The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-07-24

six months time has acquired favorable
recognition. Mrs. Lowe writes: I'VE
had a charming day, most enthusiastic.
and the federation is doisg q wonderful
work. We have the confidence of both
the people and the press"
Mrs. Park, who is the chairman of the
Educational committee OF the Georgia
Federation, is member Of the Educa.
tional committee of the General FEEDER
a'ion, and has aroused the greatest en-
thusiasm in the educational condition OF
the state. One Of the notable features
Of the Georgia Federation is the fact
that all the officers are not only bright
women, but they are also leading society
women. Mrs. Lowe. the president. has
been leader in Atlanta society for many
years, and her house is not only the
center OF club activities, but also Of
social gayeties; Mrs. Park is very
beautiful woman. and ia also q social
leader; Mrs. john X. Ottley is one OF the
society leaders of Atlanta, and all
through the south the society women
are coming to the front in the club move
ment, and THE insures success, as in all
their communities the leaders are popu
lar; not only through their intellectual,
but also through their Opcial attain
ments; and certainly in the southern
clubs, it has been abundantly proven
that the society woman is as efficient as
the woman who has passed her entire
ife either in study or philanthropy.
These women have thrown themselves
with az earnest enthusiasm into the fed
Grafton work, and have by their lack of
personal ambition distinguished them
selves and won the confidence Of southern
women.
Mrs. Lowe, in her address, defined
the position Of southern women, and
contrasting the Literary Study class of
the past with the Federated Club Of to-
day, she said, "the province Of the club
formerly was to bring together the cul-
tured and refined women Of one city
and to mingle with that atmosphere OF
social life the most pleasant lines OF
study. To be exclusive was also one OF
the foundation stones Of this structure.
This club Of the past has rot cared for
the numbers of women whose circum-
stances have been such that the social
world has not come to them, and since
they were not able to take place in the
ranks of the fashionable club, they could
only look on from the outside to the
glittering world within and sigh for the
diversion it would bring into their lives;
and that most prominent in the minds OF
the club women OF the past was per
sonal culture"
The Federation of Womens Climbs has
changed this unnatural order OF things.
and at it's first stroke levelled all artifi-
cial social lines. 1t has changed the at
titude Of the women OF leisure and
wealth toward the self supporting wo-
man, and has proven that wage-earning
does not hinder culture. and has taught
women that such marrow minded culture
is the abuse of luxury, which dwarfs the
the soul and crowds out the love proper
the love for oae's fellow men.
Mrs. Lowe finished her address by
saying the aims and purposes of the
southern women are the same as those
of the eastern and Of the western woman,
and that the federation of clubs through
it's reciprocity bureau, which briggs all
books OF all the clubs to each other.
proves that the club idea everywhere is
the same-from the Pioneer club. Eng