Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-10
FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
STATE FEDERATION OF CLUBS
WILL BE HELD IN THIS CITY.
AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
PROGRAMME ARRANGED.
Many Well known Women Residing
i'm Missouri and other States Will
BE in Attendance and Take
Part in Ihe Pro-
cecdinTs.

The first anniversary of the Missouri
State Federation of Clubs, whicn was
formed in St. Louis year ago, VIII be
celebrated in this city at the annual con
vention which opens on Tuesday, Januiry
u and closes the following Thursday me
session will be held in the rooms OF inc
Athenaeum Club in Lyceum hall. The fol-
IoHin programme has been prepared:
TUESDAY. JANUARY 49,
1879 A. m.-Dircctors meeting.
100 d. m-Presentation of credentials.
go D. m.-CaII 20 order. Invocation.
Address of welcome. Mrs. J. {. Horton.
KoEsas City. president Friends IL Council
Response Mrs. Josephine 4. carey pres
ident Unity Literary Club, Joplin.
Presidents address, Mrs. J. A Aleh' ot'
Louis.
Roll cali.
Reports of officers.
Two minute reports from federated cluos'
Appointment of committees.
800 D. m.-Reception to delegates ana
guests at home OF Mrs. Hugh McElroy.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY %.
Accommodation of board of direc-
tors; report of committee on courses Oh
study. Mrs. S. f. Grubb, Kirkwood.
Report from bureau of reciprocity MIS-.
r. w. Lehman. chairman
Paper selected by bureau Of reciprocity
Symposium Oh state federation, Mrs. Cor
nelia o. Hansford. HarrOdsburg, KY, pres
ident Kentucky federation; Mrs. anna b.
Howe, Marshalltown, IA, presideht lo%d %
federation: Mrs. B. w. Stoutenborough'
Plattsmcuth Neb., president Nebraska
federation: Mrs. w. ID. Beard, Memphis,
Tenn, president Tennessee federation;
Mrs. Wills Lord Moorey, president hah-
sas federation
General discussion on federation.
2:3O p. m.-Open meeting of Athenaeufn'
of this city, for the benefit of federation.
bHy MiSG MHTV IL. Perry, 81.
Louis, State Board of Charities.
Mrs Z. c. cushman. president of the
"Wednesday Club. St. Louis, THE Woman
of the Twentieth Century
p. m.EAddress. Function and Value of
State Boards of Charities" Miss Julia c.
Lathrop, Rockford i'll.
Address. ''The Relationship of State Fed
GRAFTON to Club Extension Mrs. Ellen NJ
Henrotin president General Federation oil
Women's Clubs. Chicago.
THURSDAY. JANUARY "a.
10 a. m.-Reports OF special committees.
Election of officers.
Address. Education in Missouri" Mrs.
Harriet Comyng Milner. Springfield, presl-
dent Saturday Club.
Last Words" Laura Il. Scammon.
2:30 q. m.-Concert rendered by Euterpe
Club. of Kansas City, Mrs. J. II. Harris,
The following clubs of this city will en-
tertain the visiting clubs: Athenaeum,
croft, clionion. Club of go Eikins' study
Club Euterpe. Every Other Week, Friends
in Council. History Club of 81, Kinder
garten Association, Magazine Coterie,
Mothers Union, New Century Club, South
Side Literary, Tuesday Morning Study,
Wcmen's Reading Club, Kansas City,
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle,
laEthe Circle. Pierian.
The object of the State Federation of
Clubs is TO bring the women of the state
into communication for mutual helpfulness
and the promotion of higher intellectual,
social and moral conditions. All the clubs
in the state organized for literary, artistic,
musical or other educational purposes that
owe allegiance TO no political or sectarian
control are eligible 10 membership. The
federation also enables women who live
in small towns where there is little intel
leotua life to form clubs and receive
through the federation suggestions. courses
of study programmes. papers and other
valuable aid. Two-thirds of the members
of the federation come from the north
western part of the state. A large num-
her of clubs have applied for membership
in the federation since this meeting has
been called. but cannot be acted upon in
time 10 take part In the January conven-
tioE.