Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-06
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The Omaha Women's club met yesterday
afternoon for the FIRST session of The year
at its rooms in Odd Fellows temple. There
were no visitors save on the stage, yet the
rooms were full.
After the reading Of the secretary's re-
port the president. Mrs Peattie, told the
club Of the deep SORROW 6f one Of its mem
bers, Mrs Pennock. who was at this hour
just returning from the burial of her 2-year-
old baby girl. The club expressed sympathy
by rising vote. Ir.b
The chairmen Of the various committees
then made their reports. Mrs. Rosewater
of the membership committee read the
names Of ttirty-three applicants for member
ship in the club Several Of the standing
committees had no reports to make.
Under the head OF special committees
Mrs Francis NJ Ford read the result of the
work of the club house committee This
report showed much work done and that a
clear conception Of the proper line OF pro-
Cedure had developed in the minds of the
committee. The plan suggested is in brief
that three women be selected by the
Women's club to act with three selected by
the Young Women's Christian association
and three more selected by this six to incor-
porate a Women's Building association, said
association to issue stock to the amount of
$50 600 shares to be sold to club women and
other men and women of the city. The
building Is to be centrally located, consist
ing of two stories above a basement and to
contain first-class auditorium with seat
ing capacity of about 500, which could be
rented to the public The plan is to erect
| building suitable for the use Of all women 5
organizations.
The discussion of this plan will be taken
UP at the next regular meeting two weeks
from yesterday
Mrs. Hoobler chairman of the committee
to provide a program for a public meeting
aS &
ii seemed best to postpone further arrange
ments until after election"
On behalf of the committee upon rooms
Mrs Hoobler stated that the arrangements
were perfected for retaining the rooms of
last year for department meetings, but the
use of Creighton theater could be secured
for the public meetings If the club desired.
BY vote /. was decided to hold the next
meeting in that place as a test of the plan.
As the head of the piano committee Mrs.
Lindsay asked the secretary to report the
action of the directory upon this subject.
The secretary announced the directory s
recommendation that piano be purchased
for the use of the club and the names of
the committee appointed by it. Mrs. Lind
say then gave her report. The club voted to
make this committees action its own, and
empowered it to purchase a suitable piano
for the club.
Mrs Ford again rose TO explain the work
the musical department desired to do this
year pursuing the Derthich method of a
musical literature course. Club members
desiring to avail themselves of the course
were asked to pay 81, although no fee is
compulsory. TO those outside the club the
course is 5000.
The president then asked Mrs Keysor to
present the case of the Federation library.
The story briefly told is this: The funds
OF this. the travelling library. the property
of the Nebraska State Federation, amounted
to about S220 About one-half of this had
been spent in books and the remainder
| $1ll.S9, was deposited in the German Savings
| bank The suspension of that institution
rendered the library committee helpless at
| this. the time of year when the small clubs
! most need help, thus withdrawing aid just
| when the struggling clubs had learned to
| depend upon getting 1t. Mrs. Keysor made
| an earnest plea to the club to advance the
| library the money which it now needed and
| take possession of the receivers certificate
| Mrs. Peattie, who Is chairman OF the H.
| brary committee. said she thought such an
act upon the clubs part would be of more
| value than the annual donation.
The matter was put to vote and carried
there being but one dissenting voice. The
| Omaha Women's club will thus make good
TO the women of the state the whole amount
! of money entrusted BY Omaha women to an
| Omaha bank, Those most interested believe
| it one of the most prbllc spirited of the
| clubs many good deeds -,- r-i'r
Mrs Draper Smith was chosen to repre-.
! sent the club at the State Federation meet.
| ing at Fremont, September and 9, with
| Mrs. McGilton and Mrs. r. S. Jaynes as al.
| ternates.
Then came, in some respects, the most in.
| teresting discussion of the afternoon, the
hour of meeting. Many of the housewives
! seriously object to the time of $3.50 to $50
| 1t makes them late to dinner. On the Other
hand now that school holds until O'Clock
| the old hour of o'clock would shut out the
teachers altogether. So the relative intel
lectual needs of teachers and housekeepr'
were aired, and there were several sugges
| tiOnS to how other peoples business
might be managed to fit this emergency
1t is estimated that there are fifty teacher!
| in the club when the motion by Mrs. An
| drews, that we return to our old time;
| o'clock was put a rising vote was asked
| for by the chair after which it was an
nounced that the present hour $3.50 hat
| won.
Mrs. Galloway, president of the Eau Claire
| Wis, WOmens club the guest of Mrs. Fl. S
| Jaynes, who had occupied a seat at the
! presidents right, was introduced and made
an address which was all too short. Refer
ring in a happy vein to the ambition of tho
club 20 play hostess to the National feder
alton in 1898. she said she should lay aside
all scruples and pull every possible wire
that she might be a delegate.
Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs Hungerford eacf
| presented the club with piece OF exquisite
hand-embroidered linen. These will here
after shine at all tea-drinkngs
Mrs. Peattie then read her address. which
was at once greeting and a farewell. |
was, in sentiment, in grace. in all all tina
would be looked for from its author There
were few dry eyes in the room when it was
over. Mrs Smith the secretary, then roat
the formal resignation of the president
which takes place October 49, and the frs
vice president took the floor to ask for
rising vote OF regret, OTTER which the clui
adjourned to the dining room to drink tes
| with Mrs. Galloway.
| The following announcements were made
Department of psychology and moral phil
osophy NJ. G. Andrews, leader, meets Tues
| day at to . p. m. every week; English lit
erature, Mrs. Zholter leader. Wednesday
| october 7, 4:30 p. m; current literature Fri
day :45 p. m, subject, Robert Louis Stey
enson; department OF education Grace Sud
borough, leader. "Wednesday next at i:2
O'Clock; parliamentary practice. Mrs. H0r
ford, october 20, at to $3.50 p. M; Frencl
history, Mrs. walker, leader 4;30 ever!
| Wednesday.
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