no
tice. For the study of French art. the
| iNri6 6na into
| their meetings at j. J. Hills art gal
lery. Here, one morning, the pictures
of Corot. Rosseau, Millet, Diaz and
Fromentin were studied under the
leadership of Mrs. Thompson
The first half hour of each meeting
is devoted to current events. The mem
bership is limited to twenty, as it is
thought the work can thus be accom-
plished much better There is a large
waiting list.
One interesting feature Of this club
is that, instead of laying it's work
wholly aside in the summer. it be-
! comes an outing club. The members
have visited interesting places in the
vicinity of Hamline, where they rem
dered programmes prepared with spe-
cial reference to the surroundings Tn
this way they have studied the works
of the mound builders, have devoted
a day to the songsters have visited
Lake Como, Italy, while on the shores
of their own Lake Como, have read Hi
awatha at the falls of Minnehaha.
Mrs. c. N. Akers is club president.
Miss Cora Montgomery, the secretary,
who has just returned from
the East. found the people
she met very much interest
ed in her account of their club work.
and she was requested to write an ac-
count of the Minnesota clubs for one of
| the Eastern papers.