The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-25
CLUBS WILL Be TAXED
Mrs. Henrotin Scores a Victory
in the Convention.
PUT ON A BUSINESS BASIS
h Rreeziest Session OF b Who'll Con-
vention-victory Scored Amid a
Sputter of Parliament
AIRY Points.

Denver, June 24.-The thousands of
clubs belonging to the general fedora
ton Of women's clubs are TO be an
nually taxed at the rate of 10 cents per
capita. n victory was finally scored
to-day at the Broadway theater amid
a sputter OF parliamentary points and
prolonged applause. Mrs. Henrotln,
who made an effective speech on behalf
of this financial innovation, smiled tri-
umphantly, and the delegations who de-
clared they would withdraw looked
somewhat wilted. This was the breezy
session OF the whole convention, and
the outcome places the association on a
strictly business basis. This ruling
came as a result of the Of
fered by Mrs. Julia b.. Shattuck OF Chi
cago, chairman of the ways and means
committee, who stated the treasury
had but 81, 700 resources for the com
ing two years. with prospects of fully
Sl2, 900 expenses, leaving out OF consld-
Grafton the expenses which officers
would probably partly assume.
This new provision will not go into
effect until 1900 and will bring into
the treasury 1880 annually. Mrs.
Henrotin was emphatic in her argu-
ments, ending with: women VINO
came to conventions to cavil on parlia-
mentary points when a great issue Is
at stake had better stay at home.
The convention ended. every woman
nut her hat on straight while a picture
of the convention was taken with MIS-.
Henrotin conspicuously in the fore
ground. Following the free trolley RIO
early in the morning was the educa-
tional conference at the Broadway the
.- l.. - Mira ret G.
Evans of Minnesota, with Mrs. John
r. Hanna as local assistant chairman
With reference to the work of state
celebrations addresses were made Dy
Mrs. Alice Frye Briggs OF Maine, Mrs.
Alice Bradford Wiles of Illinois, Mrs.
+. n. Walton of Massachusetts, Mrs.
Jennie Lozier of New York, Mrs. w. Il.
Lowe of Georgia, Mrs. NJ. A. Heating
of Michigan. Mrs. j. ID. Remley or
Iowa and Miss Celia f. Osgood of Col
orado.
At the same time was held the con-
ference on club methods In Unity
| church, with Mrs. c. +. Perkins OF
Michigan in the chair.
One of the notable sessions of the
federation was the conference OF art
clubs. under the direction Of Mrs. Her
man Hall of Chicago. Following the
address of the chairman on The New
Movement were reports of four organ
iZatlons doing practical art work, by
Mrs. Lucy T.. Morris of Berlin, Wis.
I Mrs. Charles Il. Conant OF Wells, Mimi.
? Mrs. Walter Olds of Chicago and Mrs,
Charles Leroy Moss of st. Louis. The
illustrated lecture by Ralph Clarkson
OF Chicago on How To Judge a Pic
ture" was followed by five-minute Id
dresses on Art in the Schools by Mrs.
Clara Hatch stevens OF Jacksonville
Ill; Mrs. r. Il. Farson of Chicago, Miss
Cornelia u. Bedford of Philadelphia,
Miss Kate Stoddard of Lincoln, Neb.;
Miss Jennie ID. Mckay OF C~ovington,
XIV. Another series of talks on Art in
the Clubs was participated in by Miss
Anna Caulfeld of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Miss Inez A. Blanchard Of Portland.
Me; Miss Sarah A. Drew OF Cambridge
Mass; DR.. Mary w. Cogswell Of Cedal
Rapids. Iowa, and Mrs. CandaCe Wheel
err of New York. An address on Have
We Distinctive American Artists by
Mrs. Emily Palmer Cope of New York
and the presentation of Monumental
Art in the West" by Mrs. NJ. c. Benja'
min of Denver, concluded with a gener-
al discussion under the leadership OF
Miss Mary A. Temple OF Knoxville
Tenn: Mrs. w. J. Washburn OF Los
Angles n Miss Louie Van Leonlynd
of Syracuse, N. Y.
At the same hour was held another
conference devoted to The Industrial
Problem as 1t Affects Women and h
dren." The chief speaker was Mrs. Sid
ney Webb OF London. England. who dis
cussed How To Do Away With TN
Sweating System
The evening session, devoted ITO Ar
and Utility" In charge OF Mrs. Alic'
Ives Breed OF Boston. was a specia
treat. In the interims OF conferences
receptions and free trolley rides enter
tanned the visitors.
The state presidents held a meetini
tonight and agreed upon h questions
of taxation and representation OF stat
decorations. Their conclusions will b.
presented to the general federation 70