Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-30
IDEAS ADVANCED BY WOMEN
Timely Topics Discussed by the Club at Its
Regular Meeting.
POINTERS ON GOVERNMENT OF CITY
Mrs. RehIncndcr of Lincoln Tells what
the Fair Sex Has Done TO brace
Up the Nebraska State
Capital.

The Woman's club has entertained t-of-
town guests at every meeting this year, but
yesterday 1t was favored in the presence OF
several Mrs. Rehlaender, president of the
Book Review club OF Lincoln, made a con-
gratulatory speech from the platform and
Mrs. William Fleming OF Tabor, Ia, and
Mrs. iE. L. Martin of Fremont responded
gracefully from the floor.
The program for the day was presented
by the department of social science Mrs.
Ella B. Perine leader. This department is
making a study of municipal government
this year, using, with some notifications,
the outline prepared by Mrs. w. l.. G. Tay
lor of the State university. Mrs Rehlaender
stated that the course of study in municipal
government in her club had at first included
the consideration of the government of Eng
lish and continental cities, and that having
learned what had been done and what 1t
was possible to do, the next concern of the
class had been to know what the good gov
ernment and the civic clubs in the United
States had accomplished, especially in Phil
adelphia, Chicago and Denver.
After three years of this study the club
felt moved to put some of its knowledge into
practice and the City Improvement society
was organized. This association does not
define the limits of its work by q constitu-
tion and it holds itself free to cooperate
with the officials in anything they may
undertake for the benefit of the city, seek
ing, meanwhile, a better understanding and
appreciation of any movement to that end
that may be contemplate Mrs Rehlaender
slid that the efforts of the committees on
streets and alleys, health, bill boards, etc,
had been warmly commended by the officials,
notably by the health commissioners, who had
publicly stated that the inssence of the
women upon general cleanliness, and espe-
cially upon the enforcement Of the garbage
ordinance. had brought about the best sani-
tary conditions Lincoln had ever enjoyed. The
society stands also for the improvement of
school grounds, and patroness with her as
sistants plants trees, fills window boxes
makes flower beds and beauties in her own
way the surroundings of each school building
OTHER TOPICS.
The other address of the day was by Mrs
Towne president of the Visiting Nurses as
lsociation, who described the work of that as
sociation under four divisions namely: What
he have tried to do; what we have tried to
avoid; our difficulties, and our ideal. Mrs.
Towne spoke Of the comfort and instruction
given; of the effort to give assistance only
where it could not be otherwise secured; of
the effort required to provide nurses, medi-
cine and food suitable to the sick, and of
the hCpe that membership of 1000 would
soon. by its annual fees of 81 each, put the
association where there need be no further
anxiety about funds to carry on the work
The program Included two Capers. One by
Mrs. Belden, entitled "Some Municipal En-
periments," described certain methods in use
in European cities which might well be
adopted elsewhere. The police system Of
Paris and the sewage system Of Berlin and
Glasgow were cited as examples Mrs. Bel
den's picture of city, clean, beautiful and
convenient. with municipal ownership of gas,
water and street transit, and witha, with
| lower taxes than Omaha enjoys today, made
every woman echo the closing words OF the
speaker: May be there to see." The other
| paper was a resume of the philanthropic
work of the club by Mrs Hoobler, and it
was a sufficient answer to the criticism that
Is sometimes made that the club exists for
itself alone Mention was made of various
efforts to secure municipal and legislative
action in the direction of reform, of classes
conducted in cooking and other branches and
of the work at the railroad station main
tained by the club and conducted by Miss
Bertha Burket
The program was opened and closed by
Miss Sadie Bowen, who sang "Florans Song
by Goddard and Far Away by Chadwick.
7. c. Hadley, a new conner, was also heard
in the "Torreadors Song" from Carmen. He
has a fine baritone voice and his Staging was
very cordially received He responded to his
encore by Marguerite
The Department of Oratory announces its
regular monthly recital for Thursday after
noon at o'clock and the English History
department will have guessing contest
| on the English kings on Friday afternoon.
The household economic section also an
nounces lecture by DR.. Christie for Thurs
day morning on What to Do in Emergen-
cies."
The membership committee reported thir-
teen new names and stated that the number
received already this year exceeds the entire
number of additioas received during last
year.