The Portland daily press., 1896-10-12

eral distinguished visitors, and the topics
under discussion are of the character to
commend them selves to ALL The follow
ing Is the programme:
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER IA.
3p. m.-Advent Church.
Invocation, Mrs. Anna Sargent Hunt,
Vice President M. r. W. ,.
Address of Welcome, Mis-. Frank B.
Clark. President W. L. u, Portland.
Response aud Address, Mrs Henry
E. Dowst, President Nd. F. W. @.
Report of Programme Committee, Mrs.
John B. CoyIe, Chairman.
Report Of Credential Committee, Mrs.
George B. Bagley, Chairman.
Report of Secretary, Mrs. H. M. Esta-
brooke.
Report of Treasurer, Miss Bertha l..
Soule.
Report of Auditor, Mrs. Helen Coffin
Beedy.
Report of Bureau of Reciprocity, Miss
lnez A. Blanchard, Chairman.
Report of Bureau Of Information, Mrs.
Helen Coffin Beedy. Chairman.
Report of State Chairman Cor. G. +.
W. e., Mrs. George G. Frye.
Reports from Clubs.
Sp. m.-City Hall.
Reception given by the Woman's Lit
erary Union in honor of the Executive
Board of the Maine Federation of
Women's Clubs. Guests Mrs William
loo Helmuth, President Sorosis, New
York; Miss Amy Morris Homans Direc-
tor Boston Normal School of Gym
nastics; Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS.
Ga. m-City Hall
Quartette-Hridal Chorus, Cowen
Mrs Evelyn Day White, Miss Henrietta
D. Rice, Mr.. Frederick l. Day, Mr..
Frank II. Pierce.
Accompanying Miss Minnie E. Plummer.
Greeting from General Federation,
Mrs. E. g. Osgood, Director 6. +. W. G..
Introduction of Guests.
History of Maine Federation of
Women's Clubs. Mrs George @. Frye,
Travellers Club, Portland.
10 a. M. Household Economios; Its
Place in Women's Clubs, Mrs. Sarah
Fairfield Hamilton, Vice President Tor
Maine of National Household Economic
Association; Recent Progress in Home
Science, Miss Anna Barrows, Editor Of
the American Kitchen Magazine.
rrio-Flower's Greeting, Cursohmann
Mrs. White. Miss Plummsr, Miss Rice.
vision of Constitution, Mrs. Z. H.
Briggs. Chairman, Auburn.
10 m.-Report of Delegate to Biennial
@. &. W. o., Mrs. B. F. Eaton, SHOW
hogan Woman's Club. Reports from
Clubs.
$50 p. m.-City Hall.
Quartetts- from Mikado.
Mrs. White, Miss Rice, Mr.. Day, Mr..
Pierce.
Report of Educational Committee, Mrs.
Q harles Woodman, Chairman. Bangor.
Report of Committee on State Board
of Education, Mrs. Walter Flint. CHAIR.
man, Orono.
Duet
(a) Hark to the Mandolin, Parke,
(b) Do You Herr What the Birds Say
Cowen
Mrs. White, Miss. Rice.
sp. m.-Educationai Round Table.
Conducted by Miss Mary 8. Snow. Phi.
D., Superintendent Of Schools, Bangor.
Place of Physical Trimming In Character
Director Boston Normal school OF Gym.
nastics. The Rural school Problem,
Mrs. Florence O. Porter, Superintendent
of Schools, Caribou. The Woman q
Hour. Poem, Mrs. Caroline Dana Howe,
Whittier Club, Portland. School Room
Decoration, Miss Mary Mcskimmon,
Principal Grammar School. Brookline,
provement of the Grounds of Suburban
Sohoolse Mrs. o. M.sMason, pelintend
ent of Schools. Bethel. History Study
in the Lower Grind es, Mrs. Helen Cofflu
Reedy, Auditor M. b. ". c.
sp.m.-City Hail. Public Meeting.
Qualtetts-Troubadour Song, Watson
Mrs. White, Miss Rice, Mr.. Day, Mr..
Pierce
The Character of Mary Hemingway,
Miss Amy Morris Homans, Director
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics.
Address, Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson.
President Castilian Club, Boston. Poem,
Mrs. Caroline W.. D. Rich, President
Sunshine CLUB, Lewiston.
Quartette-Lost Chord, Sullivan
Mrs. White, Miss Rice, Mr.. Day, Mr..
Pierce.
The Browntngs Under Blue italian
Skies. Miss Charlotte Thorndike Sibley,
3. A., M. A., Maine Wellesley Alumnae
Association. Address, Mrs. William
Tod seHelmuth, President Sorosis, New
York.
America,
Quartette and Audience.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER is.
Ga. m.-Oity Hall.
Unfinished Business. Report of Com.
mittes on Neurology, Mrs. 5. D. WiggiI
Chairman. Nineteenth Century Club,
Ellsworth.
Quartstte-Crossins the Bar, Macy
Mrs. White, Miss Rice, Mr.. Day, Mr..
Pierce
Question Box; Election of Officers;
Singing of Ode, Quartette and Audience
Gentlemen will be included in the
guests at the reception Wednesday eve
ming. Gllbert's orchestra has been en-.
gagged to play throughout the evening. A
reception room will be fitted up at the
rear of the hall, and the banquet lampl
and small tables will be arranged along
each side of the hall from which refresh.
ments will be served by the following
ladies':
q Mrs. B. 3. Haskell of the Pres
ent Era club, shef bet, decorations whitt
and gold; assistants. Mrs. John Howard
Hill and Miss Matte Loveitt
Mrs. s. Augustus Stevens, Current